Re: BCM4356 does not initalize after firmware update

[Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>]

On 12/13/2017 5:12 PM, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> Hi
>
> After firmware update, this device:
>
> [0280]: Broadcom Limited BCM4356 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:43ec] (rev 02)
>
> no longer initialize. With the firmware update I have:
>
> [  272.063814] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_map_chip_to_name: using brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin for chip 0x004356(17238) rev 0x000002
> [  272.529582] brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X
> [  274.529476] brcmfmac: brcmf_msgbuf_query_dcmd: Timeout on response for query command
> [  274.537356] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Retreiving cur_etheraddr failed, -5
> [  274.544881] brcmfmac: brcmf_bus_started: failed: -5
> [  274.549854] brcmfmac: brcmf_pcie_attach_bus: dongle is not responding
>
> and no wlan device is created. With older version of the firmware I have:
>
> [   10.716878] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_map_chip_to_name: using brcm/brcmfmac4356-pcie.bin for chip 0x004356(17238) rev 0x000002
> [   11.312875] brcmfmac 0000:03:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X
> [   11.314735] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Oct 22 2015 06:16:41 version 7.35.180.119 (r594535) FWID 01-1a5c4016
> [   16.598211] brcmfmac: brcmf_p2p_create_p2pdev: set p2p_disc error
> [   16.604416] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_add_iface: add iface p2p-dev-wlp3s0 type 10 failed: err=-16
>
> and despite P2P errors, device works correctly.

The cur_etheraddr is the first piece of info we try to get from the 
firmware. Could you build the driver with CONFIG_BRCMDBG and load the 
module with 'debug=0x181416'.

Regards,
Arend