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 From: carnil@debian.org 
  
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 Hi Jennifer, 
  
 On Fri, Jul 25, 2025 at 05:34:28PM -0700, Jennifer Riley wrote: 
 > Package: src:linux 
 > Version: 6.16~rc7-1~exp1 
 > Severity: important 
 > X-Debbugs-Cc: klipo89@gmail.com 
 > 
 > Dear Maintainer, 
 > 
 > What led up to the situation? 
 > Upgraded from Linux 6.15 to 6.16-rc7 kernel. 
 > iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: microcode SW error detected. Restarting 0x2000000. 
 > iwlwifi 0000:08:00.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110 
 > 
 > What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? 
 > Booted into Linux 6.16-rc7, where iwlwifi loads firmware version 99 for the 
 > Intel BE200 device. This causes microcode software errors and prevents the 
 Wi- 
 > Fi interface from initializing. Reverting to Linux 6.15 loads firmware 
 version 
 > 98, which initializes the device properly and Wi-Fi works as expected. 
 Manually 
 > copying firmware version 98 over the 99 file forces the driver to load the 
 > older, working firmware on 6.16-rc7, temporarily restoring Wi-Fi 
 functionality. 
 > This indicates firmware 99 is likely buggy. 
 > 
 > Full firmware 99 dmesg 'iwl|firmware' log here 
 > https://pastebin.com/raw/9TBdP50w 
 > 
 > dmesg 'iwl|firmware' log with 98 override here 
 > https://pastebin.com/raw/dDQA0Csd 
 > 
 > What was the outcome of this action? 
 > Wi-Fi broken on 6.16-rc7; works fine on 6.15. 
 > 
 > What outcome did you expect instead? 
 > Wi-Fi should work on 6.16-rc7 as it did on 6.15. 
  
 While not identical, I suspect the issue might be releated to same 
 issues as for #1115268. 
  
 Could you please explicitly test 6.16.10-1 now and report back if the 
 issue is gone? 
  
 Regards, 
 Salvatore 
  
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