Re: Long Delay on startup of wl18xx Wireless chip

Re: Long Delay on startup of wl18xx Wireless chip

[Adam Ford]

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:25 PM Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am seeing a really long delay at startup of the wl18xx using the 5.4 kernel.
>

Sorry I had to resend.  I forgot to do plaintext.  Google switched
settings on me and neglected to inform me.


> [    7.895551] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Direct firmware load for ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin failed with error -2
> [    7.906416] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin
>
> At this point in the sequence, I can login to Linux, but the WL18xx is unavailable.
>
> [   35.032382] vwl1837: disabling
> [   69.594874] wlcore: ERROR could not get configuration binary ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin: -11
> [   69.604013] wlcore: WARNING falling back to default config
> [   70.174821] wlcore: wl18xx HW: 183x or 180x, PG 2.2 (ROM 0x11)
> [   70.189003] wlcore: WARNING Detected unconfigured mac address in nvs, derive from fuse instead.
> [   70.197851] wlcore: WARNING This default nvs file can be removed from the file system
> [   70.218816] wlcore: loaded
>
> It is now at this point when the wl18xx is available.
>
> I have the wl18xx and wlcore setup as a module so it should load after the filesystem is mounted.  I am not using a wl18xx-conf.bin, but I never needed to use this before.
>
> It seems to me unreasonable to wait 60+ seconds after everything is mounted for the wireless chip to become available.  Before I attempt to bisect this, I was hoping someone might have seen this.  I am also trying to avoid duplicating someone else's efforts.
>
> I know the 4.19 doesn't behave like this.
>
> adam

Re: Long Delay on startup of wl18xx Wireless chip

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi Adam,

> Am 05.11.2019 um 19:55 schrieb Adam Ford <aford173-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>:
> 
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:25 PM Adam Ford <aford173-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I am seeing a really long delay at startup of the wl18xx using the 5.4 kernel.
>> 
> 
> Sorry I had to resend.  I forgot to do plaintext.  Google switched
> settings on me and neglected to inform me.
> 
> 
>> [    7.895551] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Direct firmware load for ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin failed with error -2
>> [    7.906416] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Falling back to sysfs fallback for: ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin
>> 
>> At this point in the sequence, I can login to Linux, but the WL18xx is unavailable.
>> 
>> [   35.032382] vwl1837: disabling
>> [   69.594874] wlcore: ERROR could not get configuration binary ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin: -11
>> [   69.604013] wlcore: WARNING falling back to default config
>> [   70.174821] wlcore: wl18xx HW: 183x or 180x, PG 2.2 (ROM 0x11)
>> [   70.189003] wlcore: WARNING Detected unconfigured mac address in nvs, derive from fuse instead.
>> [   70.197851] wlcore: WARNING This default nvs file can be removed from the file system
>> [   70.218816] wlcore: loaded
>> 
>> It is now at this point when the wl18xx is available.
>> 
>> I have the wl18xx and wlcore setup as a module so it should load after the filesystem is mounted.  I am not using a wl18xx-conf.bin, but I never needed to use this before.
>> 
>> It seems to me unreasonable to wait 60+ seconds after everything is mounted for the wireless chip to become available.  Before I attempt to bisect this, I was hoping someone might have seen this.  I am also trying to avoid duplicating someone else's efforts.
>> 
>> I know the 4.19 doesn't behave like this.

I have with v5.4-rc6 on omap5 + wl1835

root@letux:~# dmesg|fgrep wlcore
[   10.268847] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.0.auto: Direct firmware load for ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin failed with error -2
[   10.291610] wlcore: ERROR could not get configuration binary ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin: -2
[   10.303839] wlcore: WARNING falling back to default config
[   10.700055] wlcore: wl18xx HW: 183x or 180x, PG 2.2 (ROM 0x11)
[   10.703469] wlcore: WARNING Detected unconfigured mac address in nvs, derive from fuse instead.
[   10.703478] wlcore: WARNING This default nvs file can be removed from the file system
[   12.738721] wlcore: loaded
[   13.978498] wlcore: PHY firmware version: Rev 8.2.0.0.237
[   14.073765] wlcore: firmware booted (Rev 8.9.0.0.70)
[   14.096806] wlcore: down
[   14.589917] wlcore: PHY firmware version: Rev 8.2.0.0.237
[   14.693183] wlcore: firmware booted (Rev 8.9.0.0.70)
root@letux:~# 

Hope this helps.

BR,
Nikolaus

Re: Long Delay on startup of wl18xx Wireless chip

[Kalle Valo]

Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:25 PM Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am seeing a really long delay at startup of the wl18xx using the 5.4 kernel.
>>
>
> Sorry I had to resend.  I forgot to do plaintext.  Google switched
> settings on me and neglected to inform me.
>
>
>> [ 7.895551] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Direct firmware load for
>> ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin failed with error -2
>> [ 7.906416] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Falling back to sysfs
>> fallback for: ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin
>>
>> At this point in the sequence, I can login to Linux, but the WL18xx is unavailable.
>>
>> [   35.032382] vwl1837: disabling
>> [ 69.594874] wlcore: ERROR could not get configuration binary
>> ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin: -11
>> [   69.604013] wlcore: WARNING falling back to default config
>> [   70.174821] wlcore: wl18xx HW: 183x or 180x, PG 2.2 (ROM 0x11)
>> [ 70.189003] wlcore: WARNING Detected unconfigured mac address in
>> nvs, derive from fuse instead.
>> [   70.197851] wlcore: WARNING This default nvs file can be removed from the file system
>> [   70.218816] wlcore: loaded
>>
>> It is now at this point when the wl18xx is available.
>>
>> I have the wl18xx and wlcore setup as a module so it should load
>> after the filesystem is mounted. I am not using a wl18xx-conf.bin,
>> but I never needed to use this before.
>>
>> It seems to me unreasonable to wait 60+ seconds after everything is
>> mounted for the wireless chip to become available. Before I attempt
>> to bisect this, I was hoping someone might have seen this. I am also
>> trying to avoid duplicating someone else's efforts.
>>
>> I know the 4.19 doesn't behave like this.

