Bug#991297: rtw_8821ce does not work in debian 11

2021-07-20 Thread Michele Bucca
Il mar 20 lug 2021, 15:13 Ben Hutchings  ha scritto:

> Control: reassign -1 src:linux 5.10.40-1
> Control: tag -1 fixed-upstream
>
> On Tue, 2021-07-20 at 10:11 +0200, Michele Bucca wrote:
> > Package: firmware-realtek
> > Version 20210315-2
> >
> > I'm testing debian bullseye and I've noticed that despite the firmware
> > of the wireless card Realtek RTL8821ce being added to the package, it
> > is still not working.
> >
> > I downloaded the ISO debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso from
> >
> >
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/bullseye_di_rc2-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso
> >
> > and when I boot the system the Wireless card is not detected by Network
> Manager.
> >
> > if I type dmesg -l err in the terminal I get the following error message:
> >
> > [8.123230] rtw_8821ce :03:00.0: rfe 2 isn't supported
> [...]
>
> This means the driver doesn't support this variant of the hardware.
> It's not a firmware problem.
>
> That appears to be fixed in 5.12 by:
>
> commit 5d6651fe85837b11564a2e2c3c6279c057d078d6
> Author: Guo-Feng Fan 
> Date:   Tue Feb 2 13:50:12 2021 +0800
>
> rtw88: 8821c: support RFE type2 wifi NIC
>
> but that may depend on other changes.
>
> Ben.
>

Will this fix be ported to bullseye?

Michele.

-- 
> Ben Hutchings
> Kids!  Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous.  Do not attempt it
> in your own home. - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, `Good Omens'
>


Bug#991297: rtw_8821ce does not work in debian 11

2021-07-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: reassign -1 src:linux 5.10.40-1
Control: tag -1 fixed-upstream

On Tue, 2021-07-20 at 10:11 +0200, Michele Bucca wrote:
> Package: firmware-realtek
> Version 20210315-2
> 
> I'm testing debian bullseye and I've noticed that despite the firmware
> of the wireless card Realtek RTL8821ce being added to the package, it
> is still not working.
> 
> I downloaded the ISO debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso from
> 
> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/bullseye_di_rc2-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso
> 
> and when I boot the system the Wireless card is not detected by Network 
> Manager.
> 
> if I type dmesg -l err in the terminal I get the following error message:
> 
> [8.123230] rtw_8821ce :03:00.0: rfe 2 isn't supported
[...]

This means the driver doesn't support this variant of the hardware. 
It's not a firmware problem.

That appears to be fixed in 5.12 by:

commit 5d6651fe85837b11564a2e2c3c6279c057d078d6
Author: Guo-Feng Fan 
Date:   Tue Feb 2 13:50:12 2021 +0800

rtw88: 8821c: support RFE type2 wifi NIC

but that may depend on other changes.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Kids!  Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous.  Do not attempt it
in your own home. - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, `Good Omens'


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Bug#991297: rtw_8821ce does not work in debian 11

2021-07-20 Thread Michele Bucca
Package: firmware-realtek
Version 20210315-2

I'm testing debian bullseye and I've noticed that despite the firmware
of the wireless card Realtek RTL8821ce being added to the package, it
is still not working.

I downloaded the ISO debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso from

https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/bullseye_di_rc2-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-blsy-DI-rc2-amd64-xfce+nonfree.iso

and when I boot the system the Wireless card is not detected by Network Manager.

if I type dmesg -l err in the terminal I get the following error message:

[8.123230] rtw_8821ce :03:00.0: rfe 2 isn't supported
[8.123394] rtw_8821ce :03:00.0: failed to setup chip efuse info
[8.123396] rtw_8821ce :03:00.0: failed to setup chip information

this problem does not exist in Ubuntu 21.04, when my wireless card is
detected out of the box and works fine.