Re: rtwn / net80211 changes landed, 802.11ac TX is now available

On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 at 07:54, Bjoern A. Zeeb <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Feb 2025, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been using an Archer T2U PLUS [RTL8821AU] ( rtwn-rtl8821aufw ) for
> about 20 days in a laptop now for testing.
>
> This afternoon it stopped working; last log was a local disassoc but
> nothing else.
>
> I checked the AP logs as well and there was nothing there either.
>

iiinteresting. Did ifconfig wlan0 list scan show any scan results?

I wonder if somehow it got wedged in some bad power sequencing.


>
> ifconfig down/up did not bring it back fully.
> netif restart (which deleted the VAP) brought it partially back but
> MC still wasn't working properly (IPv6 is cranky).
>
> In the end I deleted the VAP, unloaded the driver and it got reloaded
> and it came back.
>
> Sorry I cannot say more;  FW hiccup maybe?  Do we log these?
>

I'll go check. I thought that deleting and creating the only vap should
re-init things (ie, go through power down / up / firmware load / init.)
(Heck, I'm pretty sure the last VAP going /down/ and up will do it..)


>
> /bz
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> Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7
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