Somehow I feel there is a bug in update-initramfs. So after install custom blobs:
$ ls -l|awk '/->/ {print $9 " " $10 " " $11}' ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_0f095bd1.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_27e280ea.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_2d924439.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_46171bac.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_793c79e4.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_916dce72.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_af74be99.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_d8738e0f.bin.zst -> ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst ish_lnlm.bin.zst The custom blob is not loaded unless one symlink it as the default ish_lnlm.bin.zst: [ 1.508997] intel_ish_ipc 0000:00:12.0: ISH loader: load firmware: intel/ish/ish_lnlm.bin [ 1.534957] intel_ish_ipc 0000:00:12.0: ISH loader: firmware loaded. size:829952 [ 1.534959] intel_ish_ipc 0000:00:12.0: ISH loader: FW base version: 5.8.0.7724 [ 1.534961] intel_ish_ipc 0000:00:12.0: ISH loader: FW project version: 58.7724.2.12658 And from update-initramefs messages, custom blobs are not included into initramfs and therefore not detected: $ update-initramefs -v -u -k $(uname -r) ... dracut-install: Missing firmware intel/ish/ish_*.bin for kernel module intel_ish_ipc dracut-install: mkdir '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_9uk7FI/lib/firmware/intel/ish' dracut-install: cp '/lib/firmware/intel/ish/ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst' '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_9uk7FI/lib/firmware/intel/ish/ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst' dracut-install: ln -s 'ish_lnlm_39ceeaf8_58.7724.2.bin.zst' '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_9uk7FI/lib/firmware/intel/ish/ish_lnlm.bin.zst' ... -- 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/2094768 Title: Missing vendor/product/sku specific ISH firmware for Dell laptops Status in HWE Next: New Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: TBD. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/2094768/+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