[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH-v2 1/3] Update to latest ath10k-ct driver, enable AHB.

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Tue Feb 13 12:43:23 PST 2018


On 02/13/2018 12:03 PM, John Crispin wrote:
>
>
> On 13/02/18 19:27, Ben Greear wrote:
>> What is the status on this?
>>
>> I have some new firmware/driver changes I'd like to get upstream
>> as well, but this series is stuck in limbo.  The first two patches
>> should should be useful for anyone using my ath10k-ct stuff, and the
>> third will at least help IPQ4019 have a better chance at running my
>> code, even if they cannot currently select the options w/out applying
>> a few patches to relax some of the REQUIRES stuff that the 4019
>> platforms may currently have.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> was going to send an email, ... what happened to patch 3/3 ?

Well, it was sent to the list, if that is what you mean?

There was also some disagreement about it, and some platforms
cannot select the IPQ4019 firmware it provides because of package dependencies.  I do not know
what is a good way to resolve it, and the quick fix of just removing
the hard dependency was not welcomed.  I'd prefer the patch applied,
as then users have to do only a small and simple tweak to make the firmware
usable, and it should not hurt anyone else since they can just stick with
the stock firmware.

If the 3/3 patch is just not wanted, then users that want my firmware can
manually download it to their system.  The first two patches could
still be applied.

Thanks,
Ben

>
>     John
>>
>> On 01/19/2018 04:27 PM, greearb at candelatech.com wrote:
>>> From: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
>>>
>>> The driver updates include:
>>>
>>> ath10k driver backport to fix WPA 'pn' related security bugs
>>> (4.13 based driver only currently),
>>> a fix for off-channel TX for CT wave-1 firmware, a likely
>>> fix for napi related crashes, and a backport of the firmware fetch
>>> patch.
>>>
>>> AHB is needed for the IPQ4019 platform radios.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> v2:  Don't remove stock 4019 firmware from 4019 platform depends.
>>>      Add ability to load ct-firmware-[52].bin before other firmware.
>>>      Add ath10k-ct driver specific firmware option for 4019.
>>>
>>>      Verified driver loads on Jalapeno board.
>>>
>>> package/kernel/ath10k-ct/Makefile                  | 14 +++++----
>>>  ...ctivate-user-space-firmware-loading-again.patch | 36 ----------------------
>>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>>>  delete mode 100644 package/kernel/ath10k-ct/patches/130-ath10k-activate-user-space-firmware-loading-again.patch
>>>
>>> diff --git a/package/kernel/ath10k-ct/Makefile b/package/kernel/ath10k-ct/Makefile
>>> index fe094e7..83d3a05 100644
>>> --- a/package/kernel/ath10k-ct/Makefile
>>> +++ b/package/kernel/ath10k-ct/Makefile
>>> @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
>>>  PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/greearb/ath10k-ct.git
>>>  PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
>>>  PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2017-06-13
>>> -PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=bded1823912549017d819d1796273b3134c3de20
>>> -PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=616174650e12a82edb6b6bd18ac186e2c6a48fdad0082df9d2011ab20940814b
>>> +PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=e1edd74d5f0c5291b0be72c81033e74e267929d4
>>> +PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=945dc7110017a80c33cac20d9d2a9beda0a6a98b50178319403568098534e60a
>>>
>>>  PKG_MAINTAINER:=Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
>>>  PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
>>> @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
>>>  define KernelPackage/ath10k-ct
>>>    SUBMENU:=Wireless Drivers
>>>    TITLE:=ath10k-ct driver optimized for CT ath10k firmware
>>> -  DEPENDS:=+kmod-mac80211 +kmod-ath + at DRIVER_11N_SUPPORT + at DRIVER_11AC_SUPPORT @PCI_SUPPORT +kmod-hwmon-core
>>> +  DEPENDS:=+kmod-mac80211 +kmod-ath + at DRIVER_11N_SUPPORT + at DRIVER_11AC_SUPPORT + at DRIVER_11W_SUPPORT +kmod-hwmon-core
>>>    FILES:=\
>>>      $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ath10k$(CT_KVER)/ath10k_pci.ko \
>>>      $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ath10k$(CT_KVER)/ath10k_core.ko
>>> @@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_MAC80211_MESH
>>>  endif
>>>
>>>  CT_MAKEDEFS += CONFIG_ATH10K=m CONFIG_ATH10K_PCI=m
>>> -# No AHB support enabled yet.  Could conditionally enable it later.
>>> -#CT_MAKEDEFS += CONFIG_ATH10K_AHB=y
>>> -#NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -DCONFIG_ATH10K_AHB
>>> +
>>> +# This AHB logic is needed for IPQ4019 radios
>>> +CT_MAKEDEFS += CONFIG_ATH10K_AHB=m
>>> +NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -DCONFIG_ATH10K_AHB
>>> +
>>>  NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -DSTANDALONE_CT
>>>
>>>  ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
>>> diff --git a/package/kernel/ath10k-ct/patches/130-ath10k-activate-user-space-firmware-loading-again.patch
>>> b/package/kernel/ath10k-ct/patches/130-ath10k-activate-user-space-firmware-loading-again.patch
>>> deleted file mode 100644
>>> index dc02a9d..0000000
>>> --- a/package/kernel/ath10k-ct/patches/130-ath10k-activate-user-space-firmware-loading-again.patch
>>> +++ /dev/null
>>> @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
>>> -From c0cc00f250e19c717fc9cdbdb7f55aaa569c7498 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> -From: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
>>> -Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 23:06:41 +0200
>>> -Subject: [PATCH] ath10k: activate user space firmware loading again
>>> -
>>> -In commit 9f5bcfe93315 ("ath10k: silence firmware file probing
>>> -warnings") the firmware loading was changed from request_firmware() to
>>> -request_firmware_direct() to silence some warnings in case it fails.
>>> -request_firmware_direct() directly searches in the file system only and
>>> -does not send a hotplug event to user space in case it could not find
>>> -the firmware directly.
>>> -In LEDE we use a user space script to extract the calibration data from
>>> -the flash memory which gets triggered by the hotplug event. This way the
>>> -firmware gets extracted from some vendor specific partition when the
>>> -driver requests this firmware. This mechanism does not work any more
>>> -after this change.
>>> -
>>> -Fixes: 9f5bcfe93315 ("ath10k: silence firmware file probing warnings")
>>> -Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
>>> -Cc: Michal Kazior <michal.kazior at tieto.com>
>>> -Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com>
>>> ----
>>> - ath10k-4.13/core.c | 2 +-
>>> - 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>> -
>>> ---- a/ath10k-4.13/core.c
>>> -+++ b/ath10k-4.13/core.c
>>> -@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static const struct firmware *ath10k_fet
>>> -         dir = ".";
>>> -
>>> -     snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s/%s", dir, file);
>>> --    ret = request_firmware_direct(&fw, filename, ar->dev);
>>> -+    ret = request_firmware(&fw, filename, ar->dev);
>>> -     ath10k_dbg(ar, ATH10K_DBG_BOOT, "boot fw request '%s': %d\n",
>>> -            filename, ret);
>>> -
>>>
>>
>>
>


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Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com




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