brcmf errors

Jul 25, 2026 Last reply: 1 hour ago 5 Replies

I'm running a Pi3B under Buster (yes, I know, out of the ark).


4 days ago, for no obvious reason, it started generating the following error, every minute. Errors are being logged in the syslog file.

Jul 21 21:02:20 southwatch kernel: [10116263.760496] brcmfmac: brcmf_escan_timeout: timer expired Jul 21 21:02:20 southwatch kernel: [10116266.320604] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_busrxdctl: resumed on timeout Jul 21 21:02:20 southwatch kernel: [10116266.321012] brcmfmac: brcmf_sdio_checkdied: firmware trap in dongle Jul 21 21:02:20 southwatch kernel: [10116266.321023] brcmfmac: brcmf_notify_escan_complete: Scan abort failed



The Pi is using Ethernet rather than WiFi for networking, and there hasn't been any obvious change in performance since this started. There have been no updates done recently.



I became aware of this as I noticed that the daily rsync size was growing for no obvious reason.



Any thoughts ?



Adrian


A quick google suggest bad firmware for the wifi chip. Try a full upgrade

Thanks.

Is that an OS upgrade or something else ?

It does raise the question, how has the firmware suddenly gone bad ?

Adrian

Corrupted upgrade?

That would be the obvious answer, but to the best of my knowledge, there haven't been any updates recently, and it has been running since late March (120 days).

Adrian

Bit rot happens. Or maybe the wifi chip has gone bad.

Hardware does age...

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