ath11k and vfio-pci support

[James Prestwood]

Hi Kalle/Baochen,

On 1/19/24 9:57 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
> James Prestwood <prestwoj at gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> Sorry I should have made it clear:
>>> step1: start qemu and load ath11k without changing anything, then
>>> you get those errors;
>>> step2: keep qemu running and ath11k there, don't unload it. Then
>>> check lspci output in host to get the MSI vector.
>>> step3: Back in qemu, hard code MSI vector to the one you get in
>>> step2, then rebuild and reload ath11k.
>> Thank you for the clarification, this worked like a charm!
> Very nice, huge thanks to Baochen for finding the workaround! James, let
> us know how it works for you in the long run. This would definitely help
> automating ath11k testing so I'm very interested about this.

It appears this hack isn't a reliable solution long term. It did survive 
several reboots but then I was back to the same behavior. Looked at the 
MSI vector and it had changed:

It went from fee00558 to feee00538

But at least I can just modify this and get it working again.

Thanks,

James

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