open8021s support for ATH10k QCA6174 chipsets? #80

ngiftsun · 2018-12-09T05:25:23Z

I would like to know if open80211s is supported for ath10k based QCA6174 devices. I could see a firmware patch for QCA98XX devices but I'm not sure about QCA6174 . I don't know what's the problem with my driver. I use Compex WLT674 card on Ubuntu 16.04 with a kernel version 4.4.x. I have verified that the card supports both mesh point & IBSS mode using iw but I get an error SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument when I try to bring up the mesh interface. I tried to load ath10k_core module with rawmode=1 but the kernel fails to load the module complaining about the fact the firmware doesn't support it. I even tried the latest firmware but did not really succeed.

Thanks in advance.

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twpedersen · 2018-12-09T05:58:13Z

Try changing the MAC address so it doesn't duplicate another interface?

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On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 9:25 PM ngiftsun ***@***.*** wrote: I would like to know if open80211s is supported for ath10k based QCA6174 devices. I could see a firmware patch for QCA98XX <https://github.com/o11s/open80211s/wiki/ath10k-(802.11ac)-for-Mesh-Support> devices but I'm not sure about QCA6174 . I don't know what's the problem with my driver. I use Compex WLT674 <https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Compex_WLT674> card on Ubuntu 16.04 with a kernel version 4.4.x. I have verified that the card supports both mesh point & IBSS mode using *iw* but I get an error SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument when I try to bring up the mesh interface. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#80>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAaW2OKd5u8WxcP2jUPC9q8mozfakBgsks5u3J7EgaJpZM4ZJ9l7> .

ngiftsun · 2018-12-09T06:18:57Z

@twpedersen Thanks for your response. No, it doesn't work.

twpedersen · 2018-12-09T18:31:54Z

Please share your bring up steps, and give the latest backports a try. The ath10k firmware should also be up to date.

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On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 10:18 PM ngiftsun ***@***.*** wrote: @twpedersen <https://github.com/twpedersen> Thanks for your response. No, it doesn't work. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#80 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAaW2AG2PwrQApwWffTcrCwN2wMOTd5vks5u3KtSgaJpZM4ZJ9l7> .

ngiftsun · 2019-03-18T19:33:39Z

@twpedersen sorry for my late response. I gave up on using this chipset. I used Ralink RT5572 based dongle to create a mesh and it works fine at the moment.

chunyeow · 2019-03-19T04:46:53Z

Make sure that you try to unmanage your wireless device in Network Manager in Ubuntu.

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 3:33 AM ngiftsun ***@***.***> wrote: @twpedersen <https://github.com/twpedersen> sorry for my late response. I gave up on using this chipset. I used Ralink RT5572 based dongle to create a mesh. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#80 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABBewvmFGflYUfOuFEtG_rygwYbSSgqpks5vX-oZgaJpZM4ZJ9l7> .

ngiftsun · 2019-03-19T10:32:41Z

Script used to automate the mesh
sudo systemctl stop network-manager >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || :
sudo ifconfig $MESH_IF down
sudo iw $MESH_IF set type mp
sudo ifconfig $MESH_IF up
sudo ifconfig $MESH_IF $MESH_IP
sudo iw dev $MESH_IF mesh join $MESH_NAME freq $FREQ HT40+
sudo iw dev $MESH_IF set mesh_param mesh_rssi_threshold -65
sudo ip route add default via $MESH_GW
I could still get the same error SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument for QCA6174 card. I'm using Ubuntu 4.16 kernel.

chunyeow · 2019-03-19T16:26:07Z

You need to check whether the loaded ath10k firmware support raw mode or not.

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 6:32 PM ngiftsun ***@***.***> wrote: *Script used to automate the mesh* sudo systemctl stop network-manager >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || : sudo ifconfig $MESH_IF down sudo iw $MESH_IF set type mp sudo ifconfig $MESH_IF up sudo ifconfig $MESH_IF $MESH_IP sudo iw dev $MESH_IF mesh join $MESH_NAME freq $FREQ HT40+ sudo iw dev $MESH_IF set mesh_param mesh_rssi_threshold -65 sudo ip route add default via $MESH_GW I could still get the same error SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument for QCA6174 card. I'm using Ubuntu 4.16 kernel. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#80 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABBewoO3A_0X8myxvSi_-G2-LGJvkpH-ks5vYLzKgaJpZM4ZJ9l7> .

ngiftsun · 2019-03-19T18:07:03Z

Here you go. According to what I understand the firmware doesn't support raw_mode if you see my very first message. The module cannot be loaded with raw_mode enabled. I could clearly see errors in dmesg complaining about the raw_mode. This is really strange to me. I think raw_mode is only supported in QCA988x but not in QCA6174 as I went through several posts. https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA988X/hw2.0/10.2.4.70.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

twpedersen · 2019-03-19T19:01:01Z

I guess the problem is you need a 10.4 firmware and QCA6174 doesn't seem to support that?

chunyeow · 2019-03-20T08:55:26Z

You may try your luck on the following firmware: https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0/4.4.1.c3 https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0/4.4.1.c2 raw mode seems to be there.

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On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 3:01 AM Thomas Pedersen ***@***.***> wrote: I guess the problem is you need a 10.4 firmware and QCA6174 doesn't seem to support that? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#80 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABBewqrO5DTgniZYyQoEbdvmRElmyNVyks5vYTPugaJpZM4ZJ9l7> .

ngiftsun · 2019-03-28T09:19:40Z

Thanks @chunyeow ! I'm having technical difficulty to choose the firmware that you suggest. I don't understand board.bin and all the firmware apis 1-6. My drivers automatically choose WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00079-QCARMSWPZ-1 and I don't know a way to control it.

ngiftsun · 2019-03-28T11:38:11Z

@chunyeow I was able to load the right firmware with rawmode flag enabled while loading the ath10k_core module. The good news is that I'm able to bring up the mesh interface. But sudo iw dev $MESH_IF mesh join $MESH_NAME freezes my computer

chunyeow · 2019-03-28T16:04:45Z

Check the dmesg and see what the problem. If it is firmware related, then probably need to wait for new release.

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On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:24 PM ngiftsun ***@***.***> wrote: @chunyeow <https://github.com/chunyeow> I was able to load the right firmware with rawmode flag while loading the ath10k_core module. The good news is that I'm able to bring up the mesh interface. But *sudo iw dev $MESH_IF mesh join $MESH_NAME* freezes my computer — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#80 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABBewhCyny2S8Ry5goOABpWwe3mT-8lSks5vbKmkgaJpZM4ZJ9l7> .

chunyeow · 2019-03-29T02:12:17Z

@twpedersen <https://github.com/twpedersen> where can we post questions related to ath10k firmware issue? On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:04 AM Chun-Yeow Yeoh <yeohchunyeow@gmail.com> wrote:

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Check the dmesg and see what the problem. If it is firmware related, then probably need to wait for new release. On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:24 PM ngiftsun ***@***.***> wrote: > @chunyeow <https://github.com/chunyeow> I was able to load the right > firmware with rawmode flag while loading the ath10k_core module. > The good news is that I'm able to bring up the mesh interface. But *sudo > iw dev $MESH_IF mesh join $MESH_NAME* freezes my computer > > — > You are receiving this because you were mentioned. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#80 (comment)>, > or mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABBewhCyny2S8Ry5goOABpWwe3mT-8lSks5vbKmkgaJpZM4ZJ9l7> > . >

twpedersen · 2019-03-29T02:41:10Z

I think ath10k@lists.infradead.org is the best place to ask firmware questions.

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