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Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware

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  Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-07-20 14:00 +0200
    Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2017-07-28 13:40 +0200
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#58468 — Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware

From	Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date	2017-07-20 14:00 +0200
Subject	Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware
Message-ID	<u5ihA-6PH-1@gated-at.bofh.it>

Package: src:linux
Version: 4.12.2-1~exp1
Severity: important

As of commit f70e4df2b384d21e36a7c30a591639592692e0ec, the rtl8723be
driver uses a new firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin which is not
packaged for Debian yet.  There is fallback code to load the old
firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin, but does not seem to work, for
the wifi fails to come up on my laptop. :-(


-- Package-specific info:
** Version:
Linux version 4.12.0-trunk-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 6.4.0 20170704 (Debian 6.4.0-1) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.12.2-1~exp1 (2017-07-18)

** Command line:
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.12.0-trunk-amd64 root=UUID=54317940-5e45-4370-8f77-153d1b67ca31 ro quiet

** Not tainted

** Kernel log:
[  917.542154]  ? rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x99/0xd0
[  917.542160]  ? rcu_check_callbacks+0x78b/0x8e0
[  917.542167]  ? update_wall_time+0x486/0x750
[  917.542174]  ? tick_sched_handle.isra.15+0x50/0x50
[  917.542179]  ? update_process_times+0x28/0x50
[  917.542185]  ? tick_sched_handle.isra.15+0x20/0x50
[  917.542190]  ? tick_sched_timer+0x38/0x70
[  917.542195]  ? __hrtimer_run_queues+0xdc/0x220
[  917.542200]  ? hrtimer_interrupt+0xa6/0x1f0
[  917.542208]  ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x50
[  917.542213]  ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x82/0x90
[  917.542215]  </IRQ>
[  917.542223]  ? delay_tsc+0x21/0x50
[  917.542236]  ? rtl8723_fw_free_to_go+0x98/0x110 [rtl8723_common]
[  917.542243]  ? rtl8723_download_fw+0xb6/0x150 [rtl8723_common]
[  917.542254]  ? rtl8723be_hw_init+0xc6c/0x1760 [rtl8723be]
[  917.542268]  ? rtl_ps_enable_nic+0x29/0x90 [rtlwifi]
[  917.542277]  ? rtl8723be_phy_set_rf_power_state+0x337/0x370 [rtl8723be]
[  917.542288]  ? rtl_ps_set_rf_state+0xb6/0x140 [rtlwifi]
[  917.542299]  ? _rtl_ps_inactive_ps+0x36/0xb0 [rtlwifi]
[  917.542309]  ? rtl_ips_nic_on+0x7b/0xb0 [rtlwifi]
[  917.542320]  ? rtl_op_config+0x1cc/0x390 [rtlwifi]
[  917.542369]  ? ieee80211_hw_config+0x85/0x350 [mac80211]
[  917.542412]  ? __ieee80211_start_scan+0x1f6/0x6a0 [mac80211]
[  917.542455]  ? ieee80211_request_scan+0x2b/0x50 [mac80211]
[  917.542507]  ? nl80211_trigger_scan+0x317/0x7a0 [cfg80211]
[  917.542515]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x1e0/0x380
[  917.542521]  ? compat_poll_select_copy_remaining+0x120/0x120
[  917.542528]  ? genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90
[  917.542532]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x380/0x380
[  917.542536]  ? netlink_rcv_skb+0xe7/0x120
[  917.542541]  ? genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
[  917.542544]  ? netlink_unicast+0x184/0x230
[  917.542549]  ? netlink_sendmsg+0x2b8/0x3a0
[  917.542557]  ? sock_sendmsg+0x30/0x40
[  917.542562]  ? ___sys_sendmsg+0x2d7/0x2f0
[  917.542568]  ? core_sys_select+0x211/0x2b0
