* ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
@ 2016-08-24 3:57 Xuebing Wang
2016-08-24 6:13 ` Michal Kazior
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From: Xuebing Wang @ 2016-08-24 3:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kalle Valo, ath10k
Hi Kalle,
I cloned your ath10k-firmware from your github. Would you please advise
what are the differences of hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 for
qca6174? Does hw3.0/firmware-4 support Monitor Mode?
I have a wlan card with BMI version (QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION 0x05010000)
and Monitor Mode works no problem with latest kernel v4.8-rc2.
I have another wlan card with (QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION 0x05030000). I am
trying to back-port ath10k from v4.8-rc2 to 3.10.73 for this HW_3_2
QCA6174 wlan card. Virtual interface (mon0) can be added and brought-up,
but tcpdump can not capture any packets. I am wondering if it could be
related to (hw2.1/firmware-5 vs hw3.0/firmware-4)?
I can not try v4.8-rc2 for this HW_3_2 wlan card, because it is used in
an android phone.
Thanks a lot for your help.
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* Re: ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
2016-08-24 3:57 ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 Xuebing Wang
@ 2016-08-24 6:13 ` Michal Kazior
2016-08-24 9:11 ` Xuebing Wang
2016-09-05 2:56 ` Xuebing Wang
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From: Michal Kazior @ 2016-08-24 6:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xuebing Wang; +Cc: Kalle Valo, ath10k
On 24 August 2016 at 05:57, Xuebing Wang <xbing6@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kalle,
>
> I cloned your ath10k-firmware from your github. Would you please advise what
> are the differences of hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 for qca6174?
> Does hw3.0/firmware-4 support Monitor Mode?
>
> I have a wlan card with BMI version (QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION 0x05010000) and
> Monitor Mode works no problem with latest kernel v4.8-rc2.
>
> I have another wlan card with (QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION 0x05030000). I am
> trying to back-port ath10k from v4.8-rc2 to 3.10.73 for this HW_3_2 QCA6174
> wlan card. Virtual interface (mon0) can be added and brought-up, but tcpdump
> can not capture any packets. I am wondering if it could be related to
> (hw2.1/firmware-5 vs hw3.0/firmware-4)?
Official hw3.x's firmware supports full rx offload. Rx event used to
deliver frames is very specialized effectively preventing sniffing /
monitor operation.
I don't know if there's any way around it without getting your hands
on firmware build that doesn't have the full rx offload compiled in
(assuming such a build even exists).
Michał
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* Re: ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
2016-08-24 6:13 ` Michal Kazior
@ 2016-08-24 9:11 ` Xuebing Wang
2016-08-24 9:57 ` Xuebing Wang
2016-08-30 8:03 ` Valo, Kalle
2016-09-05 2:56 ` Xuebing Wang
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From: Xuebing Wang @ 2016-08-24 9:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michal Kazior; +Cc: Kalle Valo, Stanislaw Gruszka, marcus Wright, ath10k
Hi Michal, thanks.
Hi Kalle,
Is there a version of hw3.0 firmware (without Rx offloading) for me to
give a try of Monitor Mode on qca6174 hw3.2 chip? Thanks.
xuebing
On 08/24/2016 02:13 PM, Michal Kazior wrote:
> On 24 August 2016 at 05:57, Xuebing Wang <xbing6@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Kalle,
>>
>> I cloned your ath10k-firmware from your github. Would you please advise what
>> are the differences of hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 for qca6174?
>> Does hw3.0/firmware-4 support Monitor Mode?
>>
>> I have a wlan card with BMI version (QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION 0x05010000) and
>> Monitor Mode works no problem with latest kernel v4.8-rc2.
>>
>> I have another wlan card with (QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION 0x05030000). I am
>> trying to back-port ath10k from v4.8-rc2 to 3.10.73 for this HW_3_2 QCA6174
>> wlan card. Virtual interface (mon0) can be added and brought-up, but tcpdump
>> can not capture any packets. I am wondering if it could be related to
>> (hw2.1/firmware-5 vs hw3.0/firmware-4)?
> Official hw3.x's firmware supports full rx offload. Rx event used to
> deliver frames is very specialized effectively preventing sniffing /
> monitor operation.
>
> I don't know if there's any way around it without getting your hands
> on firmware build that doesn't have the full rx offload compiled in
> (assuming such a build even exists).
