Wifi RT5370 Debian 9.1

Todd Woolums

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Sep 14, 2017, 11:18:48 AM9/14/17

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I can't get wifi to work with a RT5370 adapter in the latest BBB image for Debian 9.1. This adapter works in older versions so I'm unsure what else to look at. Any pointers/help would be appreciated.

Thanks

debian@beaglebone:~$ connmanctl

Error getting VPN connections: The name net.connman.vpn was not provided by any connmanctl> enable wifi

Error wifi: Already enabled

connmanctl> scan wifi

Scan completed for wifi

connmanctl> services

connmanctl>

debian@beaglebone:~$ uname -a

Linux beaglebone 4.9.45-ti-r57 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Aug 25 22:58:38 UTC 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux

debian@beaglebone:~$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

debian@beaglebone:~$ lsusb -t

/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=musb-hdrc/1p, 480M

|__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=rt2800usb, 480M

debian@beaglebone:~$ lsmod

Module Size Used by

snd_soc_simple_card 7959 0

snd_soc_simple_card_utils 6408 1 snd_soc_simple_card

omap_aes_driver 24392 0

omap_sham 27230 0

crypto_engine 7219 1 omap_aes_driver

pruss_soc_bus 4788 0

omap_rng 5864 0

rng_core 9161 1 omap_rng

c_can_platform 7825 0

c_can 12883 1 c_can_platform

can_dev 14919 1 c_can

arc4 2403 2

rt2800usb 19345 0

rt2800lib 84293 1 rt2800usb

rt2x00usb 13438 1 rt2800usb

rt2x00lib 50688 3 rt2800lib,rt2800usb,rt2x00usb

mac80211 690472 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00lib,rt2x00usb

cfg80211 589989 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211

rfkill 21767 3 cfg80211

snd_soc_davinci_mcasp 21479 2

snd_soc_omap 4317 1 snd_soc_davinci_mcasp

snd_soc_edma 1546 1 snd_soc_davinci_mcasp

spi_omap2_mcspi 13352 0

snd_soc_hdmi_codec 7631 1

snd_soc_core 198579 6 snd_soc_davinci_mcasp,snd_soc_edma,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,snd_soc_simple_card_utils,snd_soc_omap,snd_soc_simple_card

snd_pcm_dmaengine 6214 2 snd_soc_omap,snd_soc_core

evdev 13811 2

snd_pcm 105795 5 snd_soc_davinci_mcasp,snd_pcm_dmaengine,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,snd_soc_omap,snd_soc_core

tps65217_charger 5491 0

ti_am335x_adc 8160 0

snd_timer 24435 1 snd_pcm

kfifo_buf 4052 1 ti_am335x_adc

snd 74026 3 snd_timer,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm

industrialio 65843 2 ti_am335x_adc,kfifo_buf

soundcore 8755 1 snd

uio_pdrv_genirq 4205 0

uio 11036 1 uio_pdrv_genirq

usb_f_mass_storage 51414 2

usb_f_acm 8610 2

u_serial 13482 3 usb_f_acm

usb_f_ecm 11619 2

usb_f_rndis 26880 2

u_ether 13962 2 usb_f_ecm,usb_f_rndis

libcomposite 55392 16 usb_f_ecm,usb_f_acm,usb_f_mass_storage,usb_f_rndis

iptable_nat 2512 0

nf_conntrack_ipv4 12035 1

nf_defrag_ipv4 2016 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4

nf_nat_ipv4 6857 1 iptable_nat

nf_nat 20785 1 nf_nat_ipv4

nf_conntrack 117614 3 nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_nat_ipv4,nf_nat

iptable_mangle 2303 0

iptable_filter 2453 0

spidev 9322 0

pru_rproc 14966 0

pruss_intc 9092 1 pru_rproc

pruss 10889 1 pru_rproc

tieqep 9111 0

ip_tables 14529 3 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,iptable_nat

x_tables 22165 3 iptable_mangle,ip_tables,iptable_filter

debian@beaglebone:~$ iwconfig

eth0 no wireless extensions.

usb0 no wireless extensions.

usb1 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:off/any

Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm

Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off

Power Management:off

lo no wireless extensions.

can0 no wireless extensions.

can1 no wireless extensions.

debian@beaglebone:~$ ifconfig

eth0: flags=-28669<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC> mtu 1500

ether 54:4a:16:e7:11:ef txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

device interrupt 189

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536

inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0

inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>

loop txqueuelen 1 (Local Loopback)

RX packets 1280 bytes 88000 (85.9 KiB)

RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

TX packets 1280 bytes 88000 (85.9 KiB)

TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

usb0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

inet 192.168.7.2 netmask 255.255.255.252 broadcast 192.168.7.3

inet6 fe80::564a:16ff:fee7:11f1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>

ether 54:4a:16:e7:11:f1 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

usb1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

inet 192.168.6.2 netmask 255.255.255.252 broadcast 192.168.6.3

inet6 fe80::564a:16ff:fee7:11f4 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>

ether 54:4a:16:e7:11:f4 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 199 bytes 27645 (26.9 KiB)

RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

TX packets 135 bytes 20742 (20.2 KiB)

TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlan0: flags=-28669<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,DYNAMIC> mtu 1500

ether c8:3a:35:b0:3c:42 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)

TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Robert Nelson

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Sep 14, 2017, 11:28:57 AM9/14/17

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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Todd Woolums <twoo...@toddwoolums.com> wrote:
> I can't get wifi to work with a RT5370 adapter in the latest BBB image for
> Debian 9.1. This adapter works in older versions so I'm unsure what else to
> look at. Any pointers/help would be appreciated.

What manufacture/model/revision? Do you have an amazon part link?

You can downgrade to v4.4.x-ti:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/

sudo ./update_kernel.sh --ti-channel --lts-4_4

Regards,

--
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

Todd Woolums

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Sep 14, 2017, 11:33:32 AM9/14/17

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This is the adapter

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H95C0A2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Robert Nelson

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Sep 14, 2017, 12:02:17 PM9/14/17

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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Todd Woolums <twoo...@toddwoolums.com> wrote:
> This is the adapter
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H95C0A2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yeah, i have that adapter here..

Definitely a regression in v4.9.x, use v4.4.x till we figure out what broke..

I just ran:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
sudo ./update_kernel.sh --ti-channel --lts-4_4

sudo reboot

Scan completed for wifi
connmanctl> services

*AO Wired ethernet_985dad87dfb2_cable
BeagleBone-ABCDEF
wifi_00e180405864_426561676c65426f6e652d414243444546_managed_psk
DKE_Employee
wifi_00e180405864_444b455f456d706c6f796565_managed_ieee8021x
wifi_00e180405864_hidden_managed_psk
DKE_Guest wifi_00e180405864_444b455f4775657374_managed_psk
CloudGate-X13M
wifi_00e180405864_436c6f7564476174652d5831334d_managed_psk
connmanctl> quit

debian@beaglebone:~$ uname -r
4.4.87-ti-r121

debian@beaglebone:~$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370
Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Robert Nelson

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Sep 14, 2017, 12:29:13 PM9/14/17

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Okay got it, it's actually the same bug we saw in v4.4.x-ti:

hidden ssid breaks the wifi scan:

Just need to forward port this patch:

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/blob/ti-linux-4.4.y/patches/drivers/wireless/0001-net-wireless-SanCloud-wifi-issue-when-associating-wi.patch

(Just tested it with v4.9.x-ti and wifi is working)

(and i need to rename it this time so don't drop it)

Robert Nelson

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Sep 14, 2017, 12:33:09 PM9/14/17

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and staged up:

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/commit/9813530fb39046d8a6533ad1268d31bd4387c261

Todd Woolums

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Sep 14, 2017, 12:45:05 PM9/14/17

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Awesome, I assume at some point I can do a git pull at some time? Sorry I dont know how the changes make their way into the mix.

--Todd

Robert Nelson

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Sep 14, 2017, 1:06:26 PM9/14/17

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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Todd Woolums <twoo...@toddwoolums.com> wrote:
> Awesome, I assume at some point I can do a git pull at some time? Sorry I
> dont know how the changes make their way into the mix.

Yeah, sadly, i tagged and pushed out 4.9.50-ti-r59 earlier this
morning, so you'll have to use the repo here:

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev

once all the builds get built and pushed out (another day or so) i can
tag and push a new build with that change..

Todd Woolums

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Sep 14, 2017, 2:26:37 PM9/14/17

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No worries at all considering how fast you looked and saw the problem :)

Sorry I'm a newbie when it comes to this after builds are done how can I pull that down on a fresh load of the BBB 9.1 image?

Robert Nelson

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Sep 14, 2017, 3:15:41 PM9/14/17

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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Todd Woolums <twoo...@toddwoolums.com> wrote:
> No worries at all considering how fast you looked and saw the problem :)
>
> Sorry I'm a newbie when it comes to this after builds are done how can I
> pull that down on a fresh load of the BBB 9.1 image?

Well till the builds finish:

wget http://rcn-ee.online/builds/linux-image-4.9.50-ti-r59.1_1cross_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux-image-4.9.50-ti-r59.1_1cross_armhf.deb
sudo reboot

redhead...@gmail.com

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Jun 16, 2018, 3:51:42 PM6/16/18

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I am a Beagle Newbie and having same issue as listed in this thread with the latest image available.

bone-debian-9.3-lxqt-armhf-2018-01-28-4gb.img.xz

I don't have access to the internet with this Beagle until I get the WiFi working.

I am using a Beagle Bone Black Rev C with latest image flashed to eMMC.

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