[arch-general] intel-ucode 20220510-1 killed my wifi

Simeon Felis arch-general at sfelis.de
Sat May 14 19:14:14 UTC 2022


Apparently I have a Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74 on a Lenovo Thinkpad x230t.

I hope that this is a ucode issue and not a rotting hardware. Here is what happens with intel-ucode 20220510-1



[   18.138516] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 9.221.4.1 build 25532 6000-4.ucode op_mode iwldvm
[   18.246943] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled
[   18.246948] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled
[   18.246950] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
[   18.246952] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74
[   18.302418] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[   18.302422] Timeout waiting for hardware access (CSR_GP_CNTRL 0xffffffff)
[   18.302442] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 576 at drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c:2117 __iwl_trans_pcie_grab_nic_access+0x1ec/0x220 [iwlwifi]
[   18.302467] Modules linked in: iwldvm(+) kvm_intel(+) snd_intel_dspcfg mac80211 kvm libarc4 snd_intel_sdw_acpi iTCO_wdt snd_hda_codec joydev intel_pmc_bxt iwlwifi nls_iso8859_1 at24 think_lmi(+) vfat mousedev irqbypass firmware_attributes_class wmi_bmof mei_hdcp mei_pxp mei_wdt iTCO_vendor_support rapl intel_cstate fat iwlmei intel_
uncore i2c_i801 snd_hda_core pcspkr thinkpad_acpi i2c_smbus cfg80211 snd_hwdep psmouse ledtrig_audio i915 platform_profile snd_pcm wmi rfkill snd_timer tpm_tis ttm e1000e snd mei_me video tpm_tis_core lpc_ich intel_gtt mei soundcore mac_hid vboxnetflt(OE) vboxnetadp(OE) vboxdrv(OE) dm_multipath ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler sg crypto_us
er fuse bpf_preload ip_tables x_tables ext4 crc32c_generic crc16 mbcache jbd2 dm_crypt cbc encrypted_keys dm_mod trusted asn1_encoder tee tpm rng_core serio_raw crct10dif_pclmul atkbd libps2 crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel crypto_simd cryptd sdhci_pci cqhci sdhci i8042 xhci_pci usbhid mmc_core
[   18.302532]  xhci_pci_renesas serio
[   18.302535] CPU: 1 PID: 576 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G           OE     5.17.6-arch1-1 #1 6a465b5cdd6c23594925dd1c6b33fddeebe18127
[   18.302538] Hardware name: LENOVO 3435CTO/3435CTO, BIOS GCETB5WW (2.75 ) 09/25/2019
[   18.302539] RIP: 0010:__iwl_trans_pcie_grab_nic_access+0x1ec/0x220 [iwlwifi]
[   18.302558] Code: 48 89 df e8 b6 af fe ff 4c 89 f7 e8 2e 3a 36 c9 e9 e6 fe ff ff 89 c6 48 c7 c7 28 ae a3 c0 c6 05 89 7c 04 00 01 e8 14 b4 2f c9 <0f> 0b e9 01 ff ff ff 48 8b 7b 40 48 c7 c2 90 ae a3 c0 31 f6 e8 4b
[   18.302560] RSP: 0018:ffffb9b98090fb30 EFLAGS: 00010282
[   18.302562] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff97e086a2c028 RCX: 0000000000000027
[   18.302563] RDX: ffff97e38e6616e8 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff97e38e6616e0
[   18.302564] RBP: 00000000ffffffff R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb9b98090f948
[   18.302565] R10: ffffb9b98090f940 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: 0000000000000001
[   18.302567] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff97e086a2e944 R15: 0000000000000011
[   18.302568] FS:  00007f713f50f740(0000) GS:ffff97e38e640000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[   18.302570] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[   18.302571] CR2: 00007fc7d5006000 CR3: 000000010e484006 CR4: 00000000001706e0
[   18.302573] Call Trace:
[   18.302575]  <TASK>
[   18.302578]  iwl_trans_pcie_grab_nic_access+0x16/0x40 [iwlwifi 9bf797cd3fa1dfe7d95f58c5bd0c22cc3010b7df]
[   18.302595]  iwl_write_prph_delay+0x23/0x70 [iwlwifi 9bf797cd3fa1dfe7d95f58c5bd0c22cc3010b7df]
[   18.302610]  iwl_pcie_apm_init+0x131/0x1c0 [iwlwifi 9bf797cd3fa1dfe7d95f58c5bd0c22cc3010b7df]
[   18.302625]  iwl_trans_pcie_start_hw+0x96/0x2b0 [iwlwifi 9bf797cd3fa1dfe7d95f58c5bd0c22cc3010b7df]
[   18.302641]  iwl_op_mode_dvm_start+0x298/0xcd0 [iwldvm c4082a7f19be48965d2a2c00f53b750277e654b3]
[   18.302655]  _iwl_op_mode_start+0x98/0xc0 [iwlwifi 9bf797cd3fa1dfe7d95f58c5bd0c22cc3010b7df]
[   18.302670]  iwl_opmode_register+0x68/0xd0 [iwlwifi 9bf797cd3fa1dfe7d95f58c5bd0c22cc3010b7df]
[   18.302685]  ? 0xffffffffc0b96000
[   18.302687]  iwl_init+0x34/0x1000 [iwldvm c4082a7f19be48965d2a2c00f53b750277e654b3]
[   18.302698]  ? 0xffffffffc0b96000
[   18.302699]  do_one_initcall+0x56/0x220
[   18.302704]  do_init_module+0x4a/0x240
[   18.302707]  __do_sys_init_module+0x138/0x1b0
[   18.302711]  do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80
[   18.302717]  ? vfs_read+0xf4/0x190
[   18.302720]  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x23/0x50
[   18.302722]  ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80
[   18.302725]  ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x23/0x50
[   18.302726]  ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80
[   18.302729]  ? exc_page_fault+0x71/0x170
[   18.302731]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[   18.302735] RIP: 0033:0x7f713f62a3ee
[   18.302736] Code: 48 8b 0d ad 59 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 af 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 7a 59 0e 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[   18.302738] RSP: 002b:00007ffc37bd5b78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000af
[   18.302740] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000564030699ee0 RCX: 00007f713f62a3ee
[   18.302742] RDX: 000056403022fa2a RSI: 00000000000a82d0 RDI: 00005640307b0d30
[   18.302743] RBP: 00005640307b0d30 R08: 00000000000a82d0 R09: 0000000000000000
[   18.302744] R10: 000000000010f7c1 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000056403022fa2a
[   18.302745] R13: 000056403069a010 R14: 0000564030699ee0 R15: 000056403069a8e0
[   18.302747]  </TASK>
[   18.302748] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[   18.302752] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi transaction failed, dumping registers
[   18.303524] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi device config registers:
