On 2-9-2016 10:50, Simon Wunderlich wrote: > Hi, > > we are trying to integrate a RTL8192CU based WiFi adapter (TP-Link TL-WL822N) > on a PowerPC based platform running a vendor-supplied/modified 3.12 kernel > using compat-wireless (I've tried 2016-01-06 and 2016-06-20 versions). While > the adapter works fine on my Laptop (using Debian 4.6 and 4.7 kernels), it > seems the firmware loading fails on the PowerPC box. Here is some output from > the kernel log: > > [ 36.945820] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x11 > [ 37.026208] rtl8192cu: MAC address: ec:08:6b:15:38:0e > [ 37.031301] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0 > [ 37.035074] rtl_usb: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1 > [ 37.040911] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin > [ 37.049583] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8192cu > [...] > [ 221.588911] rtl8192cu:_ResetDigitalProcedure1():<0-0> #####=> 8051 reset > failed!......................... > [ 221.637599] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay! > [ 221.674610] rtl8192cu: Tx queue select: 0x05 > [ 233.233554] rtl8192c_common:_rtl92c_fw_free_to_go():<0-0> Polling FW ready > fail!! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00030006 . > [ 233.233566] rtl8192c_common:rtl92c_download_fw():<0-0> Firmware is not > ready to run! > > The outputs at 221 starts when I enable hostapd with a minimal AP-starting > configuration. > > Do you have any recommendations where the firmware loading problems could come > from, and where we could start to debug? Any pointers would be appreciated. Hi Simon, Could it be an endian issue? Regards, Arend > Thank you, > Simon >
