Bug#973733: RTW88_8821ce module fails to find firmware during install and must be reloaded

From	"Brandon Werner" <brandon_code@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#973733: RTW88_8821ce module fails to find firmware during install and must be reloaded
Date	2020-11-04 05:00 +0100
Message-ID	<B7i7L-1Aa-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Hi,
I downloaded one of the firmware netinstall builds of Debian from today (11/03/2020) to try installing on my netbook with the 8821ce wifi card since Debian now has the 5.9 kernel. During the text install with speech, I received an error that the network card could not be found. I opened a console and looking at dmesg showed the driver not finding the firmware with a -2 error, however, I noticed that the requested files had been unpacked to /lib/firmware. I unloaded rtw88_8821ce and reloaded it using modprobe and the firmware was found, after which the network interface was successfully brought up. I was able to continue through the rest of the install without issue. I am not sure what logs would help but would be happy to provide anything requested to diagnose this issue.

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Bug#973733: RTW88_8821ce module fails to find firmware during install and must be reloaded "Brandon Werner" <brandon_code@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-04 05:00 +0100
  Bug#973733: RTW88_8821ce module fails to find firmware during install and must be reloaded "Brandon Werner" <brandon_code@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-04 07:20 +0100
    Bug#973733: RTW88_8821ce module fails to find firmware during install and must be reloaded "Brandon Werner" <brandon_code@fastmail.fm> - 2020-11-04 15:30 +0100
      Bug#973733: RTW88_8821ce module fails to find firmware during install and must be reloaded Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-11-04 17:20 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#973733: RTW88_8821ce module fails to find  firmware during install and must be reloaded "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-11-04 17:20 +0100

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