Bug#1101974: marked as done ([firmware-atheros] firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2))

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--- Begin Message ---

Package: firmware-atheros
Version: 20230210-5
Severity: grave

Dear maintainers,

It seems there is one régression when using Debian package firmware-atheros on Debian Bookworm 12.10 on one target Odroid HC1 (armhf architecture)

My environnement is ....

## test 1 : current Linux kernel
###############################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy linux-image-armmp-lpae
linux-image-armmp-lpae:
  Installed: 6.1.129-1
  Candidate: 6.1.129-1
  Version table:
     6.12.20-1 80
         80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/main armhf Packages
 *** 6.1.129-1 500
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/main armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     6.1.128-1 500

500 https://security.debian.org bookworm-security/main armhf Packages

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

## test 2 : current Linux kernel
###############################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ uname -a

Linux hn-odroid-hc1-110 6.1.0-32-armmp-lpae #1 SMP Debian 6.1.129-1 (2025-03-06) armv7l GNU/Linux

## test 3 : current Debian release
###################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Release:        12
Codename:       bookworm
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

## test 4 : current Debian release
###################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
12.10


## test 5 : boot command line
###################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ cat /proc/cmdline

UUID=b93d51ee-68ba-435b-b0a4-e36122aa0fd0 console=ttySAC2,115200n8 console=ttySAC2,115200n8 log_buf_len=1M net.ifnames=0 fsck.mode=force fsck.repair=yes ipv6.disable=1 loglevel=7 apparmor=0 selinux=0 cgroup_no_v1=all

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

## test 6 : target clean ?
###################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ dpkg -l |grep -v ii
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold

| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend

|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)

||/ Name Version Architecture Description

+++-===============================-====================================-============-================================================================================
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$


## test 7: USB devices
######################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ lsusb

Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 004 Device 002: ID 152d:0578 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

Usb dongle is one TP-LINK usb/Wifi dongle AC-600 with SMA external antenna

## test 8 : usb device wifi identification
###########################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ udevadm info -q all --path /sys/class/net/wlan0

P: /devices/platform/soc/12110000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/net/wlan0
M: wlan0
R: 0
U: net
T: wlan
I: 156
E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/soc/12110000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/net/wlan0
E: SUBSYSTEM=net
E: DEVTYPE=wlan
E: INTERFACE=wlan0
E: IFINDEX=156
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=52956786304
E: ID_NET_NAMING_SCHEME=v252
E: ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlxf4f26d1428de
E: ID_OUI_FROM_DATABASE=TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
E: ID_BUS=usb
E: ID_MODEL=USB2.0_WLAN
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=USB2.0\x20WLAN
E: ID_MODEL_ID=9271
E: ID_SERIAL=ATHEROS_USB2.0_WLAN_12345
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=12345
E: ID_VENDOR=ATHEROS
E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=ATHEROS
E: ID_VENDOR_ID=0cf3
E: ID_REVISION=0108
E: ID_TYPE=generic
E: ID_USB_MODEL=USB2.0_WLAN
E: ID_USB_MODEL_ENC=USB2.0\x20WLAN
E: ID_USB_MODEL_ID=9271
E: ID_USB_SERIAL=ATHEROS_USB2.0_WLAN_12345
E: ID_USB_SERIAL_SHORT=12345
E: ID_USB_VENDOR=ATHEROS
E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ENC=ATHEROS
E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ID=0cf3
E: ID_USB_REVISION=0108
E: ID_USB_TYPE=generic
E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:ff0000:
E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00
E: ID_USB_DRIVER=ath9k_htc
E: ID_USB_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Class
E: ID_USB_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Subclass
E: ID_USB_PROTOCOL_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Protocol
E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Qualcomm Atheros Communications
E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=AR9271 802.11n
E: ID_PATH=platform-12110000.usb-usb-0:1:1.0
E: ID_PATH_TAG=platform-12110000_usb-usb-0_1_1_0
E: ID_NET_DRIVER=ath9k_htc
E: ID_NET_LINK_FILE=/usr/lib/systemd/network/73-usb-net-by-mac.link
E: ID_NET_NAME=wlan0

## test 9: error when inserting USB dongle
###########################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30

[10698.417934] EXT4-fs (dm-68): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Quota mode: none. [10698.438301] Not activating Mandatory Access Control as /sbin/tomoyo-init does not exist.

[10699.524558] EXT4-fs (dm-0): re-mounted. Quota mode: none.
[10700.715149] EXT4-fs (dm-13): re-mounted. Quota mode: none.
[43332.990553] hrtimer: interrupt took 11994500 ns
[52944.787058] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
[52944.956474] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
[52952.478940] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using exynos-ehci

[52952.660735] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08 [52952.668178] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48

[52952.675023] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[52952.679002] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[52952.683658] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345

[52952.691500] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested [52952.708263] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) [52952.714500] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) [52952.721515] usb 1-1: Direct firmware load for ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw failed with error -2

[52952.730383] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
[52952.742836] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
[52953.036988] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 50980
[52953.277569] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
[52954.383459] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
[52954.387474] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
[52954.392260] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
[52954.392280] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[52954.392292] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[52954.392301] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
[52954.392311] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
[52954.392322] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
[52954.400480] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$


Therefore, it is not possible to use this access point .

I have also try to change behaviour by changing sources.list with new (Trixie) package, in order to verify if firmware-atheros rom Trixie is OK ?

...then ...

## test 10: use recent firmware-atheros (from Debian Trixie)
#############################################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
firmware-atheros:
  Installed: 20230210-5
  Candidate: 20230210-5
  Version table:
     20241210-1 80

80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

 *** 20230210-5 500

500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$


## test 11: force now installation of recent firmware (from Debian Trixie)
#############################################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros && sudo apt -t trixie install firmware-atheros

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  firmware-atheros*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 84.1 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ^C

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros && sudo apt -t trixie install firmware-atheros

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  firmware-atheros*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 84.1 MB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 34860 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...

dpkg: warning: while removing firmware-atheros, directory '/usr/lib/firmware' not empty so not removed

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firmware-atheros
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 314 not upgraded.
Need to get 24.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 84.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.

Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf firmware-atheros all 20241210-1 [24.8 MB] Fetched 24.8 MB in 11s (2256 kB/s)

Selecting previously unselected package firmware-atheros.
(Reading database ... 34540 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../firmware-atheros_20241210-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
Setting up firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

## test 12: firmware-atheros installed on target
################################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
firmware-atheros:
  Installed: 20241210-1
  Candidate: 20241210-1
  Version table:
 *** 20241210-1 100

80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     20230210-5 500

500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

## test 13 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
###############################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
[52954.392292] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[52954.392301] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
[52954.392311] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
[52954.392322] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
[52954.400480] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
[58951.613764] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[58951.734518] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
[58975.649371] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using exynos-ehci

[58975.835180] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08 [58975.842042] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48

[58975.849589] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[58975.853377] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[58975.857425] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345

[58975.889210] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested [58975.896490] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) [58975.903080] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) [58975.909798] usb 1-1: Direct firmware load for ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw failed with error -2

[58975.918844] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
[58975.924821] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
[58976.219541] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 50980
[58976.460151] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
[58977.566339] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
[58977.570384] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
[58977.575338] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
[58977.575361] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[58977.575373] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[58977.575382] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
[58977.575393] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
[58977.575403] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
[58977.583026] ieee80211 phy2: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

Issue is the same...

## test 14: use previous firmware-atheros (from Debian bullseye)
################################################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
firmware-atheros:
  Installed: 20241210-1
  Candidate: 20241210-1
  Version table:
 *** 20241210-1 100

80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     20230210-5 500

500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

     20210315-3 90

90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf Packages

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

## test 15: force now installation of old firmware (from Debian bullseye)
#############################################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros && sudo apt -t bullseye install firmware-atheros

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros && sudo apt -t bullseye install firmware-atheros

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  firmware-atheros*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
After this operation, 31.4 MB disk space will be freed.
(Reading database ... 34736 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firmware-atheros
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 31.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.

Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf firmware-atheros all 20210315-3 [10.0 MB]

Fetched 10.0 MB in 4s (2285 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package firmware-atheros.
(Reading database ... 34540 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../firmware-atheros_20210315-3_all.deb ...
Unpacking firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
Setting up firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

## test 16: firmware-atheros installed on target
################################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
  Installed: 20210315-3
  Candidate: 20230210-5
  Version table:
     20241210-1 80

80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

     20230210-5 500

500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf Packages

 *** 20210315-3 100

90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

## test 17 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
###############################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
[58977.566339] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
[58977.570384] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
[58977.575338] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
[58977.575361] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[58977.575373] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[58977.575382] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
[58977.575393] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
[58977.575403] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
[58977.583026] ieee80211 phy2: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
[60456.074301] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
[60456.180820] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
[60461.522948] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using exynos-ehci

[60461.704602] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08 [60461.711503] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48

[60461.719708] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[60461.722793] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[60461.726855] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345

[60461.732751] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested [60461.740099] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw [60462.035874] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008

[60462.288026] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
[60462.545586] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4
[60462.549639] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: On
[60462.554343] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
[60462.554357] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[60462.554368] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[60462.554376] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
[60462.554387] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
[60462.554397] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
[60462.561841] ieee80211 phy3: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$


## test 18 :  verify net device
################################

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off


Conclusions:
It seems there is one issue on this package
Thanks in advance for you help
Best regards
--
  -- Jean-Marc LACROIX  --
    -- mailto : jeanmarc.lacr...@free.fr   --

