Hi,
On OpenSuse Tumbleweed rtw_8821ce driver breaks wifi.
-> uname -a
Linux Host-001 5.9.1-1-default #1 SMP Mon Oct 26 07:02:23 UTC 2020 (435e92d) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:c821]
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:c024]
Kernel driver in use: rtw_8821ce
Kernel modules: rtw88_8821ce, wl
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 10)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:38cf]
Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8169, r8168
->cat /proc/net/wireless
Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed | WE
face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon | 22
->iwconfig wlp7s0
wlp7s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
->iwlist wlp7s0 scan
wlp7s0 No scan results
->rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: yes
Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
->dmesg | grep 8821
[ 7.075396] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: Firmware version 24.5.0, H2C version 12
[ 7.764587] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0 wlp7s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 8.354754] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif 28:39:26:ab:b4:5d on port 0
[ 8.358871] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: stop vif 28:39:26:ab:b4:5d on port 0
[ 8.874899] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif e2:57:07:37:e3:1e on port 0
[ 421.023270] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: stop vif e2:57:07:37:e3:1e on port 0
[ 421.543601] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif fe:92:51:d5:45:b5 on port 0
[ 833.018457] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: stop vif fe:92:51:d5:45:b5 on port 0
[ 833.540507] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif 0e:7e:da:5f:c3:0d on port 0
[ 1245.043076] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: stop vif 0e:7e:da:5f:c3:0d on port 0
[ 1245.565253] rtw_8821ce 0000:07:00.0: start vif be:74:9e:7b:ed:4b on port 0
And confinues likes this indefinitely
->lshw -C network
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
logical name: wlp7s0
version: 00
serial: be:1c:8a:79:49:d6
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtw_8821ce driverversion=5.9.1-1-default firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11
resources: irq:142 ioport:4000(size=256) memory:a4300000-a430ffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: enp8s0
version: 10
serial: f8:75:a4:08:eb:06
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8168 driverversion=8.048.03-NAPI duplex=full ip=192.168.1.3 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:140 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:a4204000-a4204fff memory:a4200000-a4203fff
Happy to provide more information if needed.
Michal
