support for QCA9377 SDIO (ath10k or ath6kl)

support for QCA9377 SDIO (ath10k or ath6kl)

[Martin Blumenstingl]

Hello,

is there any support for the SDIO chips QCA9377 (and QCA9378) planned?
Would these be supported by ath10k or ath6kl or is a completely new
driver needed?

Some background:
There are some device (Android TV boxes) which are using a QCA9377
wifi chip connected via SDIO. Example: Beelink GT1 (using an Amlogic
S912 SoC) - [0]

The part in question is labeled with AW-CM273SM (could be an AzureWave
module based on the name - but that is pure speculation).
According to some google hits it uses a QCA9377 chip (which would
match with the wifi-fw tarball from Amlogic which recently gained a
"qcom9377" folder).


Regards,
Martin


[0] http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-stick--console-computers/amlogic/beelink-gt1-amlogic-912-2-16gb-t3451068

Re: support for QCA9377 SDIO (ath10k or ath6kl)

[Valo, Kalle]

Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com> writes:

> is there any support for the SDIO chips QCA9377 (and QCA9378) planned?
> Would these be supported by ath10k or ath6kl or is a completely new
> driver needed?

I'm not familiar with the details of QCA9377 SDIO firmware but I assume
ath10k would be the best option for supporting it. We split from the
beginning the core code (ath10k_core.ko) and the PCI code
(ath10k_pci.ko) to make it easier to add new bus support.

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Re: support for QCA9377 SDIO (ath10k or ath6kl)

[Martin Blumenstingl]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Valo, Kalle <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>> is there any support for the SDIO chips QCA9377 (and QCA9378) planned?
>> Would these be supported by ath10k or ath6kl or is a completely new
>> driver needed?
>
> I'm not familiar with the details of QCA9377 SDIO firmware but I assume
> ath10k would be the best option for supporting it. We split from the
> beginning the core code (ath10k_core.ko) and the PCI code
> (ath10k_pci.ko) to make it easier to add new bus support.
ath10k also gained AHB support some months ago, so it seems to allow
for multiple bus types.
however, that is only relevant if the QCA9377 SDIO firmware uses the
same interface as supported by ath10k -> could we get a statement from
the firmware team about this?

is QCA planning to add SDIO support to ath10k or would this have to be
done by a community developer?


Regards,
Martin

Re: support for QCA9377 SDIO (ath10k or ath6kl)

[Valo, Kalle]

Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com> writes:

> is QCA planning to add SDIO support to ath10k or would this have to be
> done by a community developer?

I cannot really comment about company plans.

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Kalle Valo=