[SOLVED] Wifi problem introduced in Nightly 0915

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One user reported a regression in 0915 ng Nigthly build.
This is an A95MAX (S905X2) box, with USB wifi modules.
There is a dmesg, and lsmod from 0914 and 0915 builds here:

From the logs:
0914:
[ 30.576118@1] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file ‘rt2870.bin’
[ 30.580612@1] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.36

0915:
[ 30.328702@3] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file ‘rt2870.bin’
[ 30.329003@3] rt2800usb 1-1.4:1.0: Direct firmware load for rt2870.bin failed with error -2
[ 30.329013@3] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware

Another dongle also failed in this build
[ 15.826062@3] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_chip: Info - Chipset detected - rt: 2573, rf: 0002, rev: 000a
[ 15.827899@3] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm ‘minstrel_ht’
[ 15.830213@0] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file ‘rt73.bin’
[ 15.830483@0] rt73usb 1-1.4:1.0: Direct firmware load for rt73.bin failed with error -2
[ 15.830493@0] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request

Stable 9.2.0 has this issue too.
The size of the system is different
20190914 System 189M
20190915 System 182M

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@anon88919003 Maybe this change is related?
https://github.com/CoreELEC/CoreELEC/commit/8a0f1c1373

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I have reuploaded the tar’s with the offending commit reverted.

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I discovered an additional benefit from the reverted build on my A95X Max.

Prior to it I had to manually reconnect bluetooth headphones after each boot using an external CSR 4 dongle but now I have automatic connection.