Driver support for QCA6174 chip using SDIO interface

Akesh M Chacko akesh.chacko at vvdntech.in
Tue Feb 28 21:52:24 PST 2017


hi,
Could you please tell me from where can i get the sdio firmware for
QCA6174A-3 v3.2. Do i need to raise a request through qualcomm
createpoint for that?
Please let me know
Thanks & Regards
Akesh M Chacko
Cell : +91 9567084416| Skype: akesh.vvdn | mail : akesh.chacko at vvdntech.in


On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 2:28 AM, Erik Stromdahl
<erik.stromdahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 2017-02-21 12:26, Akesh M Chacko wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>> I'm following your patch for adding SDIO support for QCA6174. Is the
>> firmware image for PCIe and SDIO interface are same?
>> If they are different, from where can i find the firmware image for
>> SDIO interface support in QCA6174A-3 v3.2.
>>
> The firmware is not the same for sdio. You will need to obtain the firmware
> from the module vendor and convert it into ath10k format with
> ath10k-fwencoder.
>
> You need the tool qca-swiss-army-knife for this:
>
> https://github.com/qca/qca-swiss-army-knife.git
>
> Below is a script I have used when generating fw for my QCA9377 board:
>
> ### START ###
> #! /bin/bash
>
> ENCODER="./tools/scripts/ath10k/ath10k-fwencoder"
>
> API_VER=5
> HTT_OP_VERSION="tlv"
> WMI_OP_VERSION="tlv"
> FW="silex-SX-SDCAC-2830-SP/qwlan30.bin"
> OTP="silex-SX-SDCAC-2830-SP/otp30.bin"
> FEATURES="ignore-otp-result"
>
> $ENCODER --create --otp=$OTP --firmware=$FW \
> --set-wmi-op-version=$WMI_OP_VERSION \
> --set-htt-op-version=$HTT_OP_VERSION \
> --set-fw-api=$API_VER --features=$FEATURES
>
> mv firmware-5.bin silex-SX-SDCAC-2830-SP/firmware-sdio-5.bin
> ### END ###
>
>
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Akesh M Chacko
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Akesh M Chacko
>> <akesh.chacko at vvdntech.in> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing the patches,
>>> Our custom board is under assembly stage, once we have the board, will
>>> test it and let u know
>>> Thanks & Regards
>>> Akesh M Chacko
>>> Cell : +91 9567084416| Skype: akesh.vvdn | mail :
>>> akesh.chacko at vvdntech.in
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Erik Stromdahl
>>> <erik.stromdahl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you are interested in trying the latest version of the sdio code
>>>> you can clone the below repo:
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/erstrom/linux-ath.git
>>>>
>>>> I have just pushed some updates for QCA9377 SDIO (that might work with
>>>> QCA6174 chipsets as well).
>>>>
>>>> I will do some more testing of this code during the weeks to come.
>>>>
>>>> If you could try it out and give me feedback it would be great!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-01-27 16:36, Valo, Kalle wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Akesh M Chacko <akesh.chacko at vvdntech.in> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We are using QCA6174 chip on our embedded platform using SDIO
>>>>>> interface. could you please help us to get the SDIO support for
>>>>>> QCA6174 driver.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Erik Stromdahl is working on adding SDIO support to ath10k:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9516477/
>>>>>
>>>>> But it's still WIP.
>>>>>
>>>>
>



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