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Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin

Started by	Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
First post	2026-06-12 14:20 +0200
Last post	2026-06-13 19:00 +0200
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  Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-06-12 14:20 +0200
    Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-06-12 14:50 +0200
    Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-06-13 12:20 +0200
    Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> - 2026-06-13 12:30 +0200
      Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2026-06-13 19:00 +0200

#92966 — Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin

From	Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Date	2026-06-12 14:20 +0200
Subject	Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin
Message-ID	<N591D-ci0s-1@gated-at.bofh.it>

Package: src:linux
Version: 6.1.174-1
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.racine@iki.fi

Feel free to reassign as required.

$ sudo isenkram-autoinstall-firmware
info: some kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin
info: unable to find any local firmware info for dist trixie, using info for sid
info: locating packages with the requested firmware files
info: determining whether enabling other components is required
info: No new firmware package with requested firmware detected.

The above output appears on hosts running Linux kernels linux-image-6.1.0-49-686, linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae, linux-image-6.12.90+deb13.1-amd64 with a Realtek Wi-Fi USB dongle plugged in.

Could the missing firmware get enabled and shipped with upcoming updates for Bookworm and Trixie?

Thanks!
Martin-Éric

-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 6.1.0-49-686-pae (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.174-1 (2026-05-26)

** Command line:
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-49-686-pae root=UUID=cc540c15-0f8a-4933-88de-5516da7b3414 ro panic=15 quiet loglevel=1 splash

