By following a variation of Harry Mayrhofer's procedure, I've managed to change my wireless firmware build times too! I'll watch my wireless connection to see if it's behaving differently. Here's what I did.
For reproducibility, here are two ways that my system state differed from the Ubuntu 22.04 defaults before I started. * I had upgraded linux-firmware to version 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.28 from the jammy-proposed repository * I had upgraded the kernel to version 6.5.0-18-generic, as a side effect of upgrading my MESA graphics drivers from the kisak-mesa PPA >From that starting point, here's how I changed my wireless firmware. 1) I removed these files from /lib/firmware/mediatek: WIFI_MT7922_patch_mcu_1_1_hdr.bin WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7922_1.bin 2) I replaced them with the same files from commit 0a18a7292a66532633d9586521f0b954c68a9fbc of linux-firmware. To be explicit, I got the new files from these URLS: https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/raw/0a18a7292a66532633d9586521f0b954c68a9fbc/mediatek/WIFI_MT7922_patch_mcu_1_1_hdr.bin https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/raw/0a18a7292a66532633d9586521f0b954c68a9fbc/mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7922_1.bin 3) I regenerated the initial RAM disk associated with the latest version of my kernel (which is the version that was running) sudo update-initramfs -u 4) I rebooted After the reboot, dmesg showed new wireless firmware build times: [ 3.125009] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 3.131598] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: ASIC revision: 79220010 [ 3.217634] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20230627143702a [ 3.234290] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0: WM Firmware Version: ____000000, Build Time: 20230627143946 [ 4.362764] mt7921e 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0 Note that my build times are different from Harry's. I think that's because I used the firmware files from the commit that Rudi Daemen suggested, while Harry used the newest version of the files. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2049220 Title: Update firmware for MT7921 in order to fix Framework 13 AMD 7040 Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux-firmware source package in Jammy: Fix Committed Status in linux-firmware source package in Mantic: Fix Committed Status in linux-firmware source package in Noble: Fix Released Bug description: [SRU Justification] BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2049220 [Impact] MT7921 - IPv6 no longer working (Not receiving Multicast). [Fix] Update WiFi/Bluetooth firmware to upstream commits: * WiFI: commit 0a18a7292a66 ("linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7921 WiFi device") * Bluetooth: commit 1366b827c213 ("linux-firmware: update firmware for mediatek bluetooth chip (MT7921)") [Test Case] 1. Have Ubuntu 22.04 LTS installed on a laptop with MT7921 Wifi adapter and connect it to a Dual-stack network leveraging Router Advertisements for IPv6. 2. Run it with HWE Kernel image linux-image-6.2.0-39-generic and observe the following: - IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration works and a public/global address is assigned. - Inbound IPv6 Multicast packets are seen when using tcpdump/wireshark. 3. Update the HWE Kernel to linux-image-6.5.0-14-generic and observe the following: - IPv6 only configures link-local address (fe80::) and no public/global address. - No inbound IPv6 multicast packets are seen when using tcpdump/wireshark. [Where problems could occur] Opaque binary. No known dependency to kernel version. [Other Info] Nominate Jammy for linux-oem-6.5/jammy and linux-hwe-6.5/jammy, and Mantic. All the commits are in upstream repository, so Noble should have them after rebased. ========== original bug report ========== The current firmware for MT7921 WiFi is giving me problems like dropping multicast packets (mDNS). I manually updated the firmware files and that fixed the issue. To be more specific, please include this commit: https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/commit/0a18a7292a66532633d9586521f0b954c68a9fbc And possibly also this: https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/commit/1366b827c21351b37665303397e161dd4158316e Thanks! We also need: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center ii linux-firmware 20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.24 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers 3) What you expected to happen WiFi working 4) What happened instead Multicast packets dropped, mDNS not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2049220/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
