Update linux-firmware in xenial for lts-y

[Seth Forshee]

Add/update firmware files to support running yakkety kernels with xenial userspace.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Hello Seth, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.157.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

linux-firmware 1.157.5 works well in my testing. Differences in installed firmware files between 1.157.4 and 1.157.5 packages are as expected.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.157.5

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linux-firmware (1.157.5) xenial; urgency=medium

  * New firmware is required for some iwlwifi modules (LP: #1635091)
    - iwlwifi: add new -17 firmware for iwlmvm devices

  * Update linux-firmware in xenial for lts-y (LP: #1637481)
    - nvidia: Add GM200, GM204 and GM206 signed firmware
    - nvidia: Add GM20B signed firmware
    - iwlwifi: add new -21.ucode for 7265D, 8260, 3168 and 8265 devices
    - iwlwifi: add -21.ucode to WHENCE
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Skylake audio firmware
    - linux-firmware/i915: Major GuC release for Skylake - ver 6.1
    - Update amdgpu ucode images
    - Add amdgpu ucode images for Polaris family asics
    - amdgpu: update CZ to new UVD fw that supports 40 sessions
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Skylake audio firmware
    - amdgpu: update firmware
    - cxgb4: update firmware to revision 1.15.37.0
    - qed: Add FW 8.10.5.0
    - linux-firmware: intel: Add Broxton audio firmware
    - radeon: add new CI smc firmware
    - radeon: add new SI smc firmware
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Skylake audio firmware
    - amdgpu: Update UVD firmware for Polaris
    - amdgpu: update polaris ucode
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Broxton audio firmware
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Skylake audio firmware
    - linux-firmware: First DMC image for Kabylake.
    - mediatek: Add mt8173 VPU firmware
    - nvidia: Add GP100 signed firmware
    - iwlwifi: add new -22 firmware for 7265D and up
    - amdgpu: update vce firmware for VI asics
    - linux-firmware: intel: Add Kabylake audio firmware
    - amdgpu: update stoney UVD firmware
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Skylake audio firmware
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Kabylake audio firmware
    - linux-firmware: intel: Update Broxton audio firmware
    - ath10k: QCA4019 hw1.0: add firmware and board files
    - ath10k: QCA9887 hw1.0: add firmware and board files
    - ath10k: QCA9888 hw2.0: add firmware and board files
    - ath10k: QCA9984 hw1.0: add firmware and board files
    - mediatek: Update firmware for decoder and MDP
    - amdgpu: update UVD firmware for VI devices
    - UBUNTU: Update nic-firmware.lst for lts-yakkety

 -- Seth Forshee <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:43:28 -0500

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-firmware has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.