[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

Bruno Antunes baantunes at gmail.com
Tue Nov 15 07:00:14 PST 2016 

On 15 November 2016 at 14:55, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
> The beta-18 release on my web page has the fix and should work fine.
>
> Probably soon I will promote the beta-18 to final release
> status.  Any help in testing and verifying the beta works well
> is welcome.

I will also do testing with that version.

For clarity can I refer you and your firmware releases in the bug report?

Thanks,
Bruno
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> On 11/15/2016 06:37 AM, voncken wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Ben,
>>
>>         Do you plan to release a candelatech firmware with this fix?
>>
>>         Regards.
>>
>> Cedric Voncken.
>>>
>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>> De : linux-wireless-owner at vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-wireless-
>>> owner at vger.kernel.org] De la part de Ben Greear
>>> Envoyé : samedi 5 novembre 2016 15:35
>>> À : Sebastian Gottschall; yu-chieh kung; Bruno Antunes
>>> Cc : Mauro Mozzarelli; linux-wireless at vger.kernel.org; OpenWrt
>>> Development List; ath10k at lists.infradead.org
>>> Objet : Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.b
>>>>>
>>>>> in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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