[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 1/4] Update to latest ath10k-ct driver, enable AHB.
Matthias Schiffer
mschiffer at universe-factory.net
Fri Jan 19 12:22:35 PST 2018
On 01/19/2018 09:12 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>
> ---
> 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..af326d6 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:=33899b08d900404dfc88e850fd27992a8227325c
> +PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=3c501336a4fdfe2b00b8ce03fd8bf10193502bbdfd68fb8a6eafa7dc5362521b
>
> 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 + at KERNEL_RELAY +kmod-hwmon-core
Please keep KERNEL_RELAY out of the dependencies, we want CONFIG_RELAY
disabled in our default kernels. See the following commit:
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=e9fa0b9f3ae0711dd07d61b482f6bdb6446b4f9c
Regards,
Matthias
> 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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