[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] ath10k-firmware: update QCA9888 and QCA4019 firmware

[Christian Lamparter]

On Monday, October 16, 2017 12:19:10 AM CET Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 10/14/2017 05:35 PM, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> > On Saturday, October 14, 2017 11:24:24 AM CEST Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> >> This updates the firmware files for the QCA9888 and QCA4019
> >> chips to a more recent version which is also used in the linux-firmware
> >> repository.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Could someone with a QCA4019 or QCA9888 device please test this.
> >> I do not have these deceives to test this myself.
> >>
> >>  package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile | 4 ++--
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile b/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> >> index 84889d9d29..5e0f41ea52 100644
> >> --- a/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> >> +++ b/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> >> @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ define Package/ath10k-firmware-qca4019/install
> >>  		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/QCA4019/hw1.0/board-2.bin \
> >>  		$(1)/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA4019/hw1.0/
> >>  	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
> >> -		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/QCA4019/hw1.0/3.2.1/firmware-5.bin_10.4-3.2.1-00053 \
> >> +		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/QCA4019/hw1.0/3.4/firmware-5.bin_10.4-3.4-00082 \
> >>  		$(1)/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA4019/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin
> >>  endef
> > The new IPQ4019 firmware isn't as stable as the old one. I do see hangs
> > from time to time (rx ring became corrupted). Whenever this is due to a
> > bug in the firmware or the firmware is pushing harder, I don't know.
> > <https://forum.lede-project.org/t/how-to-build-ipq4018-firmware/4513/16>
> 
> Thank you for the information, so I will not upgrade the IPQ4019 firmware.
> 
> I also wanted to upgrade the QCA988X firmware first, but it was crashing
> directly after being loaded and now linux-firmeware ships the old one again:
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2017-September/010138.html
> 

FYI: There's a new firmware now for the IPQ4019:

firmware-5.bin_10.4-3.2.1-00058

https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/commit/476a2850b1e8582d51187799d7de209daf1a57b2

Regards,
Christian