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

[Rosen Penev]

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 1:58 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:
> On 03/04/2018 06:40 PM, Rosen Penev wrote:
>> 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
>
> I also saw problems with the 10.2.4-1.0-00033 FW on my BT HH5, the
> ath10k wifi was just not available after some time.
> I am now trying the FW 10.2.4-1.0-00037, see this commit:
> https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/commit/31695fbc77f81391f579747bb8e51c50a581c3cd
>
I mentioned in the  commit message that I tried version 37 but it
gives me similar results to 33. Unfortunately, there seems to be no
quality control at Qualcomm...

Firmware 29 is somewhat recent and mostly stable.
> Hauke