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boundary="_000_AS8PR04MB8419A1473C69E9869471EC17E0219AS8PR04MB8419eurp_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: nxp.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: AS8PR04MB8419.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 0d28275b-627d-45e0-e399-08d9e1f95e4f X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 28 Jan 2022 00:58:59.4099 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 686ea1d3-bc2b-4c6f-a92c-d99c5c301635 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-mailboxtype: HOSTED X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-userprincipalname: JpgPx4XAQfaVnIq8LKd4UkwZu3iuiyghUJ8waf6YGD48MPGJCGv3sg09YOONWR+5igBD4/+Whs2Z5hiWY2vRuQ== X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: AM4PR0401MB2402 --_000_AS8PR04MB8419A1473C69E9869471EC17E0219AS8PR04MB8419eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi G=E9rald, Pali, For NXP Wi-Fi/BT FW, we only have binary release, which is under proprietar= y license. Regarding the issue, which kind of adapter (PCIe-USB or PCIe-UART) did you = use? Suppose PCIe-USB/PCIe-UART FW may not work on PCIe-UART/PCIe-USB board= . What's the failure symptom? Thanks, James ________________________________ From: G=E9rald Kerma Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 6:50 AM To: Pali Roh=E1r ; James Cao Cc: Prashanth Ranganathan ; Sharvari= Harisangam ; Rakesh Parmar ; Cathy Luo ; Linux Firmware ; Linux Wireless ; Josh Boyer Subject: [EXT] Re: mwifiex 1.0 (16.68.10.p159) - PCIEUSB-8997 firmware is b= uggy Caution: EXT Email H=E9llo James, As Pali wrote, if fimrware requires signing NDA, I can propose my own collaboration to NXP ! I am still okay to help, in anyway, with testing or more... Please, feel free to contact me. G=E9rald Kerma CyberMind.FR gandalf(at)gk2(dot)net 00.33.651.27.66.88 PS: I add my answer which was lost for some of the CC... (sorry)... Le 27/01/2022 =E0 13:15, Pali Roh=E1r a =E9crit : > Hello James! > > Thank you for reply, but this is something which we did not want to hear = :-( > > There is an issue in the latest pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin firmware file > which NXP sent to linux-firmware repository and it is really needed to > fix this issue. It was sent by NXP, so it is expected that NXP do it. > And because it is binary-only file, people outside of NXP cannot do it. > > Would you be able to look at this firmware issue as the last thing? > > Or as G=E9rald wrote, could NXP provide source code of that firmware? So > people outside of NXP could look at it? If firmware requires signing NDA > (either individually or via company), then some professional skilled > kernel developers can do it. Le 27/01/2022 =E0 02:13, G=E9rald Kerma a =E9crit : > H=E9llo James, > > Was it only ever supported ? > > May be NXP can free and share the firmware source to the community, and let anyone who care try to debug it ? > > As far as my tests shown, the mwifiex driver never has work correctly, and none version is sufficiently stable to be state as working. > > Please, NXP, take cares of your end clients ! > Be simple, be smart, be respectuous, give us the source=85 > > Thanks in advance, > G=E9rald Kerma > > [%]<\@~{ > On Wednesday 26 January 2022 23:28:48 James Cao wrote: >> Hi Pali, >> >> NXP doesn't have a plan to support mwifiex driver anymore. How should we= handle this kind of retired project in upstream? >> >> Thanks, >> James >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Pali Roh=E1r >> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 11:30 AM >> To: Prashanth Ranganathan >> Cc: Sharvari Harisangam ; Rakesh Parmar ; Cathy Luo ; James Cao ; Linux Firmware ; Linux Wireless ; G=E9rald Kerma ; Ganapathi Bh= at ; Josh Boyer >> Subject: [EXT] Re: mwifiex 1.0 (16.68.10.p159) - PCIEUSB-8997 firmware i= s buggy >> >> Caution: EXT Email >> >> Hello Prashanth! >> >> Thank you for reply. Did you have a time to check this issue? >> >> G=E9rald did a great testing which shows that version W16.68.1.p195 and >> higher of pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin firmware does not work. >> >> On Friday 14 January 2022 17:11:18 Prashanth Ranganathan wrote: >>> Hi Pali, >>> Please allow me to check this and respond ASAP. >>> Best, >>> Prashanth >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Pali Roh=E1r >>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 9:00 AM >>> To: Sharvari Harisangam ; Rakesh Parmar ; Cathy Luo ; Prashanth Ranganath= an ; James Cao >>> Cc: Linux Firmware ; Linux Wireless ; G=E9rald Kerma ; Ganapathi Bhat = ; Josh Boyer >>> Subject: [EXT] Re: mwifiex 1.0 (16.68.10.p159) - PCIEUSB-8997 firmware = is buggy >>> >>> Caution: EXT Email >>> >>> NXP people: Sharvari, Rakesh, Cathy, Zheng: could you please look at >>> this issue? It is really serous! >>> >>> On Monday 27 September 2021 09:47:23 Josh Boyer wrote: >>>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 6:43 AM Pali Roh=E1r wrote: >>>>> Hello Josh, Sharvari and other from NXP! >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday 25 September 2021 19:23:48 G=E9rald Kerma wrote: >>>>>> Correcting old marvell address to new nxp... >>>>>> >>>>>> Le 25/09/2021 =E0 19:19, G=E9rald Kerma a =E9crit : >>>>>>> H=E9llo All, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I made some few tests on EspressoBin-Ultra from GlobalScaleTechnolo= gies, >>>>>>> because of problem with the WiFi. