XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: kibi@debian.org 
  
 Cyril Brulebois  (2025-09-30): 
 > Sorry you had to go through this, this never-ending transition is a huge 
 > mess€€€ we should probably fix not only unstable (and testing after a few 
 > days) but also backport to stable, just in case some packages end up 
 > getting updated with the new paths there (e.g. via security). 
  
 Let's backpedal a bit: looking at trixie's initial release (13.0), we 
 already had firmware-iwlwifi with /usr/lib/firmware paths, and I'm 
 *pretty sure* that works fine! 
  
 What wasn't mentioned in this bug report is that we're talking about 
 custom builds, not about official images. (See, that's why you shouldn't 
 contact individual maintainers directly, and instead include all context 
 in a public conversation in the first place€€€) 
  
 Are you missing Contents-firmware files, possibly because you're using 
 an old debian-cd branch, or maybe no debian-cd at all? 
  
 If that's indeed the case, the patch is only needed for the fallback 
 code, so that's less serious than what I thought. 
  
 Example with the non-fallback code: 
  
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: looking at dmesg for the first 
 time 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: saving timestamp for a later 
 use: 
 [   27.986681] 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file 
 rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin requested by rtw_8821ce 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file 
 rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin requested by rtw_8821ce 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: looking for firmware file 
 rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin requested by rtw_8821ce 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: missing firmware files 
 (rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin) for rtw_8821ce 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: mainloop iteration #1 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: lookup with /cdrom/f 
 rmware/Contents-firmware 
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: installing firmware package 
 /cdrom/firmware/firmware-realtek_20250410-2_all.deb (non-free-firmware) 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: modprobe: FATAL: Module 
 rtw_8821ce 
 not found. 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: modprobe: FATAL: Module 
 rtw_8821ce 
 not found in directory /lib/modules/6.12.29-amd64 
     May 22 01:12:42 check-missing-firmware: removing and loading kernel 
 module 
 rtw88_8821ce as well (actual module for rtw_8821ce) 
  
 In your case I'm assuming you're getting *without* there? 
  
  
 Cheers, 
 -- 
 Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)             
 D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant 
  
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