Re: [PATCH 7.2 000/243] 7.2.13-rc2 review

[Benjamin Boortz]

On Sat, Oct 24, 2026 at 08:59:39AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 7.2.13 release.
> There are 243 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.

QEMU tests pass: Build and boot tested for x86_64, i386, arm64, and riscv
across multiple configurations.
But on Lenovo IdeaPad, AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, it breaks firmware loading.


7.2.13-rc2 stable-rc (broken):
  Linux bb-82jq 7.2.13-rc2-localconfig+ #37 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 2026-10-25T10:58:13Z x86_64 GNU/Linux
  [    4.115429] faux_driver regulatory: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
  [    4.247951] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for nvidia/610.57.04/gsp_ga10x.bin failed with error -2
  [    4.293594] mt7921e 0000:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.270053] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for mediatek/BT_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1_2_hdr.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.270059] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to set up firmware (-2)
  [    5.285865] mt7921e 0000:04:00.0: hardware init failed
  [    6.777226] r8169 0000:03:00.0: Unable to load firmware rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw (-2)

  dmesg: https://benni.tech/pub/2026-10-25-354214524bc50442-linux_7.2.13-rc2_dmesg.out

7.2.12 stable (working):
  Linux bb-82jq 7.2.12-localconfig #15 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC 2026-10-25T11:34:55Z x86_64 GNU/Linux
  [    4.187538] r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: RTL8168h/8111h, 90:2e:16:f4:c1:ac, XID 541, IRQ 99
  [    4.317243] mt7921e 0000:04:00.0: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20260224110909a
  [    4.329703] mt7921e 0000:04:00.0: WM Firmware Version: ____010000, Build Time: 20260224110949
  [    5.209980] Bluetooth: hci0: HW/SW Version: 0x008a008a, Build Time: 20260224111243
  [    5.363124] Bluetooth: hci0: Device setup in 152450 usecs

  dmesg: https://benni.tech/pub/2026-10-25-741af2903c635793-linux_7.2.12-stable_dmesg.out


The firmware files on my system exist:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   382295 14. Aug 17:40 /lib/firmware/mediatek/BT_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1_2_hdr.bin.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    48310 14. Aug 17:40 /lib/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_MT7961_patch_mcu_1_2_hdr.bin.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   359887 14. Aug 17:40 /lib/firmware/mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin.zst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 84310168  3. Aug 19:30 /lib/firmware/nvidia/610.57.04/gsp_ga10x.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     6380 31. Mai 10:41 /lib/firmware/regulatory.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      762 14. Aug 17:40 /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw.zst

Regards,
Benjamin Boortz <bennib@xxxxxxxxxxx>