WIFI not available after anx7688 update failure
01-09-2021, 09:22 AM
I recently got my 3GB/32GB MAINBOARD - "special offer for BraveHeart and UBPorts owners"
Please note, I have read the discussions wrt anx7688
(e.g. https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=12506 ) prior to submission. It might be related, but not overlapping.
If anyone could suggest e.g. how to re-write the possible wrong flashed fw for gc2145 (or whatever might be the actual problem) I would be happy to try it out as I am kind of stuck right now. The support team extended the warranty for some time for me to be able to try to resolve these issues.
I replaced the motherboard, installed Manjaro on eMMC, could boot, also Manjaro and postmarket can boot from SD. All worked fine incl. wifi etc. However, the anx7688 firmware step failed (anx7688-fw.bin downloaded ok, 32752 bytes, and copied to /lib/firmware/; timeout during writing according to dmesg, just as others have experienced in separate thread; I did try postmarket and manjaro, recent and older, with usb charging on and off, from eMMC and from SD).
However, on top of that, AFTER the anx7688-attempts suddenly WIFI does NOT work anymore and BLUETOOTH adapter is not found at all (if I understand it correctly). This wifi/bluetooth error is the same for all 3 bootable OSes I have - for which it worked flawlessly until my anx7688 update mess. I even tried re-flashing the eMMC-firmware with an older postmarketOS version, still no WIFI.
I have triple-checked the mainboard connectors. I even replaced the motherboard with the old (ubports) mainboard and when using that, wifi etc works fine just as expected.
In dmesg I can find errors related to writing the anx7688-fw.bin. Furthermore, there are other types of errors related to gc2145-init.bin, Goodix_917S_cfg.bin, platform regulatory.db - might it be some problem writing the firmware?
dmesg (cut outs) which (at least for me) looks like related to possible errors:
...
[ 0.931868] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.931918] hub 5-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 0.933920] input: gpio-vibrator as /devices/platform/vibrator/input/input2
[ 1.036223] Goodix-TS 1-005d: ID 917S, version: 0200
[ 1.039915] Goodix-TS 1-005d: Direct firmware load for goodix_917S_cfg.bin failed with error -2
[ 1.045448] sun50i-a64-pinctrl 1c20800.pinctrl: supply vcc-pe not found, using dummy regulator
[ 1.046393] input: Goodix Capacitive TouchScreen as /devices/platform/soc/1c2ac00.i2c/i2c-1/1-005d/input/input3
...
[ 6.676581] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 6.676760] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 6.676765] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 6.676796] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 6.676806] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 6.676832] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 6.683059] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[ 6.687264] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[ 6.687281] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
[ 6.695279] FAT-fs (mmcblk0p1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[ 6.698914] sun4i-drm display-engine: [drm] fb0: sun4i-drmdrmfb frame buffer device
[ 6.721740] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[ 6.721767] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[ 6.721862] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered
[ 6.721929] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[ 6.722326] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[ 6.722453] dw-apb-uart 1c28400.serial: failed to request DMA
[ 6.726313] sun6i-mipi-dsi 1ca0000.dsi: Attached device xbd599
...
[ 24.390254] modem-power serial1-0: Your modem has an outdated firmware. Latest know version is EG25GGBR07A08M2G_01.002.07. Consider updating.
...
[ 25.997612] sun6i-csi 1cb0000.csi: Direct firmware load for gc2145-init.bin failed with error -2
[ 25.997654] gc2145 4-003c: Failed to read firmware gc2145-init.bin, continuing anyway...
...
[ 30.871035] sun6i-csi 1cb0000.csi: Direct firmware load for gc2145-init.bin failed with error -2
[ 30.871049] gc2145 4-003c: Failed to read firmware gc2145-init.bin, continuing anyway...
...several such fails...
This is what happens when I try to flash anx7688:
[ 123.277492] anx7688 1-0028: cable removed
[ 123.295868] anx7688 1-0028: power disabled
[ 123.296173] anx7688 1-0028: setting vbus_in current limit to 500000 mA
[ 123.296445] anx7688 1-0028: disabling vbus_in power path
[ 123.296580] anx7688 1-0028: enabling USB BC 1.2 detection
[ 123.343891] anx7688 1-0028: power enabled
[ 123.445847] anx7688 1-0028: eeprom wr 10 02 00 26 02 19 fb 00 00 00 00 00 02 02 57 90 72
[ 123.447429] anx7688 1-0028: eeprom wr 20 05 e4 f0 a3 e0 44 02 f0 e0 54 fd f0 12 76 65 02
[ 123.457601] anx7688 1-0028: timeout waiting for eeprom
[ 123.479855] anx7688 1-0028: power disabled
[ 123.481039] anx7688 1-0028: BC 1.2 result: SDP
[ 123.481071] anx7688 1-0028: cable inserted
[ 123.527908] anx7688 1-0028: power enabled
Please note, I have read the discussions wrt anx7688
(e.g. https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=12506 ) prior to submission. It might be related, but not overlapping.