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--- Begin Message ---

Control: tags -1 - moreinfo

Hi jean-Marc,

On Sat, Apr 05, 2025 at 07:22:32PM +0200, Jean-Marc LACROIX wrote:
> Le 03/04/2025 à 22:19, Salvatore Bonaccorso a écrit :
> > Control: severity -1 normal
> > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 12:08:27PM +0200, Jean-Marc LACROIX wrote:
> > > Package: firmware-atheros
> > > Version: 20230210-5
> > > Severity: grave
> > > 
> > > Dear maintainers,
> > > 
> > > It seems there is one régression when using Debian package 
> > > firmware-atheros
> > > on Debian Bookworm 12.10 on one target Odroid HC1 (armhf architecture)
> > > 
> > > My environnement is ....
> > > 
> > > ## test 1 : current Linux kernel
> > > ###############################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy linux-image-armmp-lpae
> > > linux-image-armmp-lpae:
> > >    Installed: 6.1.129-1
> > >    Candidate: 6.1.129-1
> > >    Version table:
> > >       6.12.20-1 80
> > >           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/main armhf Packages
> > >   *** 6.1.129-1 500
> > >          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/main armhf Packages
> > >          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > >       6.1.128-1 500
> > >          500 https://security.debian.org bookworm-security/main armhf
> > > Packages
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > ## test 2 : current Linux kernel
> > > ###############################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ uname -a
> > > Linux hn-odroid-hc1-110 6.1.0-32-armmp-lpae #1 SMP Debian 6.1.129-1
> > > (2025-03-06) armv7l GNU/Linux
> > > 
> > > ## test 3 : current Debian release
> > > ###################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ lsb_release -a
> > > No LSB modules are available.
> > > Distributor ID: Debian
> > > Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
> > > Release:        12
> > > Codename:       bookworm
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > ## test 4 : current Debian release
> > > ###################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
> > > 12.10
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ## test 5 : boot command line
> > > ###################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
> > > UUID=b93d51ee-68ba-435b-b0a4-e36122aa0fd0  console=ttySAC2,115200n8
> > > console=ttySAC2,115200n8 log_buf_len=1M net.ifnames=0 fsck.mode=force
> > > fsck.repair=yes ipv6.disable=1 loglevel=7 apparmor=0 selinux=0
> > > cgroup_no_v1=all
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > ## test 6 : target clean ?
> > > ###################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ dpkg -l |grep -v ii
> > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> > > |
> > > Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> > > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> > > ||/ Name                            Version Architecture Description
> > > +++-===============================-====================================-============-================================================================================
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ## test 7: USB devices
> > > ######################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ lsusb
> > > Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 
> > > Gigabit
> > > Ethernet Adapter
> > > Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> > > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> > > Bus 004 Device 002: ID 152d:0578 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA
> > > Technology Corp. JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s
> > > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> > > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
> > > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271
> > > 802.11n
> > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > Usb dongle is one TP-LINK usb/Wifi dongle AC-600 with SMA external antenna
> > > 
> > > ## test 8 : usb device wifi identification
> > > ###########################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ udevadm info -q all --path 
> > > /sys/class/net/wlan0
> > > P: /devices/platform/soc/12110000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/net/wlan0
> > > M: wlan0
> > > R: 0
> > > U: net
> > > T: wlan
> > > I: 156
> > > E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/soc/12110000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/net/wlan0
> > > E: SUBSYSTEM=net
> > > E: DEVTYPE=wlan
> > > E: INTERFACE=wlan0
> > > E: IFINDEX=156
> > > E: USEC_INITIALIZED=52956786304
> > > E: ID_NET_NAMING_SCHEME=v252
> > > E: ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlxf4f26d1428de
> > > E: ID_OUI_FROM_DATABASE=TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
> > > E: ID_BUS=usb
> > > E: ID_MODEL=USB2.0_WLAN
> > > E: ID_MODEL_ENC=USB2.0\x20WLAN
> > > E: ID_MODEL_ID=9271
> > > E: ID_SERIAL=ATHEROS_USB2.0_WLAN_12345
> > > E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=12345
> > > E: ID_VENDOR=ATHEROS
> > > E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=ATHEROS
> > > E: ID_VENDOR_ID=0cf3
> > > E: ID_REVISION=0108
> > > E: ID_TYPE=generic
> > > E: ID_USB_MODEL=USB2.0_WLAN
> > > E: ID_USB_MODEL_ENC=USB2.0\x20WLAN
> > > E: ID_USB_MODEL_ID=9271
> > > E: ID_USB_SERIAL=ATHEROS_USB2.0_WLAN_12345
> > > E: ID_USB_SERIAL_SHORT=12345
> > > E: ID_USB_VENDOR=ATHEROS
> > > E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ENC=ATHEROS
> > > E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ID=0cf3
> > > E: ID_USB_REVISION=0108
> > > E: ID_USB_TYPE=generic
> > > E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:ff0000:
> > > E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00
> > > E: ID_USB_DRIVER=ath9k_htc
> > > E: ID_USB_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Class
> > > E: ID_USB_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Subclass
> > > E: ID_USB_PROTOCOL_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Protocol
> > > E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Qualcomm Atheros Communications
> > > E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=AR9271 802.11n
> > > E: ID_PATH=platform-12110000.usb-usb-0:1:1.0
> > > E: ID_PATH_TAG=platform-12110000_usb-usb-0_1_1_0
> > > E: ID_NET_DRIVER=ath9k_htc
> > > E: ID_NET_LINK_FILE=/usr/lib/systemd/network/73-usb-net-by-mac.link
> > > E: ID_NET_NAME=wlan0
> > > 
> > > ## test 9: error when inserting USB dongle
> > > ###########################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
> > > [10698.417934] EXT4-fs (dm-68): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> > > Quota mode: none.
> > > [10698.438301] Not activating Mandatory Access Control as 
> > > /sbin/tomoyo-init
> > > does not exist.
> > > [10699.524558] EXT4-fs (dm-0): re-mounted. Quota mode: none.
> > > [10700.715149] EXT4-fs (dm-13): re-mounted. Quota mode: none.
> > > [43332.990553] hrtimer: interrupt took 11994500 ns
> > > [52944.787058] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
> > > [52944.956474] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
> > > [52952.478940] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using 
> > > exynos-ehci
> > > [52952.660735] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, 
> > > idProduct=9271,
> > > bcdDevice= 1.08
> > > [52952.668178] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
> > > SerialNumber=48
> > > [52952.675023] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
> > > [52952.679002] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
> > > [52952.683658] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
> > > [52952.691500] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > requested
> > > [52952.708263] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load 
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > (-2)
> > > [52952.714500] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load 
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > (-2)
