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linux-firmware-raspi2 package

[18.04.3] WLAN device disappear after upgrading linux-firmware-raspi2

Bug #1912866 reported by Gavin Lin
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linux-firmware-raspi2 (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
Dave Jones

Bug Description

[Description]
WLAN device disappear after upgrading linux-firmware-raspi2
Package Version: 1.20200601+arm64-0ubuntu2~18.04.1 [upgradable from: 1.20190215-0ubuntu0.18.04.1]

[Steps to reproduce]
1. Flash image http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/bionic/ubuntu-18.04.3-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img.xz
2. Boot into system
3. Upgrade linux-firmware-raspi2
4. Reboot the system
5. Check wireless device using "ip a"

[Actual result]
WLAN device disappear after upgrading linux-firmware-raspi2

[Expected result]
WLAN device works fine

[Additional information]
Hardware: rpi3b, rpi3b+, rpi3a+
Kernel Version: 4.15.0-1077-raspi2

See original description
Tags: sru
Gavin Lin (gavin.lin)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Varisht Ghedia (varishtsg) wrote :

Facing the same issue on rpi 4b.

Gavin Lin (gavin.lin)
description: updated
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Gavin Lin (gavin.lin) wrote :

Hi Varisht, rpi4b is not supported by this 4.15 kernel, please try ubuntu 18.04.6 or 20.04 image:

https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi

tags: added: sru
Dave Jones (waveform)
Changed in linux-firmware-raspi2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: nobody → Dave Jones (waveform)
Revision history for this message
Dave Jones (waveform) wrote :

Is this still an issue? I vaguely recall replicating this, but running out of time to dig into the causes. Given bionic is now EOL I'm tempted to mark this won't fix given I'm not aware of wifi issues on the still-supported releases, but I'll mark it incomplete for now.

Changed in linux-firmware-raspi2 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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