If anyone could suggest e.g. how to re-write the possible wrong flashed fw for gc2145 (or whatever might be the actual problem) I would be happy to try it out as I am kind of stuck right now. The support team extended the warranty for some time for me to be able to try to resolve these issues.
I replaced the motherboard, installed Manjaro on eMMC, could boot, also Manjaro and postmarket can boot from SD. All worked fine incl. wifi etc. However, the anx7688 firmware step failed (anx7688-fw.bin downloaded ok, 32752 bytes, and copied to /lib/firmware/; timeout during writing according to dmesg, just as others have experienced in separate thread; I did try postmarket and manjaro, recent and older, with usb charging on and off, from eMMC and from SD).
However, on top of that, AFTER the anx7688-attempts suddenly WIFI does NOT work anymore and BLUETOOTH adapter is not found at all (if I understand it correctly). This wifi/bluetooth error is the same for all 3 bootable OSes I have - for which it worked flawlessly until my anx7688 update mess. I even tried re-flashing the eMMC-firmware with an older postmarketOS version, still no WIFI.
I have triple-checked the mainboard connectors. I even replaced the motherboard with the old (ubports) mainboard and when using that, wifi etc works fine just as expected.
In dmesg I can find errors related to writing the anx7688-fw.bin. Furthermore, there are other types of errors related to gc2145-init.bin, Goodix_917S_cfg.bin, platform regulatory.db - might it be some problem writing the firmware?
dmesg (cut outs) which (at least for me) looks like related to possible errors:
...
[ 0.931868] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.931918] hub 5-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[ 0.933920] input: gpio-vibrator as /devices/platform/vibrator/input/input2
[ 1.036223] Goodix-TS 1-005d: ID 917S, version: 0200
[ 1.039915] Goodix-TS 1-005d: Direct firmware load for goodix_917S_cfg.bin failed with error -2
[ 1.045448] sun50i-a64-pinctrl 1c20800.pinctrl: supply vcc-pe not found, using dummy regulator
[ 1.046393] input: Goodix Capacitive TouchScreen as /devices/platform/soc/1c2ac00.i2c/i2c-1/1-005d/input/input3
...
[ 6.676581] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[ 6.676760] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 6.676765] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 6.676796] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 6.676806] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 6.676832] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 6.683059] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[ 6.687264] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[ 6.687281] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
[ 6.695279] FAT-fs (mmcblk0p1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.
[ 6.698914] sun4i-drm display-engine: [drm] fb0: sun4i-drmdrmfb frame buffer device
[ 6.721740] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[ 6.721767] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[ 6.721862] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol LL registered
[ 6.721929] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[ 6.722326] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[ 6.722453] dw-apb-uart 1c28400.serial: failed to request DMA
[ 6.726313] sun6i-mipi-dsi 1ca0000.dsi: Attached device xbd599
...
[ 24.390254] modem-power serial1-0: Your modem has an outdated firmware. Latest know version is EG25GGBR07A08M2G_01.002.07. Consider updating.
...
[ 25.997612] sun6i-csi 1cb0000.csi: Direct firmware load for gc2145-init.bin failed with error -2
[ 25.997654] gc2145 4-003c: Failed to read firmware gc2145-init.bin, continuing anyway...
...
[ 30.871035] sun6i-csi 1cb0000.csi: Direct firmware load for gc2145-init.bin failed with error -2
[ 30.871049] gc2145 4-003c: Failed to read firmware gc2145-init.bin, continuing anyway...
...several such fails...
This is what happens when I try to flash anx7688:
[ 123.277492] anx7688 1-0028: cable removed
[ 123.295868] anx7688 1-0028: power disabled
[ 123.296173] anx7688 1-0028: setting vbus_in current limit to 500000 mA
[ 123.296445] anx7688 1-0028: disabling vbus_in power path
[ 123.296580] anx7688 1-0028: enabling USB BC 1.2 detection
[ 123.343891] anx7688 1-0028: power enabled
[ 123.445847] anx7688 1-0028: eeprom wr 10 02 00 26 02 19 fb 00 00 00 00 00 02 02 57 90 72
[ 123.447429] anx7688 1-0028: eeprom wr 20 05 e4 f0 a3 e0 44 02 f0 e0 54 fd f0 12 76 65 02
[ 123.457601] anx7688 1-0028: timeout waiting for eeprom
[ 123.479855] anx7688 1-0028: power disabled
[ 123.481039] anx7688 1-0028: BC 1.2 result: SDP
[ 123.481071] anx7688 1-0028: cable inserted
[ 123.527908] anx7688 1-0028: power enabled