APPLIED: [SRU][linux-firmware][PULL][F] Add iwlwifi firmware rev -59

[Timo Aaltonen]

On 7.7.2021 18.43, You-Sheng Yang wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1934217
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> iwlwifi firmware crash under iperf stress tests: "Microcode SW error
> detected. Restarting 0x0."
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> iwlwifi FWs from core56-54 release may fix this issue.
> 
> [Test Case]
> 
> This affects plenty of models:
> 
> * iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-*:
>    - killer 1550*
>    - 9461/9462/9560
> * iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-*:
>    - 9260
> * iwlwifi-Q*-hr-b0-*:
>    - AX201
>    - AX1650*
> * iwlwifi-Q*-jf-b0-*:
>    - 9560
> * iwlwifi-cc-a0-*:
>    - AX200
> 
> While -59 fw is only used by 5.11-hwe kernel in Focal, they are tested
> only against hwe-5.11. For iwlwifi-9* fw, they are used by kernel since
> 5.1, they're tested against 5.4/5.6/5.8 and 5.11 kernels.
> 
> Test steps:
> - Connect both DUTs to the 5G wifi AP
> - on DUT 1
>     - $ iperf3 -s -B 192.168.50.188
> - on DUT 2
>     - $ iperf3 -c 192.168.50.188 -B 192.168.50.91 -t 6000
>     - After about 30 mins the wifi crashed with firmware related error
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> We have little info about each update of firmware blobs. So far we only
> know that their revisions match those claimed by kernel driver and we
> did not find other issues under the tests.
> 
> [Other Info]
> 
> Groovy 5.8 kernel supports -58 at max, and Hirsute has this already. So
> only Focal is nominated for hwe-5.11 kernel support. For 5.13-oem, -63
> fw is being SRU-ed in bug 1933415.
> 
> --
> 
> The following changes since commit b98bc920b5849d80b0b42eb6a581ac8a85265209:
> 
>    UBUNTU: Ubuntu-1.187.15 (2021-06-11 10:22:50 -0500)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>    git://git.launchpad.net/~vicamo/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware bug-1934217/add-iwlwifi-59-firmware/focal-pull
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to e2376a2a05ae2e2dc50ed7eb450473fe9bf96a40:
> 
>    iwlwifi: update and add new FWs from core56-54 release (2021-07-01 16:06:47 +0800)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Luca Coelho (1):
>    iwlwifi: update and add new FWs from core56-54 release
> 
>   WHENCE                            |  25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode | Bin 1462068 -> 1512096 bytes
>   iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode | Bin 1463820 -> 1483116 bytes
>   iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-59.ucode      | Bin 0 -> 1300764 bytes
>   iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-59.ucode      | Bin 0 -> 1226208 bytes
>   iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-59.ucode      | Bin 0 -> 1300780 bytes
>   iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-59.ucode      | Bin 0 -> 1226224 bytes
>   iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode     | Bin 0 -> 1299660 bytes
>   iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-59.ucode     | Bin 0 -> 1226064 bytes
>   iwlwifi-cc-a0-59.ucode            | Bin 0 -> 1261280 bytes
>   10 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-59.ucode
>   create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-59.ucode
>   create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-59.ucode
>   create mode 100644 iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-59.ucode
>   create mode 100644 iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode
>   create mode 100644 iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-59.ucode
>   create mode 100644 iwlwifi-cc-a0-59.ucode
> 

applied, now that test results are available


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