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Broadcom wifi dies in 60s cycles with 4.8 kernel

Bug #1630324 reported by Leonardo
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Bug Description

I have a Dell XPS 13 9350 with a Broadcom wifi adapter. Wifi connects fine, but dies for around 5-10s (the signal dies completely, tools like wavemon show "no interface data") in regular cycles of about 60s. dmesg logs the same brcmfmac errors every minute or so: "brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)".

network-manager's icon doesn't change however (remains as if the adapter was connected).

This issue started to affect me when using kernel 4.8 on Ubuntu 16.04. I previously used kernel 4.7 and did not experience this bug.

I booted the 16.10 daily build and experienced exactly the same errors.

$ lspci | grep BCM4350
3a:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM4350 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 08)

$ dmesg | grep brcm
[ 5.864558] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Oct 22 2015 06:16:26 version 7.35.180.119 (r594535) FWID 01-e791c176
[ 5.898803] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 74.991987] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 142.503220] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
...

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: network-manager 1.1.93-0ubuntu4
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-040800-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Oct 4 14:15:02 2016
IfupdownConfig:
 # interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-26 (131 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev wlp58s0 proto static metric 600
 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlp58s0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.0.0/24 dev wlp58s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.29 metric 600
NetworkManager.state:
 [main]
 NetworkingEnabled=true
 WirelessEnabled=true
 WWANEnabled=true
SourcePackage: network-manager
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
nmcli-dev:
 DEVICE TYPE STATE DBUS-PATH CONNECTION CON-UUID CON-PATH
 wlp58s0 wifi connected /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/0 Guava Guest 1 68ae8dc2-ab23-42ef-9e41-ac8e9d91385a /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/0
 lo loopback unmanaged /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1 -- -- --
nmcli-nm: Error: command ['nmcli', '-f', 'all', 'nm'] failed with exit code 2: Error: Object 'nm' is unknown, try 'nmcli help'.

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Leonardo (lbrito) wrote :
summary: - wifi connection dies intermittently in 60s cycles
+ Broadcom wifi dies in 60s cycles with 4.8 kernel
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in network-manager (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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hoxnox (hoxnox) wrote :

I've got the same issue with my Dell XPS-15 (9550). The chip is BCM43602.

I've flashed my router (Archer C7 v2) with dd-wrt (ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2016/11-01-2016-r30826/tplink_archer-c7-v2/), configured 5Gz network as follows:

Wireless Mode: AP
Wireless Network Mode: AC/N-Mixed
Channel Width: Full (20 MHz)
Wireless Channel: 40-5200 MHz

And the problem is almost gone. The connection is fast and stable, but I still getting error about ISO code.

Aron Xu (happyaron)
affects: network-manager (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
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Christophe de Dinechin (i-christophe) wrote :
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I have a similar issue with Mac Book Pro 15", with only one of my two base stations, the other one seems to work fine.

The base station that fails is a Freebox Revolution, configured to use channels 12 and 8 with 40MHz bandwidth in 2.4GHz mode (according to its configuration page).

The base station that works (same SSID, same password) is an old Airport Time Capsule.

When I attempt to connect to the Freebox Revolution, I get a stack trace:

[ 1008.652836] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 1011.548069] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1011.548099] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2262 at net/wireless/sme.c:724 __cfg80211_connect_result+0x3ab/0x410 [cfg80211]
[ 1011.548100] Modules linked in: rfcomm fuse nf_conntrack_netbios_ns nf_conntrack_broadcast xt_CT ip6t_rpfilter ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 xt_conntrack ip_set nfnetlink ebtable_nat ebtable_broute bridge stp llc ip6table_mangle ip6table_nat nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_nat_ipv6 ip6table_raw ip6table_security iptable_mangle iptable_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack iptable_raw iptable_security ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables cmac bnep nls_utf8 hfsplus intel_rapl x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel btusb snd_hda_codec_cirrus snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_codec_hdmi brcmfmac kvm btrtl btbcm btintel joydev bluetooth brcmutil snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec applesmc cfg80211 iTCO_wdt irqbypass iTCO_vendor_support input_polldev
[ 1011.548128] snd_hda_core crct10dif_pclmul mmc_core crc32_pclmul snd_hwdep snd_seq ghash_clmulni_intel intel_cstate intel_uncore mei_me intel_rapl_perf bcm5974 snd_seq_device rfkill mei i2c_i801 snd_pcm i2c_smbus lpc_ich thunderbolt snd_timer snd soundcore shpchp sbs sbshc acpi_als apple_gmux kfifo_buf industrialio video tpm_tis tpm_tis_core tpm apple_bl nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc uas usb_storage hid_apple btrfs xor amdkfd amd_iommu_v2 radeon raid6_pq i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm crc32c_intel drm fjes
[ 1011.548154] CPU: 2 PID: 2262 Comm: kworker/u16:9 Tainted: G W 4.8.14-300.fc25.x86_64 #1
[ 1011.548155] Hardware name: Apple Inc. MacBookPro11,5/Mac-06F11F11946D27C5, BIOS MBP114.88Z.0172.B09.1602151732 02/15/2016
[ 1011.548164] Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_event_work [cfg80211]
[ 1011.548165] 0000000000000286 00000000650b1753 ffff92b31fe0fc98 ffffffff823e5ded
[ 1011.548167] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff92b31fe0fcd8 ffffffff820a0e8b
[ 1011.548169] 000002d400000008 ffff92b36aa9c008 0000000000000000 ffff92b36aa9b000
[ 1011.548171] Call Trace:
[ 1011.548175] [] dump_stack+0x63/0x86
[ 1011.548178] [] __warn+0xcb/0xf0
[ 1011.548180] [] warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
[ 1011.548190] [] __cfg80211_connect_result+0x3ab/0x410 [cfg80211]
[ 1011.548199] [] cfg80211_process_wdev_events+0x129/0x1a0 [cfg80211]
[ 1011.548207] [] cfg80211_process_rdev_events+0x38/0x70 [cfg80211]
[ 1011.548215] [] cfg80211_event_work+0x1e/0x30 [cfg80211]
[ 1011.548217] [] process_one_work+0x184/0x430
[ 1011.548218] [] worker_thread+0x4e/0x480
[ 1011.548219] [] ? process_one_work+0x430/0x430
[ 1011.548220] [] ? process_one_work+0x430/0x430
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LeSam (lesametlemax) wrote :

Same bug on XPS 15 with Ubuntu 16.04:

[ +0,000001] ---[ end trace 61993fadeefce6cf ]---
[janv.16 18:46] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming kernel object tree...
[ +0,103612] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: priv: HUB0: 10ecc0 ffffffff (1d40822c)
[ +0,048744] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: resuming client object trees...
[ +0,663239] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code
[ +0,000011] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ +0,000005] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
[ +0,000004] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[ +0,000008] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ +0,000007] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ +0,000005] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ +0,000007] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ +0,000007] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz, 160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[ +0,000006] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[ +0,000005] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ +0,000006] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)

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Rohin Gopalakrishnan (rohinrohin) wrote :

Same bug on Ubuntu 16.04:

dmesg | grep brcm
[ 17.336010] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[ 17.336048] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 17.357126] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM-0a5c-6410.hcd failed with error -2
[ 17.357128] Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Patch brcm/BCM-0a5c-6410.hcd not found
[ 17.618275] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txt failed with error -2
[ 18.129713] brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Nov 10 2015 06:38:10 version 7.35.177.61 (r598657) FWID 01-ea662a8c
[ 18.168614] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 19.518021] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 19.542467] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 103.128515] brcmf_inetaddr_changed: fail to get arp ip table err:-23
[ 162.606401] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 230.174821] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 297.742562] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 365.312795] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 432.894995] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 500.470163] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 568.056235] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 635.645294] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 703.232631] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 770.820353] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 838.404927] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 908.038511] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 975.616760] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 1043.207918] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 1110.788615] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 1178.377447] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 1245.957228] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 1313.543760] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 1381.128325] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)

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Chris Sanders (chris.sanders) wrote :

XPS-15 (9550), Yakkety, 4.8.0-41-generic, 40Mhz channels also unable to connect to Wifi any longer. Happy to provide testing or any additional information.

dmesg | grep brcm
[ 5.481593] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[ 5.481639] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 5.599437] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txt failed with error -2
[ 6.112535] brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Nov 10 2015 06:38:10 version 7.35.177.61 (r598657) FWID 01-ea662a8c
[ 6.167629] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 6.177287] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 34.475342] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 38.568678] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 43.673001] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 242.690117] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 246.670201] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 248.314205] brcmf_cfg80211_escan: Connecting: status (3)
[ 248.314223] brcmf_cfg80211_scan: scan error (-11)
[ 251.619740] brcmf_inetaddr_changed: fail to get arp ip table err:-23
[ 251.675201] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 292.410333] brcmf_inetaddr_changed: fail to get arp ip table err:-23
[ 344.298222] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 396.312220] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 448.332129] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 482.471888] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 523.156863] brcmf_inetaddr_changed: fail to get arp ip table err:-23
[ 523.502468] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 527.549349] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 531.589616] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)

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Rohin Gopalakrishnan (rohinrohin) wrote :

Is there a fix or a temporary fix expected for this issue? I'm unable to use my system without an external dongle on any Linux system.

Any help is appreciated.

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Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng) wrote :

Does newer or older Linux kernel work without this issue?

Is the issue linked to "brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)"?
I can see this message popped out several times, but the network is still connected.

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Chris Sanders (chris.sanders) wrote :

This appears to be a conflict with the Nvidia driver (at least for me).
I've tried:
nvidia-378 (open source)
nvidia-370 (open source)
nvidia-375 (proprietary)

All three give the exact same results as above on both 2.4 and 5 Ghz. Switching to the intel graphics driver completely clears this up. It's not a great work around for me as the Intel in the XPS-15 (9550) chokes on an external 4k display with chrome. But it's functional when I need to switch to wifi (which I'm generally not connected to an external display with)

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Chris Sanders (chris.sanders) wrote :

I've just noticed this has resolved for me. See below, the errors do not repeat and I connect to the network. However, I have recently updated my router firmware to my knowledge it's still configured like it was (40/80 Mhz channels). I'm running the same nvidia-375 that was causing errors before.

Description: Ubuntu 16.10
Release: 16.10
4.8.0-46-generic

dmesg | grep brcm
[ 6.101044] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[ 6.101082] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 6.245598] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txt failed with error -2
[ 6.754207] brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware version = wl0: Nov 10 2015 06:38:10 version 7.35.177.61 (r598657) FWID 01-ea662a8c
[ 6.786602] brcmf_cfg80211_reg_notifier: not a ISO3166 code (0x30 0x30)
[ 6.794712] brcmfmac 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 520.395510] brcmf_inetaddr_changed: fail to get arp ip table err:-23

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Leonardo (lbrito) wrote :

I am no longer experiencing this error; however, now the network-manager applet does not load at all and I am only able to connect to open (i.e. with no authentication) or previously-configured closed wifi networks (through Settings -> Network).

I am unsure as to what caused this new error, since I don't remember when exactly it started. I will possibly open a new bug for this.

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