Bug 17497 - iwlwifi firmware fails to load
Summary: iwlwifi firmware fails to load
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Backlund
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Reported: 2016-01-14 19:44 CET by Ojangu
Modified: 2016-01-28 14:28 CET (History)
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Source RPM: kernel-firmware-nonfree-20151120-1.mga6.nonfree.src.rpm
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Description Ojangu 2016-01-14 19:44:51 CET 
Description of problem:
dmesg output:
[   66.950295] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265-18.ucode failed with error -2
[   66.950299] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[  126.953879] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-7265-17.ucode failed with error -2
[  126.953882] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Falling back to user helper


How reproducible:
Happens at every boot

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up laptop

$ lspcidrake |grep -i netw
iwlwifi         : Intel Corporation|Wireless 7265 [NETWORK_OTHER] (rev: 48)

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Comment 1 Ojangu 2016-01-14 19:46:27 CET 
After some time firmware gets loaded successfully:
[  186.962162] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 16.242414.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[  187.001985] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7265, REV=0x184
[  187.002381] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[  187.002826] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Enabled
[  187.076710] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-mvm-rs'
[  187.080868] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0 wlo1: renamed from wlan0
Comment 2 Thomas Backlund 2016-01-14 20:06:21 CET 
Yeah, Intel has not officially submitted api 18 or api 17 firmwares upstream yet, they are only in the iwlwifi tree so far...

That's why it falls back to user helper loader to load the older ones

I will look into syncing with iwlwifi tree soon-ish if they dont push upstream in some days...
Comment 3 Ojangu 2016-01-23 15:17:50 CET 
Same wifi working under Mageia5 very weii and quicly.
Comment 4 Thomas Backlund 2016-01-28 14:28:07 CET 
Newest upstream available iwlwifi firmware pushed as part of kernel-firmware-nonfree-20160127-1.mga6 / iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20160127-1.mga6

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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