[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

Tue Nov 15 06:37:32 PST 2016

	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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