OS Version 37710 | Kernel 6.0.10 fails to load firmware for RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter

[mmorini]

Apparently, firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin is no longer available. Context follows.

Log (per journalctl)

Dec 02 18:21:49 robin2 kernel: calling rtl92ee_driver_init+0x0/0x1000 [rtl8192ee] @ 459 Dec 02 18:21:49 robin2 kernel: rtl8192ee 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) Dec 02 18:21:49 robin2 kernel: rtl8192ee: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin Dec 02 18:21:49 robin2 kernel: rtl8192ee 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin failed with error -2 Dec 02 18:21:49 robin2 kernel: rtlwifi: Selected firmware is not available

Device (per lspci -v)

05:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 75 IOMMU group: 17 Region 0: I/O ports at d000 [size=256] Region 2: Memory at f6500000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: Kernel driver in use: rtl8192ee Kernel modules: rtl8192ee

[mmorini]

Placing the binary blob where expected fixes things.

ref: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware/+/4164c23d2e3b4863ca42d72f40dc7cc5d9fb8c6c

[Gui2Barbieri]

I'm having the same issue, my Realtek PCI card is not working and I lost Wi-Fi connectivity...

[bwarden]

Looks like some of the WiFi firmware was inadvertently dropped a while ago. I've added it back, so it should be available in a release soon, in the linux-firmware-wifi bundle.

[Gui2Barbieri]

Looks like some of the WiFi firmware was inadvertently dropped a while ago. I've added it back, so it should be available in a release soon, in the linux-firmware-wifi bundle.

Will I have to install that "linux-firmware-wifi", or it will just install the Wi-Fi firmware itself in the next update?

[bwarden]

You may already have the bundle installed, but if not, you can install it manually (sudo swupd bundle-add linux-firmware-wifi), and either way the firmware file will be added automatically when your system updates to the new release.

This will show you the current status on your system. I don't know what version will contain my change yet.

$ sudo swupd bundle-info linux-firmware-wifi
______________________________________
 Info for bundle: linux-firmware-wifi
______________________________________

Status: Explicitly installed

Bundle linux-firmware-wifi is up to date:
 - Installed bundle last updated in version: 37630
 - Latest available version: 37630

Bundle size:
 - Size of bundle: 186.53 MB
 - Size bundle takes on disk (includes dependencies): 278.87 MB

[bwarden]

Should be fixed in release 37730.

[Gui2Barbieri]

Unfortunately, I had updated to 37730, and Wi-Fi still doesn't work. I have a Realtek RTL8723BE (M.2) and still it's not working.

Should I do a system reinstall?

[mmorini]

Confirm missing firmwares are shipped with 37730, but loading still fails. It appears the symlink doesn't cut it. The plot thickens.

Dec 11 20:06:06 robin2 kernel: rtl8192ee 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003) Dec 11 20:06:06 robin2 kernel: rtl8192ee: Using firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin [...] Dec 11 20:06:06 robin2 kernel: rtl8192ee 0000:05:00.0: Direct firmware load for rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin failed with error -2 Dec 11 20:06:06 robin2 kernel: rtlwifi: Selected firmware is not available [...] Dec 11 20:06:18 robin2 kernel: rtl8192ee: Polling FW ready fail!! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00070406. count = 3001

[bwarden]

Ahhh, we do an extra compression step that didn't comprehend the symlink, so it compressed rtl8192eu_nic.bin to rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst and left the symlink dangling:

$ ls -l /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Feb  1  2019 /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin -> rtl8192eu_nic.bin
$ ls -l /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20043 Feb  1  2019 /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst
$ 

I'll work out a fix.

[mmorini]

Voilà! :partying_face:

[bwarden]

In the short term, until my fix rolls out, you can do: ln -s /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin.zst rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst

[Gui2Barbieri]

In the short term, until my fix rolls out, you can do: ln -s /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin.zst rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst

I can confirm that Wi-Fi is working by extracting the firmware, bluetooth isn't, but I believe it will when all firmware drivers are extracted. Will wait for the update fixing this.

[mmorini]

Fixed in 37740, thanks!

[Gui2Barbieri]

Um.... I tried the new version, but Wi-Fi/Bluetooth is still not working for me, should I open a new issue referring to this?

Used swupd repair just to check that my installation is fine, but it still doesn't work.

[fenrus75]

yeah that's a separate issue; best to just make a new issue to avoid this one getting all convoluted

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[Gui2Barbieri]

@mmorini Is Wi-Fi still working for you? In my case it broke yet again in 37870 using Kernel 6.1.1-1229.native...