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nooobeee

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Registered: 2021-09-17

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[SOLVED] Intel AX203 not detected after Kernel 6.15.4 update

I have an intel AX203 wifi adapter and after the upgrade to 6.15.4 (I think performed on Friday), it no longer is detected.  It seems the firmware for this may no longer be included.

$ sudo dmesg  | grep iwlwifi
[    3.192718] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    3.199688] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x3617, cnv-id 0x20000302 wfpm id 0x80000000
[    3.199972] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: PCI dev 43f0/1651, rev=0x351, rfid=0x10a100
[    3.199974] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX203
[    3.200118] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-77.ucode failed with error -2
[    3.200121] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: no suitable firmware found!
[    3.200122] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-77 is required
[    3.200123] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

Has anyone else noticed this?

Last edited by nooobeee (2025-07-02 03:17:31)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,547

Re: [SOLVED] Intel AX203 not detected after Kernel 6.15.4 update

Did you see the news regarding firmwares and if you check

pacman -Qs linux-firmware

is linux-firmware-intel installed? and if not you should remedy that.

commit 210dfda8003499b88162a7386861b1cdce8ffb9b
Author: Víctor Gonzalo <victor.gonzalo@anddroptable.net>
Date:   Wed Mar 13 20:02:27 2024 +0200

    wifi: iwlwifi: Add missing MODULE_FIRMWARE for Qu-c0-jf-b0
    
    [ Upstream commit 2b801487ac3be7bec561ae62d1a6c4d6f5283f8c ]
    
    The module metadata for the firmware file iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-* is missing.
    
    Signed-off-by: Víctor Gonzalo <victor.gonzalo@anddroptable.net>
    Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240313180227.2224780-1-victor.gonzalo@anddroptable.net
    Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

is closest in that kernel changelog to have firmware level relation, but since this was simply an addition of something lacking I doubt there to be a relation.

Last edited by V1del (2025-06-30 12:01:54)

nooobeee

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Registered: 2021-09-17

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Intel AX203 not detected after Kernel 6.15.4 update

I did not notice that.  You rock, awesome catch.  Thank you so much for that!  Installing the firmware fixed it right up.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,547

Re: [SOLVED] Intel AX203 not detected after Kernel 6.15.4 update

If you missed that completely, maybe double check that nothing else requires firmware that might be missing now (really wifi chip/graphics drivers are the most common ones that could've been split by that.) If you don't want to micromanage this, installing the linux-firmware metapackage includes the most common ones.

In any case, if this is [SOLVED] please mark it as such by editing the title in your first post.