[PATCH 2/2] linux-firmware: update firmware for MT7916

Shayne Chen (陳軒丞) Shayne.Chen at mediatek.com
Wed Feb 8 08:13:28 PST 2023


On Wed, 2023-02-01 at 17:07 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 23.11.22 12:07, Shayne Chen wrote:
> > This patch updates firmware files v211120221031 for MT7916 WiFi
> > NIC.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Shayne Chen<shayne.chen at mediatek.com>
> 
> More and more users are complaining that this firmware update
> introduces 
> a regression of not being able to support 5 GHz and 6 GHz together 
> anymore. Apparently the EEPROM data needs to be patched to limit
> support 
> to one of the two bands, otherwise both don't work.
> Switching at runtime apparently doesn't work without a firmware
> restart.
> 
> Is there any chance we could get a firmware that fixes this bug?
> 
Hi Felix,

We've released new firmware which enables 5+6 GHz on mt7916 band1 to
mt76 community, and are collecting feedbacks from users.
I'll send the updated firmware after getting positive feedbacks.

Thanks,
Shayne

> Thanks,
> 
> - Felix


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