Bug 201921 - Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rtl: unknown IC info, lmp subver a99e, hci rev 826c, hci ver 0008
Summary: Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rtl: unknown IC info, lmp subver a99e, hci rev 826c, hc...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Drivers
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Bluetooth (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2018-12-07 11:43 UTC by Cristian Aravena Romero
Modified: 2019-08-08 09:21 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Kernel Version: Ubuntu 4.19.0-8.9-generic 4.19.6
Subsystem:
Regression: No
Bisected commit-id:


Attachments
dmesg 4.20.0-042000rc7-generic (78.42 KB, text/plain)
2018-12-19 19:35 UTC, Cristian Aravena Romero
Details
Add IC_INFO(a99e, 826c) to load rtl8821c firmware (630 bytes, patch)
2019-01-13 09:49 UTC, vasthusya
Details | Diff
Kernel messages from various boot states. (99.27 KB, application/zip)
2019-01-14 07:30 UTC, vasthusya
Details
0001-Bluetooth-btrtl-Let-rtl_load_file-always-return-erro.patch (2.54 KB, patch)
2019-01-24 14:21 UTC, Kai-Heng Feng
Details | Diff
0002-Bluetooth-btrtl-Let-btrtl_initialize-always-return-e.patch (5.66 KB, patch)
2019-01-24 14:22 UTC, Kai-Heng Feng
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0003-Bluetooth-btrtl-Skip-initialization-if-firmware-is-a.patch (1.98 KB, patch)
2019-01-24 14:22 UTC, Kai-Heng Feng
Details | Diff
0004-Bluetooth-btrtl-Expose-btrtl_device_info.patch (1.88 KB, patch)
2019-01-26 03:07 UTC, vasthusya
Details | Diff

Description Cristian Aravena Romero 2018-12-07 11:43:32 UTC
Hello,

Open bug in launchpad.net
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807375

dmesg:
Bluetooth: hci0: RTL: rtl: unknown IC info, lmp subver a99e, hci rev 826c, hci ver 0008

Best regards,
--
Cristian Aravena Romero (caravena)
Comment 1 Cristian Aravena Romero 2018-12-19 19:35:39 UTC
Created attachment 280099 [details]
dmesg 4.20.0-042000rc7-generic

I really do not know if the problem was definitively solved. Because Bluetooth devices now appear in GNOME.
Comment 2 vasthusya 2019-01-09 08:09:39 UTC
(In reply to Cristian Aravena Romero from comment #1)
> Created attachment 280099 [details]
> dmesg 4.20.0-042000rc7-generic
> 
> I really do not know if the problem was definitively solved. Because
> Bluetooth devices now appear in GNOME.

It is still affecting me on vanilla 4.20 and 4.19.12.

I was able to modify drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c to use rtl_bt/rtl8821c_fw.bin firmware for this device.
Comment 3 vasthusya 2019-01-13 09:49:13 UTC
Created attachment 280449 [details]
Add IC_INFO(a99e, 826c) to load rtl8821c firmware

With this patch, it has been working fine for a week using Bluetooth mouse.

Other things tested:

 - File transfer
 - A2DP Source
Comment 4 Kai-Heng Feng 2019-01-13 17:03:29 UTC
vasthusya,

I also see this issue, but this only happens to reboot.

Do you see this on cold boot?
Comment 5 vasthusya 2019-01-14 07:30:33 UTC
Created attachment 280459 [details]
Kernel messages from various boot states.

Yes, the coldboot lmp_subver=8221 & hci_rev=c are correct and Bluetooth works on vanilla kernel.

Unfortunately, I must restart the computer in order to gain CPU clock boost on my Ryzen 5 2500u.
Separate issue, haven't checked around here for that bug yet.
https://community.amd.com/thread/229980#2893988
Comment 6 Kai-Heng Feng 2019-01-24 14:21:13 UTC
Created attachment 280713 [details]
0001-Bluetooth-btrtl-Let-rtl_load_file-always-return-erro.patch
Comment 7 Kai-Heng Feng 2019-01-24 14:22:00 UTC
Created attachment 280715 [details]
0002-Bluetooth-btrtl-Let-btrtl_initialize-always-return-e.patch
Comment 8 Kai-Heng Feng 2019-01-24 14:22:25 UTC
Created attachment 280717 [details]
0003-Bluetooth-btrtl-Skip-initialization-if-firmware-is-a.patch
Comment 9 Kai-Heng Feng 2019-01-24 14:23:17 UTC
Please try these patches. It should the issue.
Comment 10 vasthusya 2019-01-26 03:07:43 UTC
Created attachment 280781 [details]
0004-Bluetooth-btrtl-Expose-btrtl_device_info.patch

Hi Kai,

Your patch #2 had two issues:
 - btrtl_device_info definition is unavailable in hci_h5.c as it's not in header
 - a couple of argument type mismatch

It would have compiled fine when you don't have CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_RTL=y

I have made it compilable and running it now with working Bluetooth.

Thanks
Comment 11 Kai-Heng Feng 2019-01-27 08:35:16 UTC
Turns out it's a regression, I sent V2 patch to address the issue.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/1/27/16
Comment 12 vasthusya 2019-08-08 09:21:57 UTC
The patch has been working for me since kernel 5.1.

Thank you.

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