On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:52:58 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com> said:
i've built the linux wireless master tree and got firmware-6 working ... but same results. i can get a bit more out of the qualcomm wifi device if i switch irq mode: [ 365.108503] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: limiting irq mode to: 1 [ 365.108505] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 1 reset_mode 1 [ 365.444164] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f [ 365.444166] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0 [ 365.444587] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00014-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 f26d4f5b [ 365.509151] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin [ 365.509167] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a [ 366.084214] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 [ 366.087206] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118 [ 366.087699] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt-ver 3.44 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 [ 369.119046] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-11) [ 369.231789] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 [ 369.231790] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used [ 369.231791] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search [ 369.231792] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a [ 369.231792] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US [ 369.231793] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a [ 369.981913] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 [ 369.984910] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118 [ 373.172159] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11 [ 379.572152] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-11) [ 379.686241] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0 there's something up here and i'm not sure where to begin other than "grab the windows driver firmware and use that" ... but i dont know if that's possible or even how to transform it into a usable form. any advice? > I've scored myself a new laptop. With that come new problems. > > I updated to 4.12.0 to make sure i'm on the latest. > > lspci says: > > 01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless > Network Adapter (rev 32) > > So relevant bits from dmesg: > > [ 124.268483] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode > 0 reset_mode 0 [ 124.524661] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target > 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f [ 124.524668] ath10k_pci > 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0 > [ 124.526309] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver > WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 > bdced4e9 [ 124.590884] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data > for > bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K > from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin [ 124.590901] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: > board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a [ 125.164076] ath10k_pci > 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 [ 125.167113] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: > Unknown eventid: 90118 > > I've tried firmware-6 from: > > https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0 > > Specifically firmware-6.bin_WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1. firmware-4.bin > also is a no go. > > How can I help make this work? I have all the windows .bin's but none of them > match the same header that the Linux fw bin files have (but a chunk of the > binary seems familiar having a quick binary dump of it). There is some > mysterious way of generating the Linux firmware files I can't google for. > > I also have some help from the OEM - the engineers who made the laptop (not > the chip wifi maker though). I have already verified which GPIO lines control > RFkill on this device (and they are clear and unkilled by default - both lines > up at 1 and it's confirmed that this means RF is unblocked from the engineers. > It took me a while to figure out their GPIO mapping table/naming onto kernel > GPIO numbering). So the Wifi (an BT actually) should be powered on. It's a > combo chip. > > So how can I help. What data do I need to scrounge to provide. How are > firmware files built to work for Linux (based off the windows ones) for > ath10k? > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com
