Return-path: Received: from mx.exactcode.de ([144.76.154.42]:49948 "EHLO mx.exactcode.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752191AbdLEMbS (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2017 07:31:18 -0500 Subject: Re: MWIFIEX still unstable after two years on MS Surface Pro 3 To: Belisko Marek Cc: Amitkumar Karwar , Nishant Sarmukadam , Ganapathi Bhat , Xinming Hu , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" References: From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=c3=a9_Rebe?= Message-ID: (sfid-20171205_133122_242581_7ABF4A82) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 13:31:09 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Marek, thank you for your blazingly fast reply. On 12/05/2017 12:41 PM, Belisko Marek wrote: > Hi Rene, > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 12:06 PM, René Rebe 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 ;-) Greetings, Rene -- René Rebe, ExactCODE GmbH, Lietzenburger Str. 42, DE-10117 Berlin https://exactcode.com | https://t2sde.org | https://rene.rebe.de