ath10k and QCA3977 - random transfer rate losses

[Adrian Chadd]

ok, well, we should file a bug report so this isn't forgotten.

Where's the right place to create bug reports? is there an ath10k
staging branch in github somewhere? or bugzilla.kernel.org ?


-a


On 21 February 2016 at 11:20, Tobias Predel <tobias.predel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes. I confirm full functionality now.
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 10:33:26AM -0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> Right, so just to be clear - it's just the board file updates that
>> make it all work fine?
>>
>>
>> -a
>>
>>
>> On 21 February 2016 at 06:44, Tobias Predel <tobias.predel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello again,
>> >
>> > one last word about the the board files:
>> >
>> > I extracted the board files from an AsusTek Windows Driver installer
>> > that included the Qualcomm driver files for diverse variants of QCA9377
>> > built in Samsung, Asus (Askey), Acer, Lenovo notebooks.
>> >
>> > An archive with all these files can be found at the comment 10 of my bug report
>> > <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112451#c10>
>> > including board files (eeprom_*.bin) for NFA425, NFA435 (A), NFA455.
>> >
>> > If some people experience trouble, those might look at the netathr10x.inf
>> > to find out which eeprom board file is needed or try out by installing
>> > it to /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/board.bin.
>> >
>> > Those board files are using api 1 and must be named board.bin.
>> > firmware-5.bin is still to be pulled from kvalo's github repo.
>> >
>> > Thank you to all for your support. I wish the best!
>> >
>> > Tobias
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 05:55:26PM +0000, Hsu, Ryan wrote:
>> >> Glad that help!
>> >>
>> >> I've cc that file to Kalle, hope we can see that get merged soon.
>> >>
>> >> Ryan
>> >>
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: Tobias Predel [mailto:tobias.predel at gmail.com]
>> >> > Sent: Friday, February 19, 2016 09:23 AM
>> >> > To: Adrian Chadd
>> >> > Cc: Hsu, Ryan; ath10k at lists.infradead.org; vagner_
>> >> > Subject: Re: ath10k and QCA3977 - random transfer rate losses
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 08:07:49AM -0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> >> > > Ok, so it's a board file problem? this can be solved by telling kvalo@
>> >> > > about it, right?
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > -a
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes, they differ and the board-2.bin file isn't included neither in linux-
>> >> > firmware nor in kvalo's repository.
>> >> >
>> >> > MD5 checksums:
>> >> > 73cca12b9398f0cecaa3cfa35c8961b7  board-2.bin
>> >> > 44349f6ae93cf9ceffb164f58d4fb124  board.bin
>> >> >
>> >> > I'll try to contact him and send the board file.
>> >> >
>> >> > Tobias