Updated kernel to 5.17rc8 and god this from dmesg: [ 17.625420] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux [ 17.625543] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 17.628755] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode (-2) [ 17.628888] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629032] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode (-2) [ 17.629167] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629184] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode (-2) [ 17.629292] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-67.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629305] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode (-2) [ 17.629412] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-66.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629424] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode (-2) [ 17.629545] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-65.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629560] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode (-2) [ 17.629669] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-64.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629682] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode (-2) [ 17.629790] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-63.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629802] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode (-2) [ 17.629915] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-62.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.629930] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode (-2) [ 17.630061] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-61.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.630075] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode (-2) [ 17.630190] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-60.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.630206] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode (-2) [ 17.630322] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-59.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.630336] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode (-2) [ 17.630451] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-58.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.630464] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode (-2) [ 17.630593] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-57.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.630607] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode (-2) [ 17.630724] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-56.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.630736] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode (-2) [ 17.630853] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-55.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.630868] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode (-2) [ 17.631000] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-54.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.631013] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode (-2) [ 17.631131] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-53.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.631256] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode (-2) [ 17.631374] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-52.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.631389] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode (-2) [ 17.631520] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-51.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.631533] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode (-2) [ 17.631650] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-50.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.631663] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode (-2) [ 17.631781] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-49.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.631793] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode (-2) [ 17.631921] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-48.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.631941] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode (-2) [ 17.632179] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-47.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.632194] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode (-2) [ 17.632312] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-46.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.632325] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode (-2) [ 17.632459] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-45.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.632472] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode (-2) [ 17.632590] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-44.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.632603] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode (-2) [ 17.634110] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-43.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.634249] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode (-2) [ 17.635509] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-42.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.635519] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode (-2) [ 17.636813] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-41.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.636835] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode (-2) [ 17.637777] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-40.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.637784] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode (-2) [ 17.638603] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39.ucode failed with error -2 [ 17.638614] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: minimum version required: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-39 [ 17.639361] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-69 [ 17.640083] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git:// git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
looked like missing firmware...so I searched around and obtained wget https://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/linux-firmware/iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode sudo cp iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-68.ucode /usr/lib/firmware/ and the pvnm file wget https://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/linux-firmware/iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm sudo cp iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm /usr/lib/firmware/ and it works. So the firmware is still missing in the Debian experimental
