Update linux-firmware in focal for 5.8 hwe kernel

[Seth Forshee]

[Impact]

Some firmware files are missing for the 5.8 hwe kernel in focal, which may cause some hardware supported by that kernel to fail to function or to function incorrectly. These files are added to both to the linux-firmware package and the nic-firmware udeb.

[Test Case]

Confirm that the new files are present in the linux-firmware deb and the nic-firmware udeb.

[Where problems could occur]

Most of these files are not used by the existing focal kernels and should not cause any problems aside from occupying disk space. A handful of the files might have been introduced to the linux-firmware package between focal and groovy and could be used by the existing focal kernel, and these have a potential to introduce regressions for users with hardware which uses that firmware. Also, users which have manually added any of these firmware files to their systems may encounter issues when upgrading.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Hello Seth, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.187.7 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 on 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, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

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

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Seth Forshee (sforshee)]

I confirmed that that correct new firmware files have been added, and that the contents of those files match what is expected. I also confirmed that the nic-firmware udeb updates are as expected, and that there are no changes to the contents of the scsi-firmware udeb.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.187.7

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linux-firmware (1.187.7) focal; urgency=medium

  * Update linux-firmware in focal for 5.8 hwe kernel (LP: #1907158)
    - UBUNTU: [Debian] list-udeb-updates -- Add support for
      linux-hwe-X.Y packages
    - UBUNTU: amdgpu -- Add navi14 and vega20 TA firmware for 5.8 hwe kernel
    - linux-firmware: add firmware for MT7663 Wifi/BT combo device
    - linux-firmware: add rebb firmware for mt7663
    - linux-firmware: add firmware for MT7915E
    - Update binary firmware for MT7663 based devices to include firmware
      offload feature and low power feature.
    - UBUNTU: iwlwifi -- Add new firmware files for 5.8 hwe kernel
    - UBUNTU: Update nic-firmware udeb for 5.8 hwe kernel

  * Support Intel AX210 wifi [8086:2725] Subsystem [8086:4020]
    (LP: #1902848)
    - UBUNTU: SAUCE: iwlwifi: Add iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode from
      core56-54 release

  * Add support for Intel Bluetooth Device Typhoon Peak (8087:0032)
    (LP: #1890130)
    - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX210
    - linux-firmware: Update firmware file for Intel Bluetooth AX210

  * Killer 500s (QCA6390) WLAN/BT [17cb:1101] unavailable (LP: #1879633)
    - QCA: Add Bluetooth firmware for QCA6390
    - QCA: Update Bluetooth firmware for QCA6390
    - ath11k: QCA6390 hw2.0: add board-2.bin
    - ath11k: QCA6390 hw2.0: add to
      WLAN.HST.1.0.1-01740-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1
    - QCA: Update Bluetooth firmware for QCA6390

 -- Seth Forshee <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:50:25 -0600

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-firmware has completed successfully and the package is now being 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.