Wifi issue with r23769 on mt7621

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R6220 (mt7621)
OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r23769-324673914d / LuCI Master git-23.223.85458-f7583b6

There is no wifi with latest snapshot. radios are not detected (device unkown). I used wifi config to reset, but the file is empty :face_with_raised_eyebrow:. I have reversed to a previous snapshot and everything is back to normal, so this is clearly software related. Could it be related to this recent commit?

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I did a short test on a DAP-X1860 with OpenWrt 22.03.5 r20134-5f15225c1e / LuCI openwrt-22.03 branch git-23.119.80898-65ef406, there Wifi is working. MT7621 but with different wifi chips.

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Issue is with the latest main snapshot, not 22.03.5. Something has changed lately that causes the issue, it had happened many times before.

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You're right, I downloaded the latest release from the firmware selector. My bad :frowning:
Now I tried the current snapshot from the firmware selector and wifi is working

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Your device hasn't the same wifi chip (mt7915) than mine (mt7612). I remember another issue in june that affected mt7915 while not mt7612. Everyone gets a turn :wink:

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Which version are you upgrading from. I think at some point in owrt 23 the radio name in /etc/config/wireless changed from “wlan” to “wifi”.

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A previous snapshot about one week old.
OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r23727-e6f8b69918 / LuCI Master git-23.223.85458-f7583b6

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Hmmm that wouldn’t be it then.

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I've just installed successfully 23.05.0.rc3 with kernel 5.15.127. It works fine, so it's not a kernel issue. The wifi part is 3 months old.
My guess is still that something has changed lately in the snapshot drivers. I'll try a snapshot again in a few days when wifi parts be updated.

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Still the same issue with 30/08/2023 snapsnhot.

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It's caused by https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/5356462ce54734afd32fce83ad118c58cfeb2a55.

More details:

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Oh thanks !
To keep it simple, radios do not get a MAC adress anymore? Any workaround possible?

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Just revert the ref commit build your firmware again.

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Actually it's not worthy, I can run 23.05rc3 instead. I mean that I'll wait for any next snapshot that includes the reversion. You have found the reason of the issue, it's fair enough.

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@rmilecki Hi! Could you please rework this commit? It broke some devices with nvmem-base in dts.

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A commit has been released. This issue should be solved at next build. Thank you.

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