Re: QCA998X not working at all

From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@dd-wrt.com>,
	ath10k@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: QCA998X not working at all
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 08:36:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <570E6774.9000301@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <564E130D.4080201@dd-wrt.com>

On 11/19/2015 10:21 AM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> simple solution.
>
> as for ath9k. otp must be ignored for various chipsets, since they wont return valid results
>
> --- core.c (Revision 2702)
> +++ core.c (Arbeitskopie)
> @@ -1735,9 +1735,8 @@
>
>    ret = ath10k_core_get_board_id_from_otp(ar);
>    if (ret && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> -  ath10k_err(ar, "failed to get board id from otp for qca99x0: %d\n",
> +  ath10k_err(ar, "failed to get board id from otp for qca99x0: %d, ignore\n",
>           ret);
> -  return ret;
>    }
>
>    ret = ath10k_core_fetch_board_file(ar);

I received a report of the same problem reported below from someone using an i7 processor
on some random motherboard.

Same NIC, kernel, and firmware works fine on my systems, so it appears to be platform
dependent somehow.

Did you find a better solution other than just ignoring the OTP failure?

Thanks,
Ben

>
>
>
> Am 19.11.2015 um 18:12 schrieb Sebastian Gottschall:
>> Am 19.11.2015 um 17:13 schrieb Ben Greear:
>>>
>>> git clone git://dmz2.candelatech.com/linux.ath
>> same effect with yours
>>
>>     6.201141] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
>> [    6.201593] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq legacy interrupts 0 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>> [    8.578573] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unable to read from the device
>> [    8.578605] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not execute otp for board id check: -110
>> [    8.583648] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to get board id from otp for qca99x0: -110
>> [    8.591338] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)
>> [    8.600062] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
>> [    8.605600] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: pci irq legacy interrupts 0 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
>> [   10.798574] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: unable to read from the device
>> [   10.798598] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: could not execute otp for board id check: -110
>> [   10.803644] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: failed to get board id from otp for qca99x0: -110
>> [   10.811346] ath10k_pci 0001:01:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)
>>
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Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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