The firmware worked normally once it was moved into the stable kernel branch, there was a bug with that specific iwlwifi firmware update that was retracted. I have not encountered this again.
On Fri, Oct 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM Salvatore Bonaccorso <[email protected]> wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > Hi Jennifer, > > On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 05:34:28PM -0700, Jennifer Riley wrote: > > Package: src:linux > > Version: 6.16~rc7-1~exp1 > > Severity: important > > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > What led up to the situation? > > Upgraded from Linux 6.15 to 6.16-rc7 kernel. > > iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. > > iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110 > > > > What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? > > Booted into Linux 6.16-rc7, where iwlwifi loads firmware version 99 for > the > > Intel BE200 device. This causes microcode software errors and prevents > the Wi- > > Fi interface from initializing. Reverting to Linux 6.15 loads firmware > version > > 98, which initializes the device properly and Wi-Fi works as expected. > Manually > > copying firmware version 98 over the 99 file forces the driver to load > the > > older, working firmware on 6.16-rc7, temporarily restoring Wi-Fi > functionality. > > This indicates firmware 99 is likely buggy. > > > > Full firmware 99 dmesg 'iwl|firmware' log here > > https://pastebin.com/raw/9TBdP50w > > > > dmesg 'iwl|firmware' log with 98 override here > > https://pastebin.com/raw/dDQA0Csd > > > > What was the outcome of this action? > > Wi-Fi broken on 6.16-rc7; works fine on 6.15. > > > > What outcome did you expect instead? > > Wi-Fi should work on 6.16-rc7 as it did on 6.15. > > While not identical, I suspect the issue might be releated to same > issues as for #1115268. > > Could you please explicitly test 6.16.10-1 now and report back if the > issue is gone? > > Regards, > Salvatore >
