Intel 8265 Dual-band Wireless Bluetooth Drivers fail to load

[Tim White]

Bluetooth for Intel 8265 fails to load due to missing/incorrect firmware. Using linux-generic-hwe-16.04 kernel.

linux-generic-hwe-16.04:
  Installed: 4.8.0.53.24

Upgrading the linux-firmware package from 1.157.10 to 1.165 (From artful, however reports of 1.161.1 from Yakety also work https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2354736&page=2) allows the firmware to correctly load.

Backporting, 1.161.1 to Xenial would allow Xenial users on 4.8 to actually use the Intel drivers in 4.8.

Bluetooth messages with linux-firmware 1.157.10
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.653346] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.653357] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.653360] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.653362] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.653366] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663328] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663329] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663330] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCSP registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663330] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663331] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol ATH3K registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663331] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663368] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Intel registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663380] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCM registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663380] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol QCA registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.663381] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol AG6XX registered
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.690975] Bluetooth: hci0: Bootloader revision 0.0 build 26 week 38 2015
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.691983] Bluetooth: hci0: Device revision is 16
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.691984] Bluetooth: hci0: Secure boot is enabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.691985] Bluetooth: hci0: OTP lock is enabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.691985] Bluetooth: hci0: API lock is enabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.691986] Bluetooth: hci0: Debug lock is disabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.691987] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.702993] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-12-16.sfi failed with error -2
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 21.702996] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file (-2)
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.055850] Bluetooth: hci0: Bootloader revision 0.0 build 26 week 38 2015
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057058] Bluetooth: hci0: Device revision is 16
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057058] Bluetooth: hci0: Secure boot is enabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057059] Bluetooth: hci0: OTP lock is enabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057059] Bluetooth: hci0: API lock is enabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057060] Bluetooth: hci0: Debug lock is disabled
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057060] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057081] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-12-16.sfi failed with error -2
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.057082] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file (-2)
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.592088] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.592090] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
Jun 5 07:31:50 SUQLD-L0321 kernel: [ 22.592093] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized

Bluetooth messages with linux-firmware 1.165
dmesg | egrep -i 'blue|firm'
[ 0.179126] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 12.984854] [drm] GuC firmware load skipped
[ 27.492711] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.21
[ 27.492721] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 27.492723] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 27.492725] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 27.492729] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 27.501957] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[ 27.501958] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[ 27.501959] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCSP registered
[ 27.501959] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered
[ 27.501960] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol ATH3K registered
[ 27.501960] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[ 27.501986] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Intel registered
[ 27.501999] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol BCM registered
[ 27.502000] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol QCA registered
[ 27.502000] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol AG6XX registered
[ 27.539426] Bluetooth: hci0: Bootloader revision 0.0 build 26 week 38 2015
[ 27.540148] Bluetooth: hci0: Device revision is 16
[ 27.540149] Bluetooth: hci0: Secure boot is enabled
[ 27.540149] Bluetooth: hci0: OTP lock is enabled
[ 27.540150] Bluetooth: hci0: API lock is enabled
[ 27.540150] Bluetooth: hci0: Debug lock is disabled
[ 27.540151] Bluetooth: hci0: Minimum firmware build 1 week 10 2014
[ 27.556891] Bluetooth: hci0: Found device firmware: intel/ibt-12-16.sfi
[ 27.638654] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8265-24.ucode failed with error -2
[ 27.638673] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-8265-23.ucode failed with error -2
[ 27.667801] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 22.391740.0 op_mode iwlmvm
[ 28.972136] Bluetooth: hci0: Waiting for firmware download to complete
[ 28.972463] Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware loaded in 1394950 usecs
[ 28.972486] Bluetooth: hci0: Waiting for device to boot
[ 28.984521] Bluetooth: hci0: Device booted in 11710 usecs
[ 28.985937] Bluetooth: hci0: Found Intel DDC parameters: intel/ibt-12-16.ddc
[ 28.987537] Bluetooth: hci0: Applying Intel DDC parameters completed
[ 29.065795] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[ 29.065796] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[ 29.065799] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[ 32.405152] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[ 32.405164] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[ 32.405169] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[ 74.935641] Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.2
[ 74.935647] Bluetooth: HIDP socket layer initialized
[ 74.955385] input: Bluetooth Mouse M336/M337/M535 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.0/bluetooth/hci0/hci0:256/0005:046D:B016.0004/input/input26
[ 74.956478] hid-generic 0005:046D:B016.0004: input,hidraw3: BLUETOOTH HID v12.03 Mouse [Bluetooth Mouse M336/M337/M535] on 00:28:f8:53:24:41

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-generic-hwe-16.04 4.8.0.53.24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-53-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Jun 5 08:04:39 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-10 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: linux-meta-hwe
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)