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

[Hauke Mehrtens]

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

Hauke