Fwd: AX500 support quirks

[Mark Herbert]

Hi Patricio,

For bluetooth you do not need latest ath11k patches.  It is working fine 
for a pretty long time already, and kernel 5.16 is OK.

But there is an issue with 5.17-rc kernel where  bluetooth scanning is 
broken for a while, at  least on my gentoo+9310

 From what I read in your mails looks like the questions are mostly 
archlinux specific - so it is better to ask arch community.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_13_(9310)  - wiki page. 
Important point set grub parameter memmap=12M\\\$20M.   As I see the 
ath11k WiFi/Bt status in the wiki is still red.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Talk:Dell_XPS_13_(9310)  - one more 
source of experience with arch and Dell 9310.


Also try to ask at bbs.archlinux.org - kernel and hardware

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=22


I am writing it on my Xps 9310 with ath11k using bluetooth mouse and 
listening music in BT headphones connected to it - so for sure i know it 
can work.  But I do not use arch - so do not know how to make arch work. 
But I used a lot of info from arch Wiki and arch forums to make my 
gentoo work.


On 2/15/22 16:03, Patricio Ferraggi Ares wrote:
> Hi Kalle,
>
> Well but I don't really need info on how to build the kernel, I can
> get that from the arch docs as you pointed out.
> What I do need is information on how should I include your latest
> changes on the ath11k and from Mark which modules he included while
> building his kernel to get Bluetooth.
>
> Basically anything that is specific to the dell xps 9310
>
> Building the kernel with the default arch configuration would make no
> difference in terms of hardware support.
>
> El mar, 15 feb 2022 a la(s) 13:56, Kalle Valo (kvalo at kernel.org) escribió:
>> Patricio Ferraggi Ares <pattferraggi at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hey folks,
>>>
>>> So. I am still using arch linux, but not everything is working.
>>> I have decided to give it a try and dive deeper by trying to compile
>>> my own kernel with the necessary modules and firmware for Wifi and
>>> Bluetooth.
>>>
>>> Could you guys share with me which repos (apart from the kernel
>>> source) I should use in order to build something based on the latest
>>> linux-mainline kernel?
>>> I am unaware of how should I include the latest ath11k drivers from
>>> Kalle and which modules I need in order to make BT work.
>>> I would really appreciate it if you could give me some links to the
>>> repos, some info, and maybe a basic strategy on how to approach this.
>>> I will search and learn from that starting point.
>> Arch wiki is a great source for information:
>>
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/kernel
>>
>> Arch seems to have a linux-mainline package:
>>
>> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-mainline
>>
>> But questions about compiling the kernel should be sent to distro
>> support channels as they know best how their distro works, not to ath11k
>> list.
>>
>> --
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
>>
>> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches