Hi Chris,
On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 8:08 AM Chris Clayton <chris2553@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply, Kiran.
>
> Does the phrase "next release" mean linux-5.13-rc4 or the next release of linux-firmware? I just want to know what to
> look out for.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 25/05/2021 11:14, K, Kiran wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > This is a known issue related to firmware and is expected to be fixed in next release.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kiran
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Chris Clayton <chris2553@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 3:28 PM
> >> To: linux-bluetooth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Von Dentz, Luiz
> >> <luiz.von.dentz@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: BT Intel: Regression loading firmware in linux-5.13-rc3
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've built and installed 5.13-rc3+ (freshly pulled from Linus' tree). On booting
> >> it I find that none of my bluetooth devices can connect. In the output from
> >> dmesg I find:
> >>
> >> [ 8.170332] Bluetooth: hci0: Firmware revision 0.0 build 121 week 7 2021
> >> [ 8.171339] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for intel/ibt-19-16-0.sfi
> >> failed with error -2
> >> [ 8.171871] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to load Intel firmware file intel/ibt-19-16-
> >> 0.sfi (-2)
> >>
> >> As you can see it is looking for a non-existent firmware file intel/ibt-19-16-
> >> 0.sfi. intel/ibt-19-16-4.{ddc,sfi} do exist and both 5.12.6 and 5.10.39
> >> successfully load those.
> >>
> >> If I create symbolic links from the ibt-19-16-4 files to ibt-19-16-0 equivalents,
> >> rc3 loads them and my bluetooth devices work fine. I can't find any ibt-19-16-
> >> 0 files in the lkinux-firmware tree on kernel.org (or anywhere else for that
> >> matter).
> >>
> >> I looked at the changes introduced in 5.13 and found a couple of suspects -
> >> d68903da4e220d1e6b7c6ecdb853c36144c6acc9
> >> (Bluetooth: btintel: Consolidate intel_version parsing) and its parent commit
> >> 0a460d8fe2db6887169a19b048ea0c90f8bdc3b7
> >> (Bluetooth: btintel: Consolidate intel_version_tlv parsing). Both were
> >> authored by Luiz Augusto von Dentz and make changes to code that
> >> processes the firmware version data. I built a kernel with
> >> 0a460d8fe2db6887169a19b048ea0c90f8bdc3b7
> >> checked out and that loads the installed firmware fine.
> >> d68903da4e220d1e6b7c6ecdb853c36144c6acc9, however, seems to be the
> >> the change that breaks things because it tries (and obviously fails) to load ibt-
> >> 19-16-0.sfi.
> >>
> >> I can provide any additional diagnostics or test a fix, but please copy me in to
> >> any email because I'm not subscribed to the list.
> >>
> >> In the meantime, I'll use my symlinks workaround.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Chris
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git/commit/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c?id=183dce5a7fd3040ced6a220b0aa536c926f10cd9
That said we shall probably merge it to 5.13 before it is released.
--
Luiz Augusto von Dentz