** Not tainted

** Kernel log:
[   29.654480] systemd[1]: Starting modprobe@efi_pstore.service - Load Kernel Module efi_pstore...
[   29.684699] systemd[1]: Starting modprobe@fuse.service - Load Kernel Module fuse...
[   29.714742] systemd[1]: Starting modprobe@loop.service - Load Kernel Module loop...
[   29.722900] systemd[1]: systemd-fsck-root.service - File System Check on Root Device was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=!/run/initramfs/fsck-root).
[   29.767387] systemd[1]: Starting systemd-journald.service - Journal Service...
[   29.862511] systemd[1]: Starting systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules...
[   29.875386] systemd[1]: Starting systemd-remount-fs.service - Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
[   29.894212] systemd[1]: Starting systemd-udev-trigger.service - Coldplug All udev Devices...
[   29.927807] systemd[1]: Finished kmod-static-nodes.service - Create List of Static Device Nodes.
[   29.932530] systemd[1]: modprobe@drm.service: Deactivated successfully.
[   29.934433] systemd[1]: Finished modprobe@drm.service - Load Kernel Module drm.
[   30.029574] systemd[1]: modprobe@configfs.service: Deactivated successfully.
[   30.035211] systemd[1]: Finished modprobe@configfs.service - Load Kernel Module configfs.
[   30.069456] loop: module loaded
[   30.084368] systemd[1]: Mounting sys-kernel-config.mount - Kernel Configuration File System...
[   30.100100] systemd[1]: modprobe@loop.service: Deactivated successfully.
[   30.125703] systemd[1]: Finished modprobe@loop.service - Load Kernel Module loop.
[   30.283048] fuse: init (API version 7.38)
[   30.289764] systemd[1]: modprobe@fuse.service: Deactivated successfully.
[   30.294950] systemd[1]: Finished modprobe@fuse.service - Load Kernel Module fuse.
[   30.331876] systemd[1]: Mounting sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount - FUSE Control File System...
[   30.339809] systemd[1]: modprobe@efi_pstore.service: Deactivated successfully.
[   30.345702] systemd[1]: Finished modprobe@efi_pstore.service - Load Kernel Module efi_pstore.
[   30.658538] systemd[1]: Mounted dev-hugepages.mount - Huge Pages File System.
[   30.662317] systemd[1]: Mounted dev-mqueue.mount - POSIX Message Queue File System.
[   30.668887] systemd[1]: Mounted sys-kernel-debug.mount - Kernel Debug File System.
[   30.683624] systemd[1]: Mounted sys-kernel-tracing.mount - Kernel Trace File System.
[   30.687102] systemd[1]: Finished keyboard-setup.service - Set the console keyboard layout.
[   30.691215] systemd[1]: Mounted sys-kernel-config.mount - Kernel Configuration File System.
[   30.695254] systemd[1]: Mounted sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount - FUSE Control File System.
[   30.720412] device-mapper: core: CONFIG_IMA_DISABLE_HTABLE is disabled. Duplicate IMA measurements will not be recorded in the IMA log.
[   30.720591] device-mapper: uevent: version 1.0.3
[   30.721022] device-mapper: ioctl: 4.47.0-ioctl (2022-07-28) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
[   30.726641] systemd[1]: modprobe@dm_mod.service: Deactivated successfully.
[   30.728709] systemd[1]: Finished modprobe@dm_mod.service - Load Kernel Module dm_mod.
[   30.730647] systemd[1]: systemd-repart.service - Repartition Root Disk was skipped because no trigger condition checks were met.
[   30.813423] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Quota mode: none.
[   30.830247] systemd[1]: Finished systemd-remount-fs.service - Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
[   30.834970] systemd[1]: systemd-firstboot.service - First Boot Wizard was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionFirstBoot=yes).
[   30.835392] systemd[1]: systemd-pstore.service - Platform Persistent Storage Archival was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=/sys/fs/pstore).
[   30.858642] systemd[1]: Starting systemd-random-seed.service - Load/Save Random Seed...
[   30.889693] systemd[1]: Starting systemd-sysusers.service - Create System Users...
[   31.334000] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   31.339776] systemd[1]: Finished systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules.
[   31.372425] systemd[1]: Starting systemd-sysctl.service - Apply Kernel Variables...
[   31.532254] systemd[1]: Finished systemd-random-seed.service - Load/Save Random Seed.
[   31.538374] systemd[1]: first-boot-complete.target - First Boot Complete was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionFirstBoot=yes).
[   31.619538] systemd[1]: Started systemd-journald.service - Journal Service.
[   32.020816] systemd-journald[264]: Received client request to flush runtime journal.
[   38.044449] audit: type=1400 audit(1781264542.208:2): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="lsb_release" pid=301 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   38.659250] audit: type=1400 audit(1781264542.824:3): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe" pid=302 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   38.659288] audit: type=1400 audit(1781264542.824:4): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe//kmod" pid=302 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   38.973998] audit: type=1400 audit(1781264543.140:5): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="/usr/bin/man" pid=303 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   38.974037] audit: type=1400 audit(1781264543.140:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="man_filter" pid=303 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   38.974054] audit: type=1400 audit(1781264543.140:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="man_groff" pid=303 comm="apparmor_parser"
[   43.046965] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
[   43.047250] scsi 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[   44.267415] parport_pc 00:03: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[   44.267591] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
[   44.373989] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[   44.463949] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[   44.483408] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[   44.661301] Intel 82802 RNG detected
[   45.320227] e100: Intel(R) PRO/100 Network Driver
[   45.320250] e100: Copyright(c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation
[   45.442378] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[   45.442408] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[   45.449769] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: UHCI Host Controller
[   45.449812] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[   45.449839] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: detected 2 ports
[   45.449916] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1f.4: irq 23, io port 0x00002440
[   45.450301] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001, bcdDevice= 6.01
[   45.450317] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[   45.450327] usb usb1: Product: UHCI Host Controller
[   45.450336] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 6.1.0-49-686-pae uhci_hcd
[   45.450344] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:1f.4
[   45.462903] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[   45.463007] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[   45.471233] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[   45.905115] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   46.133577] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
[   46.170147] e100 0000:02:08.0 eth0: addr 0x40000000, irq 20, MAC addr 00:02:a5:57:31:2e
[   46.321510] e100 0000:02:08.0 enp2s8: renamed from eth0
[   46.423095] Adding 859440k swap on /dev/sda5.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:859440k FS
[   46.439066] iTCO_wdt iTCO_wdt.1.auto: Found a ICH2 TCO device (Version=1, TCOBASE=0xf860)
[   46.462106] iTCO_wdt iTCO_wdt.1.auto: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
[   47.485293] snd_intel8x0 0000:00:1f.5: intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 58511 usecs (3276 samples)
[   47.485324] snd_intel8x0 0000:00:1f.5: clocking to 41150
[   52.942708] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
[   53.218170] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[   53.757922] zram: Added device: zram0
[   54.204608] zram0: detected capacity change from 0 to 524288
[   54.409346] e100 0000:02:08.0 enp2s8: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
[   54.409540] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): enp2s8: link becomes ready
[   54.628750] Adding 262140k swap on /dev/zram0.  Priority:100 extents:1 across:262140k SSFS
[   64.448463] NET: Registered PF_QIPCRTR protocol family
[  153.153435] perf: interrupt took too long (2521 > 2500), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 79250
[  207.320964] perf: interrupt took too long (3211 > 3151), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 62250
[  259.802569] perf: interrupt took too long (4014 > 4013), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 49750
[  959.562028] perf: interrupt took too long (5038 > 5017), lowering kernel.perf_event_max_sample_rate to 39500

