Bug 2476984

Summary: Kernel 7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64 is missing MEI drivers
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: sergio.bossa
Component: kernelAssignee: Justin M. Forbes <jforbes>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 44CC: acaringi, adscvr, airlied, hans, hpa, jforbes, kernel-maint, linville, malte_schuenemann, masami256, mchehab, nickolasjcarr, ptalbert, steved, suraj.ghimire7
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Description sergio.bossa 2026-05-13 10:29:44 UTC 
1. Please describe the problem:

The latest 7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64 kernel seems to be missing MEI drivers: this seems to cause issues with audio and video on some Dell hardware, i.e. no mic and camera detected.

2. What is the Version-Release number of the kernel:

7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64

3. Did it work previously in Fedora? If so, what kernel version did the issue
   *first* appear?  Old kernels are available for download at
   https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=8 :

It used to work on Fedora 43 with kernel 6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_6.

See:
```
$> find /lib/modules/ -name "*mei*"
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/media/rc/keymaps/rc-gadmei-rm008z.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/gsc_proxy/mei_gsc_proxy.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/pxp/mei_pxp.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/mei-gsc.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/mei-me.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/mei-txe.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/mei-vsc-hw.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/mei-vsc.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/mei.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/misc/mei/mei_lb.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/nfc/microread/microread_mei.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/nfc/pn544/pn544_mei.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.ko.xz
/lib/modules/6.19.10-200.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/watchdog/mei_wdt.ko.xz
/lib/modules/7.0.4-100.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers/media/rc/keymaps/rc-gadmei-rm008z.ko.xz
/lib/modules/7.0.4-200.fc44.x86_64/kernel/drivers/media/rc/keymaps/rc-gadmei-rm008z.ko.xz
```

4. Can you reproduce this issue? If so, please provide the steps to reproduce
   the issue below:

This seems to be affecting all 7.0.4 installations, not just upgrades.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Malte Schünemann 2026-05-13 10:38:14 UTC 
After upgrade to F44, the camera was working fine (kernel 6.19.14). Now with kernel 7 it does not. I currently need to boot with the older kernel.
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2026-05-13 14:31:12 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2468995 ***