PROBLEM: unable to get QCA6390 to work

[Pavel Procopiuc]

Ah, my bad, I've now renamed the board-2.bin file, the md5's match yours. But it doesn't seem to have a positive effect. 
After a reboot I'm still getting the same error messages:

# journalctl -b | grep -iP '05:00|ath11k'
Nov 02 18:52:58 razor kernel: pci 0000:05:00.0: [17cb:1101] type 00 class 0x028000
Nov 02 18:52:58 razor kernel: pci 0000:05:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0xd2100000-0xd21fffff 64bit]
Nov 02 18:52:58 razor kernel: pci 0000:05:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
Nov 02 18:52:58 razor kernel: pci 0000:05:00.0: 4.000 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth, limited by 5.0 GT/s PCIe x1 link at 
0000:00:1c.1 (capable of 7.876 Gb/s with 8.0 GT/s PCIe x1 link)
Nov 02 18:52:58 razor kernel: pci 0000:05:00.0: Adding to iommu group 21
Nov 02 18:53:20 razor dbus-daemon[743]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='net.reactivated.Fprint' 
unit='fprintd.service' requested by ':1.73' (uid=0 pid=2476 comm="sudo modprobe ath11k_pci ")
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor sudo[2476]:      pro : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/home/pro ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/modprobe ath11k_pci
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor kernel: ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: WARNING: ath11k PCI support is experimental!
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor kernel: ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xd2100000-0xd21fffff 64bit]
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor kernel: ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor kernel: mhi 0000:05:00.0: Requested to power ON
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor kernel: mhi 0000:05:00.0: Power on setup success
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor kernel: ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: Respond mem req failed, result: 1, err: 0
Nov 02 18:53:23 razor kernel: ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: qmi failed to respond fw mem req:-22
Nov 02 18:53:29 razor kernel: ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: qmi failed memory request, err = -110
Nov 02 18:53:29 razor kernel: ath11k_pci 0000:05:00.0: qmi failed to respond fw mem req:-110
Nov 02 18:54:54 razor kernel: mhi 0000:05:00.0: Device failed to exit MHI Reset state

# md5sum /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/*
a101dc90f8e876f39383b60c9da64ec4  /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/amss.bin
4c0781f659d2b7d6bef10a2e3d457728  /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/board-2.bin
d4c912a3501a3694a3f460d13de06d28  /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/m3.bin

Op 02.11.2020 om 18:42 schreef Kalle Valo:
> Pavel Procopiuc <pavel.procopiuc at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm unable to get QCA6390 to work on kernel 5.10-rc2.
>>
>> I have a Dell XPS 17 laptop with the QCA6390 device and I'm trying to
>> get it to work using 5.10-rc2 kernel. So far I'm getting firmware
>> errors in the log. For the kernel setup and firmware files I was
>> following the guide from
>> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg203111.html.
>>
>> * The current firmware repo structure is a bit different so I'm using:
>> QCA6390/hw2.0/board-2.bin -> /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/board.bin
>> QCA6390/hw2.0/1.0.1/WLAN.HST.1.0.1-01740-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1/amss.bin
>> -> /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/amss.bin
>> QCA6390/hw2.0/1.0.1/WLAN.HST.1.0.1-01740-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1/m3.bin
>> -> /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/m3.bin
> 
> Can you do 'md5sum /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/*' and send the
> output? Currently ath11k does not check the firmware files in any way
> and I want to make sure they are not corrupted.
> 
> I have:
> 
> a101dc90f8e876f39383b60c9da64ec4  amss.bin
> d4c912a3501a3694a3f460d13de06d28  m3.bin
> 4c0781f659d2b7d6bef10a2e3d457728  board-2.bin
> 
> Ah, now I noticed that you renamed board-2.bin to board.bin. But you
> need to keep the file as board-2.bin, board-2.bin and board.bin are not
> compatible. I need to send new instructions with the new board-2.bin
> file.
>