Comment 23 for bug 1611124

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WinEunuchs2Unix (ricklee518) wrote : Re: [Bug 1611124] Re: W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for module i915

The warnings applied to Kabylake before it was even released / sold. Anyway
a few days ago the drivers were released so you can fix the error for real.
See:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/832524/updated-kernel-to-4-8-now-missing-firmware-warnings

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 9:48 PM, simon <email address hidden> wrote:

> The smart thing to do is check and only show this message if using Kaby
> Lake processor. Why worry uses at all?
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> Title:
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin
> for module i915
>
> Status in xen:
> Unknown
> Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> $sudo dpkg -i linux-image-4.8.0-040800rc1-lowlatency
>
> [...]
>
> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-040800rc1-lowlatency
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/kbl_guc_ver9_14.bin for
> module i915
> W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/i915/bxt_guc_ver8_7.bin for
> module i915
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
> Package: linux-firmware 1.159
> Uname: Linux 4.8.0-040800rc1-lowlatency x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu5
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Aug 8 17:50:38 2016
> Dependencies:
>
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-26 (379 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64
> (20150723)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: linux-firmware
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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