[   18.304397] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000000: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.305186] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000020: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.305985] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000040: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.306736] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000060: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.307472] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000080: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.308196] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 000000a0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.308922] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 000000c0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.309654] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 000000e0: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.310358] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000100: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.311043] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000120: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.311731] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000140: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.312440] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi device memory mapped registers:
[   18.313162] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000000: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.313863] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: 00000020: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
[   18.315155] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: iwlwifi parent port (0000:00:1c.1) config registers:
[   18.315997] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000000: 1e128086 00100007 060400c4 00810010 00000000 00000000 00030300 200000f0
[   18.316671] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000020: f1c0f1c0 0001fff1 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000040 00000000 00020207
[   18.317378] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000040: 01428010 00008000 00100000 02123c12 50110042 000cb200 01480000 00000000
[   18.318075] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000060: 00000000 00000016 00000000 00000000 00010002 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.318782] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000080: 00009005 00000000 00000000 00000000 0000a00d 220317aa 00000000 00000000
[   18.319464] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 000000a0: c8020001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.320276] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 000000c0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 01000000 00000b02 81118000 00000000
[   18.321114] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 000000e0: 00000300 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 08040f87 00000000
[   18.321910] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000100: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00060011 00000000 00002000 00000000 00000000
[   18.322573] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000120: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.323203] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000140: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.323812] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000160: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.324408] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000180: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.325007] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 000001a0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.325606] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 000001c0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.326168] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 000001e0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.326718] iwlwifi 0000:00:1c.1: 00000200: 00000000 00000000 00000000
[   18.370403] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: bad EEPROM/OTP signature, type=OTP, EEPROM_GP=0x00000007
[   18.371598] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: EEPROM not found, EEPROM_GP=0xffffffff
[   18.372418] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Unable to init EEPROM
[   18.373179] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: retry init count 0
[   18.373951] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled
[   18.373954] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled
[   18.373956] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
[   18.373958] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74
[   18.418123] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915])
[   18.448746] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: bad EEPROM/OTP signature, type=OTP, EEPROM_GP=0x00000007
[   18.449514] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: EEPROM not found, EEPROM_GP=0xffffffff
[   18.450309] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Unable to init EEPROM
[   18.451079] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: retry init count 1
[   18.451872] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled
[   18.451875] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS enabled
[   18.451877] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
[   18.451879] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN, REV=0x74

Linux pandora 5.17.6-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue, 10 May 2022 23:00:39 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux


Downgraded with

pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/intel-ucode-20220419-1-any.pkg.tar.zst

I would probably need  more reboots and re-installs to confirm and rule out hardware issues. If I don't post on this any more it was probably a hardware issue.


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