Hello, I just looked into it and it seems to be nothing special.
A recursive diff just showed me that the author just placed some additional defconfig files that don't exist in the backport tree from 20151218. The defconfig-ath10k just switches debug on. Sorry for the confusion. Tobias On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 08:00:46AM -0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: > ... what has the professor done that isn't yet in ath10k? > > > -a > > > On 14 February 2016 at 07:46, Tobias Predel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Vagner, > > > > thanks for your quick reply! I tried out your proposal and together with > > power > > management switched off (iwconfig wlp2s0 power off) the chipset works like > > a charm! > > > > A big thank you to you and the professor from India! You made my day :) > > > > I just keep wondering now whether the disabled power management > > will increase the battery drain but maybe the firmware does handle > > those things by itself... > > > > So have a nice day and cheers, > > Tobias > > > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 02:06:32PM +0200, vagner_ wrote: > >> Hi Tobias, > >> > >> I also bought a laptop some weeks ago with an atheros chipset that required > >> qca9377 - exactly like yours > >> > >> Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 (rev 30) - > >> > >> and it took me 2 or 3 weeks trying all kinds of solutions, including > >> compiling a new kernel, kvalo drives and others. None of them worked. > >> Finally, I found a drive that a professor from India, I think, wrote then I > >> installed a new kernel 4.0 and the drive and since then it has been working > >> marvelously. > >> I even wrote to him to say thanks and got a good reply. > >> I run Siduction distro with their very updated kernel. > >> > >> Try this: > >> > >> Remove your drive and install this one. It is very easy. Just run the > >> script. Then tell us if that worked for you. > >> Cheers and good luck... > >> > >> https://github.com/ajaybhatia/Qualcomm-Atheros-QCA9377-Wifi-Linux > >> > >> Vagner > >> > >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> > >> On 02/12/2016 10:30 PM, Tobias Predel wrote: > >> >Hello, > >> > > >> >I bought a new laptop from ASUS, Product Name E205SA and installed Arch > >> >Linux. Unfortunately, the included WLAN chipset from Qualcomm (QCA 9377) > >> >doesn't seem to work well with Linux. Beside of being recognized, the > >> >driver/device functions normally for the first minutes after boot, but > >> >then the transfer rate is suddenly lowering from around 700 kbs to 200 > >> >kbs and less, making Internet unusable. After a while, it's recovering a > >> >bit but it seems to be random (like it's trying to sleep/power save > >> >mode?). This behavior occures for my home network as well as at my > >> >university's network. As wifi access wasn't a issue with the Windows 10 > >> >OEM installation, I guess that this might a driver/firmware/configuration > >> >problem. > >> > > >> >dmesg indicates > >> >[ 13.401917] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6a > >> >[ 13.403870] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map > >> >[ 13.405919] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00 > >> >[ 13.407837] ath: Regpair used: 0x6a > >> >and > >> >[ 11.267403] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: pci irq msi interrupts 1 irq_mode > >> >0 reset_mode 0 > >> >[ 11.500220] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for > >> >ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2 > >> >[ 11.583900] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for > >> >ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2 > >> >[ 13.394121] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: qca9377 hw1.0 (0x05020000, > >> >0x003820ff sub 1a3b:2231) fw WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 fwapi 5 bdapi 1 htt-ver > >> >3.1 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features > >> >ignore-otp > >> >[ 13.398452] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 > >> >testmode 0 > >> >[ 13.422666] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0 > >> > > >> >The firmware files were downloaded from the git repository > >> ><https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware>. In addition to that iwconfig > >> >gives me a high number of invalid miscs. I use kernel 4.4.1 (Arch Linux). > >> >ethtools -i wlp2s0 prints out > >> > > >> >driver: ath10k_pci > >> >version: 4.4.1-2-ARCH > >> >firmware-version: WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 > >> >expansion-rom-version: > >> >bus-info: 0000:02:00.0 > >> >supports-statistics: yes > >> >supports-test: no > >> >supports-eeprom-access: no > >> >supports-register-dump: no > >> >supports-priv-flags: no > >> > > >> >and lspci provides > >> > > >> >02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 (rev 30) > >> > Subsystem: AzureWave Device 2231 > >> > Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- > >> > Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ > >> > Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- > >> > <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- > >> > Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes > >> > Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 315 > >> > Region 0: Memory at 81000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M] > >> > Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3 > >> > Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA > >> > PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) > >> > Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- > >> > Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/8 Maskable+ 64bit- > >> > Address: fee0f00c Data: 4163 > >> > Masking: fffffffe Pending: 00000000 > >> > Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00 > >> > DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s > >> > unlimited, L1 <64us > >> > ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- > >> > DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- > >> > Unsupported- > >> > RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- > >> > MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes > >> > DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr+ > >> > TransPend- > >> > LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Exit > >> > Latency L0s <4us, L1 <64us > >> > ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+ > >> > LnkCtl: ASPM L0s L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+ > >> > ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- > >> > LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ > >> > DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt- > >> > DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+, > >> > LTR+, OBFF Via message > >> > DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-, > >> > LTR+, OBFF Disabled > >> > LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s, EnterCompliance- > >> > SpeedDis- > >> > Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, > >> > EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- > >> > Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB > >> > LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, > >> > EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1- > >> > EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, > >> > LinkEqualizationRequest- > >> > Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting > >> > UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- > >> > RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- > >> > UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- > >> > RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- > >> > UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- > >> > RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- > >> > CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- > >> > NonFatalErr- > >> > CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- > >> > NonFatalErr+ > >> > AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- > >> > ChkEn- > >> > Capabilities: [148 v1] Virtual Channel > >> > Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 > >> > Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- > >> > Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed > >> > Status: InProgress- > >> > VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- > >> > Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- > >> > Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff > >> > Status: NegoPending- InProgress- > >> > Capabilities: [168 v1] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > >> > Capabilities: [178 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting > >> > Max snoop latency: 15360ns > >> > Max no snoop latency: 15360ns > >> > Capabilities: [180 v1] L1 PM Substates > >> > L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2+ PCI-PM_L1.1+ ASPM_L1.2+ ASPM_L1.1+ > >> > L1_PM_Substates+ > >> > PortCommonModeRestoreTime=50us > >> > PortTPowerOnTime=10us > >> > Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci > >> > Kernel modules: ath10k_pci > >> > > >> >Could anyone give me a hint how I might fix this? 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