On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 03:23:44PM -0000, Jason Gerard DeRose wrote: > Seth, I noticed that the linux-firmware package in proposed (1.127.3) > doesn't have the 7260 -8 firmware, but does have the 3160 -8 firmware? > Is this intentional? > > $ dpkg -L linux-firmware | egrep "7260|3160" > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3160-8.ucode > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-7.ucode > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3160-9.ucode > /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-3160-7.ucode
I didn't think that there were any reports of issues with 3160, but now I see that you did mention it in comment #42. At this point we've already queued up the patch to disable beacon filtering in 3.13, so I'm not sure that it makes sense to pull out the -8 firmware for 3160 at this point. Also just a note that we do plan to reintroduce the -8 firmare for 7260 once the kernel with the beacon filtering patch gets relesed. > Also, IWL7260_UCODE_API_MAX seems to still be set at 8 as the -9 > firmware Yep. Right now we aren't planning to bump 3.13 to use -9, but in the future we'll have HWE kernels which will use it, so Tim went ahead and included it when he updated linux-firmware recently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1293569 Title: iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode causes network disconnections problems Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in “linux-firmware” source package in Trusty: Fix Released Bug description: Running 14.04 (beta) with Kernel 3.13.0-17-generic I've encountered a strange and reproducible error with the iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode firmware. This laptop is a Dell XPS 12 (haswell). With the -8 firmware, it will connect fine to wifi for 30 or 40 mins at a time, then will start dropping connections repeatedly. Even modprobe -r unloading and reloading doesn't fix the issue, only a reboot will temporarily solve it for 40 mins at a time. Moreover, here is what's strange, is during these episodes of disconnection it seems to affect the actual router (2Wire), as the other devices in the house will also start to have issues (very slow connections, limited range,etc). Once I reboot this laptop everything and all devices will return to normal. This issue has been fixed by me manually removing the -8 firware from /lib/firmware and letting the -7 firmware load instead. Since that has been done there has not been a single issue of this happening (now going on 4 days). let me know if there is any other information you would like me to provide. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.126 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Mar 17 08:13:25 2014 Dependencies: EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-07 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140307) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: linux-firmware UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1293569/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp