1814:5362 Ralink Failed to allocate device

Bug #1344845 reported by blau
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Bug Description

Recently, I reinstalled my PC with Kubuntu 14.04. I also installed new hardware, a wireless network card, Netis WF2118. According to what I have read, there is already a kernel module included as in rt2800pci which should take care of this WLAN card. But the card is not working... I am doing USB tethering from my Andoid phone to connect to the internet at the moment.

# iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

usb0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

# lshw -c network
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Ralink corp.
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
       resources: memory:fbef0000-fbefffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: usb0
       serial: d2:19:44:db:d7:b1
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.42.246 link=yes multicast=yes

# lspci -knn | grep Ralink
01:08.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:5362]
        Subsystem: Ralink corp. Device [1814:5362]

# dmesg | grep rt2
[ 9.647834] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5392, rev 0223 detected
[ 9.651207] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RF chipset 0x5362 detected
[ 9.651210] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device

# modinfo rt2800pci | grep 53[69]2
alias: pci:v00001814d00005392sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001814d00005362sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

# lsmod | grep rt2
rt2800pci 13374 0
rt2800mmio 16189 1 rt2800pci
rt2800lib 83150 2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio
rt2x00pci 13111 1 rt2800pci
rt2x00mmio 13395 2 rt2800pci,rt2800mmio
rt2x00lib 48886 5 rt2x00pci,rt2800lib,rt2800pci,rt2800mmio,rt2x00mmio
mac80211 546051 3 rt2x00lib,rt2x00pci,rt2800lib
cfg80211 409394 2 mac80211,rt2x00lib
eeprom_93cx6 13168 1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt 12627 1 rt2800lib

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: linux-image-3.13.0-30-generic 3.13.0-30.55
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.55-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: christoph 1878 F.... pulseaudio
                      christoph 2085 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: christoph 1878 F.... pulseaudio
                      christoph 2085 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sat Jul 19 13:28:25 2014
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=198a3e3d-ca99-484f-866f-4c7c2c4ac40b
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-05 (13 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.1)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.

 usb0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-30-generic root=UUID=55f9efbb-dd4b-4edc-9ced-ce450e3bbf71 ro quiet splash forcepae vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-30-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-30-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.127.4
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/21/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P2.10
dmi.board.name: N68-S
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.10:bd04/21/2010:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnN68-S:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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blau (blau-christoph) wrote :
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Status changed to Confirmed

This change was made by a bot.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
penalvch (penalvch)
description: updated
tags: added: latest-bios-p2.10
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
summary: - ralink 1814 5362 - Failed to allocate device
+ 1814:5362 Ralink Failed to allocate device
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blau (blau-christoph) wrote :

Hi there

I am glad to assist. Following the instructions, I have install the mainline kernel 3.16.0-031600rc5-generic but the problem persists.

$ uname -a
Linux christoph-desktop 3.16.0-031600rc5-generic #201407131735 SMP Sun Jul 13 23:02:38 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

$ dmesg | grep rt2
[ 15.135346] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5392, rev 0223 detected
[ 15.138720] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RF chipset 0x5362 detected
[ 15.138724] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device

As per request, I have add the following tags to the bug report:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16.0-031600rc5-generic

My apologies, I could not locate the tag 'needs-upstream-testing'

tags: added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16.0-031600rc5-generic
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

blau, did this problem not occur in a release prior to Trusty?

tags: added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16-rc5
removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16.0-031600rc5-generic
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
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blau (blau-christoph) wrote :

Apologies for the delayed response. I cannot comment on previous release as this is new hardware.

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

blau, could you please test the latest mainline kernel via http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.16-rc6-utopic/ and advise to the results?

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blau (blau-christoph) wrote :

Still not recognized... Please see below for results.

$ uname -a
Linux christoph-desktop 3.16.0-031600rc6-generic #201407210035 SMP Mon Jul 21 04:56:43 UTC 2014 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux

$ dmesg | grep rt2
[ 14.930911] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5392, rev 0223 detected
[ 14.934401] ieee80211 phy0: rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RF chipset 0x5362 detected
[ 14.934474] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device

$ sudo lshw -c network
[sudo] password for christoph:
  *-network UNCLAIMED
       description: Network controller
       product: Ralink corp.
       vendor: Ralink corp.
       physical id: 8
       bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm cap_list
       configuration: latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
       resources: memory:fbef0000-fbefffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 1
       logical name: usb0
       serial: 16:9d:4c:97:36:89
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rndis_host driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=RNDIS device ip=192.168.42.173 link=yes multicast=yes

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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

blau, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem through the appropriate channel by following the instructions _verbatim_ at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel ?

Please provide a direct URL to your e-mail to the mailing list once you have made it so that it may be tracked.

Thank you for your understanding.

tags: added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16-rc6
removed: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-3.16-rc5
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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