>
>
> Michał
>
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* Re: ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
2016-08-24 9:11 ` Xuebing Wang
@ 2016-08-24 9:57 ` Xuebing Wang
2016-08-30 8:03 ` Valo, Kalle
1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Xuebing Wang @ 2016-08-24 9:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michal Kazior, Stanislaw Gruszka; +Cc: Kalle Valo, marcus Wright, ath10k
Hi Michal, Stanislaw and community,
Are you aware of any WLAN card with qca6174 hw3.2 chip (BMI version
signatures = 0x05030000 = QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION), so I can buy one to
test on Linux PC with upstream kernel, to ensure hw3.0 firmware (not
hw2.1 firmware) (hopefully without Rx offloading) works with Monitor Mode?
Thanks.
xuebing
On 08/24/2016 05:11 PM, Xuebing Wang wrote:
> Hi Michal, thanks.
>
>
> Hi Kalle,
>
> Is there a version of hw3.0 firmware (without Rx offloading) for me to
> give a try of Monitor Mode on qca6174 hw3.2 chip? Thanks.
>
> xuebing
>
> On 08/24/2016 02:13 PM, Michal Kazior wrote:
>> On 24 August 2016 at 05:57, Xuebing Wang <xbing6@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Kalle,
>>>
>>> I cloned your ath10k-firmware from your github. Would you please
>>> advise what
>>> are the differences of hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 for
>>> qca6174?
>>> Does hw3.0/firmware-4 support Monitor Mode?
>>>
>>> I have a wlan card with BMI version (QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION
>>> 0x05010000) and
>>> Monitor Mode works no problem with latest kernel v4.8-rc2.
>>>
>>> I have another wlan card with (QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION 0x05030000). I am
>>> trying to back-port ath10k from v4.8-rc2 to 3.10.73 for this HW_3_2
>>> QCA6174
>>> wlan card. Virtual interface (mon0) can be added and brought-up, but
>>> tcpdump
>>> can not capture any packets. I am wondering if it could be related to
>>> (hw2.1/firmware-5 vs hw3.0/firmware-4)?
>> Official hw3.x's firmware supports full rx offload. Rx event used to
>> deliver frames is very specialized effectively preventing sniffing /
>> monitor operation.
>>
>> I don't know if there's any way around it without getting your hands
>> on firmware build that doesn't have the full rx offload compiled in
>> (assuming such a build even exists).
>>
>>
>> Michał
>>
>
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* Re: ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
2016-08-24 9:11 ` Xuebing Wang
2016-08-24 9:57 ` Xuebing Wang
@ 2016-08-30 8:03 ` Valo, Kalle
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From: Valo, Kalle @ 2016-08-30 8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xuebing Wang; +Cc: ath10k, Stanislaw Gruszka, michal.kazior, marcus Wright
Xuebing Wang <xbing6@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Kalle,
>
> Is there a version of hw3.0 firmware (without Rx offloading) for me to
> give a try of Monitor Mode on qca6174 hw3.2 chip? Thanks.
I haven't heard anything like that, most likely not. But I'm no firmware
expert.
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* Re: ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
2016-08-24 6:13 ` Michal Kazior
2016-08-24 9:11 ` Xuebing Wang
@ 2016-09-05 2:56 ` Xuebing Wang
2016-09-07 23:25 ` Xuebing Wang
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From: Xuebing Wang @ 2016-09-05 2:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michal Kazior, Kalle Valo; +Cc: ath10k
On 08/24/2016 02:13 PM, Michal Kazior wrote:
> On 24 August 2016 at 05:57, Xuebing Wang <xbing6@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Kalle,
>>
>> I cloned your ath10k-firmware from your github. Would you please advise what
>> are the differences of hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 for qca6174?
>> Does hw3.0/firmware-4 support Monitor Mode?
>>
>> I have a wlan card with BMI version (QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION 0x05010000) and
>> Monitor Mode works no problem with latest kernel v4.8-rc2.
>>
>> I have another wlan card with (QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION 0x05030000). I am
>> trying to back-port ath10k from v4.8-rc2 to 3.10.73 for this HW_3_2 QCA6174
>> wlan card. Virtual interface (mon0) can be added and brought-up, but tcpdump
>> can not capture any packets. I am wondering if it could be related to
>> (hw2.1/firmware-5 vs hw3.0/firmware-4)?
> Official hw3.x's firmware supports full rx offload. Rx event used to
> deliver frames is very specialized effectively preventing sniffing /
> monitor operation.
>
> I don't know if there's any way around it without getting your hands
> on firmware build that doesn't have the full rx offload compiled in
> (assuming such a build even exists).
>
>
> Michał
Hi Michal,
I confirm hw3.0 firmware does not support monitor mode, on kernel 4.8.0-rc2.
