iwlwifi BE200 probe fails with -22 (EINVAL) on kernel 6.18.33+rpt-rpi-2712

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Estimated time
3-5 days
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
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Quiet
Tech stack
c, linux

Research direction

Reproduce the failure on kernel 6.18.33+rpt-rpi-2712 and compare it with the working 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712, starting from the iwlwifi probe path and its PCI ID or configuration handling. Use the supplied lspci and dmesg output to trace the BE200 revision; done means the card initializes without the -22 probe error and the regression is covered by verification across both kernels.

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Description

Describe the bug

Intel BE200 Wi-Fi 7 card fails to initialize on kernel 6.18.33+rpt-rpi-2712 with probe with driver iwlwifi failed with error -22. This is a regression — the card worked on 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712.
This issue has previously occurred when iwlwifi was dropped from the kernel config (see #6672). However in this case the module is present but probe fails with EINVAL, suggesting a PCI ID or config mismatch rather than a missing module.
Hardware

Board: Raspberry Pi 5
Wi-Fi card: Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (PCI ID 8086:272b, rev 1a)
PCI address: 0001:01:00.0

Software

Broken kernel: 6.18.33+rpt-rpi-2712 (1:6.18.33-1+rpt1)
Last working kernel: 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712 (1:6.12.75-1+rpt1)

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

Install 6.18.33+rpt-rpi-2712 and connect Intel BE200 adapter on M2.key pihat.

Device (s)

Raspberry Pi 5

System

Raspberry PI 5

Raspberry Pi reference 2026-04-21
Generated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, 4ad56cc850fa60adcc7f07dc15879bc95cc1d281, stage4

ncmd version
2025/05/08 15:13:17
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 69471177 (release) (embedded)

Logs

$ lspci | grep Intel
0001:01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wi-Fi 7(802.11be) AX1775*/AX1790*/BE20*/BE401/BE1750* 2x2 (rev 1a)

$ dmesg -T | grep iwlwifi
[Mon Jun 8 21:49:00 2026] iwlwifi 0001:01:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[Mon Jun 8 21:49:00 2026] iwlwifi 0001:01:00.0: Detected crf-id 0x2001910, cnv-id 0x2001910 wfpm id 0x80000000
[Mon Jun 8 21:49:00 2026] iwlwifi 0001:01:00.0: PCI dev 272b/00f4, rev=0x472, rfid=0x112200
[Mon Jun 8 21:49:00 2026] iwlwifi 0001:01:00.0: probe with driver iwlwifi failed with error -22

Additional context

The card works correctly on 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-2712
No iwlwifi-related PRs were merged in the 6.18.33 or 6.18.34 bumps
Related previous issue: #6672 (iwlwifi dropped from config in 6.12)
rfid=0x112200 and rev=0x472 are logged but probe still fails — suggests possible missing or incorrect PCI ID entry for this hardware revision in the 6.18 driver

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