[  917.542576]  ? SYSC_recvfrom+0xc3/0x130
[  917.542581]  ? ktime_get_ts64+0x49/0xe0
[  917.542586]  ? __sys_sendmsg+0x51/0x90
[  917.542589]  ? __sys_sendmsg+0x51/0x90
[  917.542596]  ? system_call_fast_compare_end+0xc/0x97
[  925.616165] rtl8723_common: Polling FW ready fail!! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00000006 .
[  925.622859] rtl8723_common: Firmware is not ready to run!
[  953.972286] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
[  953.979117] 	1-...: (5249 ticks this GP) idle=e0a/140000000000001/0 softirq=4410/4410 fqs=2625 
[  953.986070] 	 (t=5250 jiffies g=2057 c=2056 q=30)
[  953.992961] NMI backtrace for cpu 1
[  953.992968] CPU: 1 PID: 1980 Comm: wpa_supplicant Not tainted 4.12.0-trunk-amd64 #1 Debian 4.12.2-1~exp1
[  953.992970] Hardware name: HP HP Notebook/81F5, BIOS F.08 04/21/2016
[  953.992973] Call Trace:
[  953.992979]  <IRQ>
[  953.992989]  ? dump_stack+0x5c/0x84
[  953.992995]  ? nmi_cpu_backtrace+0x89/0x90
[  953.993003]  ? irq_force_complete_move+0x140/0x140
[  953.993009]  ? nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace+0xf4/0x120
[  953.993016]  ? rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x99/0xd0
[  953.993023]  ? rcu_check_callbacks+0x78b/0x8e0
[  953.993028]  ? update_wall_time+0x486/0x750
[  953.993035]  ? tick_sched_handle.isra.15+0x50/0x50
[  953.993040]  ? update_process_times+0x28/0x50
[  953.993046]  ? tick_sched_handle.isra.15+0x20/0x50
[  953.993051]  ? tick_sched_timer+0x38/0x70
[  953.993056]  ? __hrtimer_run_queues+0xdc/0x220
[  953.993061]  ? hrtimer_interrupt+0xa6/0x1f0
[  953.993069]  ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x50
[  953.993074]  ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x82/0x90
[  953.993076]  </IRQ>
[  953.993083]  ? delay_tsc+0x1f/0x50
[  953.993096]  ? rtl8723_fw_free_to_go+0x98/0x110 [rtl8723_common]
[  953.993103]  ? rtl8723_download_fw+0xb6/0x150 [rtl8723_common]
[  953.993114]  ? rtl8723be_hw_init+0xc6c/0x1760 [rtl8723be]
[  953.993128]  ? rtl_ps_enable_nic+0x29/0x90 [rtlwifi]
[  953.993137]  ? rtl8723be_phy_set_rf_power_state+0x337/0x370 [rtl8723be]
[  953.993148]  ? rtl_ps_set_rf_state+0xb6/0x140 [rtlwifi]
[  953.993159]  ? _rtl_ps_inactive_ps+0x36/0xb0 [rtlwifi]
[  953.993170]  ? rtl_ips_nic_on+0x7b/0xb0 [rtlwifi]
[  953.993180]  ? rtl_op_config+0x1cc/0x390 [rtlwifi]
[  953.993230]  ? ieee80211_hw_config+0x85/0x350 [mac80211]
[  953.993273]  ? __ieee80211_start_scan+0x1f6/0x6a0 [mac80211]
[  953.993315]  ? ieee80211_request_scan+0x2b/0x50 [mac80211]
[  953.993370]  ? nl80211_trigger_scan+0x317/0x7a0 [cfg80211]
[  953.993378]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x1e0/0x380
[  953.993385]  ? compat_poll_select_copy_remaining+0x120/0x120
[  953.993391]  ? genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x90
[  953.993395]  ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x380/0x380
[  953.993399]  ? netlink_rcv_skb+0xe7/0x120
[  953.993403]  ? genl_rcv+0x24/0x40
[  953.993407]  ? netlink_unicast+0x184/0x230
[  953.993412]  ? netlink_sendmsg+0x2b8/0x3a0
[  953.993419]  ? sock_sendmsg+0x30/0x40
[  953.993424]  ? ___sys_sendmsg+0x2d7/0x2f0
[  953.993430]  ? core_sys_select+0x211/0x2b0
[  953.993437]  ? SYSC_recvfrom+0xc3/0x130
[  953.993443]  ? ktime_get_ts64+0x49/0xe0
[  953.993447]  ? __sys_sendmsg+0x51/0x90
[  953.993451]  ? __sys_sendmsg+0x51/0x90
[  953.993457]  ? system_call_fast_compare_end+0xc/0x97
[  962.116548] rtl8723_common: Polling FW ready fail!! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00000006 .
[  962.123543] rtl8723_common: Firmware is not ready to run!

** Model information
sys_vendor: HP
product_name: HP Notebook
product_version: Type1ProductConfigId
chassis_vendor: HP
chassis_version: Chassis Version
bios_vendor: Insyde
bios_version: F.08
board_vendor: HP
board_name: 81F5
board_version: 66.22

** Loaded modules:
nfsv3
nfs_acl
nfs
lockd
grace
fscache
nls_ascii
nls_cp437
vfat
fat
edac_mce_amd
kvm_amd
kvm
irqbypass
hp_wmi
arc4
crct10dif_pclmul
sparse_keymap
crc32_pclmul
efi_pstore
snd_hda_codec_realtek
rtl8723be
btcoexist
rtl8723_common
rtl_pci
rtlwifi
snd_hda_codec_hdmi
snd_hda_codec_generic
mac80211
ghash_clmulni_intel
btusb
btrtl
btbcm
uvcvideo
btintel
snd_hda_intel
bluetooth
joydev
videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_memops
evdev
videobuf2_v4l2
k10temp
serio_raw
ecdh_generic
videobuf2_core
fam15h_power
pcspkr
videodev
efivars
media
snd_hda_codec
cfg80211
snd_hda_core
rfkill
snd_hwdep
snd_pcm
snd_timer
snd
soundcore
sp5100_tco
ccp
sg
shpchp
wmi
rng_core
battery
ac
video
hp_wireless
button
acpi_cpufreq
sunrpc
efivarfs
ip_tables
x_tables
autofs4
ext4
crc16
jbd2
crc32c_generic
fscrypto
ecb
mbcache
sr_mod
sd_mod
cdrom
crc32c_intel
aesni_intel
aes_x86_64
crypto_simd
cryptd
glue_helper
psmouse
sdhci_pci
sdhci
mmc_core
radeon
i2c_piix4
ehci_pci
ahci
ehci_hcd
libahci
i2c_algo_bit
xhci_pci
xhci_hcd
libata
drm_kms_helper
ttm
usbcore
scsi_mod
r8169
usb_common
mii
drm
thermal
i2c_scmi

** PCI devices:
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1566]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mullins [Radeon R3 Graphics] [1002:9850] (rev 40) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Mullins [Radeon R3 Graphics] [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 35
	Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 2: Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M]
	Region 4: I/O ports at 4000 [size=256]
	Region 5: Memory at f0d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon

00:01.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Kabini HDMI/DP Audio [1002:9840]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Kabini HDMI/DP Audio [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 39
	Region 0: Memory at f0d60000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:156b]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:02.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [1022:1439] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 24
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
	Memory behind bridge: f0e00000-f0ffffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f1000000-00000000f11fffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:02.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [1022:1439] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 25
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
	Memory behind bridge: f0c00000-f0cfffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:02.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1 [1022:1439] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 24
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
	Memory behind bridge: f0b00000-f0bfffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0800000-00000000f08fffff
	Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- <SERR- <PERR-
	BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
		PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp

00:08.0 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1537]
	Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1537]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Region 0: Memory at f0d40000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128K]
	Region 2: Memory at f0a00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Region 3: Memory at f0d70000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 5: Memory at f0d6a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ccp
	Kernel modules: ccp

00:10.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller [1022:7814] (rev 11) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH USB XHCI Controller [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
	Region 0: Memory at f0d68000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
	Kernel modules: xhci_pci

00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7804] (rev 39) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 64, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 33
	Region 0: I/O ports at 4118 [size=8]
	Region 1: I/O ports at 4124 [size=4]
	Region 2: I/O ports at 4110 [size=8]
	Region 3: I/O ports at 4120 [size=4]
	Region 4: I/O ports at 4100 [size=16]
	Region 5: Memory at f0d6f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci

00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 39) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH USB EHCI Controller [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
	Region 0: Memory at f0d6e000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci

00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 39) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH USB EHCI Controller [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 18
	Region 0: Memory at f0d6d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
	Kernel modules: ehci_pci

00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 42)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SMBus Controller [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Kernel modules: i2c_piix4, sp5100_tco

00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH Azalia Controller [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 40
	Region 0: Memory at f0d64000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH LPC Bridge [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0

00:14.7 SD Host controller [0805]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SD Flash Controller [1022:7813] (rev 01) (prog-if 01)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company FCH SD Flash Controller [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 39, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at f0d6c000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci_pci

00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1580]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1581]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1582]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1583]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp

00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1584]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Kernel driver in use: fam15h_power
	Kernel modules: fam15h_power

00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:1585]
	Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [10ec:b723]
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [103c:81c1]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 41
	Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at f0c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: rtl8723be
	Kernel modules: rtl8723be

03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 07)
	Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller [103c:81f5]
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 27
	Region 0: I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
	Region 2: Memory at f0b00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Region 4: Memory at f0800000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169


