Re: [RFC PATCH v1 19/19] rtw88: Add support for the SDIO based RTL8821CS chipset

From: Sascha Hauer
Date: Thu Jan 05 2023 - 03:02:03 EST


On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 09:59:35PM +0200, Bitterblue Smith wrote:
> On 04/01/2023 01:01, Chris Morgan wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 12:30:20AM +0100, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> >> Wire up RTL8821CS chipset support using the new rtw88 SDIO HCI code as
> >> well as the existing RTL8821C chipset code.
> >>
> >
> > Unfortunately, this doesn't work for me. I applied it on top of 6.2-rc2
> > master and I get errors during probe (it appears the firmware never
> > loads).
> >
> > Relevant dmesg logs are as follows:
> >
> > [ 0.989545] mmc2: new high speed SDIO card at address 0001
> > [ 0.989993] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: Firmware version 24.8.0, H2C version 12
> > [ 1.005684] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio write32 failed (0x14): -110
> > [ 1.005737] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio read32 failed (0x1080): -110
> > [ 1.005789] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio write32 failed (0x11080): -110
> > [ 1.005840] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio read8 failed (0x3): -110
> > [ 1.005920] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio read8 failed (0x1103): -110
> > [ 1.005998] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio read32 failed (0x80): -110
> > [ 1.006078] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio read32 failed (0x1700): -110
> >
> > The error of "sdio read32 failed (0x1700): -110" then repeats several
> > hundred times, then I get this:
> >
> > [ 1.066294] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: failed to download firmware
> > [ 1.066367] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio read16 failed (0x80): -110
> > [ 1.066417] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: sdio read8 failed (0x100): -110
> > [ 1.066697] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: failed to setup chip efuse info
> > [ 1.066703] rtw_8821cs mmc2:0001:1: failed to setup chip information
> > [ 1.066839] rtw_8821cs: probe of mmc2:0001:1 failed with error -16
> >
> > The hardware I am using is an rtl8821cs that I can confirm was working
> > with a previous driver.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> The USB-based RTL8811CU also doesn't work, with suspiciously similar
> errors:
>
> Dec 25 21:43:37 home kernel: rtw_8821cu 1-2:1.0: Firmware version 24.11.0, H2C version 12
> Dec 25 21:43:37 home kernel: rtw_8821cu 1-2:1.0 wlp0s20f0u2: renamed from wlan0
> Dec 25 21:43:40 home kernel: rtw_8821cu 1-2:1.0: read register 0x5 failed with -110

Is this the very first register access or are there other register
accesses before that actually do work?

Sascha

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