Hi,
I tried brcmfmac on a Raspberry Pi 4 with OpenWrt master and ran into
some problems.
By default the following /etc/config/wireless is generated:
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config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path
'platform/soc/fe300000.mmcnr/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:0001/mmc1:0001:1'
option channel '36'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'VHT80'
option disabled '1'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'OpenWrt'
option encryption 'none'
----------
When I activate this configuration I get some error messages:
uci set wireless.@wifi-device[0].disabled=0
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19:34:43 2021 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (1261): command failed: No
error information (-524)
19:34:43 2021 daemon.notice netifd: radio0 (1261): command failed: I/O
error (-5)
19:34:44 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: Configuration file:
/var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf (phy wlan0) --> new PHY
19:34:44 2021 kern.info kernel: [ 25.561489] br-lan: port 2(wlan0)
entered blocking state
19:34:44 2021 kern.info kernel: [ 25.566824] br-lan: port 2(wlan0)
entered disabled state
19:34:44 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state
UNINITIALIZED->HT_SCAN
19:34:44 2021 kern.info kernel: [ 25.572438] device wlan0 entered
promiscuous mode
19:34:44 2021 daemon.err hostapd: nl80211: kernel reports: (extension)
channel is disabled
19:34:44 2021 daemon.err hostapd: Could not set channel for kernel driver
19:34:44 2021 daemon.err hostapd: Interface initialization failed
19:34:44 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state
HT_SCAN->DISABLED
19:34:44 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
19:34:45 2021 daemon.err odhcpd[746]: Failed to send to
ff02::1%lan@br-lan (Address not available)
19:34:45 2021 daemon.notice netifd: Wireless device 'radio0' is now up
------------------
The "command failed" error messages are not a problem, they are caused
by these iw commands:
iw phy "$phy" set antenna $txantenna $rxantenna >/dev/null 2>&1
and
iw phy "$phy" set txpower auto
The real problem is this here:
19:34:44 2021 daemon.err hostapd: nl80211: kernel reports: (extension)
channel is disabled
The driver supports the following frequencies:
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iw phy phy0 info
......
Frequencies:
* 5170 MHz [34] (disabled)
* 5180 MHz [36] (20.0 dBm)
* 5190 MHz [38] (disabled)
* 5200 MHz [40] (20.0 dBm)
* 5210 MHz [42] (disabled)
* 5220 MHz [44] (20.0 dBm)
* 5230 MHz [46] (disabled)
* 5240 MHz [48] (20.0 dBm)
* 5260 MHz [52] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5280 MHz [56] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5300 MHz [60] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
* 5320 MHz [64] (20.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
......
-------------------
My hostapd configuration in /tmp/run/hostapd-phy0.conf contains this
setting:
vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx=42
This channel is not allows by the firmware used on this chip.
When I set the htmode to VHT20, it does not use
vht_oper_centr_freq_seg0_idx and hostapd get further.
uci set wireless.@wifi-device[0].htmode="VHT20"
It would be nice if the default configuration would work, we could
detect if the vht center frequency is not allowed and use VHT20
otherwise, but I do not really know how to implement this here:
package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/wifi/mac80211.sh
Now I get the next problem. ;-)
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19:48:13 2021 kern.info kernel: [ 40.258130] device wlan0 entered
promiscuous mode
19:48:13 2021 daemon.err hostapd: Failed to initialize QoS Map
19:48:13 2021 daemon.warn hostapd: wlan0: Could not connect to kernel driver
19:48:13 2021 daemon.err hostapd: Interface initialization failed
19:48:13 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: interface state
UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
19:48:13 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan0: AP-DISABLED
----------------
The brcmfmac driver does not implement the set_qos_map callback and
hostapd fails. If this feature is supported by the driver it is returned
by the iw-full in "iw phy phy0 info".
When I deactivate the iw_qos_map_set the wifi interface finally starts up:
uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].iw_qos_map_set="none"
When I use psk2 encryption I am able to connect to the AP, I haven't
tried open AP.
When I use the sae-mixed encryption, I am unable to connect to the AP
with an old Intel card and a Pixel 3A phone. When when I change it back
to psk2 I am still unable to connect. I have to reboot the Raspberry Pi
4 to make the AP work again.
I do not really plan to further debug this I just want to document my
findings. This was done with OpenWrt r18161.
Hauke
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