Why does my Intel Wireless AC 9560 or 9462 card not have an interface on the system on RHEL8.1?
Issue
- Unable to load
iwlwifi
module - Unable to see wireless interface
-
The following errors appear in
journalctl
:localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 46.3cfab8da.0 op_mode iwlmvm localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 9560, REV=0x354 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failed to load firmware chunk! localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: iwlwifi transaction failed, dumping registers localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: iwlwifi device config registers: localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 00000000: 02f08086 00100406 02800000 00800010 24104004 00000060 00000000 00000000 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 00000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00348086 00000000 000000c8 00000000 000001ff localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: iwlwifi device memory mapped registers: localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 00000000: 18489004 00000040 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 00000020: 00000011 0c040005 00000351 d55555d5 d55555d5 d55555d5 80008040 001f0040 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Could not load the [0] uCode section localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failed to start INIT ucode: -110 localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Collecting data: trigger 16 fired. localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Not valid error log pointer 0x00000000 for Init uCode localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Fseq Registers: localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_ERROR_CODE localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_TOP_INIT_VERSION localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_CNVIO_INIT_VERSION localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_OTP_VERSION localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_TOP_CONTENT_VERSION localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_ALIVE_TOKEN localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_CNVI_ID localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | FSEQ_CNVR_ID localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | CNVI_AUX_MISC_CHIP localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | CNVR_AUX_MISC_CHIP localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_DIG_DCDC_VTRIM localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: 0xA5A5A5A2 | CNVR_SCU_SD_REGS_SD_REG_ACTIVE_VDIG_MIRROR localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Firmware not running - cannot dump error localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failing on timeout while stopping DMA channel 8 [0xa5a5a5a2] localhost.localdomain kernel: iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Failed to run INIT ucode: -110
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
- Intel Wireless 9560 or 9462
- (The issue does not happen on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8)
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.