IPQ8074: hw2.0: Wrong mac address for 2.4GHz PHY with firmware 2.5.0.1.r1-00004

Sven Eckelmann sven at narfation.org
Mon Jan 18 03:14:54 EST 2021


[already send this last week but mime messages seem to be blocked on this ml]

Hi,

I have here a device which was previously using the firmware 
WLAN.HK.2.4.0.1.r1-00026-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-2. It has a ath10k radio for 
scanning (phy0), an ath11k 5GHz radio0 (phy1) and a 2.4GHz radio (phy2).

   /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/macaddress:f8:d9:b8:2e:36:c4 (ath10k)
   /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/macaddress:f8:d9:b8:2e:36:d0
   /sys/class/ieee80211/phy2/macaddress:f8:d9:b8:2e:37:c8

Now with the new firmware WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1.r1-00004-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1, it 
suddenly uses a mac address which is not part of the pre-cal data.

   /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/macaddress:f8:d9:b8:2e:36:c4 (ath10k)
   /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/macaddress:f8:d9:b8:2e:36:d0
   /sys/class/ieee80211/phy2/macaddress:f8:d9:b8:2e:37:d0

This odd behavior causes layer 2 (mac) address conflicts - which should never 
ever happen.

The device was just performed a cold boot and I have no idea why the firmware 
reports this mac address. But the caldata is attached for further inspection
to the next mail (which Kalle has to approve manually). 

It has following set

* first mac (COMMON_BDF_HEADER.baseBdfHeader.macAddr[0]):    f8:d9:b8:2e:36:d0
* second mac (COMMON_BDF_HEADER.baseBdfHeader.macAddr[1]):   f8:d9:b8:2e:36:c8
* number macs (COMMON_BDF_HEADER.baseBdfHeader.numMacAddr):  2
* mac flag (COMMON_BDF_HEADER.baseBdfHeader.nvMacFlag):      1

Kind regards,
	Sven





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