[REGRESSION][BISECTED] wifi broken on pinebook pro
FUKAUMI Naoki
naoki at radxa.com
Fri Jan 2 04:17:50 PST 2026
Hi Jan,
Just FYI,
On 12/29/25 21:18, Jan Palus wrote:
> On 29.12.2025 06:23, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 at 11:26, Jan Palus <jpalus at fastmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> WiFi no longer works on Pinebook Pro after upgrade to kernel 6.18. It
>>> appears firmware fails to load:
>>>
>>> ...
>>> mmc_host mmc0: card is non-removable.
>>> mmc_host mmc0: Bus speed (slot 0) = 400000Hz (slot req 400000Hz, actual 400000HZ div = 0)
>>> Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: features 0x0f
>>> Bluetooth: hci0: BCM4345C5 Ampak_CL1 UART 37.4 MHz BT 5.0 [Version: Version: 0039.0089]
>>> Bluetooth: hci0: BCM4345C5 (003.006.006) build 0089
>>> mmc_host mmc0: Bus speed (slot 0) = 148500000Hz (slot req 150000000Hz, actual 148500000HZ div = 0)
>>> dwmmc_rockchip fe310000.mmc: Successfully tuned phase to 55
>>> mmc0: new UHS-I speed SDR104 SDIO card at address 0001
>>> brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio for chip BCM4345/9
>>> usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
>>> brcmfmac mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.pine64,pinebook-pro.bin failed with error -2
>>> brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_bus_rxctl: resumed on timeout
>>> ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_bus_started: failed: -110
>>> ieee80211 phy0: brcmf_attach: dongle is not responding: err=-110
>>> brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_firmware_callback: brcmf_attach failed
>>>
>>> compared to 6.17 instead of last 4 lines with errors there's single one
>>> with info about loaded firmware:
>>>
>>> brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM4345/9 wl0: May 14 2020 17:26:08 version 7.84.17.1 (r871554) FWID 01-3d9e1d87
>>>
>>> Bisected to:
>>>
>>> 6d54d935062e2d4a7d3f779ceb9eeff108d0535d is the first new commit
>>> commit 6d54d935062e2d4a7d3f779ceb9eeff108d0535d (HEAD)
>>> Author: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Wed Aug 27 16:30:37 2025
>>>
>>> arm64: dts: rockchip: Further describe the WiFi for the Pinebook Pro
>>>
>>> Update the wake-up pin and associated interupt details for the
>>> Pinebook Pro WiFi module.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
>>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250827143040.1644867-1-pbrobinson@gmail.com
>>> Signed-off-by: Heiko Stuebner <heiko at sntech.de>
>>>
>>> arch/arm64/boot/dts/rockchip/rk3399-pinebook-pro.dts | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>>>
>>>
>>> With this commit reverted on top of 6.18.1 wireless connection works
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> Not sure what could be relevant but:
>>> - it's an early model, I think second batch, delivered end of 2019
>>
>> Is it the Synoptics or the Cypress/Infineon module? What firmware are you using?
>
> Judging by the fact acquisition by Synaptics happened sometime late
> 2020/early 2021 I guess it must be Cypress? I'm not really familiar with
> BCM43456 chip history. Firmware files used are
> brcm/brcmfmac43456-sdio.{bin,clm_blob,txt} exactly those found at:
>
> https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/tree/trixie/debian/config/brcm80211/brcm
I'm using the same firmware for the Radxa CM3J equipped with the
AP6745(BCM43456) and experiencing the same error(brcmf_sdio_bus_rxctl:
resumed on timeout) when the interrupt is enabled.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rockchip/A7ADEB12E25ED346+00048ee9-c4d6-442d-a02c-cefbdc6be353@radxa.com/
Best regards,
--
FUKAUMI Naoki
Radxa Computer (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
>>
>>> - mainline uboot 2025.10 is used
>>>
>>>
>>> #regzbot introduced: 6d54d93506
>
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