AX211 wifi does not work on Debian Bullseye, Linux kernel 6 (NUC 12)

[agorf]

Hello,

Wifi does not seem to be working on Debian Bullseye.

Some debugging information follows:

$ sudo dmesg | grep iwlwifi

[ 32.584961] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 32.588729] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode (-2)
[ 32.588794] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode (-2)
[ 32.588840] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.588861] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-71.ucode (-2)
[ 32.588912] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-71.ucode (-2)
[ 32.588956] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-71.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.588969] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-70.ucode (-2)
[ 32.589019] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-70.ucode (-2)
[ 32.589061] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-70.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.589073] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode (-2)
[ 32.589122] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode (-2)
[ 32.590514] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.590527] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode (-2)
[ 32.592250] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode (-2)
[ 32.593758] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.593780] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode (-2)
[ 32.595142] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode (-2)
[ 32.596459] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.596481] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode (-2)
[ 32.597760] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode (-2)
[ 32.598954] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.598966] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode (-2)
[ 32.600173] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode (-2)
[ 32.601312] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.601324] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode (-2)
[ 32.602461] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode (-2)
[ 32.603465] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.603476] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode (-2)
[ 32.604547] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode (-2)
[ 32.605582] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.605597] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode (-2)
[ 32.606622] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode (-2)
[ 32.607614] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.607629] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode (-2)
[ 32.608688] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode (-2)
[ 32.609649] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.609659] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode (-2)
[ 32.610598] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode (-2)
[ 32.611495] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.611506] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode (-2)
[ 32.612451] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode (-2)
[ 32.613346] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.613362] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode (-2)
[ 32.614204] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode (-2)
[ 32.614972] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.614979] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode (-2)
[ 32.615715] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode (-2)
[ 32.616427] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.616435] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode (-2)
[ 32.617191] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode (-2)
[ 32.617874] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.617881] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode (-2)
[ 32.618560] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode (-2)
[ 32.619210] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.619217] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode (-2)
[ 32.619883] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode (-2)
[ 32.620488] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.620498] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode (-2)
[ 32.621096] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode (-2)
[ 32.621657] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.621665] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode (-2)
[ 32.622215] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode (-2)
[ 32.622739] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.622746] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode (-2)
[ 32.623231] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode (-2)
[ 32.623746] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.623756] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode (-2)
[ 32.624210] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode (-2)
[ 32.624652] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.624659] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode (-2)
[ 32.625187] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode (-2)
[ 32.625630] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.625636] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode (-2)
[ 32.626088] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode (-2)
[ 32.626536] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.626543] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode (-2)
[ 32.626995] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode (-2)
[ 32.627439] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.627445] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode (-2)
[ 32.627904] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode (-2)
[ 32.628358] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.628370] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode (-2)
[ 32.628825] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode (-2)
[ 32.629273] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.629280] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode (-2)
[ 32.629730] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode (-2)
[ 32.630177] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.630183] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode (-2)
[ 32.630633] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode (-2)
[ 32.631079] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.631086] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode (-2)
[ 32.631539] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode (-2)
[ 32.631998] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.632006] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode (-2)
[ 32.632461] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode (-2)
[ 32.632907] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.632913] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode (-2)
[ 32.633361] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode (-2)
[ 32.633806] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.633812] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode (-2)
[ 32.634261] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode (-2)
[ 32.634708] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode failed with error -2
[ 32.634709] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39
[ 32.635165] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72
[ 32.635644] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

$ uname -a

Linux hostname 6.0.0-0.deb11.6-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.0.12-1~bpo11+1 (2022-12-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ apt policy firmware-linux

firmware-linux:
Installed: 20210818-1~bpo11+1
Candidate: 20210818-1~bpo11+1
Version table:
*** 20210818-1~bpo11+1 100
100 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports/non-free amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
20210315-3 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free amd64 Packages

$ ls -l /lib/firmware | grep iwlwifi

iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
iwlwifi-105-6.ucode
iwlwifi-135-6.ucode
iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode
iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode
iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode
iwlwifi-3160-9.ucode
iwlwifi-3168-22.ucode
iwlwifi-3168-29.ucode
iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode
iwlwifi-4965-2.ucode
iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
iwlwifi-6000g2a-6.ucode
iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode
iwlwifi-7260-17.ucode
iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode
iwlwifi-7265-17.ucode
iwlwifi-7265-9.ucode
iwlwifi-7265D-22.ucode
iwlwifi-7265D-29.ucode
iwlwifi-8000C-22.ucode
iwlwifi-8000C-36.ucode
iwlwifi-8265-22.ucode
iwlwifi-8265-36.ucode
iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode
iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode
iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-41.ucode
iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-43.ucode
iwlwifi-9000-pu-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode
iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-34.ucode
iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-38.ucode
iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-41.ucode
iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-43.ucode
iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-48.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-50.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-53.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-55.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-cc-a0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-48.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-50.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-53.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-55.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-hr-b0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-48.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-50.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-53.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-55.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-b0-jf-b0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-48.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-50.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-53.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-55.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-hr-b0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-48.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-50.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-53.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-55.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-Qu-c0-jf-b0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-48.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-50.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-53.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-55.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-hr-b0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-48.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-50.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-53.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-55.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-QuZ-a0-jf-b0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode
iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode
iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode
iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode
iwlwifi-ty-a0-gf-a0.pnvm

$ lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 4621 (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 4626 (rev 0c)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 464d (rev 02)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 466e (rev 02)
00:07.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 462f (rev 02)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 464f (rev 02)
00:0a.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 467d (rev 01)
00:0d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 461e (rev 02)
00:0d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 463e (rev 02)
00:0d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 466d (rev 02)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 51ed (rev 01)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Device 51ef (rev 01)
00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 51f0 (rev 01)
00:15.0 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51e8 (rev 01)
00:15.1 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51e9 (rev 01)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device 51e0 (rev 01)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 51d3 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 51b0 (rev 01)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 5182 (rev 01)
00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation Device 51c8 (rev 01)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 51a3 (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Device 51a4 (rev 01)
01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller PM9A1/980PRO
56:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I225-V (rev 03)

[agorf]

Turns out the errors in dmesg output were due to missing firmware files. Their common prefix is "iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-" so I downloaded the latest firmware from the kernel repo [1], extracted it, copied it to /lib/firmware and wifi now works:

wget https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/snapshot/linux-firmware-20230310.tar.gz 

tar -xzvf linux-firmware-20230310.tar.gz 

cd linux-firmware-20230310

sudo mv iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-* /lib/firmware

sudo modprobe -r iwlwifi

sudo modprobe iwlwifi

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/

[Jocelyn_Intel]

Hello, @agorf  

Thank you for posting on the Intel® communities.  

I am happy to hear that your issue is solved now. We appreciate your steps regarding this issue for our community. 

Just to confirm, do you need assistance with anything else? If so, do not hesitate to contact us back, I will gladly assist here. 

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Jocelyn M.   

Intel Customer Support Technician.