PNVM loading still timeout after removing all iwlwifi-so*.pnvm.xz with kernel 5.18.9
$ ls /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-so*pnvm*
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm.xz
/lib/firmware/iwlwifi-so-a0-gf4-a0.pnvm.xz
sudo rm /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-so*pnvm*
# Restart wifi
sudo rmmod iwlmvm
sudo rmmod iwlwifi
sudo modprobe iwlmvm
Log
$ dmesg | grep iwl
[ 3.189787] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: Direct firmware load for iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode failed with error -2
[ 3.217972] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
[ 3.218000] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.36
[ 3.220075] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: loaded firmware version 71.058653f6.0 so-a0-gf-a0-71.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[ 3.516202] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz, REV=0x430
[ 3.692788] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: loaded PNVM version 881c99e1
[ 3.951719] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: Timeout waiting for PNVM load!
[ 3.951745] iwlwifi 0000:00:06.0: Failed to start RT ucode: -110