failed to run otp: -22

[Arvid Picciani]

from where does ath10k know where to look for it? all i know about is
ath79_register_wmac  in arch init. That points to a partition called
"wifi" which makes ath9k work, but not ath10k.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> hi!
>
> So, OTP is "one time programmable" (ie, fuse-blown) memory in the NIC
> itself. It's one place you can put calibration data.
>
> For TP-Link AP units then yes, it's in NOR flash and not OTP. So
> chances are you've overwritten it.
>
>
>
> -adrian
>
> On 23 April 2018 at 12:17, Arvid Picciani <aep at exys.org> wrote:
>> Ah, i did ask tp-link if the otp should be on the chip or on flash.
>> They didn't answer the question, instead they said i probably
>> overwrote the ART partition (didnt do that), which made me think the
>> OTP is on flash for ath10k as well.
>> So, it should be on the chip itself?
>>
>> This is a tplink archer c7 v5.0.
>>
>>
>> this is a tplink-
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:12 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>> hi!
>>>
>>> It should be in OTP on the QCA9880 chip. Which board is this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -adiran
>>>
>>>
>>> On 23 April 2018 at 12:11, Arvid Picciani <aep at exys.org> wrote:
>>>> thanks for the response. That sounds bad.
>>>> Does ath10k load the calibration stuff different than ath9k? Ath9k works
>>>> just fine on the same board.
>>>> Do 9k and 10k usually share the same partition for that info or should i go
>>>> hunting for something completely else?
>>>> Any more reading material that might help me find out how to load that
>>>> correctly?
>>>>
>>>> /b/
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 9:07 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> That's designed for debugging. It means you'll have an invalid MAC
>>>>> address and no calibration information so your NIC won't work very
>>>>> well.
>>>>>
>>>>> The reason why needs to be figured out!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -adrian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 23 April 2018 at 09:56, Arvid Picciani <aep at exys.org> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Is it ok to run a QCA9880 with skip_otp=1?
>>>>> > It's working fine with skip_ota, but just want to confirm this is safe.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > without skip_otp, mine isn't coming up because of "failed to run otp:
>>>>> > -22"
>>>>> >
>>>>> > [    9.287905] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
>>>>> > [    9.293912] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1
>>>>> > irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>>>>> > [    9.568820] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>>>>> > ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:00:00.0.bin failed with error -2
>>>>> > [    9.579896] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Falling back to user helper
>>>>> > [    9.737064] firmware ath10k!pre-cal-pci-0000:00:00.0.bin:
>>>>> > firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
>>>>> > [    9.746618] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>>>>> > ath10k/cal-pci-0000:00:00.0.bin failed with error -2
>>>>> > [    9.757342] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Falling back to user helper
>>>>> > [    9.909261] firmware ath10k!cal-pci-0000:00:00.0.bin:
>>>>> > firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
>>>>> > [    9.918500] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>>>>> > ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin failed with error -2
>>>>> > [    9.929582] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Falling back to user helper
>>>>> > [   10.059370] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!firmware-6.bin:
>>>>> > firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
>>>>> > [   10.073667] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target
>>>>> > 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
>>>>> > [   10.083242] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1
>>>>> > tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 1
>>>>> > [   10.096229] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware ver 10.2.4-1.0-00033
>>>>> > api 5 features no-p2p,raw-mode,mfp,allows-mesh-bcast crc32 c41417d0
>>>>> > [   10.189809] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Direct firmware load for
>>>>> > ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2
>>>>> > [   10.200640] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Falling back to user helper
>>>>> > [   10.271745] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!board-2.bin:
>>>>> > firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
>>>>> > [   10.299633] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A
>>>>> > crc32 bebc7c08
>>>>> > [   10.437761] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: otp calibration failed: 2
>>>>> > [   10.443792] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to run otp: -22
>>>>> > [   10.449551] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: could not init core (-22)
>>>>> > [   10.455680] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: could not probe fw (-22)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > _______________________________________________
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>>>>
>>>>