Add in-tree Realtek 8821CE wireless module support

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PPA: https://launchpad.net/~vicamo/+archive/ubuntu/ppa-1885862 . So far only linux-firmware was added.

Upstream commit 401bd6de ("rtw88: RTL8821C: add firmware file v24.5") already in groovy

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

https://<email address hidden>/ already merged. We can start following process.

Still:

[ 8.167475] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: Firmware version 24.5.0, H2C version 12
[ 8.186466] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: rfe 2 isn't supported
[ 8.186565] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip efuse info
[ 8.186566] rtw_8821ce 0000:02:00.0: failed to setup chip information

https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/8/5/253

https://<email address hidden>/ Realtek to provide complete fix for RFE type 2.

commit 5d6651fe85837b11564a2e2c3c6279c057d078d6
Author: Guo-Feng Fan <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Feb 2 13:50:12 2021 +0800

    rtw88: 8821c: support RFE type2 wifi NIC

    RFE type2 is a new NIC which has one RF antenna shares with BT.
    Update phy parameter to verstion V57 to allow initial procedure
    to load extra AGC table for sharing antenna NIC.

    Signed-off-by: Guo-Feng Fan <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih <email address hidden>
    Tested-by: Kai-Heng Feng <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <email address hidden>
    Link: https://<email address hidden>

Will be available in v5.12.

All the patches backported for https://code.launchpad.net/~vicamo/+git/ubuntu-kernel/+ref/bug-1884513/support-8821CE/unstable is no longer necessary. So next step to take is to backport that RFE type2 commit and verify on hardware we have.

SRU:
* kernel: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2021-March/117705.html (U/OEM-5.10)
* firmware: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2021-March/117709.html (F)

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-focal' to 'verification-done-focal'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-focal' to 'verification-failed-focal'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

verified 5.10.0-1017.18 from focal-proposed.

This bug was fixed in the package linux-oem-5.10 - 5.10.0-1017.18

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linux-oem-5.10 (5.10.0-1017.18) focal; urgency=medium

  * focal/linux-oem-5.10: 5.10.0-1017.18 -proposed tracker (LP: #1917468)

  * Fix Lenovo ThinkStation P620 rear audio (LP: #1917842)
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Disable USB autosuspend properly in
      setup_disable_autosuspend()

  * alsa/hda: the hdmi audio dosn't work on TGL machines (LP: #1917829)
    - ALSA: hda/hdmi: let new platforms assign the pcm slot dynamically

  * drm/i915: Drop force_probe requirement for JSL (LP: #1917843)
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Drop require_force_probe from JSL

  * Add in-tree Realtek 8821CE wireless module support (LP: #1885862)
    - rtw88: coex: 8821c: correct antenna switch function
    - rtw88: 8821c: Correct CCK RSSI
    - rtw88: 8821c: support RFE type2 wifi NIC

  * Can't adjust brightness on Dell Precision 7000 laptop (LP: #1917419)
    - drm/i915: Init lspcon after HPD in intel_dp_detect()
    - drm/i915/dp: Program source OUI on eDP panels

  * Please trust Canonical Livepatch Service kmod signing key (LP: #1898716)
    - [Config] enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
    - [Packaging] build canonical-certs.pem from branch/arch certs
    - [Config] add Canonical Livepatch Service key to SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS
    - [Config] add ubuntu-drivers key to SYSTEM_TRUSTED_KEYS
    - [Config] enable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
    - [Packaging] build canonical-certs.pem from branch/arch certs

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] update update.conf

  * Missing device id for Intel TGL-H ISH [8086:43fc] in intel-ish-hid driver
    (LP: #1914543)
    - SAUCE: HID: intel-ish-hid: ipc: Add Tiger Lake H PCI device ID

  * Fix broken efifb on graphics device without driver (LP: #1914411)
    - SAUCE: efifb: Ensure graphics device for efifb stays at PCI D0

  * Focal update: v5.10.18 upstream stable release (LP: #1917004)
    - vdpa_sim: remove hard-coded virtq count
    - vdpa_sim: add struct vdpasim_dev_attr for device attributes
    - vdpa_sim: store parsed MAC address in a buffer
    - vdpa_sim: make 'config' generic and usable for any device type
    - vdpa_sim: add get_config callback in vdpasim_dev_attr
    - IB/isert: add module param to set sg_tablesize for IO cmd
    - net: qrtr: Fix port ID for control messages
    - mptcp: skip to next candidate if subflow has unacked data
    - net/sched: fix miss init the mru in qdisc_skb_cb
    - mt76: mt7915: fix endian issues
    - mt76: mt7615: fix rdd mcu cmd endianness
    - net: sched: incorrect Kconfig dependencies on Netfilter modules
    - net: openvswitch: fix TTL decrement exception action execution
    - net: bridge: Fix a warning when del bridge sysfs
    - net: fix proc_fs init handling in af_packet and tls
    - Xen/x86: don't bail early from clear_foreign_p2m_mapping()
    - Xen/x86: also check kernel mapping in set_foreign_p2m_mapping()
    - Xen/gntdev: correct dev_bus_addr handling in gntdev_map_grant_pages()
    - Xen/gntdev: correct error checking in gntdev_map_grant_pages()
    - xen/arm: don't ignore return errors from set_phys_to_machine
    - xen-blkback: don't "handle" error by BUG()
    - xen-netback: don't "h...

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 5.11.0-13.14

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linux (5.11.0-13.14) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * CVE-2020-27170
    - bpf: Prohibit alu ops for pointer types not defining ptr_limit
    - bpf, selftests: Fix up some test_verifier cases for unprivileged

  * CVE-2020-27171
    - bpf: Fix off-by-one for area size in creating mask to left

 -- Andrea Righi <email address hidden> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:49:32 +0100

Hello You-Sheng, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.187.11 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Verified linux-oem-5.10 version 5.10.0-1020.21 along with linux-firmware version 1.187.11 from focal-proposed.

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-firmware has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.187.11

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linux-firmware (1.187.11) focal; urgency=medium

  * Add in-tree Realtek 8821CE wireless module support (LP: #1885862)
    - rtw88: RTL8821C: Update firmware to v24.8

  * alsa/sdw: support soundwire audio for TGL-H machines (LP: #1911830)
    - SAUCE: sof-firmware: add TGL-H firmware from sof-bin v1.6.1

 -- Seth Forshee <email address hidden> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:34:04 -0500

Just wondering. I am still using rtl8821ce-dkms on Ubuntu 20.04. This is not needed anymore now and 5 Ghz Wifi DFS protetcted channels are now available?

@Menno, you can try `iw list` with that dkms removed. AFAIK in-tree Realtek 8821CE driver does have 5G freq support, but it may various with models. Everyone should be moving to this driver if possible.