** Description changed: On ubuntu 14.04 the linux-firmware package versions 1.127.3 (trusty- proposed) and 1.127.2 (trusty-security) don't contain /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode which is firmware version 22.15.8.0 [1] / 22.24.8.0 [2] for Intel - Wireless 7260 needed for the current 3.13 kernel for the device to work - properly (see Bug #1271257, which was previously fixed by adding this - firmware ...) + Wireless-AC 7260 needed for the current 3.13 kernel for the device to + work properly (see Bug #1271257, which was previously fixed by adding + this firmware ...) Even though the latest firmware version 23.214.9.0 was included in the latest package version (1.127.3) and this one should in theory run on 3.13 it is not yet used by the driver since the appropriate patch [3] has not yet made it into the stable kernel according to [2]. + Update_0: I found out that version 8 was removed because it was seen as + a regression by some users of the Intel Wireless-N 7260 (see Bug + #1293569). + + Update_1: Bug #1325200 describes the same problem, but here I gathered + and summarized all the needed information I think. + [1] http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-034398.htm [2] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi [3] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=431031851ea72a25abb9ad4df56a0f3b997e3026
-- 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/1330724 Title: FW for Intel Wireless 7260 v8 missing Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On ubuntu 14.04 the linux-firmware package versions 1.127.3 (trusty- proposed) and 1.127.2 (trusty-security) don't contain /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-7260-8.ucode which is firmware version 22.15.8.0 [1] / 22.24.8.0 [2] for Intel Wireless-AC 7260 needed for the current 3.13 kernel for the device to work properly (see Bug #1271257, which was previously fixed by adding this firmware ...) Even though the latest firmware version 23.214.9.0 was included in the latest package version (1.127.3) and this one should in theory run on 3.13 it is not yet used by the driver since the appropriate patch [3] has not yet made it into the stable kernel according to [2]. Update_0: I found out that version 8 was removed because it was seen as a regression by some users of the Intel Wireless-N/-AC 7260 (see Bug #1293569). Update_1: Bug #1325200 describes the same problem, but here I gathered and summarized all the needed information I think. [1] http://www.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-034398.htm [2] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi [3] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=431031851ea72a25abb9ad4df56a0f3b997e3026 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1330724/+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