** USB devices:
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 04f2:b52d Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:b008 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.12.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE= (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64 depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.130
ii  kmod                                    24-1
ii  linux-base                              4.5

Versions of packages linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64 recommends:
ii  firmware-linux-free  3.4
ii  irqbalance           1.1.0-2.3

Versions of packages linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64 suggests:
pn  debian-kernel-handbook  <none>
ii  grub-efi-amd64          2.02-2
pn  linux-doc-4.12          <none>

Versions of packages linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64 is related to:
ii  firmware-amd-graphics     20161130-3
pn  firmware-atheros          <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2             <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2x            <none>
pn  firmware-brcm80211        <none>
pn  firmware-cavium           <none>
pn  firmware-intel-sound      <none>
pn  firmware-intelwimax       <none>
pn  firmware-ipw2x00          <none>
pn  firmware-ivtv             <none>
pn  firmware-iwlwifi          <none>
pn  firmware-libertas         <none>
pn  firmware-linux-nonfree    <none>
pn  firmware-misc-nonfree     <none>
pn  firmware-myricom          <none>
pn  firmware-netxen           <none>
pn  firmware-qlogic           <none>
ii  firmware-realtek          20161130-3
pn  firmware-samsung          <none>
pn  firmware-siano            <none>
pn  firmware-ti-connectivity  <none>
pn  xen-hypervisor            <none>

-- no debconf information

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#58540

From	Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date	2017-07-28 13:40 +0200
Message-ID	<u8bMC-36i-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#58468

Control: forwarded -1 https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=150124050420053&w=2

On 2017-07-20 13:54 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:

> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.12.2-1~exp1
> Severity: important
>
> As of commit f70e4df2b384d21e36a7c30a591639592692e0ec, the rtl8723be
> driver uses a new firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin which is not
> packaged for Debian yet.  There is fallback code to load the old
> firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin, but does not seem to work, for
> the wifi fails to come up on my laptop. :-(

AFAICS the problem is that request_firmware_nowait() does not wait for
the firmware to show up and returns 0 even if the file is not there, so
the code to load the fallback file will never be reached.

I have reported this upstream now.

Cheers,
       Sven

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#58600

From	Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date	2017-08-05 17:20 +0200
Message-ID	<ub91U-6H1-27@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#58540

[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] — view raw

Control: tags -1 + patch

On 2017-07-28 13:29 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:

> Control: forwarded -1 https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=150124050420053&w=2
>
> On 2017-07-20 13:54 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>
>> Package: src:linux
>> Version: 4.12.2-1~exp1
>> Severity: important
>>
>> As of commit f70e4df2b384d21e36a7c30a591639592692e0ec, the rtl8723be
>> driver uses a new firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw_36.bin which is not
>> packaged for Debian yet.  There is fallback code to load the old
>> firmware file rtlwifi/rtl8723befw.bin, but does not seem to work, for
>> the wifi fails to come up on my laptop. :-(
>
> AFAICS the problem is that request_firmware_nowait() does not wait for
> the firmware to show up and returns 0 even if the file is not there, so
> the code to load the fallback file will never be reached.
>
> I have reported this upstream now.

And even managed to come up with a patch that got accepted in the
wireless-drivers-next tree[1].  It does not apply to 4.12, therefore I
have attached a version which does.  Alternatively you could cherry-pick
commit f2764f61fa10 ("rtlwifi: Fix memory leak when firmware request
fails")[2] before it.

Cheers,
       Sven


1. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git/commit/?id=1d9b168d8ea9a0f51947d0e2f84856e77d2fe7ff

2. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git/commit/?id=f2764f61fa10593204b0c5e4e9a68dba02112e50

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#58541 — Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware

From	owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System)
Date	2017-07-28 13:40 +0200
Subject	Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware
Message-ID	<u8bMC-36i-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#58468

Processing control commands:

> forwarded -1 https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=150124050420053&w=2
Bug #869084 [src:linux] linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware
Set Bug forwarded-to-address to 'https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=150124050420053&w=2'.

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#58601 — Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware

From	owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System)
Date	2017-08-05 17:20 +0200
Subject	Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware
Message-ID	<ub91U-6H1-29@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to	#58468

Processing control commands:

> tags -1 + patch
Bug #869084 [src:linux] linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware
Added tag(s) patch.

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#58468 — Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware

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#58600

#58541 — Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware

#58601 — Processed: Re: Bug#869084: linux-image-4.12.0-trunk-amd64: rtl8723be fails to work with old firmware