wifi 7 card based on intel BE200NGW chip - not working
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Installed a Wifi 7 card manufactured by Glotrends. The journal shows it's detected, but firmware fails to load despite several attempts.
uname -a
Linux compName 6.12.6-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.6-1 (2024-12-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux
(on kernel 6.11.10 results are the same)
sudo journalctl -xb | grep iwlwifi
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected crf-id 0x2001910, cnv-id 0x2001910 wfpm id 0x80000000
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: PCI dev 272b/00f4, rev=0x472, rfid=0x112200
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 7 BE200 320MHz
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-93.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-93.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-93.ucode failed with error -2
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-92.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-92.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-92.ucode failed with error -2
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-91.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-91.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-91.ucode failed with error -2
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-90.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: firmware: failed to load iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-90.ucode (-2)
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-90.ucode failed with error -2
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: minimum version required: iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-90
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: maximum version supported: iwlwifi-gl-c0-fm-c0-93
Jan 14 08:00:54 compName kernel: iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: check git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
Based on manufacturer's [tech specs](https://www.glotrends-store.com/products/wifi-7-ex) , I expected the card to work out of the box. The site gives a link to Intel's site, where [drivers for Linux are also available](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/824804/intel-wireless-wi-fi-drivers-for-linux.html) . The site says that drivers are already included with kernel 6.11, but the card requires firmware to work. The journal said the same thing, but I already have the iwlwifi
module installed.
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