Re: wifi: 88W8801: Newest firmware for sd8801_uapsta.bin bug

[Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>]

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Dear Ganapathi and Sharvari

> Hi Pali,
> 
> > On Saturday 08 May 2021 13:29:11 Pali Rohár wrote:  
> > > + Sharvari and Ganapathi
> > > 
> > > To let you know about this mwifiex firmware issue. Could you look
> > > at it?
> > > 
> > > On Friday 07 May 2021 15:17:02 Lukasz Majewski wrote:    
> > > > Dear community,
> > > > 
> > > > I would like to report that the version: 14.68.36.p204 of
> > > > sd8801_uapsta.bin binary (newest, SHA1:
> > > > ecdfcf8e2ca15f5682ab94fd30ba29fb869b24a7) has the issue with
> > > > getting channel info (HostCmd_CMD_STA_CONFIGURE command
> > > > execution).
> > > > 
> > > > As a result the module seems to be stuck and no transmission is
> > > > performed.
> > > > 
> > > > The issue is not present in 14.68.36.p146 verson of the
> > > > firmware. 
> > 
> > And FYI, NXP has newer version 14.76.36.p139 of this
> > sd8801_uapsta.bin firmware in their mwifiex-firmware github
> > repository:
> > 
> > https://github.com/NXP/mwifiex-firmware/commit/c38b125a920a695d360b62e8b1f7fb1c4e1afd46
> > 
> > I hope that Sharvari or Ganapathi brings some light in this
> > issue...  
> 
> Thanks for sharing this issue with NXP developers.
> 
> > 
> > Lukasz, meanwhile could you try to check if this new firmware
> > version has this issue fixed?
> >   
> 
> It looks like the issue is still there (even new errors pops up when
> compared to the original one):
> 
> root@mx6ul:~# dmesg|grep sdio
> [   29.025231] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: info: FW download over, size
> 262660 bytes [   29.310488] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: WLAN FW is
> active [   29.390778] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: CMD_RESP: cmd 0x242
> error, result=0x2 [   29.398245] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1:
> mwifiex_process_cmdresp: cmd 0x242 failed during       initialization
> [   29.707952] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: info: MWIFIEX VERSION:
> mwifiex 1.0 (14.76.36.p139) [   29.717360] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1:
> driver_version = mwifiex 1.0 (14.76.36.p139) 
> 
> root@mx6ul:~# ./tst_sdio.sh 
> + wpa_supplicant -B -i mlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
> + sleep 3
> [  251.425350] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: CMD_RESP: cmd 0x107 error,
> result=0x2
> + udhcpc -i mlan0
> udhcpc: started, v1.31.1
> udhcpc: sending discover
> [  256.476210] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: CMD_RESP: cmd 0x107 error,
> result=0x2 udhcpc: sending discover
> udhcpc: sending discover
> [  261.497057] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: CMD_RESP: cmd 0x107 error,
> result=0x2 [  261.507859] ieee80211 phy0: sched_scan start :
> n_ssids=1 n_match_sets=1 [  261.515872] ieee80211 phy0: n_channels=13
> interval=10 ie_len=0
> 
> 
> Please pay attention to the new "cmd 0x107 error, result=0x2" issue
> with this new FW version.

Is there any update on this issue? Ganapathi and Sharvari, have you
managed to make the STA mode working on with the newest FW for 88W8801 ?

Thanks in advance for sharing the knowledge.

> 
> > > > For reproduction one needs to execute:
> > > > #! /bin/sh
> > > > set -x
> > > > wpa_supplicant -B -i mlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> > > > sleep 3
> > > > dhclient mlan0
> > > > 
> > > > exit 0
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm using the Azurewave AW-NM191NF module (with 88W8801 SoC).
> > > > 
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Lukasz Majewski
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > 
> > > > DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang
> > > > Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194
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> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Lukasz Majewski
> 
> --
> 
> DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
> HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
> Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-59 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email:
> lukma@denx.de



Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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DENX Software Engineering GmbH,      Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk
HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-59 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: lukma@denx.de

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