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Wi-Fi not working in OpenWRT Raspberrypi3 - wlan0 interface is not up #79

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satishnaidu opened this issue May 8, 2018 · 11 comments
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Wi-Fi not working in OpenWRT Raspberrypi3 - wlan0 interface is not up #79

satishnaidu opened this issue May 8, 2018 · 11 comments

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@satishnaidu
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satishnaidu commented May 8, 2018 •
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Openwrt on RaspberryPi wifi not working - wlan0 interface is not up

conf/local.conf

MACHINE ??= "raspberrypi3"
INHERIT += " openwrt-distro-defaults "
DISTRO_FEATURES_append = " virtualization wifi"
MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules linux-firmware-bcm43430"
TCLIBC = "musl"
IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " initscripts hostapd linux-firmware-bcm43430 bridge-utils netifd bash openssh kernel-modules docker iptables wireless-tools dhcp-client crda iw linux-firmware-ralink linux-firmware-rtl8192ce linux-firmware-rtl8192cu linux-firmware-rtl8192su "
EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES ?= "debug-tweaks package-management"

conf/bblayers.conf

BBLAYERS ?= "
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta-openembedded/meta-oe
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta-openembedded/meta-python
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta-openembedded/meta-networking
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta-openembedded/meta-filesystems
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta-virtualization
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta-openwrt
/home/ubuntu/yocto/latest/openembedded-core/meta-raspberrypi \

/etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '11'
option hwmode '11g'
option path '/platform/soc/3f300000.mmc/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:0001/mmc1:0001:1'
option htmode 'HT20'
option disabled '0'

config wifi-iface 'default-radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'WifiName'
option encryption 'none'

/etc/config/network

config interface 'loopback'
option ifname 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config interface 'lan'
option ifname 'eth0'
option proto 'static'
option type 'bridge'
option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'

config interface 'wan'
option ifname 'wlan0'
option proto 'dhcp'

Kernel config fragments: kconfig.cfg

CONFIG_RTL8192CE=y
CONFIG_RTL8192C_COMMON=y
CONFIG_RTLWIFI=y
CONFIG_MAC80211=y
CONFIG_CFG80211=y

CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
CONFIG_WEXT_CORE=y
CONFIG_WEXT_PROC=y
CONFIG_WEXT_SPY=y
CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV=y
CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT=y
CONFIG_LIB80211=y
CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP=y
CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP=y
CONFIG_LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP=y
CONFIG_HOSTAP=y

CONFIG_BRCMUTIL=y
CONFIG_BRCMFMAC=y
CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_PROTO_BCDC=y
CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_SDIO=y
CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_USB=y
CONFIG_BRCMFMAC_PROTO_MSGBUF=y
CONFIG_WEXT_CORE=y
CONFIG_WEXT_PROC=y

I am not seeing any errors in "dmesg" or "logread", but the wifi is not working on OpenWRT.
@kraj Could you please let me know, what are all the configurations required to bring up the wifi on OpenWRT.
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danielfdickinson commented May 9, 2018 via email

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kraj commented May 9, 2018

if you use latest master meta-raspberrypi layer it uses right firmware blobs to bringup on-board wifi
I have not tried to bring up wifi on pi3 myself with openwrt layer but it works fine with OE in general

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sandeepyedire commented May 9, 2018 •
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@cshoredaniel ,
I am replying on behalf of Satish Naidu, we work together.
We are including netifd and using it.
when we try apply the wifi config and try bringing up wlan0 is shown up in ifconfig -a but wlan0 link is not ready. Please suggest how to get it work on yocto with openwrt layer.
Below is our configuration to bring up wifi on opewrt platform.
In file /etc/config/wireless:
config wifi-iface
option ssid 'linksys' # the wifi name its connecting too
option device 'radio0' # the radio we are using to connect
option mode 'sta' # client mode
option key 'password' # wifi password
option encryption 'psk2+ccmp' # encryption level
option network 'wwan' # interface name (used for dhcp and firewall zone etc)
option bssid 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'
In file /etc/config/network
config interface 'wwan'
option proto 'dhcp'
In file /etc/config/firewall
config zone
option name 'wan'
option input 'REJECT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
option masq '1'
option mtu_fix '1'
option network 'wan wwan'

#/etc/init.d/firewall restart # restarts firewall
#/etc/init.d/network restart # restarts network
#wifi #restarts wifi**

