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NicolasA

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Hi,

 

I'm using a RockPi 4 B as a wifi access point. Everything is working fine with good performances until the Wifi stop working, usually after 3-4 days.

When that happens, dmesg is flooded with these logs :

[221057.075187] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_proto_bcdc_query_dcmd: brcmf_proto_bcdc_msg failed w/status -110
[221057.075202] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cfg80211_get_station: GET STA INFO failed, -110
[221124.657840] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_proto_bcdc_query_dcmd: brcmf_proto_bcdc_msg failed w/status -110
[221127.217786] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_proto_bcdc_query_dcmd: brcmf_proto_bcdc_msg failed w/status -110
[221127.217806] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cfg80211_get_station: GET STA INFO failed, -110

 

Reloading `brcmfmac` module do not fix the issue, only a reboot.

 

I'm using the latest firmware provided by armbian-firmare :

# dmesg | grep brcm
Jan 28 09:36:13 crumble kernel: [240969.028417] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x15294345
Jan 28 09:36:13 crumble kernel: [240969.038152] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio for chip BCM4345/9
Jan 28 09:36:13 crumble kernel: [240969.041051] brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.radxa,rockpi4b.txt failed with error -2
Jan 28 09:36:13 crumble kernel: [240969.042548] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
Jan 28 09:36:13 crumble kernel: [240969.149643] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio for chip BCM4345/9
Jan 28 09:36:13 crumble kernel: [240969.149719] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
Jan 28 09:36:13 crumble kernel: [240969.149965] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM4345/9 wl0: Feb 11 2020 11:54:51 version 7.45.96.61 (be7af2d@shgit) (r745790) FWID 01-a41d86bd es7.c5.n4.a3

 

I'm not sure where to go from there. How can I debug or workaround this issue ?

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The issue is still here with the firmware v 7.45.96.68. Wifi crashed a little bit before reaching 5 days uptime.

I will see if there is a way to reset the wifi chip, as a workaround. Unloading and reloading the module is not enough.

 

@Werner Which firmware are you using with you Pinebook ? ( You can check it with `dmesg | grep brcmfmac`)

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So, I did test with multiple firmware revision : 7.45.96.0, 7.45.96.40-apsta, 7.45.96.53, 7.45.96.61, 7.45.96.68, 7.84.17.1

They all have the same behavior, except 7.45.96.0 and 7.45.96.40-apsta which crashes after only 1 day (instead of ~4 for the others); and 7.84.17.1 which create a very high CPU usage and is not usable.

 

I found a workaround to reset the Wifi chip without rebooting :

echo -n "fe310000.mmc" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/dwmmc_rockchip/unbind
sleep 1
echo -n "fe310000.mmc" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/dwmmc_rockchip/bind

 

It's working but not a real fix. It would be better to have a crash-free firmware.

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The above workaround does not work every time, once or twice and then you need to reboot.

 

I got some debug logs from the driver, dmesg is flooded with this error :

[85658.544429] brcmfmac: CONSOLE: 085641.821 wl0: PHYTX error
[85660.512477] brcmfmac: CONSOLE: 085643.786 wl0: PHYTX error
[85660.512502] brcmfmac: CONSOLE: 085643.788 wl0: PHYTX error
[85662.404206] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_proto_bcdc_query_dcmd: brcmf_proto_bcdc_msg failed w/status -110
[85664.964270] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_proto_bcdc_query_dcmd: brcmf_proto_bcdc_msg failed w/status -110
[85664.964292] ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_cfg80211_get_station: GET STA INFO failed, -110
[85668.900215] brcmfmac: CONSOLE: 085652.182 wl0: PHYTX error
[85669.524228] brcmfmac: CONSOLE: 085652.795 wl0: PHYTX error

 

Should we contact Raxda or Ampak for this issue ?

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