Re: Ralink RT5592 5Ghz capability not working

[Alberto Mattea <alberto@mattea.info>]

Hey, thanks for your answer. The device definitely isn't a RT3091, so do you 
think it's some sort of an OEM hybrid? Do you think it would be better to 
report this to the openwrt bugzilla? 

Thanks

In data mar 3 novembre 2015 14:41:35, Xose Vazquez Perez ha scritto:
> Alberto Mattea wrote:
> > this is about the mini-pcie version used in some embedded products
> > (for example the Buffalo WHR-600D and the Asus RP-N53).
> > It has an RT5592 chip and the hardware supports both 2.4 and 5Ghz
> > (5Ghz works with the proprietary driver supplied with the devices),
> > but rt2800pci seems to see only the 2.4 Ghz capability.
> 
> As far as I know, RT5592 PCIe devices are unsupported by rt2800pci.
> 
> > dmesg:
> > 
> > [   14.070000] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5592, rev
> > 0222 detected [   14.080000] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF
> > chipset 0001 detected [   14.100000] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate
> > control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' [  134.420000] ieee80211 phy0:
> > rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2860.bin' [ 
> > 134.460000] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware
> > detected - version: 0.34
> Here is the output of a real RT5592 PCIe device with rt2800pci driver(Feb
> 2013):
> 
> phy1 -> rt2x00_set_chip: Info - Chipset detected - rt: 5592, rf: 000f, rev:
> 0222. phy1 -> rt2800_init_eeprom: Error - Invalid RT chipset 0x5592
> detected. phy1 -> rt2x00lib_probe_dev: Error - Failed to allocate device.
> 
> > The weird thing is that in lspci it is reported as an RT3091, due to the
> > 0x3091 pci device id:
> > 
> > 01:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. RT3091 Wireless 802.11n
> > 1T/2R PCIe [1814:3091]> 
> >         Subsystem: Ralink corp. RT3091 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R PCIe
> >         [1814:3091]
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Ralink corp. Device [1814:5592]
>         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:851a]
>         Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr-
> DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0,
> Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
>         Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
>         Region 0: Memory at fe500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
>         Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
>                 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=375mA
> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0
> DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/32 Maskable- 64bit+
> Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
>         Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, MSI 00
>                 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s
> <512ns, L1 unlimited ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
> DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd-
> ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop- MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128
> bytes DevSta: CorrErr+ UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq+ AuxPwr- TransPend-
> LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <512ns,
> L1 <64us ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
>                 LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain-
> CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed
> 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
> DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis+ DevCtl2: Completion
> Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 2.5GT/s,
> EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -6dB Transmit Margin:
> Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance
> De-emphasis: -6dB
>                 LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB,
> EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1- EqualizationPhase2-,
> EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest- Capabilities: [100 v1]
> Advanced Error Reporting
>                 UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt-
> RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP-
> CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
> UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+
> ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout-
> NonFatalErr+ CEMsk:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout-
> NonFatalErr+ AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, GenCap+ CGenEn- ChkCap+
> ChkEn- Capabilities: [140 v1] Device Serial Number c1-a5-f3-ff-fe-a9-85-30
> > So maybe due to this (i'm not sure), rt2800pci only enables the 2.4 Ghz 
band support:
> Your device does not look like a real RT5592 chip.
> 
> > All this with kernel 3.18 (openwrt 15.05 Chaos Calmer).
> > Any ideas?
> 
> OpenWrt brings _a lot of_ code out upstream kernel.
> Who knows what is running.