On 28.12.2018 12:32, john doe wrote: > On 12/27/2018 12:24 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: >> On 27.12.2018 14:05, john doe wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to get (1) to work on Debian Stretch. >>> >>> >From what I understand, only "qca9982" v1 is supported on Debian, >>> however, (3) supports qca9882 v2. >>> That brings me to some questions: >>> >>> - Am I on the right track by trying to build the firmware using >>> backports from (3)? >>> - Can I build the firmware in an VM an move that firmware to that >>> wireless box? >>> >>> In other words, what should I do to get qca9882 v2 to work on Debian >>> Stretch? >>> >>> Any help is appriciated. >>> >>> >>> 1) https://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle600vx/ >>> 2) https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-atheros >>> 3) https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k >>> >> ||According to specifications from Compex, WLE600VX utilizes >> Qualcomm-Atheros QCA*98*82 chip. >> I think it is a good idea to try packages from "stretch-backports" first >> [1] [2], because it looks like WLE600VX was produced a few years ago and >> should have already have support in linux kernel. >> So I highly doubt this NIC model requires latest Qualcomm firmware >> update, that was pushed into kernel.org source repository 9 days ago. >> >> [1] $ rmadison -s stable,stretch-backports firmware-atheros >> firmware-atheros | 20161130-4 | stable/non-free | all >> firmware-atheros | 20180825+dfsg-1~bpo9+1 | stretch-backports/non-free | all >> > Thank you, the last time I tryed didn't have much luck. > If I understand correctly, (1) does list the qca9882 v1 but not qca9882 v2? > > 1) https://packages.debian.org/stretch-backports/firmware-atheros > I think "qca9882 v2" doesn't exist. What made you think there are different versions of qca9882 chipsets? Support for qca9882 chipset was added to kernel 2 years ago and gets updated when new firmware version is available. [1] This page from kernel.org wiki lists your NIC as supported [2], which means firmware file is available in repository. At this moment "firmware-atheros" package from "stretch/non-free" repo contains firmware for qca9882 chipset, version 10.2.4.70.54 (ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin) which should provide support for WLE600VX NIC. Try to get some information from kernel logs to see if ath10k module loads at all. # dmesg | grep ath10k This guide should be helpful to debug more [3], especially these commands should output more debug information into kernel logs: # modprobe -r ath10k_core # modprobe ath10k_core debug_mask=0x00000432
[1] https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA988X/hw2.0 [2] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k [3] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/debug -- With kindest regards, Alexander. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
