#16589: ATH10k for Tp-Link Archer C7 V2
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Reporter: optimizerapp@… | Owner: developers
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Barrier Breaker (trunk)
Component: packages | Version: Trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by michal.kazior@…):
Replying to [comment:7 anonymous]:
> I am able to reflash the original TP-Link firmware and get the correct
MAC address, which suggests that OTP is not messed up. What do you think ?
Reflashing the TP-Link firmware would not rewrite the OTP, right ? This is
done only in silicon production, right ?
I don't think reflashing touches OTP. Nonetheless it's good that you can
reflash the original firmware.
Did you try to use firmware binaries found on the original TP-Link with
ath10k? Beats me what filenames they have. Maybe athwlan.bin and otp.bin.
For now I consider two options:
1. tp-link firmware is different and it reads/executes otp correctly (this
suggests perhaps a differently stored otp although this is highly
speculative as I have no expertise with this at all)
2. tp-link overrides interface mac address (ifconfig $iface hw ether $mac)
so it's visible with something else than 00:03:07:12:34:56
You (or at least another `anonymous`) mentioned 6mbps throughput with
older OpenWRT build (while ath10k booted the offending card) - how did you
measure it? Was it real throughput measured (e.g. with iperf) or was it
what you saw in output of `iw wlan0 station dump` on AP? If it's the
latter then it's fine, because firmware isn't capable of reporting tx rate
to ath10k so it always states 6mbps.
> I tried the firmware for station (999 version), and the AP firmware.
Both of these are available from the OpenWrt build.
Thanks for claryfing.
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/16589#comment:8>
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