From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1YoDFY-00024b-6z for ath10k@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 01 May 2015 15:53:13 +0000 Message-ID: <5543A152.5050801@candelatech.com> Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 08:52:50 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Which Firmware to use for STA (999.x crashes...) References: In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "ath10k" Errors-To: ath10k-bounces+kvalo=adurom.com@lists.infradead.org To: richard mayers Cc: ath10k@lists.infradead.org Candela firmware should work just fine for stations. And, when reporting throughput, you should also provide details about how you tested (tool, protocol, over-the-air or not, AP involved, etc). Thanks, Ben On 05/01/2015 08:38 AM, richard mayers wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I need to do some 802.11ac measurements. For that I am using the > Compex wle900vx. > > I had a set up in which everything was working quite well, however I > had a maximum throughput of 380Mbits/s ( with all the debug options > enabled ) > > In this first set up I had been using ubuntu 14.04 LTS, kernel version > 3.16, for the driver I used the latest stable backport (3.19) and > finally as a firmware the commercial firmware from Candela Tech > (latest version) in both the AP and STA. > > However, I read in the wiki that the latest firmware version for AP is > the 10.2.4.48, and the Stations should use 999.999.0.63. For this > second set up I changed almost everything: > > - Upgraded kernel to 4.0.1 > - Backported drivers from the git Modinfo output -> (backported from > Linux (v3.2-rc1-243765-ga2ff7c6) using backports > backports-20150424-2-g982) > > AP : 10.2.4.48 firmware > STA : Following the wiki : 999.999.0.63 > > During boot the firmware is loaded without any problem: > > ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c, 0x043202ff) fw > 999.999.0.636 api 2 htt 2.1 wmi 1 cal otp max_sta 16 > > However when I associate with the AP, the firmware crashes. > > [11831.954992] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: firmware crashed! (uuid n/a) > [11831.955031] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c, > 0x043202ff) fw 999.999.0.636 api 2 htt 2.1 wmi 1 cal otp max_sta 16 > [11831.955039] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 > dfs 0 testmode 0 > [11831.957059] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: firmware register dump: > [11831.957068] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [00]: 0x4100016C 0x00000000 > 0x009C4521 0x00000000 > [11831.957076] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [04]: 0x009C4521 0x00060530 > 0x00000019 0x00955A00 > [11831.957084] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [08]: 0x00306862 0x00000000 > 0x0040CC94 0x00000020 > [11831.957091] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [12]: 0x00000000 0x00000000 > 0x00958360 0x0095836B > [11831.957098] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [16]: 0x80991091 0x0040AD94 > 0x0043155C 0x00000000 > [11831.957106] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [20]: 0x0000FFFF 0x00000000 > 0x0043155C 0x00000000 > [11831.957114] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [24]: 0x809A0978 0x0040AD94 > 0x00439484 0xC1A18834 > [11831.957121] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [28]: 0x809AD1A2 0x0040ADE4 > 0x00439484 0x0043FB1C > [11831.957129] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [32]: 0x809B35A3 0x0000001A > 0x00440A50 0x0000000E > [11831.957136] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [36]: 0x00000000 0x00000000 > 0x00000000 0x00000000 > [11831.957143] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [40]: 0x00000000 0x00000000 > 0x00000000 0x00000094 > [11831.957151] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [44]: 0x00439DC8 0x00000000 > 0x00000000 0x00400000 > [11831.957158] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [48]: 0x809AE0B4 0x0040AE04 > 0x00400000 0x0043FB1C > [11831.957166] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [52]: 0x00000001 0x00000000 > 0x00423410 0x00400000 > [11831.957173] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: [56]: 0x809AE17E 0x0040AE44 > 0x0040FE6C 0x0040D310 > [11832.046908] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: failed to synchronize monitor > vdev 1 stop: -108 > [11832.046915] ath10k_pci 0000:0c:00.0: failed to stop monitor vdev: -108 > > I have seen that in the past a lot of people had problems with this > firmware but since years have passed maybe the way of solving have > evolved. > > Apart from that I also got the 00:03:07:12:34:56 MAC address issue. > > Any ideas guys? Should I use the candelatech firmware for the stations ? > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > ath10k mailing list > ath10k@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k > -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k