Activity log for bug #1890641

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2020-08-06 17:10:55 akchhay alok bug added bug
2020-08-06 19:16:05 Brian Murray affects ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
2020-08-08 05:27:33 Launchpad Janitor linux-firmware (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2020-09-03 05:37:11 paz bug added subscriber paz
2020-10-15 15:02:33 Rogério Meneguelli Gatto bug added subscriber Rogério Meneguelli Gatto
2020-11-12 01:22:21 bastafidli bug added subscriber bastafidli
2021-02-23 03:40:19 You-Sheng Yang nominated for series Ubuntu Bionic
2021-02-23 03:40:19 You-Sheng Yang bug task added linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic)
2021-02-23 03:41:14 You-Sheng Yang linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic): status New In Progress
2021-02-23 03:41:19 You-Sheng Yang linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic): importance Undecided High
2021-02-23 03:41:22 You-Sheng Yang linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic): assignee You-Sheng Yang (vicamo)
2021-02-23 03:41:27 You-Sheng Yang linux-firmware (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Invalid
2021-02-23 03:44:39 You-Sheng Yang tags amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade hwe-firmware
2021-02-23 06:55:23 You-Sheng Yang description Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169 after running sudo apt upgrade in ubuntu 18.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.38 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 6 22:38:31 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-16 (417 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) VarLogDistupgradeAptlog: Log time: 2020-03-08 22:54:00.439353 Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0 Done [SRU Justification] [Impact] Missing firmware for Realtek RTL8153 Based USB Ethernet Adapters, which is supported by linux-generic-hwe-18.04 kernel (currently v5.4). [Fix] Two upstream commit necessary: * commit b27d12383e7a ("rtl_nic: add firmware files for RTL8153") * commit 6f89735800fe ("rtl_nic: update firmware for RTL8153A") [Test Case] Without firmware, drive probe would fail with: $ dmesg | grep firmware | grep rtl8153 r8152 2-4.1:1.0: firmware: failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw (-2) r8152 2-4.1:1.0: Direct firmware load for rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw failed with error -2 r8152 2-4.1:1.0: unable to load firmware patch rtl_nic/rtl8153a-2.fw (-2) With firmware, it should succeed: $ dmesg | grep rtl8152 r8152 2-1:1.0: load rtl8153a-3 v2 02/07/20 successfully r8152 2-1:1.0 eth0: v1.11.11 r8152 2-1:1.0 enp0s20f0u1: renamed from eth0 [Where problems could occur] While this introduces new firmware blobs and enabled devices supported by new kernels, it should have little effect on existing systems, but with new devices up and running, it may still affect power consumptions, ability to enter deep suspend, etc. [Other Info] RTL8153 firmware has been available on Eoan and newer, so only Bionic is nominated. ========== original bug report ========== Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw for module r8169 after running sudo apt upgrade in ubuntu 18.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.38 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46~18.04.1-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.16 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Aug 6 22:38:31 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-16 (417 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:  Log time: 2020-03-08 22:54:00.439353  Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0  Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0  Done
2021-03-05 17:41:37 Timo Aaltonen linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic): status In Progress Fix Committed
2021-03-05 17:41:39 Timo Aaltonen bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2021-03-05 17:41:41 Timo Aaltonen bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2021-03-31 06:53:01 You-Sheng Yang tags amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade hwe-firmware amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade hwe-firmware verification-done-bionic
2021-04-06 22:31:30 Brian Murray tags amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade hwe-firmware verification-done-bionic amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade hwe-firmware verification-needed-bionic
2021-04-06 22:32:05 Brian Murray bug added subscriber Brian Murray
2021-04-07 07:17:12 You-Sheng Yang tags amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade hwe-firmware verification-needed-bionic amd64 apport-bug bionic dist-upgrade hwe-firmware verification-done-bionic
2021-04-07 15:08:18 Launchpad Janitor linux-firmware (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-04-07 15:08:23 Brian Murray removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2021-06-06 01:14:19 Mathew Hodson linux-firmware (Ubuntu): status Invalid Fix Released
2021-06-06 01:14:24 Mathew Hodson linux-firmware (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High