ath10k driver on Android

[Gucea Doru]

Hi, everyone

Because no one answers my question, please let me rephrase it:

Did anyone tested the ath10k driver and QCA6174 chipset on Android
devices? From my research, all the tests were done on desktop
platforms (x86) running Linux.

I am asking you this because I have an Android smartphone with 3.10
kernel [1] running on the QCA6174 WiFi chipset. ath10k support for
QCA6174 WiFi chipset was added starting with 3.20 kernel. Let's say
that I'll use a backport for ath10k driver on 3.10.
After the backport, should I expect that the ath10k will automatically
detect and use the QCA6174 chipset or are there any other things that
I should take into consideration (HW problems. firmware problems)?


[1] https://github.com/OnePlusOSS/android_kernel_oneplus_msm8994

Regards,
Doru


On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Gucea Doru <gucea.doru at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On the wiki page for ath10k [1] it is mentioned that ath10k driver has
> support for QCA6174 chipset.
> QCA6174 is present on a list of Android devices: Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE
> A [1], OnePlus 2 [3].
>
> My question is the next one: how could I verify that the above
> smartphones, containing QC0A6174 WiFi chipset, are using the ath10k
> driver?
>
> I mention that this information will help me on my Master thesis.
>
> [1] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k
> [2] http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s5-lte-a-battery-benchmark-414550/
> [3] https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/OnePlus+2+Teardown/45352
>
> Regards,
> Doru