On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 at 22:10, Leith Bade <le...@bade.nz> wrote:
> > After inspecting the /lib/firmware directory, it seems the APT package
>> > "firmware-misc-nonfree" has firmware for older MediaTek chips, but is
>> > missing files for ant MT79xx including MT7981 and MT7986.
>>
>> d1c24e6cfa18 ("mediatek: Synchronize with 20230625's WHENCE file")
>> added those files and has been released to *experimental* in version
>> 20230625-3~exp2. You'd need the firmware-mediatek package though.
>>
>
> Thanks for finding this. The various firmware packages and their differing
> names is highly confusing. I wonder if there is some sort of script that
> can go find the right packages for your initrd.
>
So I removed linux-firmware-upstream, then installed firmware-mediatek
from experimental, then did an update-initramfs. After rebooting the WiFi
is still working.
What other testing is required before this can make its way into unstable?
