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Adel Ahmed
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:28 pm    Post subject: intel wifi card unable to load firmware[solved] Reply with quote

Hi everyone,

I have the following card:
Code:
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi (rev 01)


but it does not show up in the interfaces as it cannot load the firmware, I am trying to use linux-firmware for this one:
Code:
[  296.622425] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
[  296.622537] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[  296.626048] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode
[  296.626070] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626074] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-71.ucode
[  296.626079] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-71.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626081] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-70.ucode
[  296.626086] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-70.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626088] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode
[  296.626093] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626095] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode
[  296.626100] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626102] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode
[  296.626108] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626110] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode
[  296.626115] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626116] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode
[  296.626123] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626125] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode
[  296.626130] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626132] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode
[  296.626138] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626139] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode
[  296.626145] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626146] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode
[  296.626152] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626153] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode
[  296.626159] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626160] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode
[  296.626166] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626167] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode
[  296.626173] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626174] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode
[  296.626180] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626182] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode
[  296.626187] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626188] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode
[  296.626198] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626199] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode
[  296.626205] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626206] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode
[  296.626212] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626214] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode
[  296.626220] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626221] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode
[  296.626226] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626228] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode
[  296.626234] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626235] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode
[  296.626241] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626243] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode
[  296.626249] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626250] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode
[  296.626258] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626259] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode
[  296.626265] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626266] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode
[  296.626272] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626273] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode
[  296.626279] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626281] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode
[  296.626287] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626288] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode
[  296.626293] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626295] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode
[  296.626300] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626302] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode
[  296.626307] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626309] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode
[  296.626315] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode failed with error -2
[  296.626316] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: no suitable firmware found!
[  296.626317] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39
[  296.626318] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72
[  296.626319] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git


any idea how I can get the firmware to work?


Last edited by Adel Ahmed on Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:28 am; edited 1 time in total
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is
iwlwifi
configured as a module?
Code:

CONFIG_IWLWIFI=m

If not then set it as above and recompile and reinstall the kernel.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah it's compiled as a module
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Plz reinstall
linux-firmware
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 12, 2023 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yup, it needed to be re-emerged with the redistributable USE flag enabled.

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