ath10k QCA6174 not working -> missing data in board2.bin?

ath10k QCA6174 not working -> missing data in board2.bin?

[Carsten Haitzler]

I've scored myself a new laptop. With that come new problems.

I updated to 4.12.0 to make sure i'm on the latest.

lspci says:

01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

So relevant bits from dmesg:

[  124.268483] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[  124.524661] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f
[  124.524668] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[  124.526309] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 bdced4e9
[  124.590884] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin
[  124.590901] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a
[  125.164076] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
[  125.167113] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118

I've tried firmware-6 from:

  https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0

Specifically firmware-6.bin_WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1. firmware-4.bin also is a no go.

How can I help make this work? I have all the windows .bin's but none of them
match the same header that the Linux fw bin files have (but a chunk of the
binary seems familiar having a quick binary dump of it). There is some
mysterious way of generating the Linux firmware files I can't google for.

I also have some help from the OEM - the engineers who made the laptop (not
the chip wifi maker though). I have already verified which GPIO lines control
RFkill on this device (and they are clear and unkilled by default - both lines
up at 1 and it's confirmed that this means RF is unblocked from the engineers.
It took me a while to figure out their GPIO mapping table/naming onto kernel
GPIO numbering). So the Wifi (an BT actually) should be powered on. It's a
combo chip.

So how can I help. What data do I need to scrounge to provide. How are firmware
files built to work for Linux (based off the windows ones) for ath10k? Any pointers on what to look into and what to poke? This smells of something firmware based and at this point I have no documentation or information about it. Perhaps there are people here who know something?

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Re: ath10k QCA6174 not working -> missing data in board2.bin?

[Carsten Haitzler]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:52:58 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
<raster@rasterman.com> said:

... and info on this? i'm wondering if this variant requires custom firmware? board-2.bin isn't happy and i can't find pointers/info on what this is and where the data came from...

i've built the linux wireless master tree and got firmware-6 working ... but
same results. i can get a bit more out of the qualcomm wifi device if i switch
irq mode:

[  365.108503] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: limiting irq mode to: 1
[  365.108505] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 1 reset_mode 1
[  365.444164] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f
[  365.444166] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[  365.444587] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00014-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 f26d4f5b
[  365.509151] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin
[  365.509167] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a
[  366.084214] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
[  366.087206] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
[  366.087699] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt-ver 3.44 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[  369.119046] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
[  369.231789] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[  369.231790] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[  369.231791] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[  369.231792] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[  369.231792] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[  369.231793] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[  369.981913] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
[  369.984910] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
[  373.172159] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
[  379.572152] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
[  379.686241] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0

there's something up here and i'm not sure where to begin other than "grab the windows driver firmware and use that" ... but i dont know if that's possible or even how to transform it into a usable form.

any advice?

> I've scored myself a new laptop. With that come new problems.
> 
> I updated to 4.12.0 to make sure i'm on the latest.
> 
> lspci says:
> 
> 01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless
> Network Adapter (rev 32)
> 
> So relevant bits from dmesg:
> 
> [  124.268483] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode
> 0 reset_mode 0 [  124.524661] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target
> 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f [  124.524668] ath10k_pci
> 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
> [  124.526309] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver
> WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32
> bdced4e9 [  124.590884] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data
> for
> bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K
> from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin [  124.590901] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0:
> board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a [  125.164076] ath10k_pci
> 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 [  125.167113] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0:
> Unknown eventid: 90118
> 
> I've tried firmware-6 from:
> 
>   https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0
> 
> Specifically firmware-6.bin_WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1. firmware-4.bin
> also is a no go.
> 
> How can I help make this work? I have all the windows .bin's but none of them
> match the same header that the Linux fw bin files have (but a chunk of the
> binary seems familiar having a quick binary dump of it). There is some
> mysterious way of generating the Linux firmware files I can't google for.
> 
> I also have some help from the OEM - the engineers who made the laptop (not
> the chip wifi maker though). I have already verified which GPIO lines control
> RFkill on this device (and they are clear and unkilled by default - both lines
> up at 1 and it's confirmed that this means RF is unblocked from the engineers.
> It took me a while to figure out their GPIO mapping table/naming onto kernel
> GPIO numbering). So the Wifi (an BT actually) should be powered on. It's a
> combo chip.
> 
> So how can I help. What data do I need to scrounge to provide. How are
> firmware files built to work for Linux (based off the windows ones) for
> ath10k?
> 
> -- 
> ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------
> The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    raster@rasterman.com
> 


-- 
------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------
The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    raster@rasterman.com

Re: ath10k QCA6174 not working -> missing data in board2.bin?

