Backport Intel 8260 Wifi/BT firmwares
Bug #1476900 reported by
Phidias
This bug affects 3 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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HWE Next |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
linux-firmware (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Phidias | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Phidias | ||
Vivid |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Phidias |
Bug Description
Both Intel 8260 Wifi and Bluetooth firmwares are now available in mainline linux-firmware and has been tested. Vivid currently doesn't support Intel 8260 Wifi and BT, and need to backport the firmwares.
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Vivid): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
assignee: | nobody → Phidias (phidias-chiang) |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Vivid): | |
assignee: | nobody → Phidias (phidias-chiang) |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Vivid): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Vivid): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in hwe-next: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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While the vivid kernel has some code to support Intel 8260, the highest firmware API it supports is -12 whereas the first firmware Intel released for this hardware is -13. Including the firmware in vivid isn't going to help because the vivid kernel isn't going to use it.