Include the RTL8851BE support

Bug #2029377 reported by You-Sheng Yang
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linux (Ubuntu)
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Jammy
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Jammy
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You-Sheng Yang
linux-oem-6.5 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

[SRU Justification]

[Impact]

Need new firmware and driver for Realtek RTL8851BE WiFi 6 card.

[Fix]

* Bluetooth
  - kernel
    + 9a24ce5e29b1 Bluetooth: btrtl: Firmware format v2 support (v6.4-rc1)
    + 7948fe1c92d9 Bluetooth: btrtl: Add the support for RTL8851B (v6.4-rc1)
  - firmware
    + 53e48f93f rtl_bt: Add firmware and config files for RTL8851B (mantic, v2 binary)
* WiFi
  - kernel
    + f5993f39f3a7 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: update RF radio A parameters to R28 (v6.5-rc1)
    + b067acb1325a wifi: rtw89: 8851b: update TX power tables to R28 (v6.5-rc1)
    + b686bc67e043 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: rfk: add LCK track (v6.5-rc1)
    + 76a7c7acaa78 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: rfk: update IQK to version 0x8 (v6.5-rc1)
    + 076031a09ae9 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: configure to force 1 TX power value (v6.5-rc1)
    + 99ff8da56322 wifi: rtw89: 8851be: add 8851BE PCI entry and fill PCI capabilities (v6.5-rc1)
  - firmware
    + c10facaf1 rtw89: 8851b: add firmware v0.29.41.0 (mantic)

[Test Case]

Check WiFi/Bluetooth basic functionality after installing the firmware with
oem-6.5 kernel.

[Where problems could occur]

New device, may still have issues on stability or power consumptions.

[Other Info]

For our target kernel, linux-oem-6.5, the only thing to be land is commit
53e48f93f ("rtl_bt: Add firmware and config files for RTL8851B") for
linux-firmware for Jammy.

========== original bug report ==========

Include the support for Realtek8851BE wifi6 card

* Bluetooth
  - kernel
    + 9a24ce5e29b1 Bluetooth: btrtl: Firmware format v2 support (v6.4-rc1)
    + 7948fe1c92d9 Bluetooth: btrtl: Add the support for RTL8851B (v6.4-rc1)
  - firmware
    + 53e48f93f rtl_bt: Add firmware and config files for RTL8851B (mantic, v2 binary)
* WiFi
  - kernel
    + f5993f39f3a7 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: update RF radio A parameters to R28 (v6.5-rc1)
    + b067acb1325a wifi: rtw89: 8851b: update TX power tables to R28 (v6.5-rc1)
    + b686bc67e043 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: rfk: add LCK track (v6.5-rc1)
    + 76a7c7acaa78 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: rfk: update IQK to version 0x8 (v6.5-rc1)
    + 076031a09ae9 wifi: rtw89: 8851b: configure to force 1 TX power value (v6.5-rc1)
    + 99ff8da56322 wifi: rtw89: 8851be: add 8851BE PCI entry and fill PCI capabilities (v6.5-rc1)
  - firmware
    + c10facaf1 rtw89: 8851b: add firmware v0.29.41.0 (mantic)

Revision history for this message
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo) wrote :

For our target kernel, linux-oem-6.5, the only thing to be land is commit 53e48f93f ("rtl_bt: Add firmware and config files for RTL8851B") for linux-firmware.

tags: added: oem-priority originate-from-2015735 somerville
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo)
description: updated
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo)
description: updated
Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
tags: added: kern-7608
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Jammy):
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → You-Sheng Yang (vicamo)
Revision history for this message
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo) wrote :
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello You-Sheng, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.18 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-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. 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.

Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo)
Changed in linux-oem-6.5 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo) wrote (last edit ):

All patches have been included in linux-oem-6.5/jammy, linux-unstable/mantic, linux-firmware/mantic. Mark as FIXRELEASED.

Changed in linux-oem-6.5 (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
You-Sheng Yang (vicamo) wrote :

Verified linux-firmware/jammy version 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.18 against linux-oem-6.5/jammy-proposed kernel version 6.5.0-1002.2.

tags: added: verification-done-jammy
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.18

---------------
linux-firmware (20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.18) jammy; urgency=medium

  * External thunderbolt3 & built-in monitor black out on AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics (LP: #2029384)
    - amdgpu: Update DMCUB for DCN314 & Yellow Carp
  * Update PHX GPU F/W (LP: #2027959)
    - amdgpu: update GC 11.0.1 firmware for amd.5.5 release
    - amdgpu: update GC 11.0.4 firmware for amd.5.5 release
    - amdgpu: Update GC 11.0.1 and 11.0.4
  * Include the RTL8851BE support (LP: #2029377)
    - rtl_bt: Add firmware and config files for RTL8851B
    - rtw89: 8851b: add firmware v0.29.41.0
  * Missing DG2 HUC firmware (i915) (LP: #2029345)
    - i915: Add HuC 7.10.3 for DG2

 -- Juerg Haefliger <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:06:25 +0200

Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote : Update Released

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.

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