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[Solved] No firmware available for Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

Hi all.

I'm having an issue getting my wifi working. My wifi is built into the Asus Prime B550M-A Wi-Fi motherboard.

journalctl -k | grep iwlwifi
Sep 19 10:10:47 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Sep 19 10:10:47 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-cc-a0-64.ucode failed with error -2
Sep 19 10:10:47 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
Sep 19 10:10:47 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 89.3.35.37
Sep 19 10:10:47 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: loaded firmware version 63.c04f3485.0 cc-a0-63.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
Sep 19 10:10:48 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, REV=0x340

I have dual boot setup with Windows 10, so if I boot into Window 10, and then reboot into Arch, it seems the firmware still loaded and the card works.

Sep 19 10:27:58 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Sep 19 10:27:58 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-cc-a0-64.ucode failed with error -2
Sep 19 10:27:58 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
Sep 19 10:27:58 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 89.3.35.37
Sep 19 10:27:58 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: loaded firmware version 63.c04f3485.0 cc-a0-63.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
Sep 19 10:27:59 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, REV=0x340
Sep 19 10:27:59 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: Detected RF HR B3, rfid=0x10a100
Sep 19 10:27:59 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0: base HW address: 5c:80:b6:b8:66:8b
Sep 19 10:27:59 sandking kernel: iwlwifi 0000:09:00.0 wlp9s0: renamed from wlan0

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why the firmware is missing?
The AX200 is supposed to be a supported Intel card according to this: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use … rs/iwlwifi
The iwlwifi-cc-a0-64.ucode firmware does not seem to be present in any of the firmware packages I've looked at here or even here

Last edited by Avatar (2021-09-19 12:47:19)

V1del

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Re: [Solved] No firmware available for Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

Sometimes the kernel devs enable looking for newer firmwares earlier/possible for internal testing without having released it yet. This isn't a worrysome error in and of itself, It falls back and loads the -63 version of the firmware immediately after and the card is apparently initialized.

So since the firmware isn't your issue, what's your actual issue? Common candidates here are mixing different network managing tools or since you mention Windows, make sure fast boot is disabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_b … ibernation

Maybe post the output of

find /etc/systemd -type l -exec test -f {} \; -print | awk -F'/' '{ printf ("%-40s | %s\n", $(NF-0), $(NF-1)) }' | sort -f

Last edited by V1del (2021-09-19 10:15:20)

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Re: [Solved] No firmware available for Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200

Seems the firmware issue was a red herring.
I disabled fast boot in Windows according to the section 'About dual-boot with Windows and "fast-boot" enabled' found here https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use … rs/iwlwifi
I then shutdown and booted into Arch and the wifi came up correctly
Thanks for the help. Much appreciated.