[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

Sat Nov 5 01:05:03 PDT 2016

would be good if qca can fix this bug finally in all available 
firmwares. its a very annoying issue since a long time

Sebastian

Am 04.11.2016 um 23:23 schrieb Ben Greear:
> The bug appears that vlan-tx-stripping is unconditionally enabled in
> at least my firmware.  I have re-compiled w/out that flag set, and it 
> appears
> to work for me.
>
> Please download this firmware, rename it firmware-2.bin, make sure you 
> remove/rename
> any firmware-5.bin (etc) so mine will load, and see if that fixes your 
> problem.
>
> Please note that it is very likely you will have to use same MAC address
> for the VLAN devices that the underlying station uses in order for 
> this to work.
>
> https://www.candelatech.com/downloads/tmp/firmware-2-full-community.bin
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
>
> On 11/04/2016 02:50 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
>> I can reproduce this in my CT firmware. I'll see if I can fix it,
>> but for stock firmware, it might be that changing the driver to use 
>> Ethernet packet type
>> of native-wifi would make .1q vlans work.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>> On 11/04/2016 10:28 AM, yu-chieh kung wrote:
>>> I met the same problem before,
>>> if i modify the 1q header to other value (0xaa00) before go into 
>>> firmware.
>>> I can capture the packet in the air
>>> I think the vlan packet is dropped in firmware.
>>>
>>> 2016-11-04 22:41 GMT+08:00 Bruno Antunes <baantunes at gmail.com>:
>>>> On 4 November 2016 at 14:18, Mauro Mozzarelli 
>>>> <openwrt at ezplanet.net> wrote:
>>>>> Since the capability is implemented in software you might be 
>>>>> testing the
>>>>> limit of your router's CPU i/o speed.
>>>>
>>>> By loading the module in rawmode?
>>>>
>>>> The AP is an APU and Sta is an APU2.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/11/16 14:13, Bruno Antunes wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Old thread but I think the issue is still present.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm running a setup with VLANs with WDS and ath10k cards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To make it work both cards must be loaded in rawmode, AP
>>>>>> and Sta, and with no security.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm using a OpenWrt trunk r49941 and the most recent firmware,
>>>>>> 10.2.4.70.58, from Kalle ath10k firmware tree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Although it works the throughput is very bad.
>>>>>> Are there any alternatives to improve the throughput.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>> Bruno
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9 December 2015 at 17:24, voncken <cedric.voncken at acksys.fr> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>>>>>> De : Ben Greear [mailto:greearb at candelatech.com]
>>>>>>>> Envoyé : mercredi 9 décembre 2015 16:34
>>>>>>>> À : Cedric VONCKEN; ath10k at lists.infradead.org; linux-wireless
>>>>>>>> Objet : Re: ATH10K VLAN firmware issue
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This only happens when you use STA  + WDS, or is .1q broken for 
>>>>>>>> you in
>>>>>>>> other cases as well?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> No, this issue occurs in all modes (STA, STA + WDS, AP).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cedric.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 12/08/2015 06:29 AM, Cedric VONCKEN wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      I'm testing to transmit frame with 802.1q tag (VLAN).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      My client is set in STA + WDS and the netdev is bridged 
>>>>>>>>> with eth0.
>>>>>>>>>      I have a computer with vlan configuration set connected 
>>>>>>>>> to the STA
>>>>>>>>> eth0.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      If I try to transmit frames with 802.1q tag, the frames 
>>>>>>>>> are not
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> sent.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      I checked with wireless sniffer, and I don't see the 
>>>>>>>>> frame with
>>>>>>>>> VLAN
>>>>>>>>> tag (the frames without VLAN tag are sent).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      I tested with firmware 10.2.4.70.14-2 from kale github,
>>>>>>>>> 10.1.467-ct-com-full-015 from candelatech and 10.2.4.70-2 from
>>>>>>>>> openwrt, and in all cases I have the same issue.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>      Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com>
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