Hello,
I managed to get it (sort of) working with the eeprom extracted from the
windows
driversand thefirmware from kvalo's ath10k-repo on GitHub.See more details
below.
Unfortunately I only get a bandwidth of about 2Mb/s connected to a
54Mb/s AP.Is
this a known limitation to ath10k right now, or may there be a way to get it
working at full speed?
Also, thank You Michał for pointing me the right direction and helping
make it
usable, at least.
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Loading the kernel modules:
[ 1399.912769] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 1399.912772] cfg80211: DFS Master region: unset
[ 1399.912772] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
(max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
[ 1399.912774] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 1399.912775] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 1399.912776] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 1399.912777] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz,
160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 1399.912778] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz,
160000 KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[ 1399.912779] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
[ 1399.912780] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
(N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
[ 1399.912781] cfg80211: (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz),
(N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
[ 1399.914523] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8
irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 1400.101020] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load
ath10k/cal-pci-0000:07:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 1400.101029] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for
ath10k/cal-pci-0000:07:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[ 1400.101047] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load
ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-pci-168c:003e:11ad:0807.bin (-2)
[ 1400.101051] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for
ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-pci-168c:003e:11ad:0807.bin failed with error -2
[ 1400.101055] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to load spec board file,
falling back to generic: -2
[ 1400.101109] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: firmware: direct-loading
firmware ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board.bin
[ 1400.101125] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: firmware: failed to load
ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin (-2)
[ 1400.101129] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for
ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2
[ 1400.101133] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not fetch firmware file
'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2
[ 1400.101409] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: firmware: direct-loading
firmware ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin
[ 1402.218360] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 (0x05030000,
0x00340aff, 168c:003e:11ad:0807 fallback) fw
WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 htt 3.26 wmi 4 cal otp max_sta 32
[ 1402.218364] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs
0 testmode 0
[ 1402.293000] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6c
[ 1402.293005] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[ 1402.293009] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[ 1402.293011] ath: Regpair used: 0x6c
[ 1402.295714] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0 wlp7s0: renamed from wlan0
And connecting via wpa_supplicant:
[ 1473.897941] wlp7s0: authenticate with 00:24:fe:a8:2c:55
[ 1473.961257] wlp7s0: send auth to 00:24:fe:a8:2c:55 (try 1/3)
[ 1473.963499] wlp7s0: authenticated
[ 1473.963841] wlp7s0: associate with 00:24:fe:a8:2c:55 (try 1/3)
[ 1473.971386] wlp7s0: RX AssocResp from 00:24:fe:a8:2c:55 (capab=0x411
status=0 aid=2)
[ 1473.974978] wlp7s0: associated
[ 1473.975015] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp7s0: link becomes ready
Firmware used:
* eeprom_ar6320_3p0_NFA344a.bin
- extracte from Windows 10 Driver via InstallShield/UniExtract
- MD5: 956bec86376ef28615dd8493048fafb1
* firmware-4.bin
-
https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/blob/master/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin
# iwconfig wlp7s0:
wlp7s0 IEEE 802.11abgn ESSID:"[REMOVED]"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point:
00:24:FE:A8:2C:55
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
Link Quality=69/70 Signal level=-41 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:32 Missed beacon:0
# uname -a:
Linux debian 4.2.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.2.3-2 (2015-10-14) x86_64
GNU/Linux
Michael
On 2015-10-26 08:20, Michal Kazior wrote:
On 25 October 2015 at 04:57, Michael Krupp <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
I just bought a Aspire VN7-792G, but so far I was not able to get wireless
working.
The chip reports as QCA6174 [168c:003e] and it looks like the board.bin
cannot be loaded:
Oct 25 04:27:05 debian kernel: [ 4833.902454] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
limiting irq mode to: 1
Oct 25 04:27:05 debian kernel: [ 4833.902461] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
pci irq legacy interrupts 0 irq_mode 1 reset_mode 0
Oct 25 04:27:05 debian kernel: [ 4834.162236] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:07:00.0.bin failed with error
-2
Oct 25 04:27:05 debian kernel: [ 4834.162250] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
Direct firmware load for
ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-pci-168c:003e:11ad:0807.bin failed with error -2
Oct 25 04:27:05 debian kernel: [ 4834.162253] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
failed to load spec board file, falling back to generic: -2
Oct 25 04:27:05 debian kernel: [ 4834.162283] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with
error -2
Oct 25 04:27:05 debian kernel: [ 4834.162286] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2
Oct 25 04:27:07 debian kernel: [ 4836.280409] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
qca6174 hw3.2 (0x05030000, 0x00340aff, 168c:003e:11ad:0807 fallback) fw
WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 htt 3.26 wmi 4 cal otp max_sta 32
Oct 25 04:27:07 debian kernel: [ 4836.280413] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian kernel: [ 4837.278508] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
suspend timed out - target pause event never came
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch
Status...
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian kernel: [ 4837.367302] ath: EEPROM regdomain:
0x6c
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian kernel: [ 4837.367304] ath: EEPROM indicates we
should expect a direct regpair map
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian kernel: [ 4837.367306] ath: Country alpha2 being
used: 00
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian kernel: [ 4837.367307] ath: Regpair used: 0x6c
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian kernel: [ 4837.369008] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0
wlp7s0: renamed from wlan0
Oct 25 04:27:08 debian systemd[1]: Started Load/Save RF Kill Switch
Status.
I also tried renaming / symlinking the firmware-4.bin to firmware-5.bin, but
that does not seem to have any effect,
other than getting rid of the error message on lines 6 and 7.
ath10k keeps backward compatibility with userspace and it has a
fallback mechanism when trying to find firmware files. That why you
see these "error" messages.
It does load the board.bin. If it didn't find any board.bin it would
not register a wiphy and you would not see a wireless interface on
your system.
Also followed the 'qca6164 support' discussion, but still could not get it
working:
* http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2015-August/005752.html
I tried several kernel versions, starting from 4.2.0 (debian) up to latest
4.2.4 (kernel.org).
All of them seem to include the patch mentioned in the thread i linked
erlier:
* http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2015-August/005775.html
When trying to 'up' the device via 'ifconfig wlp7s0 up':
Oct 25 04:31:36 debian kernel: [ 5104.570092] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
failed to enable adaptive qcs: -11
Oct 25 04:31:39 debian kernel: [ 5107.569748] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0:
could not suspend target (-11)
This suggests you have an invalid board.bin. From the logs it looks
like you have one of the newer qca6174 chips (hw3.2 instead of hw2.x).
If you want it to get it working asap you'll need to look into windows
driver for the device and extract an adequate eeprom/board file which
matches your device's subsystem product/vendor ids.
Michał
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