[Carsten Haitzler]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:52:58 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
<raster@rasterman.com> said:

i've built the linux wireless master tree and got firmware-6 working ... but
same results. i can get a bit more out of the qualcomm wifi device if i switch
irq mode:

[  365.108503] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: limiting irq mode to: 1
[  365.108505] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 1 reset_mode 1
[  365.444164] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f
[  365.444166] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[  365.444587] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00014-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 f26d4f5b
[  365.509151] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin
[  365.509167] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a
[  366.084214] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
[  366.087206] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
[  366.087699] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt-ver 3.44 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[  369.119046] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
[  369.231789] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[  369.231790] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[  369.231791] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[  369.231792] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[  369.231792] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[  369.231793] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[  369.981913] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
[  369.984910] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118
[  373.172159] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
[  379.572152] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
[  379.686241] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0

there's something up here and i'm not sure where to begin other than "grab the windows driver firmware and use that" ... but i dont know if that's possible or even how to transform it into a usable form.

any advice?

> I've scored myself a new laptop. With that come new problems.
> 
> I updated to 4.12.0 to make sure i'm on the latest.
> 
> lspci says:
> 
> 01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless
> Network Adapter (rev 32)
> 
> So relevant bits from dmesg:
> 
> [  124.268483] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode
> 0 reset_mode 0 [  124.524661] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target
> 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f [  124.524668] ath10k_pci
> 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
> [  124.526309] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver
> WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32
> bdced4e9 [  124.590884] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data
> for
> bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K
> from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin [  124.590901] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0:
> board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a [  125.164076] ath10k_pci
> 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 [  125.167113] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0:
> Unknown eventid: 90118
> 
> I've tried firmware-6 from:
> 
>   https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0
> 
> Specifically firmware-6.bin_WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1. firmware-4.bin
> also is a no go.
> 
> How can I help make this work? I have all the windows .bin's but none of them
> match the same header that the Linux fw bin files have (but a chunk of the
> binary seems familiar having a quick binary dump of it). There is some
> mysterious way of generating the Linux firmware files I can't google for.
> 
> I also have some help from the OEM - the engineers who made the laptop (not
> the chip wifi maker though). I have already verified which GPIO lines control
> RFkill on this device (and they are clear and unkilled by default - both lines
> up at 1 and it's confirmed that this means RF is unblocked from the engineers.
> It took me a while to figure out their GPIO mapping table/naming onto kernel
> GPIO numbering). So the Wifi (an BT actually) should be powered on. It's a
> combo chip.
> 
> So how can I help. What data do I need to scrounge to provide. How are
> firmware files built to work for Linux (based off the windows ones) for
> ath10k?
> 
> -- 
> ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------
> The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    raster@rasterman.com
> 


-- 
------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------
The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    raster@rasterman.com

ath10k QCA6174 not working -> missing data in board2.bin?

[Carsten Haitzler]

I've scored myself a new laptop. With that come new problems.

I updated to 4.12.0 to make sure i'm on the latest.

lspci says:

01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

So relevant bits from dmesg:

[  124.268483] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[  124.524661] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 144d:c14f
[  124.524668] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[  124.526309] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 bdced4e9
[  124.590884] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=144d,subsystem-device=c14f,variant=K from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin
[  124.590901] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a
[  125.164076] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809
[  125.167113] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118

I've tried firmware-6 from:

  https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0

Specifically firmware-6.bin_WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00008-QCARMSWP-1. firmware-4.bin also is a no go.

How can I help make this work? I have all the windows .bin's but none of them
match the same header that the Linux fw bin files have (but a chunk of the
binary seems familiar having a quick binary dump of it). There is some
mysterious way of generating the Linux firmware files I can't google for.

I also have some help from the OEM - the engineers who made the laptop (not
the chip wifi maker though). I have already verified which GPIO lines control
RFkill on this device (and they are clear and unkilled by default - both lines
up at 1 and it's confirmed that this means RF is unblocked from the engineers.
It took me a while to figure out their GPIO mapping table/naming onto kernel
GPIO numbering). So the Wifi (an BT actually) should be powered on. It's a
combo chip.

So how can I help. What data do I need to scrounge to provide. How are firmware
files built to work for Linux (based off the windows ones) for ath10k?

-- 
------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" --------------
The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    raster@rasterman.com