Re: Redpine RS9116 M.2 module with NetworkManager

[Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 2020-01-30 at 10:18 -0800, Angus Ainslie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying the get a Redpine RS9116 module working with
> networkmanager. 
> I've tried this on 5.3, 5.5 and next-20200128. I'm using the Redpine
> 1.5 
> "rs9116_wlan_bt_classic.rps" firmware.
> 
> If I configure the interface using iw, wpa_supplicant and dhclient
> all 
> works as expected.
> 
> If I try to configure the interface using nmtui most of the time no
> APs 
> show up to associate to. "iw dev wlan0 list" shows all of the APs in
> the 
> vicinity.
> 
> If I do manage to get an AP to show when I try to "Activate a 
> connection" I get the error below
> 
> Could not activate connection:
> Activation failed: No reason given
> 
> I suspect this is a driver bug rather than a NM bug as I saw similar 
> issues with an earlier Redpine proprietary driver that was fixed by 
> updating that driver. What rsi_dbg zone will help debug this ?

NM just uses wpa_supplicant underneath, so if you can get supplicant
debug logs showing the failure, that would help. But perhaps the driver
has a problem with scan MAC randomization that NM can be configured to
do by default; that's been an issue with proprietary and out-of-tree
drivers in the past. Just a thought.

https://blog.muench-johannes.de/networkmanager-disable-mac-randomization-314

Dan