Created attachment 848410 [details] screenshot from installed Gentoo system Notebook "MSI Modern 14 B5M-231XRO". The laptop is new! Installed adapter MT7921K (RZ608) Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz... When building the kernel, I configured the modules: mac80211,mt76,mt76-connac-lib,cfg80211,mt7921e The system booted successfully... BUT...! The mt7921e module is assembled and there is no Wi-Fi interface! I rebuilt the kernel several times, added extra modules .... but I don’t get the Wi-Fi adapter interface ... Additionally, I assembled a driver for ALFA AWUS036ACM (MT7612U) - when connected to a laptop, it is successfully detected and works! The laptop does not have other communication adapters other than Wifi and Bluetooth, so I used a USB-ethernet adapter to install and configure the laptop... I took all the screenshots from another computer connected to the laptop via ssh. I tried to boot from livecd Archlinux - the Wi-Fi adapter was determined, the interface is present! I even installed the Archlinux distribution itself and tested the adapter - everything works well! I noticed some differences in the use of firmware for the module, but there are some of them - Archlinux additionally loads firmware for the mt7922 driver, while Gentoo does not! Maybe that's the point?
Created attachment 848412 [details] screenshot from installed Archlinux system
Created attachment 848442 [details] Config kernel Gentoo 5.15.80-gentoo
Some things to try: 1. Install sys-kernel/linux-firmware. 2. Install sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel or sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin to get a kernel with most options/modules enabled. 3. Install a newer kernel version.
Please make sure you have linux-firmware installed as Mike asked. Also, please attach the full dmesg after boot
(In reply to Mike Pagano from comment #4) > Please make sure you have linux-firmware installed as Mike asked. > > Also, please attach the full dmesg after boot linux-firmware was installed immediately, even at the stage of system installation!
(In reply to Mike Gilbert from comment #3) > Деякі речі, які варто спробувати: > > 1. Встановіть прошивку sys-kernel/linux. > > 2. Встановіть sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel або sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin, > щоб отримати ядро з більшістю опцій/модулів. > > 3. Встановіть новішу версію ядра. linux-firmware was installed immediately, even at the stage of system installation! Maybe I'm wrong, but the "Minimal Installation CD" contains the "gentoo-kernel-bin" kernel but no Wi-Fi interface either! I've already thought about installing another kernel (v. 6*), but I'm running out of time... Maybe tomorrow...
(In reply to Stas from comment #6) > (In reply to Mike Gilbert from comment #3) > > Деякі речі, які варто спробувати: > > > > 1. Встановіть прошивку sys-kernel/linux. > > > > 2. Встановіть sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel або sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin, > > щоб отримати ядро з більшістю опцій/модулів. > > > > 3. Встановіть новішу версію ядра. > > linux-firmware was installed immediately, even at the stage of system > installation! > Maybe I'm wrong, but the "Minimal Installation CD" contains the > "gentoo-kernel-bin" kernel but no Wi-Fi interface either! > I've already thought about installing another kernel (v. 6*), but I'm > running out of time... Maybe tomorrow... Dmesg please
What kernel was Arch running? Can you try the latest 6.1.X with CONFIG_MT7921_COMMON enabled?
Uninstalled Archlinux yesterday and installed Gentoo (~amd64) - (unstable branch)... Wifi adapter works! Now, at the request of modinfo, I see the download of the firmware and patch for Mt7922 and Mt7961! I almost did not change the kernel parameters! It has changed a little with the change of kernel version and additional settings. I think that there is an error in the assembly of the previous kernel, you need to check!
(In reply to Stas from comment #9) > Uninstalled Archlinux yesterday and installed Gentoo (~amd64) - (unstable > branch)... > Wifi adapter works! > Now, at the request of modinfo, I see the download of the firmware and patch > for Mt7922 and Mt7961! > I almost did not change the kernel parameters! It has changed a little with > the change of kernel version and additional settings. > I think that there is an error in the assembly of the previous kernel, you > need to check! Gentoo-sources is assembled by the user. We just install sources. Not sure what you mean.
What I mean is that there is no "CONFIG_MT7921_COMMON" config in the "5.15.80" kernel at all... In the new kernel, "6.1.6", the parameter ""CONFIG_MT7921_COMMON" is already present Therefore, the adapter on the "mt7921k" chipset cannot work in these cores! It is assembled, the "mt7921e" module is loaded, but it does not work - there is no interface - at the "ip link" request, nothing is displayed except "lo"!
In the new kernel, "6.1.6", the parameter ""CONFIG_MT7921_COMMON"" is already present... Therefore, the interface works as it should - the interface is there, the adapter works: 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: wan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:e0:4c:36:0e:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff altname enp3s0f4u2 inet 192.168.1.129/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wan0 valid_lft 345sec preferred_lft 270sec inet6 fe80::f846:2b06:13f3:cc14/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:c2:45:0b:34:45 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Here the "wan0" interface is a usb-ethernet adapter... wlan0 - This is the same MT7921K (RZ608)
17:11:25 root@MSI linux [480]# modinfo mt7921e filename: /lib/modules/6.1.6-gentoo/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7921/mt7921e.ko license: Dual BSD/GPL author: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> author: Sean Wang <sean.wang@mediatek.com> firmware: mediatek/WIFI_MT7922_patch_mcu_1_1_hdr.bin firmware: mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7922_1.bin firmware: mediatek/WIFI_MT7961_patch_mcu_1_2_hdr.bin firmware: mediatek/WIFI_RAM_CODE_MT7961_1.bin alias: pci:v000014C3d00000616sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000014C3d00000608sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000014C3d00007922sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000014C3d00007961sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: mt76-connac-lib,mt76,mt7921-common retpoline: Y intree: Y name: mt7921e vermagic: 6.1.6-gentoo SMP preempt mod_unload parm: disable_aspm:disable PCI ASPM support (bool)
(In reply to Mike Pagano from comment #10) > (In reply to Stas from comment #9) > > Uninstalled Archlinux yesterday and installed Gentoo (~amd64) - (unstable > > branch)... > > Wifi adapter works! > > Now, at the request of modinfo, I see the download of the firmware and patch > > for Mt7922 and Mt7961! > > I almost did not change the kernel parameters! It has changed a little with > > the change of kernel version and additional settings. > > I think that there is an error in the assembly of the previous kernel, you > > need to check! > > > Gentoo-sources is assembled by the user. We just install sources. Not sure > what you mean. So you don't fix the kernel, but maybe you need a patch from Gentoo for kernels that don't have the "CONFIG_MT7921_COMMON" config to be there?
