Is there any further news on this? Its obviously helping some people - so the question is why?
On 07/02/14 13:49, Luis E. Garcia wrote: > I'm copying Gabor so that he might help us. > > Chirag, > I'm trying to read the status of the GPIOs by using the > /sys/class/gpio/export > > root@OpenWrt:/# echo 15 > /sys/class/gpio/export > ash: write error: Device or resource busy > > This doesn’t work, as the system complains that resource is busy. > I do have confirmation from another tester that the patch has now > enabled the 5GHz radio on his N750 > ( Check comment 25 & 26 on the following > page: https://www.crc.id.au/2014/01/10/wd-mynet-n600-n750-openwrt-update/ ) > > Luis > > > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Luis E. Garcia <l...@bitamins.net > <mailto:l...@bitamins.net>> wrote: > > Chirag, > Can you test the reception on the radios with the patch at r39213. > Also can you check the behavior of LuCI with revision on the r394xx > range. > > I get better reception on the 5GHz radio and a resposive > LuCI [Configuration of radios WLan0 & WLan1] with the changes made > on patch r39213. > Builds with revisons r39217 or later introduce lag on LuCI > [Configuration of radios WLan0 & WLan1] and the radio reception on > the 5GHz is much lower in my tests. > > If you can point me in the right direction to check the state of the > GPIOs from the console on the router I can test the images and see > the status, and post back the results. > > Luis > > > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Chirag Chhatriwala > <cchha...@gmail.com <mailto:cchha...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Very strange. I don't have the problem of the router being deaf > anymore. However further investigation into the code leads me to > believe that the value is never set to GPIOF_INIT_HIGH. Which is > confusing. Or am I not seeing the obvious? > > ath79_wmac_set_ext_lna_gpio > > calls > > ar934x_set_ext_lna_gpio > > calls > > gpio_request_one and sets to GPIOF_DIR_OUT | GPIOF_INIT_LOW for > the particular LNA GPIO. I reckon we need this to > be GPIOF_INIT_HIGH in order for this to be in line with Felix's > original patch. > > What bothers me is that if this patch isn't working, how is my > device able to hear other devices just fine. > > I also agree with Felix, that value being passed > in ath79_wmac_set_ext_lna_gpio as 0 or 1 is simply cosmetic, to > produce an output of LNA0 or LNA1. It IS then later used to > select AR934X_GPIO_OUT_EXT_LNA0 or AR934X_GPIO_OUT_EXT_LNA1 > based on the provided value. > > I got lost in the ath79_gpio_output_select (maybe this is where > the magic happens?) > > Best Regards, > Chirag > > PS I own 2 N750s and they run in WDS AP and WDS AP+CLIENT mode > and the devices see each other just fine. > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Luis E. Garcia > <l...@bitamins.net <mailto:l...@bitamins.net>> wrote: > > > Images found here: > http://openwrt.crc.id.au/ > > > Steve > The code you first sent was merged with revision 39213 for > the N750. > If I use your image with this patch ( the one marked ) > r39211 - I can get connected with both radios. LuCI responds > in a timely fashion. > There is no lag when applying changes. > > They "cleaned up" the code in revision r39217, I couldn't > find the definition for the function they're using > "ath79_wmac_set_ext_lna_gpio" > But all builds after that have issues with the radios, poor > performance on the 5GHz radios - LuCI lags on the page that > setups the WiFi radios. > > With the image you have as r39499 with the patch - the > router behaves as with the r39213 with patch image. ( the > first fix you sent ) > > I wanted to verify the state of the GPIOs on the kernel > under the running linux system - that is why I asked if > there was a way to verify the State of the GPIOs in your blog. > > Luis Garcia > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > <mailto:openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org> > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > <mailto:openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org> > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > -- Steven Haigh Email: net...@crc.id.au Web: https://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 Fax: (03) 8338 0299
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