[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH] Revert "firmware: ath10k-firmware: update QCA988x firmware to 10.2.4-1.0-00033"

[Rosen Penev]

I would like this to be backported to 17.01 as well. The mentioned
Archer C7v2 runs 17.01. No impact between 17.01 and master.

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com> wrote:
> This reverts commit 8d755ef052dca29db3b8da74149d9c7d74a54842.
>
> The 33 firmware for QCA988x is not stable for me on both my Turris Omnia and my Archer C7v2. With version 33, I cannot get uptime longer than 2 days before the ath10k driver crashes. With version 29, I've gotten 49 days uptime with 29 of those days having a properly working 5GHz interface.
>
> I have also tested version 37 but that one behaves similar to 33 with the ath10k driver crashing.
>
> Other reports indicate similar findings: https://forum.lede-project.org/t/archer-c7-v4-support/3924/152
>
> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com>
> ---
>  package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile b/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> index 5b582085a4..2fc3618995 100644
> --- a/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> +++ b/package/firmware/ath10k-firmware/Makefile
> @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ 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/hw2.0/10.2.4-1.0/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4-1.0-00033 \
> +               $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/QCA988X/hw2.0/10.2.4-1.0/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4-1.0-00029 \
>                 $(1)/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin
>  endef
>
> --
> 2.14.3
>