[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Sat Nov 5 07:35:26 PDT 2016


Looks to me like 10.4 defaults to the right value, but possibly there are other
issues with it.  I tested my CT 10.4 and it worked OK with vlans for me.

Thanks,
Ben

On 11/05/2016 01:05 AM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> would be good if qca can fix this bug finally in all available firmwares. its a very annoying issue since a long time
>
> Sebastian
>
>
> Am 04.11.2016 um 23:23 schrieb Ben Greear:
>> The bug appears that vlan-tx-stripping is unconditionally enabled in
>> at least my firmware.  I have re-compiled w/out that flag set, and it appears
>> to work for me.
>>
>> Please download this firmware, rename it firmware-2.bin, make sure you remove/rename
>> any firmware-5.bin (etc) so mine will load, and see if that fixes your problem.
>>
>> Please note that it is very likely you will have to use same MAC address
>> for the VLAN devices that the underlying station uses in order for this to work.
>>
>> https://www.candelatech.com/downloads/tmp/firmware-2-full-community.bin
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> On 11/04/2016 02:50 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
>>> I can reproduce this in my CT firmware. I'll see if I can fix it,
>>> but for stock firmware, it might be that changing the driver to use Ethernet packet type
>>> of native-wifi would make .1q vlans work.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ben
>>>
>>> On 11/04/2016 10:28 AM, yu-chieh kung wrote:
>>>> I met the same problem before,
>>>> if i modify the 1q header to other value (0xaa00) before go into firmware.
>>>> I can capture the packet in the air
>>>> I think the vlan packet is dropped in firmware.
>>>>
>>>> 2016-11-04 22:41 GMT+08:00 Bruno Antunes <baantunes at gmail.com>:
>>>>> On 4 November 2016 at 14:18, Mauro Mozzarelli <openwrt at ezplanet.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Since the capability is implemented in software you might be testing the
>>>>>> limit of your router's CPU i/o speed.
>>>>>
>>>>> By loading the module in rawmode?
>>>>>
>>>>> The AP is an APU and Sta is an APU2.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/11/16 14:13, Bruno Antunes wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Old thread but I think the issue is still present.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm running a setup with VLANs with WDS and ath10k cards.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To make it work both cards must be loaded in rawmode, AP
>>>>>>> and Sta, and with no security.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm using a OpenWrt trunk r49941 and the most recent firmware,
>>>>>>> 10.2.4.70.58, from Kalle ath10k firmware tree.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Although it works the throughput is very bad.
>>>>>>> Are there any alternatives to improve the throughput.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>> Bruno
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 9 December 2015 at 17:24, voncken <cedric.voncken at acksys.fr> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>>>>>>> De : Ben Greear [mailto:greearb at candelatech.com]
>>>>>>>>> Envoyé : mercredi 9 décembre 2015 16:34
>>>>>>>>> À : Cedric VONCKEN; ath10k at lists.infradead.org; linux-wireless
>>>>>>>>> Objet : Re: ATH10K VLAN firmware issue
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This only happens when you use STA  + WDS, or is .1q broken for you in
>>>>>>>>> other cases as well?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No, this issue occurs in all modes (STA, STA + WDS, AP).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cedric.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 12/08/2015 06:29 AM, Cedric VONCKEN wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      I'm testing to transmit frame with 802.1q tag (VLAN).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      My client is set in STA + WDS and the netdev is bridged with eth0.
>>>>>>>>>>      I have a computer with vlan configuration set connected to the STA
>>>>>>>>>> eth0.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      If I try to transmit frames with 802.1q tag, the frames are not
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> sent.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      I checked with wireless sniffer, and I don't see the frame with
>>>>>>>>>> VLAN
>>>>>>>>>> tag (the frames without VLAN tag are sent).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      I tested with firmware 10.2.4.70.14-2 from kale github,
>>>>>>>>>> 10.1.467-ct-com-full-015 from candelatech and 10.2.4.70-2 from
>>>>>>>>>> openwrt, and in all cases I have the same issue.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>      Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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