ath11k-qca6390-bringup-202012140938: rebate to v5.10 and MHI M2 workaround

[wi nk]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:56 AM Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>
> (Bcc: people reporting qca6390 problems)
>
> Hi,
>
> there are updates in ath11k-qca6390-bringup branch[1] and the new tag
> is:
>
> ath11k-qca6390-bringup-202012140938
>
> The changes are:
>
> * rebase to v5.10 released last night
>
> * remove unneeded patch "HACK: ath11k: add delays to suspend and resume handlers"
>
> * add wink's workaround for MHI M2 issues: "HACK: mhi: disable M2 state"
>
> * add workaround for 32M firmare memory problem: "HACK: Revert
>   "mm/page_alloc: place pages to tail in __free_pages_core()""
>
> * add patch: "ath11k: start vdev if a bss peer is already created"
>
> All feedback very welcome, both positive and negative. You can send
> them privately to me or to the public ath11k list.
>
> Especially I would like to hear how Dell XPS 13 9310 laptops are
> behaving. I'm hoping that ath11k would be usable using this branch,
> without any extra patches or memmap hacks. If I get positive feedback
> my plan is to send "dummy instructions" for a wider audience how to
> use QCA6390 on Dell laptops with Linux.
>
> In the reports try to include at least:
>
> * name of the bringup branch tag you used
>
> * if there are other changes in the kernel, patches, reverts etc
>
> * do you use the memmap kernel parameter
>
> * make and model of the laptop/computer (eg. Dell XPS 13 9310)
>
> * how much testing you did
>
> All feedback is very valuable and gives us guidance on what we need to
> focus on.
>
> Kalle
>
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/log/?h=ath11k-qca6390-bringup
>
> --
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
>
> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

Hi Kalle,

  Thanks for the latest tag!  I've built and booted it successfully a
number of times.  The wifi connection has remained stable and seems to
be behaving nominally.  I'll update here as I get some more testing
in.

tag: ath11k-qca6390-bringup-202012140938 , no other changes
hw: dell xps 9310 (13")

  ps - I did notice a crash from the btqca driver I didn't see before,
but I'm not sure that's new.