Questions about QCA6174 firmwares

[Brett Mastbergen]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 02:41:43PM +0900, Wonsup Yoon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently using the latest "c3" version, and it works fine.
> Firmware version: WLAN.RM.4.4.1.c3-00230 .
> 
> But I'm still curious what the "c" version means.

Yea, and if the "c" version would ever be "promoted" to be the QCA6174 firmware version in the linux-firmware repo again.  Because as it is right now, I think there is a bunch of QCA6174 hardware out there that broke when the QCA6174 firmware-6.bin in linux-firmware went to WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00140-QCARMSWPZ-1 (and up).  And since most distros pick up recent linux-firmware, most current distros have the broken version.
> 
> Best regards,
> Wonsup Yoon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  "Brett Mastbergen" <brett.mastbergen at protectli.com>
> To:     "Wonsup Yoon" <pusnow at kaist.ac.kr>; 
> Cc:      <ath10k at lists.infradead.org>; 
> Sent:  2022-08-16 (화) 04:59:57 (UTC+09:00)
> Subject: Re: Questions about QCA6174 firmwares
> 
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:56:38AM +0900, Wonsup Yoon wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > If you don't mind, I'd like ask a few questions regarding QCA6174 firmwares.
> > 
> > 1. I've notice that QCA6174 hw3.0 4.4.1 firmwares have 4 versions (none, c1, c2, c3). Are there any differences? Which one is newest or correct?
> > 
> > 2. My QCA6174 seems to have a compatibility issue with a recent firmware. I've tested theses firmware versions, but only the oldest one works.
> > 
> 
> I have observed the same firmware crashes with those versions with my QCA6174 module (JWW6051).  Would love to know if RM.4.4.1.c2-00057-QCARMSWP-1 is the correct version to use, or if there is another newer version that I should be using.
> 
> Thanks,
> brett