Bug 2432848

Summary: iwlwifi requests missing BE200 c99 firmware revision, falls back to older ucode
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Lukas Ruzicka <lruzicka>
Component: linux-firmwareAssignee: David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 43CC: dwmw2, jforbes, jwboyer, kernel-maint, pbrobinson
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Description Lukas Ruzicka 2026-01-26 16:23:29 UTC
On a Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen3 with Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200, the iwlwifi driver consistently requests a specific firmware revision (c99) which is not present in the linux-firmware package. The driver falls back to an older firmware revision and Wi-Fi may work, but earlier boots failed completely when fallback did not succeed.

This produces persistent error messages even on successful boots and caused unreliable Wi-Fi behavior historically.

Kernel: 6.18.x
Hardware: Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (PCI ID 8086:272b)
Platform: Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen3 (21RR), Arrow Lake HX



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot Fedora with the latest updates on the affected machine.
Actual Results:
Firmware load error is logged. Driver falls back to older firmware. Wi-Fi works inconsistently depending on boot timing / fallback success.


Expected Results:
Preferred firmware revision is present, or driver does not request unavailable firmware, or error message is changed into a warning message if fallback is intended.

Additional Information:
Relevant journal lines:

~~~
[  37.372283] iwlwifi 0000:82:00.0: Direct firmware load for
iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-c99.ucode failed with error -2

iwlwifi 0000:82:00.0: loaded firmware version
gl-c0-fm-c0-101.ucode

~~~

Earlier boots with the same hardware and kernel failed to bring up Wi-Fi at all in the evening of the 17th January. With latest updates, wifi works.

Comment 1 Peter Robinson 2026-01-27 01:49:05 UTC
Please report actual read kernel versions you are having issues with, not .x, please also report the firmware you have install (rpm -qa|grep firmware).

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-04-11 14:01:50 UTC
FEDORA-2026-445b31d485 (linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-445b31d485

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-04-11 14:01:53 UTC
FEDORA-2026-5d86317e79 (linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-5d86317e79

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-04-11 14:01:55 UTC
FEDORA-2026-f0f802a460 (linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-f0f802a460

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-04-13 01:42:05 UTC
FEDORA-2026-445b31d485 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-445b31d485`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-445b31d485

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-04-13 02:05:23 UTC
FEDORA-2026-f0f802a460 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-f0f802a460`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-f0f802a460

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2026-04-13 02:22:08 UTC
FEDORA-2026-5d86317e79 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-5d86317e79`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-5d86317e79

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-04-23 00:55:37 UTC
FEDORA-2026-5d86317e79 (linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2026-04-23 01:09:07 UTC
FEDORA-2026-f0f802a460 (linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2026-04-25 01:42:23 UTC
FEDORA-2026-445b31d485 (linux-firmware-20260410-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.