Bug#983255: firmware-realtek: Direct firmware load for rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin failed with error -2

[maximilian attems <maks@stro.at>]

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On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 09:20:30AM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> > lspci | grep -i wire
> > 02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
> > 
> > dmesg contains these lines: 
> > 
> > [    4.938468] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtw88/rtw8821c_fw.bin failed with error -2
> > [    4.938472] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to request firmware
> > [    4.938543] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to load firmware
> > [    4.938571] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip efuse info
> > [    4.938599] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip information
> > [    4.939514] rtw_8821ce: probe of 0000:02:00.0 failed with error -22
> > 
> > tried to install also latest firmware-realtek from unstable 
> > ii  firmware-realtek                        20210208-1                          all          Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters
> > but this did also not change anything. 
> 
> there is a newer version of this firmware v9.9.5 in the upstream repository,
> could you test commit 80cb579614ee576ae74e650fa0b43d9f7c212039
> in linux-firmware git:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
 
Have you tried the newer firmware?

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maks