#1130669 firmware-iwlwifi: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-hr4-b0-89.ucode failed with error -2

#1130669#5
Date:
2026-03-14 00:22:41 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

*** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***

* What led up to the situation?

Issue started to happen after upgrade of linux-image and
firmware-iwlwifi packages.

* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

I rebooted after upgrading both linux-image and firmware-iwlwifi
packages.

* What was the outcome of this action?

Both my WiFi and Bluetooth stopeed working.

* What outcome did you expect instead?

I expected that both WiFI and Bluettooh would still work after reboot.


Messages from dmesg :

[    3.894368] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected crf-id 0x1300504, cnv-id 0x80401 wfpm id 0x30
[    3.894396] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Adding cdb to rf id
[    3.894397] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected rf-type 0x504 step-id 0x1 slave-id 0x0 from crf id 0x1010a100
[    3.894398] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected cdb-id 0x1 from wfpm id 0x30
[    3.894399] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: PCI dev 7a70/0000, rev=0x430, rfid=0x1010a100
[    3.894401] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
[    3.894709] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-hr4-b0-89.ucode (-2)
[    3.894928] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-hr4-b0-89.ucode (-2)
[    3.894934] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-so-a0-hr4-b0-89.ucode (-2)
[    3.894935] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-hr4-b0-89.ucode failed with error -2
[    3.894938] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: no suitable firmware found!
[    3.895341] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: iwlwifi-so-a0-hr4-b0-89 is required
[    3.895762] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git

#1130669#10
Date:
2026-03-28 13:31:17 UTC
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Issue is still present using firmware-iwlwifi version 20260309-1 and
kernel image 6.19.10+deb14-amd64.

#1130669#15
Date:
2026-04-21 14:21:08 UTC
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Issue is still present using firmware-iwlwifi version 20260410-1 and
kernel image 6.19.13+deb14-amd64.