Update WiFi/BT firmware as per MediaTek's request

Bug #2051921 reported by ethan.hsieh
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linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

[Impact]
1. Update WiFi MT7961 firmware to fix the latency issue
2. Drop mt7663 support

[Where problems could occur]
1. MediaTek decides to drop mt7663 support from MediaTek Genio boards because it doesn't maintain opensource mt7663 driver and firmware anymore.
2. long latency when running the ping command
PING 10.102.96.44 (10.102.96.44) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.102.96.44: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=8384 ms
64 bytes from 10.102.96.44: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=7378 ms
64 bytes from 10.102.96.44: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=6354 ms

[Test Case]
1. Check if mt7663 firmware is removed
2. Run ping test to check if the latency issue is fixed.
3. Check if Basic WiFi function (scan, connect to AP, etc) can work well with new firmware.

[Regression Potential]
New WiFi MT7961 firmware has been verified by MediaTek QA team. It should be low risk.

tags: added: oem-priority originate-from-2045633
description: updated
summary: - Update WiFi/BT as per MediaTek's request
+ Update WiFi/BT firmware as per MediaTek's request
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ethan.hsieh (ethan.hsieh) wrote :
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ethan.hsieh (ethan.hsieh) wrote :
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ethan.hsieh (ethan.hsieh) wrote :
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ethan.hsieh (ethan.hsieh) wrote :

Test packages[1]:

1. linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (5-0ubuntu1) noble
a. Update WiFi MT7961 firmware to fix the latency issue
b. Drop mt7663 support

2. linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (4.1-0ubuntu1) mantic
a. Only update WiFi MT7961 firmware to fix the latency issue

3. linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (4.1-0ubuntu1~22.04) jammy
b. Only update WiFi MT7961 firmware to fix the latency issue

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[1] https://launchpad.net/~ethan.hsieh/+archive/ubuntu/sru-test/+packages

tags: added: patch
Changed in linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello ethan.hsieh, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware-mediatek-genio into mantic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware-mediatek-genio/4.1-0ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-mantic to verification-done-mantic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-mantic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (Ubuntu Mantic):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: New → Fix Committed
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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello ethan.hsieh, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware-mediatek-genio into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware-mediatek-genio/4.1-0ubuntu1~22.04 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware-mediatek-genio - 5-0ubuntu1

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linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (5-0ubuntu1) noble; urgency=medium

  * Update WiFi MT7961 firmware to fix the latency issue (LP: #2051921)
  * Remove firmware as per Mediatek's request
    - mediatek/mt7663_n9_rebb.bin
    - mediatek/mt7663_n9_v3.bin
    - mediatek/mt7663pr2h.bin
    - mediatek/mt7663pr2h_rebb.bin
  * d/source/lintian-overrides: fix lintian errors
  * MediaTek decides to drop mt7663 support from MediaTek Genio boards because
    it doesn't maintain opensource mt7663 driver and firmware anymore.

 -- Ethan Hsieh <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:49:19 +0800

Changed in linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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ethan.hsieh (ethan.hsieh) wrote :

Verified packages on noble and mantic/jammy-proposed.

1. noble: mt7663 WiFi/BT firmware are removed.
2. noble/mantic/jammy:
a. SCAN: Pass
b. connect to AP: Pass
c. ping test: Pass
3. checksum: Pass
$ md5sum /lib/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_*
0a4d833efe94a56c502de8a38405d8fe /lib/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_MT7961_patch_mcu_1_2_hdr.bin
8d0a4f6dc2d01a8b442ae0b8d76d9122 /lib/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin

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Board: g700 and g510

tags: added: verification-done-jammy verification-done-mantic
tags: added: verification-needed
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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-firmware-mediatek-genio has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware-mediatek-genio - 4.1-0ubuntu1~22.04

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linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (4.1-0ubuntu1~22.04) jammy; urgency=medium

  * Backport to jammy (LP: #2051921)
    - Update WiFi MT7961 firmware to fix the latency issue

 -- Ethan Hsieh <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 10:04:36 +0800

Changed in linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (Ubuntu Jammy):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware-mediatek-genio - 4.1-0ubuntu1

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linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (4.1-0ubuntu1) mantic; urgency=medium

  * Update WiFi MT7961 firmware to fix the latency issue (LP: #2051921)

 -- Ethan Hsieh <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:55:25 +0800

Changed in linux-firmware-mediatek-genio (Ubuntu Mantic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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