ath10k firmware-6.bin bug: Disconnections every 20 minutes on QCA6174

[Kalle Valo]

Kouroche Bouchiat <kouroche.bouchiat at gmail.com> writes:

> Kalle Valo <kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>> I was told that 4.4.1 firmare should have a fix for this. Please let me
>> know if you can confirm that and then I'll update the firmware in
>> linux-firmware.
>
> I'm sorry about my previous email. I forgot to disable HTML formatting.
> Been testing the 4.4.1 firmware for around 40 minutes and no
> disconnections so far. It's looking great. dmesg tells me it's been
> correctly upgraded:
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id
> 0x00340aff sub 1a56:1535
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00026-QCARMSWP-1
> api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp,raw-mode crc32 7b90c3fc
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 07ee144e
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: htt-ver 3.44 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp
> max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
>
> A diff on the previous firmware's dmesg (before moving to
> firmware-4.bin) shows the new version:
> 5c5
> <  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4-00022-QCARMSWPZ-2
> api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 4d458559
>>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware ver
>> WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00026-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features
>> wowlan,ignore-otp,raw-mode crc32 7b90c3fc
> 8c9
> <  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: htt-ver 3.32 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp
> max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
>>  ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: htt-ver 3.44 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp
>> max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
> Tell me if you need anything else.

This is enough, thanks. I added an item to my todo list to update the
firmware in linux-firmware.

BTW, the unknown event ids are annoying. Anyone want to submit a patch
to fix (silence) those?

ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118

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Kalle Valo