** Model information

** Loaded modules:
nft_chain_nat
xt_MASQUERADE
nf_nat
xt_conntrack
qrtr
nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6
nf_defrag_ipv4
nft_compat
nf_tables
nfnetlink
tcp_bbr
lz4
lz4_compress
zram
zsmalloc
8021q
bridge
garp
mrp
stp
llc
snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_codec
ac97_bus
iTCO_wdt
intel_pmc_bxt
snd_pcm
iTCO_vendor_support
watchdog
snd_timer
ppdev
snd
uhci_hcd
sr_mod
e100
soundcore
lpc_ich
cdrom
mii
intel_rng
floppy
parport_pc
sg
binfmt_misc
lp
parport
dm_mod
msr
efi_pstore
fuse
dax
configfs
loop
ip_tables
x_tables
autofs4
mt76x0u
mt76x0_common
mt76x02_usb
mt76_usb
mt76x02_lib
mt76
rtl8xxxu
rt2800usb
rt2x00usb
rt2800lib
rt2x00lib
zd1211rw
mac80211
libarc4
cfg80211
rfkill
xhci_pci
xhci_hcd
ehci_pci
ehci_hcd
usbhid
hid
usbcore
usb_common
radeon
i915
drm_buddy
fan
vfat
fat
drivetemp
ext4
crc16
mbcache
jbd2
btrfs
blake2b_generic
libcrc32c
crc32c_generic
xor
raid6_pq
zstd_compress
nouveau
sd_mod
t10_pi
mxm_wmi
video
wmi
i2c_algo_bit
crc64_rocksoft
drm_ttm_helper
crc64
ttm
crc_t10dif
crct10dif_generic
crct10dif_common
drm_display_helper
ata_generic
drm_kms_helper
ata_piix
libata
drm
scsi_mod
psmouse
evdev
cec
serio_raw
rc_core
scsi_common
button

** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub [8086:1130] (rev 02)
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Region 0: Memory at 48000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:1131] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 64
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
	I/O behind bridge: [disabled] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: 41000000-421fffff [size=18M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 44000000-45ffffff [size=32M] [32-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz+ FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA+ VGA16- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64
	I/O behind bridge: 1000-1fff [size=4K] [16-bit]
	Memory behind bridge: 40000000-402fffff [size=3M] [32-bit]
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] [32-bit]
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR+ NoISA+ VGA- VGA16- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-

00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2440] (rev 01)
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: intel_rng, lpc_ich

00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:244b] (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [ISA Compatibility mode-only controller, supports bus mastering])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:2411]
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4
	Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	Region 3: I/O ports at 0374
	Region 4: I/O ports at 2460 [size=16]
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_piix, ata_generic

00:1f.4 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM UHCI USB 1.1 Controller #2 [8086:2444] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM UHCI USB 1.1 Controller [8086:2411]
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 23
	Region 4: I/O ports at 2440 [size=32]
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: uhci_hcd

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:2445] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio Controller [0e11:000e]
	Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 17
	Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
	Region 1: I/O ports at 2400 [size=64]
	Kernel driver in use: snd_intel8x0
	Kernel modules: snd_intel8x0

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation NV5 [Riva TNT2 / TNT2 Pro] [10de:0028] (rev 15) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation NV5 [Riva TNT2 / TNT2 Pro] [0e11:001f]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop+ ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 64 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
	Region 0: Memory at 41000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at 44000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nouveau

02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller [8086:2449] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100 VM [0e11:0012]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 66 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
	Region 0: Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 1: I/O ports at 1800 [size=64]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100


** USB devices:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.14
  APT prefers oldstable-security-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-security-debug'), (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500, 'oldstable-debug'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-49-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.142+deb12u3
ii  kmod                                    30+20221128-1
ii  linux-base                              4.12.1~deb12u1

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae recommends:
ii  apparmor             3.0.8-3
ii  firmware-linux-free  20200122-1

