QCA998X not working at all

[Sebastian Gottschall]

Am 13.04.2016 um 17:36 schrieb Ben Greear:
> On 11/19/2015 10:21 AM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
>> simple solution.
>>
>> as for ath9k. otp must be ignored for various chipsets, since they 
>> wont return valid results
>>
>> --- core.c (Revision 2702)
>> +++ core.c (Arbeitskopie)
>> @@ -1735,9 +1735,8 @@
>>
>>    ret = ath10k_core_get_board_id_from_otp(ar);
>>    if (ret && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
>> -  ath10k_err(ar, "failed to get board id from otp for qca99x0: %d\n",
>> +  ath10k_err(ar, "failed to get board id from otp for qca99x0: %d, 
>> ignore\n",
>>           ret);
>> -  return ret;
>>    }
>>
>>    ret = ath10k_core_fetch_board_file(ar);
>
> I received a report of the same problem reported below from someone 
> using an i7 processor
> on some random motherboard.
>
> Same NIC, kernel, and firmware works fine on my systems, so it appears 
> to be platform
> dependent somehow.
>
> Did you find a better solution other than just ignoring the OTP failure?
nope. thats the only way and applies to all SOC devices using QCA998X 
chipsets. (routers etc.)
they dont have a otp, so the call fails. all data is stored in local 
flash memory on this devices.
i also have never seen this call working. no matter which card i used
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 19.11.2015 um 18:12 schrieb Sebastian Gottschall:
>>> Am 19.11.2015 um 17:13 schrieb Ben Greear:
>>>>
>>>> git clone git://dmz2.candelatech.com/linux.ath
>>> same effect with yours
>>>
>>>     6.201141] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
>>> [    6.201593] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq legacy interrupts 0 
>>> irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>>> [    8.578573] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unable to read from the device
>>> [    8.578605] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not execute otp for 
>>> board id check: -110
>>> [    8.583648] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to get board id from 
>>> otp for qca99x0: -110
>>> [    8.591338] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)
>>> [    8.600062] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
>>> [    8.605600] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: pci irq legacy interrupts 0 
>>> irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>>> [   10.798574] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: unable to read from the device
>>> [   10.798598] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: could not execute otp for 
>>> board id check: -110
>>> [   10.803644] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: failed to get board id from 
>>> otp for qca99x0: -110
>>> [   10.811346] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)
>>>
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