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vok5

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Registered: 2015-07-18

Posts: 2

Linux firmware package out of date

Hello,

I updated my system this week and the kernel got updated along other stuff. However, I just realized that the package linux-firmware hasn't been updated for quite sometimes now. So, what is up with it? I was hoping to get a new driver for my network card that could fix some minor issues I have.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Linux firmware package out of date

Drivers come with the kernel package, not the firmware package. Which driver and firmware are you using at the moment? Do you have some reason to expect a new driver for your card?

vok5

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Registered: 2015-07-18

Posts: 2

Re: Linux firmware package out of date

My network card is the Intel AC-3160 and I get this when I run the command dmesg | grep iwlwifi.

[    2.195574] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-3160-13.ucode failed with error -2
[    2.205475] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 25.17.12.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[    2.300728] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Unsupported splx structure

iwlwifi is my network card's driver. Since I am now at the 4.1 kernel, I should have gotten a new driver with it, the version 25.30.14.0. You can see the firmware version for the different kernel versions on this website: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use … /iwlwifi?s[]=3160. It seems like the file simply isn't there. You can see the error Direct firmware load error. If the package linux-firmare was up-to-date, the new ucode file would be present.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,170

Re: Linux firmware package out of date

Since I am now at the 4.1 kernel, I should have gotten a new driver with it, the version 25.30.14.0.

The intel 3160 lists 25.30.13 for kernel 4.1, and 25.30.14 for kernel 4.2 .

As for linux-firmware :
testing repo now has  20150722.e10097a-1 , either enable testing or wait for it to enter core.

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Buddlespit

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From: Chesapeake, Va.

Registered: 2014-02-07

Posts: 507

Re: Linux firmware package out of date

either enable testing or wait for it to enter core.

Or build it with ABS

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