I got one Killer 1535 wlan card (with qca6174 hw3.2), monitor mode does
not work. I do use monitor mode on hw2.1 qca6174 and ath9k many times.
dmesg shows:
------
qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 1a56:1535
kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0 testmode 0
firmware ver WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 features
wowlan,ignore-otp,no-4addr-pad crc32 75dee6c5
board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 46b57247
------
Also, I can not set hw3.x firmware monitor mode to a specific freq as
below. I am using Ubuntu 16.04.1 with kernel 4.8.0-rc2.
------
$ sudo iw dev mon0 set freq 2462
$ iwconfig mon0
mon0 IEEE 802.11 Mode:Monitor Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:on
------
HI Kalle,
Do you consider this hw3.0 firmware does not support monitor mode a
firmware bug?
Thanks.
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* Re: ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
2016-09-05 2:56 ` Xuebing Wang
@ 2016-09-07 23:25 ` Xuebing Wang
2016-09-08 5:13 ` Valo, Kalle
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From: Xuebing Wang @ 2016-09-07 23:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kalle Valo; +Cc: Michal Kazior, ath10k
On 09/05/2016 10:56 AM, Xuebing Wang wrote:
> On 08/24/2016 02:13 PM, Michal Kazior wrote:
>> On 24 August 2016 at 05:57, Xuebing Wang <xbing6@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Kalle,
>>>
>>> I cloned your ath10k-firmware from your github. Would you please
>>> advise what
>>> are the differences of hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4 for
>>> qca6174?
>>> Does hw3.0/firmware-4 support Monitor Mode?
>>>
>>> I have a wlan card with BMI version (QCA6174_HW_2_1_VERSION
>>> 0x05010000) and
>>> Monitor Mode works no problem with latest kernel v4.8-rc2.
>>>
>>> I have another wlan card with (QCA6174_HW_3_2_VERSION 0x05030000). I am
>>> trying to back-port ath10k from v4.8-rc2 to 3.10.73 for this HW_3_2
>>> QCA6174
>>> wlan card. Virtual interface (mon0) can be added and brought-up, but
>>> tcpdump
>>> can not capture any packets. I am wondering if it could be related to
>>> (hw2.1/firmware-5 vs hw3.0/firmware-4)?
>> Official hw3.x's firmware supports full rx offload. Rx event used to
>> deliver frames is very specialized effectively preventing sniffing /
>> monitor operation.
>>
>> I don't know if there's any way around it without getting your hands
>> on firmware build that doesn't have the full rx offload compiled in
>> (assuming such a build even exists).
>>
>>
>> Michał
>
> Hi Michal,
>
> I confirm hw3.0 firmware does not support monitor mode, on kernel
> 4.8.0-rc2.
>
> I got one Killer 1535 wlan card (with qca6174 hw3.2), monitor mode
> does not work. I do use monitor mode on hw2.1 qca6174 and ath9k many
> times.
>
> dmesg shows:
> ------
> qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 1a56:1535
> kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0 testmode 0
> firmware ver WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 features
> wowlan,ignore-otp,no-4addr-pad crc32 75dee6c5
> board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 46b57247
> ------
>
> Also, I can not set hw3.x firmware monitor mode to a specific freq as
> below. I am using Ubuntu 16.04.1 with kernel 4.8.0-rc2.
> ------
> $ sudo iw dev mon0 set freq 2462
> $ iwconfig mon0
> mon0 IEEE 802.11 Mode:Monitor Tx-Power=0 dBm
> Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Power Management:on
> ------
>
>
> HI Kalle,
>
> Do you consider this hw3.0 firmware does not support monitor mode a
> firmware bug?
>
> Thanks.
Hi Kalle,
For unknown reasons, previous email bounced back. It did successfully
went to ath10k mailing list.
Do you consider this hw3.0 firmware does not support monitor mode a
firmware bug, or do you see any chance to add a way to configure
firmware to enable Monitor Mode? Thanks.
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* Re: ath10k: qca6174 firmware: difference between hw2.1/firmware-5 and hw3.0/firmware-4
2016-09-07 23:25 ` Xuebing Wang
@ 2016-09-08 5:13 ` Valo, Kalle
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From: Valo, Kalle @ 2016-09-08 5:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xuebing Wang; +Cc: michal.kazior, ath10k
Xuebing Wang <xbing6@gmail.com> writes:
>> Do you consider this hw3.0 firmware does not support monitor mode a
>> firmware bug?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> For unknown reasons, previous email bounced back. It did successfully
> went to ath10k mailing list.
I did get it, I just didn't have a chance to reply yet.
> Do you consider this hw3.0 firmware does not support monitor mode a
> firmware bug, or do you see any chance to add a way to configure
> firmware to enable Monitor Mode? Thanks.
Not a bug but more like QCA6174 firmware is missing a very useful
feature. But my opinion doesn't really matter here as I'm not part of
the firmware team, I just deliver their releases. The firmware team
makes the decisions what features include to their releases.
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