banana m1+ builtin wifi card not working with the latest debian/ubuntu+kernel

[phier]

is there any plan for a fix?

 

 

also i tried usb wifi but this one is constantly dropping .... 

[  955.206493] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-platform
[  955.252439] i2c i2c-0: mv64xxx_i2c_fsm: Ctlr Error -- state: 0x2, status: 0x0, addr: 0x34, flags: 0x0
[  955.368151] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8176, bcdDevice= 2.00
[  955.368168] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  955.368174] usb 1-1: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
[  955.368180] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[  955.368188] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[  955.373535] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x10
[  955.471500] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
[  955.471707] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
[  955.471851] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
[  955.471984] ieee80211 phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
[  955.486577] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay!
[  955.530016] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05
[  958.729813] wlan1: authenticate with b0:b9:8a:4d:96:38
[  958.759936] wlan1: send auth to b0:b9:8a:4d:96:38 (try 1/3)
 

other usb wifi card> same behavior as internal wifi ie not connecting at all

[  176.579021] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8171, bcdDevice= 2.00
[  176.579034] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[  176.579041] usb 1-1: Product: RTL8188S WLAN Adapter
[  176.579047] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Manufacturer Realtek
[  176.579054] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[  176.646620] r8712u: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[  176.654156] r8712u: register rtl8712_netdev_ops to netdev_ops
[  176.654187] usb 1-1: r8712u: USB_SPEED_HIGH with 4 endpoints
[  176.655147] usb 1-1: r8712u: Boot from EFUSE: Autoload OK
[  177.365150] usb 1-1: r8712u: CustomerID = 0x0000
[  177.365165] usb 1-1: r8712u: MAC Address from efuse = 00:13:33:b2:e5:08
[  177.365173] usb 1-1: r8712u: Loading firmware from "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[  177.365419] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8712u
[  177.429613] r8712u 1-1:1.0 wlx001333b2e508: renamed from wlan1
[  178.360775] r8712u 1-1:1.0 wlx001333b2e508: 1 RCR=0x153f00e
[  178.361502] r8712u 1-1:1.0 wlx001333b2e508: 2 RCR=0x553f00e
 

 

Basically pc is unusable at all otherwise then using ethernet.

 

thanks

[Werner]

We do not provide support for 3rd party hardware which is not listed here: https://www.armbian.com/banana-pi-plus/

[phier]

@Werner the bug I reported is related to the in-built wifi card on banana m1+ board; its not 3rd party hw. The issue which is happening also on 3rd party hw was attached onlyfor your information that it might be kernel or also user space bug.

[Igor]

On 6/24/2021 at 4:29 PM, phier said:

the bug I reported is related to the in-built wifi card on banana m1+ board; its not 3rd party hw.

 

This is forum - you are welcome to talk about, but demanding support is a bad idea. You can report bugs here but only if you pay commercial price for fixing it & if we agree / are free to accept a deal or if you will be the one fixing it.

 

On 6/20/2021 at 11:42 PM, phier said:

is there any plan for a fix?

 

By who? Why? Several years ago (i would estimate about 5 years) we have concluded its not possible without breaking others or without severe framework customisation / rework ... This is when incompetent people are making hardware and when you expect software can fix all those mistakes in this chaotic world. And you also believe we have to waste our private money for that. Attitude. Open source is not slavery.

[Igor]

It happens that I was fixing some other problem regarding A20 boards (our common problems) and I have checked if wireless is working ... 

 

bananapi:~:# iwconfig 
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX   
          Bit Rate=65 Mb/s   Tx-Power=31 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:on
          Link Quality=56/70  Signal level=-54 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

 

Full logs: http://ix.io/3rRp

 

Hint: read information written for users at the download pages of Bananapi M1+.