Trying to upgrade to latest ath10k driver version

[Amato Carbonara]

What is the latest binary firmware supported in kernel version 4.1.1?

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Matthew Robbetts <wingfeathera at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Amato,
>
>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 10:51, Amato Carbonara <acarbonara13 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to upgrade my ath10k driver version to the latest version:
>> 10.2.4.70.2
>> I am downloading the binary file from the following github location:
>> https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/10.2.4/untested
>
> To be clear, the file you’re describing isn’t the driver but the binary firmware blob. The driver (ath10k) is open-source and part of the kernel, and will need to be rebuilt in order to be upgraded.
>
>> However, after placing the binary file in the directory
>> /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0  the driver version remains at the
>> old version (10.2.4.48).
>
> I do not believe that merely placing the file in this directory is sufficient. You will need to build a new kernel (or at least, rebuild the driver if it is a module) with that new firmware file referenced in the configuration.
>
>
>> When I download the file from github, I
>> changed the name of the driver file from firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.2 to
>> firmware-5.bin
>
> This renaming is correct. However, there is another issue, in that the firmware version you mention is not supported yet by the ath10k driver that ships in any released kernel. I believe it will be used in the 4.2 kernel, but they haven’t cut the first RC yet.
>
> If you don’t to wait for a 4.2 kernel, you can build kvalo’s development kernel branch, which should have the necessary changes in it, from:
> https://github.com/kvalo/ath
>
> (People who actually now what they’re doing, please correct me if I’m wrong!)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
>> I have tried using kernel version 4.0, 4.1.0 and 4.1.1 but the ath10k
>> driver fails to upgrade to 10.2.4.70.2
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
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