The 6.6.x kernel series fails to load the firmware for rtw89_8851be WiFi devices with the error "fw security fail". The only way I've found to fix it is perform a CMOS reset. Dual booting into Windows causes the issue to resurface. The following patch seems to fix the issue: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=80fb81bb46a57daedd5decbcc253ea48428a254e It's available in =sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.11.11 and >=sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.12.2-r1.
Created attachment 914824 [details, diff] Upstream Fix backported to 6.6 Can you test this patch please with the latest 6.6.X kernel which is 6.6.67 as of this writing ?
The `rtw89_is_rtl885xb` function wasn't defined in the 6.6.x kernels. It was a pretty simple function and this patch includes it. The 6.6.x kernels have been working so far with this provided patch.
Created attachment 914834 [details, diff] wifi-rtw89-88xb-firmware patch
Thank-you, will be in the next 6.6.X release of gentoo-sources
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e1a6527c755abcd1fea177650e64b2235ea8fdd5 commit e1a6527c755abcd1fea177650e64b2235ea8fdd5 Author: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-12-27 14:53:16 +0000 Commit: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-12-27 14:53:16 +0000 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: add 6.6.68, rtw89_8851be fix wifi: rtw89: 885xb: reset IDMEM mode to prevent download firmware failure Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/946802 Signed-off-by: Mike Pagano <mpagano@gentoo.org> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/Manifest | 3 +++ .../gentoo-sources/gentoo-sources-6.6.68.ebuild | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)