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae suggests:
pn  debian-kernel-handbook  <none>
ii  grub-pc                 2.06-13+deb12u2
pn  linux-doc-6.1           <none>

Versions of packages linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae is related to:
ii  firmware-amd-graphics     20250410-2~bpo12+1
ii  firmware-atheros          20250410-2~bpo12+1
ii  firmware-bnx2             20250410-2~bpo12+1
pn  firmware-bnx2x            <none>
ii  firmware-brcm80211        20250410-2~bpo12+1
pn  firmware-cavium           <none>
ii  firmware-intel-sound      20250410-2~bpo12+1
pn  firmware-intelwimax       <none>
ii  firmware-ipw2x00          20250410-2~bpo12+1
pn  firmware-ivtv             <none>
ii  firmware-iwlwifi          20250410-2~bpo12+1
pn  firmware-libertas         <none>
ii  firmware-linux-nonfree    20250410-2~bpo12+1
ii  firmware-misc-nonfree     20250410-2~bpo12+1
pn  firmware-myricom          <none>
pn  firmware-netxen           <none>
pn  firmware-qlogic           <none>
ii  firmware-realtek          20250410-2~bpo12+1
pn  firmware-samsung          <none>
pn  firmware-siano            <none>
pn  firmware-ti-connectivity  <none>
pn  xen-hypervisor            <none>

-- no debconf information

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#92967

From	Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Date	2026-06-12 14:50 +0200
Message-ID	<N59uF-ciaI-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#92966

On Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:17:03 +0300 =?utf-8?q?Martin-=C3=89ric_Racine?=
<martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 6.1.174-1
> Severity: important
> X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.racine@iki.fi
>
> Feel free to reassign as required.
>
> $ sudo isenkram-autoinstall-firmware
> info: some kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin
> info: unable to find any local firmware info for dist trixie, using info for sid
> info: locating packages with the requested firmware files
> info: determining whether enabling other components is required
> info: No new firmware package with requested firmware detected.
>
> The above output appears on hosts running Linux kernels linux-image-6.1.0-49-686, linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae, linux-image-6.12.90+deb13.1-amd64 with a Realtek Wi-Fi USB dongle plugged in.
>
> Could the missing firmware get enabled and shipped with upcoming updates for Bookworm and Trixie?
>
> Thanks!
> Martin-Éric

This is also confirmed when reconfiguring a kernel package:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-6.1.0-48-686-pae
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-48-686-pae
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin
for module rtl8xxxu

Martin-Éric

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#92986

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date	2026-06-13 12:20 +0200
Message-ID	<N5tD3-cvVy-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#92966

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On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 12:47 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
[...]
> Thanks for reassigning this to the correct package. I'm curious to
> hear the reasons for the wontfix and upstream tags.

The file isn't present upstream, and I won't spend time trying to get
Realtek to add it.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
No political challenge can be met by shopping. - George Monbiot

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#92988

From	Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Date	2026-06-13 12:30 +0200
Message-ID	<N5tMJ-cvYS-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#92966

On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:08:21 +0200 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 12:47 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> [...]
> > Thanks for reassigning this to the correct package. I'm curious to
> > hear the reasons for the wontfix and upstream tags.
>
> The file isn't present upstream, and I won't spend time trying to get
> Realtek to add it.
>
> Ben.

Looking at upstream Git [1], I'm wondering if there is a typo in one filename:

rtl8723bs_bt.bin ... instead of the expected rtl8723bu_bt.bin?

Martin-Éric

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/rtlwifi

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#92992

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date	2026-06-13 19:00 +0200
Message-ID	<N5zS9-czVG-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#92988

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On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 13:20 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:08:21 +0200 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2026-06-13 at 12:47 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Thanks for reassigning this to the correct package. I'm curious to
> > > hear the reasons for the wontfix and upstream tags.
> > 
> > The file isn't present upstream, and I won't spend time trying to get
> > Realtek to add it.
> > 
> > Ben.
> 
> Looking at upstream Git [1], I'm wondering if there is a typo in one filename:
> 
> rtl8723bs_bt.bin ... instead of the expected rtl8723bu_bt.bin?
[...]

They are for similar yet different chips.  The letters S and U indicate
variants that connect to SDIO or USB, if I understand correctly.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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Bug#1139746: linux-image-6.1.0-49-686-pae: kernel driver requested extra firmware files: rtlwifi/rtl8723bu_bt.bin

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