lsmod on the yocto build:
root@LEDE:/# lsmod
brcmfmac 307200 0
brcmutil 16384 1 brcmfmac
bridge 122880 0
cfg80211 573440 1 brcmfmac
evdev 24576 0
fixed 16384 0
ip_tables 24576 3 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
ip6_tables 24576 2 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ip6table_filter 16384 0
ip6table_mangle 16384 0
ipt_MASQUERADE 16384 1
ipt_REJECT 16384 2
iptable_filter 16384 1
iptable_mangle 16384 0
iptable_nat 16384 1
ipv6 438272 37 nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_defrag_ipv6,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv6,ip6table_mangle,bridge,[permanent]
llc 16384 2 bridge,stp
nf_conntrack 126976 14 nf_nat_ipv4,nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_conntrack_ipv4,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_state,xt_nat,xt_conntrack,xt_REDIRECT,xt_NETMAP,xt_CT,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv6,nf_nat
nf_conntrack_ipv4 16384 10
nf_conntrack_ipv6 16384 0
nf_conntrack_netlink 36864 0
nf_defrag_ipv4 16384 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv6 24576 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
nf_log_common 16384 1 nf_log_ipv4
nf_log_ipv4 16384 0
nf_nat 28672 6 nf_nat_ipv4,xt_nat,xt_NETMAP,nf_nat_redirect,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv6
nf_nat_ipv4 16384 1 iptable_nat
nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 16384 1 ipt_MASQUERADE
nf_nat_masquerade_ipv6 16384 0
nf_nat_redirect 16384 1 xt_REDIRECT
nf_reject_ipv4 16384 1 ipt_REJECT
nfnetlink 16384 1 nf_conntrack_netlink
rfkill 32768 1 cfg80211
stp 16384 1 bridge
uio 20480 1 uio_pdrv_genirq
uio_pdrv_genirq 16384 0
x_tables 32768 23 ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_time,xt_tcpudp,xt_tcpmss,xt_state,xt_nat,xt_multiport,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_conntrack,xt_comment,xt_REDIRECT,xt_NETMAP,xt_LOG,xt_CT,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,ip_tables,ipt_REJECT,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables
xt_CT 16384 0
xt_LOG 16384 0
xt_NETMAP 16384 0
xt_REDIRECT 16384 0
xt_comment 16384 50
xt_conntrack 16384 8
xt_limit 16384 1
xt_mac 16384 0
xt_mark 16384 0
xt_multiport 16384 0
xt_nat 16384 0
xt_state 16384 0
xt_tcpmss 16384 0
xt_tcpudp 16384 4
xt_time 16384

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satishnaidu commented May 9, 2018 •
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Hi @cshoredaniel ,

Please find the below observations:
Do you have wpa_supplicant? we are not using any wpa_supplicant file explicitly in the conf/local.conf file.
OpenWRT-like multi-call wapd is necessary for client mode: I tried to include wpad in OpenWRT through Yocto, but there is no recipe available. ( I assume we don't need this module, because we are not doing anything complex just simple wifi client)

Does the client attempt to make a connection but fail : In the logread we are not seeing any errors, the connection itself is not established so not getting any errors. the netifd is not eveing loading the wan interface when we specify ifname as wlan0.

But when we configure ifname as eth0 instead of wlan0 in , /etc/config/network

config interface 'wan'
option ifname 'eth0'
option proto 'dhcp'

In the logread, netifd is trying to loading the wan interface but not getting any ip address.

Wed May 9 21:29:26 2018 daemon.notice netifd: Network device 'eth0' link is up
Wed May 9 21:29:26 2018 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' has link connectivity
Wed May 9 21:29:26 2018 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wan' is setting up now
Wed May 9 21:29:26 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: started, v1.27.2
Wed May 9 21:29:26 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:26 2018 daemon.notice netifd: bridge 'br-lan' link is up
Wed May 9 21:29:26 2018 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'lan' has link connectivity
Wed May 9 21:29:27 2018 daemon.info dnsmasq[569]: read /etc/hosts - 6 addresses
Wed May 9 21:29:27 2018 daemon.info dnsmasq[569]: read /tmp/hosts/odhcpd - 3 addresses
Wed May 9 21:29:27 2018 daemon.info dnsmasq[569]: read /tmp/hosts/dhcp.cfg02411c - 2 addresses
Wed May 9 21:29:28 2018 daemon.info odhcpd[450]: Using a RA lifetime of 0 seconds on br-lan
Wed May 9 21:29:29 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:32 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:35 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:39 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:41 2018 kern.info kernel: [16096.059780] brcmfmac: power management disabled
Wed May 9 21:29:41 2018 kern.info kernel: [16096.065571] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Wed May 9 21:29:42 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:45 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:48 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover
Wed May 9 21:29:51 2018 daemon.notice netifd: wan (1970): udhcpc: sending discover

udhcp: keep sending discover and doesn't assigning any ip address.

Do you have busybox's udhcpcd included: udhcpd is already included in the image.

Any pointers, to resolve this wifi issue is highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Satish Kumar Andey

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danielfdickinson commented May 11, 2018 via email

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Hi @cshoredaniel,

As per your suggestion, I have added wpa_supplicant in local.conf file able to bring up the wifi on OpenWRT.
The steps I have followed is as follows:

  1. ifconfig wlan0 up
  2. wpa_passphrase 'SSID' 'Password' > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
  3. wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
  4. dhclient wlan0
    or
  5. iwconfig wlan0 'SSID' ( For WEP encryption)
  6. dhclient wlan0

Now my question is, if we configure the wifi details through wpa_supplicant file, what is the purpose of /etc/config/wireless file.
If we want to change the wifi details through "uci command", is there a way to update this wpa_supplicant file?

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There should be a script that netifid uses to bring up client wifi 'automagically'. If that script was missed (i.e. in the netifd or wpa_supplicant 'tweak' recipe), that could explain why netifd isn't bringing the wifi. I'm thinking client mode may not have been included in the work on meta-openwrt so far (in terms of making sure all the needed openwrtisms are present).

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iuncuim commented Aug 27, 2018

@cshoredaniel @kraj I think that iwinfo with this bb don't include nl80211 API. Maybe this is the problem?

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@iuncuim that would make sense...best thing to do is look at https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git I guess.

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As far as I understood, the issue comes from brcmfmac. Every time you restart hostapd using UCI, it grabs HT capabilities from iw list, which in turn gets it from the driver. If you set up 80211n=0 (so basically Legacy mode) it will work, because HT is then disabled. Driver reports SHORT-GI-HT40 is supported, but it can't bring up the interface with this option, because it requires falling back to mimo_bw_cap, but driver doesn't do it (patch available in the open). Using wl binary from cypress website and setting mimo_bw_cap manually helps. I am looking on the ways how it can be fixed now.

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