wifi: ath11k: ipq6018 monitor mode is not working properly

[Robert Marko]

On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 2:13 PM Kalle Valo <kvalo at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Robert Marko <robert.marko at sartura.hr> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 1:58 PM Kalle Valo <kvalo at kernel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Legale Legage <legale.legale at gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > I'm trying to use wifi monitor mode on ipq6018. Captured frames are
> >> > malformed. Tested with 2 diff kernels (4.4.60, 5.14) and two diff wifi
> >> > fw (2.6, 2.7) with the same result.
> >>
> >> v4.4 was released back in 2016 and doesn't even have ath11k. v5.14 was
> >> released over a year ago so is considered old from ath11k point of view.
> >> Please try a more recent kernel, preferably v6.0.
> >
> > I am gonna guess that 4.4.60 is QCA downstream kernel.
>
> Ah, for any QSDK issues I'll raise my hands up and not going to touch
> them. This list is only for kernel.org releases, any distro kernel bugs
> need to be reported directly to distros. I do not know what out-of-tree
> patches distros have.
>
> > The issue with mainline kernels is that there is no remoteproc support
> > for IPQ8074 nor IPQ6018, I have been working towards getting the
> > IPQ8074 and its working with remoteproc patches added but the
> > situation is not ideal as for example coldboot calibration does not
> > work which could be a bug in the remoteproc patches I am using.
>
> Nice, do you have the patches available somewhere? What distro are you
> using?

Yes, they are available on my GitHub kernel repo under the
ipq807x-next branches:
https://github.com/robimarko/linux.git

I am testing the next based branches with Buildroot as its quick and
easy as I regularly
update on newer next as I am upstreaming and stuff is getting merged.
A lot of stuff got merged so the SoC is in a way, way better shape
than a year or two ago
but we are still missing upstream remoteproc support as well as CPR
support and there is
no offloading obviously.

I am also maintaining an OpenWrt ipq807x target that is based on 5.15
and 6.1 backports
for which I plan to make a PR to get it officially included once 6.1
backports are merged.
This is what a lot of users are currently using as it's gotten into
quite a good state.
The one thing that has been bothering is move to FW 2.7 which is not
working on a number
of routers as their BDF-s were generated for way older BDF as well as
outdated regulatory
information.

Regards,
Robert
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