Try disabling CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER, that usually causes a 60
second delay if the user space is not setup to handle the request. (Or
something like that.)

-- 
Kalle Valo

Re: Long Delay on startup of wl18xx Wireless chip

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> Am 06.11.2019 um 11:32 schrieb Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>:
> 
> Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:25 PM Adam Ford <aford173@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am seeing a really long delay at startup of the wl18xx using the 5.4 kernel.
>>> 
>> 
>> Sorry I had to resend.  I forgot to do plaintext.  Google switched
>> settings on me and neglected to inform me.
>> 
>> 
>>> [ 7.895551] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Direct firmware load for
>>> ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin failed with error -2
>>> [ 7.906416] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Falling back to sysfs
>>> fallback for: ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin
>>> 
>>> At this point in the sequence, I can login to Linux, but the WL18xx is unavailable.
>>> 
>>> [   35.032382] vwl1837: disabling
>>> [ 69.594874] wlcore: ERROR could not get configuration binary
>>> ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin: -11
>>> [   69.604013] wlcore: WARNING falling back to default config
>>> [   70.174821] wlcore: wl18xx HW: 183x or 180x, PG 2.2 (ROM 0x11)
>>> [ 70.189003] wlcore: WARNING Detected unconfigured mac address in
>>> nvs, derive from fuse instead.
>>> [   70.197851] wlcore: WARNING This default nvs file can be removed from the file system
>>> [   70.218816] wlcore: loaded
>>> 
>>> It is now at this point when the wl18xx is available.
>>> 
>>> I have the wl18xx and wlcore setup as a module so it should load
>>> after the filesystem is mounted. I am not using a wl18xx-conf.bin,
>>> but I never needed to use this before.
>>> 
>>> It seems to me unreasonable to wait 60+ seconds after everything is
>>> mounted for the wireless chip to become available. Before I attempt
>>> to bisect this, I was hoping someone might have seen this. I am also
>>> trying to avoid duplicating someone else's efforts.
>>> 
>>> I know the 4.19 doesn't behave like this.
> 
> Try disabling CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER, that usually causes a 60
> second delay if the user space is not setup to handle the request. (Or
> something like that.)

I can confirm that I have it disabled in our config which seems to work.

BR,
Nikolaus

Re: Long Delay on startup of wl18xx Wireless chip

[Adam Ford]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 4:38 AM H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns-xXXSsgcRVICgSpxsJD1C4w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
> > Am 06.11.2019 um 11:32 schrieb Kalle Valo <kvalo-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org>:
> >
> > Adam Ford <aford173-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> >
> >> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:25 PM Adam Ford <aford173-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I am seeing a really long delay at startup of the wl18xx using the 5.4 kernel.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Sorry I had to resend.  I forgot to do plaintext.  Google switched
> >> settings on me and neglected to inform me.
> >>
> >>
> >>> [ 7.895551] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Direct firmware load for
> >>> ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin failed with error -2
> >>> [ 7.906416] wl18xx_driver wl18xx.2.auto: Falling back to sysfs
> >>> fallback for: ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin
> >>>
> >>> At this point in the sequence, I can login to Linux, but the WL18xx is unavailable.
> >>>
> >>> [   35.032382] vwl1837: disabling
> >>> [ 69.594874] wlcore: ERROR could not get configuration binary
> >>> ti-connectivity/wl18xx-conf.bin: -11
> >>> [   69.604013] wlcore: WARNING falling back to default config
> >>> [   70.174821] wlcore: wl18xx HW: 183x or 180x, PG 2.2 (ROM 0x11)
> >>> [ 70.189003] wlcore: WARNING Detected unconfigured mac address in
> >>> nvs, derive from fuse instead.
> >>> [   70.197851] wlcore: WARNING This default nvs file can be removed from the file system
> >>> [   70.218816] wlcore: loaded
> >>>
> >>> It is now at this point when the wl18xx is available.
> >>>
> >>> I have the wl18xx and wlcore setup as a module so it should load
> >>> after the filesystem is mounted. I am not using a wl18xx-conf.bin,
> >>> but I never needed to use this before.
> >>>
> >>> It seems to me unreasonable to wait 60+ seconds after everything is
> >>> mounted for the wireless chip to become available. Before I attempt
> >>> to bisect this, I was hoping someone might have seen this. I am also
> >>> trying to avoid duplicating someone else's efforts.
> >>>
> >>> I know the 4.19 doesn't behave like this.
> >
> > Try disabling CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER, that usually causes a 60
> > second delay if the user space is not setup to handle the request. (Or
> > something like that.)

Thank you for the pointer on that.  It addressed my issue.

adam
>
> I can confirm that I have it disabled in our config which seems to work.
>
> BR,
> Nikolaus
>