| Message ID | 20180330221902.31977-1-rosenp@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| State | Rejected |
| Delegated to: | John Crispin |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [LEDE-DEV] mvebu: Switch Turris Omnia to use ath10k-ct driver and firmware. | expand |
On 31/03/18 00:19, Rosen Penev wrote: > My testing has shown both ath10k and firmware to be unstable. Here is a summary of results done over two weeks: > > ath10k + QCA firmware = driver crash, WiFi dies completely. > ath10k + CT firmware = driver crash. WiFi dies completely. > ath10k-ct + QCA firmware = firmware crash. WiFi does not die*. > ath10k-ct + CT firmware = I have not gotten either to crash. > > WiFi does not die completely with scenario 3 as mac80211 is able to restart the hardware. From my testing, it dies twice a day. I have no idea what triggers it. My best guess is an Apple iPhone. > > I also tried QCA firmware 37. No difference. Hi, there will always be combos of FW/drv version that will/not work. this can change over time back and fwd between stock and -ct code bases. -ct has been opt-in since it was merged. It would be uch better to figure out which FW works and why the driver dies. Otherwise we'll start flipping back and fwd between stock/-ct versions with each update on each wmac silicon / arch combo constantly. John > Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com> > --- > target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk > index d9defe880d..a6529220ea 100644 > --- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk > +++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk > @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ define Device/turris-omnia > DEVICE_TITLE := Turris Omnia > DEVICE_PACKAGES := \ > mkf2fs e2fsprogs kmod-fs-vfat kmod-nls-cp437 kmod-nls-iso8859-1 \ > - wpad-mini kmod-ath9k kmod-ath10k ath10k-firmware-qca988x > + wpad-mini kmod-ath9k kmod-ath10k-ct ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct > IMAGES := $$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-sysupgrade.img.gz omnia-medkit-$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-initramfs.tar.gz > IMAGE/$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-sysupgrade.img.gz := boot-img | sdcard-img | gzip | append-metadata > IMAGE/omnia-medkit-$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-initramfs.tar.gz := omnia-medkit-initramfs | gzip
On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 11:44 PM, John Crispin <john@phrozen.org> wrote: > > > On 31/03/18 00:19, Rosen Penev wrote: >> >> My testing has shown both ath10k and firmware to be unstable. Here is a >> summary of results done over two weeks: >> >> ath10k + QCA firmware = driver crash, WiFi dies completely. >> ath10k + CT firmware = driver crash. WiFi dies completely. >> ath10k-ct + QCA firmware = firmware crash. WiFi does not die*. >> ath10k-ct + CT firmware = I have not gotten either to crash. >> >> WiFi does not die completely with scenario 3 as mac80211 is able to >> restart the hardware. From my testing, it dies twice a day. I have no idea >> what triggers it. My best guess is an Apple iPhone. >> >> I also tried QCA firmware 37. No difference. > > > Hi, > > there will always be combos of FW/drv version that will/not work. this can > change over time back and fwd between stock and -ct code bases. -ct has been > opt-in since it was merged. It would be uch better to figure out which FW > works and why the driver dies. Otherwise we'll start flipping back and fwd > between stock/-ct versions with each update on each wmac silicon / arch > combo constantly. So the initial report was premature. I've since tried with more firmwares only to find that they all crash. Even -ct. The basic problem is that in the case of the firmware crashing, -ct restarts the firmware whereas ath10k dies with it. I've concluded that it's my phone running Android Oreo that causes all the firmware crashing. > > John > > >> Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com> >> --- >> target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk >> b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk >> index d9defe880d..a6529220ea 100644 >> --- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk >> +++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk >> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ define Device/turris-omnia >> DEVICE_TITLE := Turris Omnia >> DEVICE_PACKAGES := \ >> mkf2fs e2fsprogs kmod-fs-vfat kmod-nls-cp437 kmod-nls-iso8859-1 \ >> - wpad-mini kmod-ath9k kmod-ath10k ath10k-firmware-qca988x >> + wpad-mini kmod-ath9k kmod-ath10k-ct ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct >> IMAGES := $$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-sysupgrade.img.gz >> omnia-medkit-$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-initramfs.tar.gz >> IMAGE/$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-sysupgrade.img.gz := boot-img | sdcard-img | >> gzip | append-metadata >> IMAGE/omnia-medkit-$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-initramfs.tar.gz := >> omnia-medkit-initramfs | gzip > >
diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk index d9defe880d..a6529220ea 100644 --- a/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk +++ b/target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ define Device/turris-omnia DEVICE_TITLE := Turris Omnia DEVICE_PACKAGES := \ mkf2fs e2fsprogs kmod-fs-vfat kmod-nls-cp437 kmod-nls-iso8859-1 \ - wpad-mini kmod-ath9k kmod-ath10k ath10k-firmware-qca988x + wpad-mini kmod-ath9k kmod-ath10k-ct ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct IMAGES := $$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-sysupgrade.img.gz omnia-medkit-$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-initramfs.tar.gz IMAGE/$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-sysupgrade.img.gz := boot-img | sdcard-img | gzip | append-metadata IMAGE/omnia-medkit-$$(IMAGE_PREFIX)-initramfs.tar.gz := omnia-medkit-initramfs | gzip
My testing has shown both ath10k and firmware to be unstable. Here is a summary of results done over two weeks: ath10k + QCA firmware = driver crash, WiFi dies completely. ath10k + CT firmware = driver crash. WiFi dies completely. ath10k-ct + QCA firmware = firmware crash. WiFi does not die*. ath10k-ct + CT firmware = I have not gotten either to crash. WiFi does not die completely with scenario 3 as mac80211 is able to restart the hardware. From my testing, it dies twice a day. I have no idea what triggers it. My best guess is an Apple iPhone. I also tried QCA firmware 37. No difference. Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com> --- target/linux/mvebu/image/cortex-a9.mk | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)