> > > [52952.721515] usb 1-1: Direct firmware load for 
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > failed with error -2
> > > [52952.730383] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
> > > [52952.742836] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
> > > [52953.036988] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 
> > > 50980
> > > [52953.277569] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 
> > > credits
> > > [52954.383459] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
> > > [52954.387474] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
> > > [52954.392260] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
> > > [52954.392280] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
> > > [52954.392292] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> > > [52954.392301] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
> > > [52954.392311] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
> > > [52954.392322] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
> > > [52954.400480] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Therefore, it is not possible to use this access point .
> > > 
> > > I have also try to change behaviour by changing sources.list with new
> > > (Trixie) package, in order to verify if firmware-atheros rom Trixie is OK 
> > > ?
> > > 
> > > ...then ...
> > > 
> > > ## test 10: use recent firmware-atheros (from Debian Trixie)
> > > #############################################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
> > > firmware-atheros:
> > >    Installed: 20230210-5
> > >    Candidate: 20230210-5
> > >    Version table:
> > >       20241210-1 80
> > >           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > >   *** 20230210-5 500
> > >          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > >          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ## test 11: force now installation of recent firmware (from Debian Trixie)
> > > #############################################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge 
> > > firmware-atheros
> > > && sudo apt -t trixie install firmware-atheros
> > > 
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> > >    firmware-atheros*
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> > > After this operation, 84.1 MB disk space will be freed.
> > > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ^C
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge 
> > > firmware-atheros
> > > && sudo apt -t trixie install firmware-atheros
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> > >    firmware-atheros*
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> > > After this operation, 84.1 MB disk space will be freed.
> > > (Reading database ... 34860 files and directories currently installed.)
> > > Removing firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
> > > dpkg: warning: while removing firmware-atheros, directory
> > > '/usr/lib/firmware' not empty so not removed
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > >    firmware-atheros
> > > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 314 not upgraded.
> > > Need to get 24.8 MB of archives.
> > > After this operation, 84.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
> > > Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf
> > > firmware-atheros all 20241210-1 [24.8 MB]
> > > Fetched 24.8 MB in 11s (2256 kB/s)
> > > 
> > > Selecting previously unselected package firmware-atheros.
> > > (Reading database ... 34540 files and directories currently installed.)
> > > Preparing to unpack .../firmware-atheros_20241210-1_all.deb ...
> > > Unpacking firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
> > > Setting up firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > ## test 12: firmware-atheros installed on target
> > > ################################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
> > > firmware-atheros:
> > >    Installed: 20241210-1
> > >    Candidate: 20241210-1
> > >    Version table:
> > >   *** 20241210-1 100
> > >           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > >          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > >       20230210-5 500
> > >          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > > 
> > > ## test 13 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
> > > ###############################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
> > > [52954.392292] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> > > [52954.392301] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
> > > [52954.392311] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
> > > [52954.392322] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
> > > [52954.400480] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
> > > [58951.613764] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
> > > [58951.734518] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
> > > [58975.649371] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using 
> > > exynos-ehci
> > > [58975.835180] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, 
> > > idProduct=9271,
> > > bcdDevice= 1.08
> > > [58975.842042] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
> > > SerialNumber=48
> > > [58975.849589] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
> > > [58975.853377] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
> > > [58975.857425] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
> > > [58975.889210] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > requested
> > > [58975.896490] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load 
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > (-2)
> > > [58975.903080] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load 
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > (-2)
> > > [58975.909798] usb 1-1: Direct firmware load for 
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > failed with error -2
> > > [58975.918844] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
> > > [58975.924821] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
> > > [58976.219541] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 
> > > 50980
> > > [58976.460151] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 
> > > credits
> > > [58977.566339] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
> > > [58977.570384] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
> > > [58977.575338] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
> > > [58977.575361] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
> > > [58977.575373] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> > > [58977.575382] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
> > > [58977.575393] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
> > > [58977.575403] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
> > > [58977.583026] ieee80211 phy2: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > Issue is the same...
> > > 
> > > ## test 14: use previous firmware-atheros (from Debian bullseye)
> > > ################################################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
> > > firmware-atheros:
> > >    Installed: 20241210-1
> > >    Candidate: 20241210-1
> > >    Version table:
> > >   *** 20241210-1 100
> > >           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > >          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > >       20230210-5 500
> > >          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > >       20210315-3 90
> > >           90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf 
> > > Packages
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > ## test 15: force now installation of old firmware (from Debian bullseye)
> > > #############################################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge 
> > > firmware-atheros
> > > && sudo apt -t bullseye install firmware-atheros
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge 
> > > firmware-atheros
