Version 23.11.10.0 is required for kernels 3.17 and later, which were released quite a while ago. Without it, booting a 3.17+ kernel one has no wireless. ;( Please bump soon!
Is 23.11.10.0 a higher version than 23.214.9.0 or 25.228.9.0?
I have no idea about their weird versioning scheme. Anyway iwlwifi-7260-10.ucode does work when embedded in a hardened kernel 3.17.7. But maybe the reason why it didn't pick up iwlwifi-7260-9.ucode was my own kernel configuration error. I think I might have disabled firmware loading via userspace udev or something. Anyway, its still a version bump.
I can confirm that the -10 firmware blob works here on a vaio pro 13 with 7260 chipset. I'm also confused at their tarball numbering scheme, but the ucode number and dates show it is the most recent. Oddly enough, the -9 ucode works here with 3.17 kernel.
(In reply to Jeroen Roovers from comment #1) > Is 23.11.10.0 a higher version than 23.214.9.0 or 25.228.9.0? Yes, that's the latest. Yes it's weird. See: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=a876c69f042cf4732755b325d3b709125bb51a06 Suggestion from Josh Boyer was to read Intel Firmware versions from right to left. I guess this makes updates interesting...meh FWIW I can confirm the firmware works with 3.18.1 (hardened)
Its upgraded/downgraded/reversed/reslotted to version sys-firmware/iwl7260-ucode-0.10.11.23:10 Not tested though as I do not have access to this hardware.