From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173] helo=mail3.candelatech.com) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1i7grm-0007GB-6w for ath10k@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2019 14:11:35 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath10k: restore QCA9880-AR1A (v1) detection References: <20190906215423.23589-1-chunkeey@gmail.com> <20190907214359.1C52A21835@mail.kernel.org> <87h85kfwfn.fsf@codeaurora.org> From: Ben Greear Message-ID: Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 07:11:32 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Sender: "ath10k" Errors-To: ath10k-bounces+kvalo=adurom.com@lists.infradead.org To: Sebastian Gottschall , ath10k@lists.infradead.org On 09/10/2019 06:51 AM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote: > the tplink archer c7 v1 indeed has this hw 1 version. but thats the only device i know comming with this chipset version > but the v1 has also a minipcie slot and is not soldered like all other revisions. so i just replaced the card on my test device. > in addition we may ask ben grear if he is able to provide a v1 firmware from his ct tree since the qca sourcecodes do contain support > for the v1 revision. but dont expect too much. there was a reason why v1 was never really on the market Hello, I don't think I can even build a v1 firmware if I wanted to, and I'd much rather work on newer chips. That v1 was an unstable wreck from the beginning, at least with open-source driver. Thanks, Ben > > Am 10.09.2019 um 14:59 schrieb Tom Psyborg: >> On 10/09/2019, Kalle Valo wrote: >>> (dropping stable list) >>> >>> Tom Psyborg writes: >>> >>>> According to this very old post >>>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2013-July/000021.html >>>> seems like you've been misinformed on amount of these cards that were >>>> put out in the market. >>>> >>>> At least digipart only have >40000 units in stocks >>>> https://www.digipart.com/part/QCA9880-AR1A and other retailers >>>> probably few thousands more. >>>> >>>> With that large amount of cards I think it is justified to request >>>> firmware support for the chip. And probably a lot easier to make few >>>> firmware modifications than go hacking a bunch of API calls so it >>>> works with v2 firmware. >>> I'm very surprised that QCA9880 hw1.0 boards are still available, after >>> six years. Did you confirm that it really is hw1.0 and not just some >>> mixup with hardware ids or something like that? >> Print on the chip clearly says QCA9880-AR1A. ID same as for v2 - 003C. >> >>> old hw1.0 firmware to see if it works. >> I don't know which fw blob version that is. I could not find it >> online. All files are v2 related. >> >>> But if it's really is hw1.0 I doubt there will be any support for that. >>> I recommend to avoid hw1.0 altogether. >>> >>> -- >>> Kalle Valo >>> >> That would be too bad, even worse when you find out that >> qca-wifi-10.2.4.58.1 driver fails to load firmware too. The only one >> that works is qca-wifi that comes with tp-link firmware, some very >> early version 10.0.108 or somtehing like that that has no available >> sources.. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ath10k mailing list >> ath10k@lists.infradead.org >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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