Hi Rene, On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 1:31 PM, René Rebe <rene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Marek, > > thank you for your blazingly fast reply. np. > > On 12/05/2017 12:41 PM, Belisko Marek wrote: >> >> Hi Rene, >> >> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:06 PM, René Rebe <rene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I write to start a discussion about the state of the mwifiex driver. >>> For over two years many other and me wait that the driver finally becomes >>> "stable". However, even with kernel 4.14.2 it still fails after some >>> minutes, or latest after some hours. With various stray errors in the >>> system >>> log: >>> >>> Dec 5 09:50:50 surface3 kernel: mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: MWIFIEX >>> VERSION: mwifiex 1.0 (15.68.7.p119) >>> Dec 5 09:50:50 surface3 kernel: mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: >>> driver_version = >>> mwifiex 1.0 (15.68.7.p119) >>> >>> Dec 5 10:38:28 surface3 kernel: mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: trying >>> to >>> associate to 'XXX' bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx >>> Dec 5 10:38:28 surface3 kernel: mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: >>> associated >>> to bssid xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx successfully >>> ... >>> Dec 5 10:42:51 surface3 kernel: mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: Firmware >>> wakeup >>> failed >> >> As workaround you can disable powersave for wifi (using iw command) >> and test it should resolve an issue (at least it fixes for me). > > > 13:28:18 up 1:52, > > Thanks, so far so good. Are you on a Surface, too? > Does this also make mwifiex survive a suspend/resume cycle? > (will try later, when I got work done ;-) We was struggling with this issue also and found out that disable powersave resolve issue (as you have maybe a bit higher consumption). Glad that it helps ;), enjoy. There are some small fixes to avoid this issue but my theory is that issue is in marvell firmware and this one needs to be addressed and fixed. > > Greetings, > Rene > -- > René Rebe, ExactCODE GmbH, Lietzenburger Str. 42, DE-10117 Berlin > https://exactcode.com | https://t2sde.org | https://rene.rebe.de BR, marek -- as simple and primitive as possible ------------------------------------------------- Marek Belisko - OPEN-NANDRA Freelance Developer Ruska Nova Ves 219 | Presov, 08005 Slovak Republic Tel: +421 915 052 184 skype: marekwhite twitter: #opennandra web: http://open-nandra.com
