Bug 209623 - rtw88_8821ce and firmware bugs
Summary: rtw88_8821ce and firmware bugs
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Networking
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Wireless (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: networking_wireless@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
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Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-10-12 10:10 UTC by Sylvia
Modified: 2021-08-09 17:13 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Kernel Version: 5.9
Subsystem:
Regression: No
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dmesg output (6.17 KB, text/plain)
2020-10-12 10:10 UTC, Sylvia
Details

Description Sylvia 2020-10-12 10:10:27 UTC
Created attachment 292925 [details]
dmesg output

Using linux-firmware 20200918
Tried to update from git at 2020 10 12

Driver does work but there are a lot of messages in dmesg and speed is not as satisfactory as with https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce

Can drop to twice as lower, compared to the above mentioned driver.
Comment 1 Sérgio M Basto 2020-11-08 01:45:54 UTC
while rtl8821ce worked until kernel 5.8 , in 5.9 with intree rtw88_8821ce 
doesn't work [1]  can't connect  [2] , I also see this [3]

[1] 
wlp7s0: disconnected
        "Realtek RTL8821CE"
        wifi (rtw_8821ce), 86:2D:A0:76:10:7D, hw, mtu 1500


[2]
nmcli d reapply wlp7s0 
Error: Reapplying connection to device 'wlp7s0' (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/3) failed: Device is not activated


[3] 
[33125.882629] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: Firmware version 24.5.0, H2C version 12
[33125.950002] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0 wlp7s0: renamed from wlan0
[33138.767893] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif 0e:a7:30:3e:ec:95 on port 0
[33138.778642] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: stop vif 0e:a7:30:3e:ec:95 on port 0
[33139.241976] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif 0e:a7:30:3e:ec:95 on port 0
[33483.884137] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: stop vif 0e:a7:30:3e:ec:95 on port 0
[33484.347890] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif ce:13:f6:80:58:bf on port 0
[33799.883934] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: stop vif ce:13:f6:80:58:bf on port 0
[33800.351957] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif 0a:9d:e3:58:2f:37 on port 0
Comment 2 Sérgio M Basto 2021-08-09 17:13:34 UTC
this bug should be marked as duplicated of #210779

now with kernel 5.12 and kernel 5.13 works for me correctly

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