RE: ATH10K and VLAN : Frame with VLAN tag are not sent

["voncken" <cedric.voncken@acksys.fr>]

> >>> [...]
> >>> >> I see no reason why this should fail. The dot1q encapsulation
> >>> >> shouldn't influence how firmware behaves.. but maybe I'm wrong.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> It's still unclear to me what your topology looks like. Perhaps
> >>> >> you're having problem with environmental configuration itself?
> >>> >> Did you try other Wi-Fi device (e.g. ath9k) instead of ath10k?
> >>> > Yes I tested with ath9k wireless card, the same configuration
> works.
> >>> >
> >>> > I did an interesting test. With ostinato software I generate an
> >>> > ICMP
> >>> frame without vlan tag. I changed the ethertype in the frame.
> >>> > I tried with the ethertype 0x800 (IP), 0x801, 0x8892 (PROFINET),
> >>> > 0x8100
> >>> (dot1q), 0x0600. All frames are sent except when the ethertype is
> >>> set to 0x8100. It seems the firmware do not accept the ethertype
> 0x8100.
> >>>
> >>> Interesting. This may suggest firmware actually doesn't handle dot1q
> >>> VLAN tagging properly in NWifi Tx encap mode. Can you try changing
> >>> it to 802.3 encap and re-test, please?
> >>>
> >>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/mac.c
> >>> @@ -3172,7 +3172,7 @@ ath10k_tx_h_get_txmode(struct ath10k *ar,
> >>> struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
> >>>         if (ieee80211_is_data_present(fc) && sta && sta->tdls)
> >>>                 return ATH10K_HW_TXRX_ETHERNET;
> >>>
> >>> -       return ATH10K_HW_TXRX_NATIVE_WIFI;
> >>> +       return ATH10K_HW_TXRX_ETHERNET;
> >>>  }
> >>>
> >>> Note: Your backports may not have the necessary code.. In which case
> >>> it'll be difficult to do this the easy way. If that's the case I
> >>> suggest you get latest backports or generate them yourself from the
> >>> latest kvalo/ath master.
> >> I will try to change my backport. But it is not easy, because I need
> to use a cross-compiler. From openwrt website I can download a backport
> 2015-05-08. I will try to integrate it.
> >>
> >> Do you know how I can generate a tar file for openwrt from kale git
> hub?
> >
> > That's non-trivial as far as I understand. You could try generating a
> > quilt patch in openwrt to update ath10k. Either some sort of manual
> > cherry-picking of the txmode patch for ath10k or create a partial diff
> > (e.g. only drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k) between openwrt backports
> > and kvalo/ath generated backports.
> 
> I've managed to reproduce your problem in my setup.
> 
> With NWifi Txed frames with dot1Q VLAN tagging aren't even sent OTA and
> are reported as not acked by firmware.
> 
> When I changed the Tx encap mode to 802.3 (ethernet) I can see frames OTA
> but they are corrupted 3addr frames with invalid SA/DA addresses.
> I'm guessing this is because firmware expects explicit
> WMI_PEER_ADD_WDS_ENTRY_CMDID to be issued when trying too use 802.3 Tx
> encap with 4addr frames.
> 
In my compat, I intagrated the function ath10k_tx_h_get_txmode (I don't not if it is sufficient). The frame seems be formwarded (in wireshark I can see an encapsuled Ethernet frame). I will work to find where I need to add the flag WMI_PEER_ADD_WDS_ENTRY_CMDID.

Cedric.