> > > && sudo apt -t bullseye install firmware-atheros
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> > >    firmware-atheros*
> > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> > > After this operation, 31.4 MB disk space will be freed.
> > > (Reading database ... 34736 files and directories currently installed.)
> > > Removing firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
> > > Reading package lists... Done
> > > Building dependency tree... Done
> > > Reading state information... Done
> > > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > >    firmware-atheros
> > > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> > > Need to get 10.0 MB of archives.
> > > After this operation, 31.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
> > > Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf
> > > firmware-atheros all 20210315-3 [10.0 MB]
> > > Fetched 10.0 MB in 4s (2285 kB/s)
> > > Selecting previously unselected package firmware-atheros.
> > > (Reading database ... 34540 files and directories currently installed.)
> > > Preparing to unpack .../firmware-atheros_20210315-3_all.deb ...
> > > Unpacking firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
> > > Setting up firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > ## test 16: firmware-atheros installed on target
> > > ################################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
> > >    Installed: 20210315-3
> > >    Candidate: 20230210-5
> > >    Version table:
> > >       20241210-1 80
> > >           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > >       20230210-5 500
> > >          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware 
> > > armhf
> > > Packages
> > >   *** 20210315-3 100
> > >           90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf 
> > > Packages
> > >          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > > 
> > > ## test 17 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
> > > ###############################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
> > > [58977.566339] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
> > > [58977.570384] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
> > > [58977.575338] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
> > > [58977.575361] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
> > > [58977.575373] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> > > [58977.575382] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
> > > [58977.575393] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
> > > [58977.575403] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
> > > [58977.583026] ieee80211 phy2: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
> > > [60456.074301] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
> > > [60456.180820] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
> > > [60461.522948] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using 
> > > exynos-ehci
> > > [60461.704602] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, 
> > > idProduct=9271,
> > > bcdDevice= 1.08
> > > [60461.711503] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
> > > SerialNumber=48
> > > [60461.719708] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
> > > [60461.722793] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
> > > [60461.726855] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
> > > [60461.732751] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > requested
> > > [60461.740099] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> > > [60462.035874] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW:
> > > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
> > > [60462.288026] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 
> > > credits
> > > [60462.545586] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4
> > > [60462.549639] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: On
> > > [60462.554343] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
> > > [60462.554357] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
> > > [60462.554368] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> > > [60462.554376] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
> > > [60462.554387] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
> > > [60462.554397] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
> > > [60462.561841] ieee80211 phy3: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ## test 18 :  verify net device
> > > ################################
> > > 
> > > ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0
> > > wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any
> > >            Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
> > >            Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> > >            Encryption key:off
> > >            Power Management:off
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Conclusions:
> > > It seems there is one issue on this package
> > > Thanks in advance for you help
> > 
> > ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw is actually provided by the
> > firmware-ath9k-htc . Can you verify if this fixes your issue?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Salvatore
> 
> ## test 19 :  remove previous fimware and install new one ...
> ############################################################
> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ dpkg -l |grep firmware
> ii  firmware-ath9k-htc              1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.3+deb12u1 all
> firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters
> ii  firmware-linux-free             20200122-1 all          Binary firmware
> for various drivers in the Linux kernel
> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
> 
> ## test 20 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
> ###############################################
> 
> [197709.118219] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using
> exynos-ehci
> [197709.299867] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3,
> idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08
> [197709.307310] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
> SerialNumber=48
> [197709.314838] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
> [197709.318305] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
> [197709.322446] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
> [197709.348578] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> requested
> [197709.364961] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware
> ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> [197709.660666] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW:
> ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
> [197709.909652] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33
> credits
> [197710.192340] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4
> [197710.196457] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: On
> [197710.201682] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
> [197710.201698] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
> [197710.201709] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> [197710.201747] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
> [197710.201758] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
> [197710.201768] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
> [197710.207439] ieee80211 phy5: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
> [197710.241489] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0 if-ap0: renamed from wlan0
> 
> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo iwconfig if-ap0
> if-ap0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any
>           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
>           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
> 
> 
> It works, thank you very much for your quick response

Perfect, thanks for reporting back. In this case I believe we are
settled.

Regards,
Salvatore

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