QCA998X not working at all

[Sebastian Gottschall]

Am 13.04.2016 um 19:05 schrieb Alexis Green:
> How about only ignoring the error only if there's caldata. Could be a
> good middle ground.
>
> This is a patch I submitted to OpenWRT a while ago as part of Netgear
> X4 support -
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/601352/
even then its not clear if this function ever worked. you say it happend 
on a I7 system. so a device without caldata on local flash memory

>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>> 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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