Furthermore, the presence of "debug" suggests that the user may have been attempting to enable verbose logging or use a custom firmware file to diagnose a prior issue. Using custom debugging firmware (sometimes named with custom suffixes like yoyobin by users testing specific patches) introduces the risk of file corruption or version mismatches. If the kernel expects a specific version of the firmware but finds a modified or incompatible debug file, it will refuse to load it to prevent system instability.
sudo pacman -S linux-firmware
iwlwifi: firmware: failed to load iwl-debug-yoyo.bin (-2) iwlwifi firmware failed to load iwldebugyoyobin exclusive
If you are a developer who the exclusive binary (e.g., you are debugging a silicon erratum), contact your Intel FAE or internal wireless team for access to the iwlwifi-debug-firmware package. Furthermore, the presence of "debug" suggests that the
