chksum report fail! logs are seen when enabling WiFi dongle on the R-Car boards

Affected images versions

• v2023.0 RC1
• see the table below (list the *architecture and build id of the tested images in the appropriate cells)

Deployment	Type	v2021	v2022	v2023	v2024dev1
apt	minimal/fixedfunction			x
ostree	minimal/fixedfunction			x

Unaffected images versions

• v2023pre

Testcase

https://qa.apertis.org/testcases/v2023/connman-services.html

Steps to reproduce

Step 1: Flash the above fixed function image on a R-Car board Step 2: Connect a wi-fi dongle to the R-Car board Step 3: Execute $connmanctl enable wifi

Expected result

No unexpected logs should be seen

Actual result

$ 
$ connmanctl enable wifi
[  319.668002] rtl8192c_common: chksum report fail! REG_MCUFWDL:0x00030000 .
[  319.674836] rtl8192c_common: Firmware is not ready to run!
Enabled wifi
$ 

Reproducibility

How often the issue is hit when repeating the test and changing nothing (same device, same image, etc.)?

Put the ✅ in the most appropriate entry:

1. always

Impact of bug

Low

Root cause

TBD

Outcomes

TBD

Management data

This section is for management only, it should be the last one in the description.

/cc @andrunko @em @sagar @sudarshan @wlozano

Phabricator link: https://phabricator.apertis.org/T9593