[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] ath10k-firmware: Update QCA988X firmware to latest version

[Timo Sigurdsson]

Hi,

I'm recommending to revert this commit at least in the 17.01 stable
branch, since there have been reports on the forum about ath10k driver
crashes [1][2]. While I have not been able to reproduce the exact
described behaviour of the driver crashing at an early stage or in
short time, I did in fact experience a crash of the driver after about
3 weeks uptime.

I then went on to test the latest build
firmware-5.bin_10.2.4-1.0-00029 from kvalo's firmware repository and
after 2 weeks it crashed again. I suspect my issue is different from
the ones reported (I saved a crash log but can't find it right now,
unfortunately). Nevertheless, I think it's safer to revert this commit
at least on the 17.01 branch.

Regards,

Timo

[1] https://forum.lede-project.org/t/17-07-1-qca988x-ath10k-5ghz-firmware-crashed-zyxel-nbg6716/1911
[2] https://forum.lede-project.org/t/5ghz-replacement-for-ath10k-card/3131


Timo Sigurdsson schrieb am 11.01.2017 22:49:

> This patch updates the QCA988X firmware to the latest revision
>  firmware-5.bin_10.2.4-1.0-00016
> found in the official ath10k-firmware repository.
> 
> Tested on TP-Link Archer C7 v2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Timo Sigurdsson <public_timo.s at silentcreek.de>
> ---
> package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> b/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> index 5091663..e441700 100644
> --- a/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> +++ b/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
> include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
> 
> PKG_NAME:=ath10k-firmware
> -PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2016-12-15
> -PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=fead2ed867af4e107265059b9f578179d7409867
> -PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=87fb1998a728b3182d208b978185232decf49d1c72d1ec37c529fa9139354dcb
> +PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2017-01-11
> +PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=ab432c60437931a165f0aff1a6e3371f358b75dd
> +PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=e3188ecd4d7470d3cdde89fefa6258f9ec4f404b23558d1474e5014679b28101
> PKG_RELEASE:=1
> 
> PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ define Package/ath10k-firmware-qca988x/install
> 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/QCA988X/hw2.0/board.bin \
> 		$(1)/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/
> 	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
> -		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/QCA988X/hw2.0/10.2.4.70/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.59-2 \
> +		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/QCA988X/hw2.0/10.2.4-1.0/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4-1.0-00016 \
> 		$(1)/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin
> endef
> 
> -- 
> 2.1.4
>