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have done some quick tests on all the firmware of PCIEUSB-8997 us= ing >>>>>>> the pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin on OpenWrt 21.02.x >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here is a summary of the tests : >>>>>>> - W16.68.10.p159 =3D KO >>>>>>> - W16.68.1.p195 =3D KO >>>>>>> - V16.68.1.p145 =3D OK >>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p140 =3D OK >>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p133 =3D OK >>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p97 =3D OK >>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p70 =3D KO >>>>> From this user test result can be seen that last two versions of >>>>> pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin firmware file for 8997 wifi+bt card with >>>>> official mainline linux kernel driver mwifiex were not properly teste= d >>>>> internally in NXP and are causing serious issues which make 8997 card >>>>> basically unusable. >>>>> >>>>> Sharvari and other NXP developers: Do you have some internal testing = of >>>>> this pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin firmware for PCIe+USB variant of 8997 >>>>> wifi chips? Or are you aware of this issue and do you have in NXP som= e >>>>> workaround for it (e.g. at driver level)? Could you please look at th= is >>>>> serious issue and try to debug firmware and release a new version, as >>>>> this is obvious fatal error in firmware itself? >>>>> >>>>> Josh, how you in linux-firmware repository handle such, I must say, >>>>> "fatal issues"? Wait for vendor fixes or revert problematic commits? = Or >>>>> something else? >>>> We can revert if we need to, but I think it's not quite that simple. >>>> >>>>> Because when users starts upgrading linux-firmware packages in their >>>>> downstream distributions then basically wifi cards on this 8997 chips >>>>> with official mwifiex driver stops working. >>>> The first broken version was committed in Feb of 2019. That's >>>> approaching 3 years ago. Given that this is binary firmware, I have >>>> no idea what else may or may not be included in the updates in the >>>> meantime. >>>> >>>> josh >>> Josh, as G=E9rald wrote, current binary in linux-firmware repository is >>> unusable. And there is no reply from NXP for 3 months. >>> >>> You are right that nobody knows what is in firmware binary, but working >>> binary is at least usable than non-working binary. >>> >>> So I would really suggest to start reverting non-working firmware files >>> if NXP does not respond in few days. >>> >>> G=E9rald, what is your opinion? Do you see other way how to make mainli= ne >>> linux driver work (again)? >>> >>>>>>> REF (and all details of tests) : >>>>>>> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2= Fgithub.com%2FNXP%2Fmwifiex-firmware%2Fissues%2F1&data=3D04%7C01%7Cjame= s.cao%40nxp.com%7C3e471c7a71b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd9= 9c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C637788918532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4= wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=3D= jeHkO95c2IlIftGxZGaTDOj5em2dU%2FCiIcSPM4NitUk%3D&reserved=3D0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Broken firmware : >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Version |W16.68.1.p195| of |pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin| was included = into >>>>>>> linux-firmware repository by this pull request: >>>>>>> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2= Flore.kernel.org%2Fall%2FCA%2B5PVA5yQbjg3vaT7F8120B6ngLn7%2BsZC0OWt0KoUiQR9= hS4FA%40mail.gmail.com%2F&data=3D04%7C01%7Cjames.cao%40nxp.com%7C3e471c= 7a71b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C637= 788918532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzI= iLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=3DtTxWzBFlt0tg1sRwXSapYPdG= 61BME5f%2B3K7dwSUHRZo%3D&reserved=3D0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And latest version |W16.68.10.p159| of |pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin| b= y >>>>>>> this pull request: >>>>>>> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2= Flore.kernel.org%2Flinux-firmware%2FCA%2B5PVA5on7%2BCRtEV7tThPxgucwt3W9i-tE= Xm4cgH-AmMB-Jrtg%40mail.gmail.com%2F&data=3D04%7C01%7Cjames.cao%40nxp.c= om%7C3e471c7a71b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C= 0%7C1%7C637788918532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQ= IjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=3DLNx2xSp39whIN= LxyrkgoyNeb53YjX6s1QjyonB5iJUE%3D&reserved=3D0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Olders looks to works better. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In quick tests, they allow more than 1 clients at a time ! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am still testing the V16.68.1.p145 and report the results after s= ome >>>>>>> longer use... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hopes it will help... >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> G=E9rald Kerma >>>>>>> gandalf(at)gk2(dot)net --_000_AS8PR04MB8419A1473C69E9869471EC17E0219AS8PR04MB8419eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi G=E9rald, Pali= ,

For NXP Wi-Fi/BT FW, we only have binary release, which is under proprietary license.

Regarding the issue, which kind of adapter (PCIe-USB or PCIe-UART) did you use? Suppose PCIe-US= B/PCIe-UART FW may not work on PCIe-UART/PCIe-USB board. What's the failure= symptom?

T= hanks,
James

From: G=E9rald Kerma <ga= ndalf@gk2.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 6:50 AM
To: Pali Roh=E1r <pali@kernel.org>; James Cao <james.cao@nx= p.com>
Cc: Prashanth Ranganathan <prashanthkrishnan.ranganathan@nxp.com&= gt;; Sharvari Harisangam <sharvari.harisangam@nxp.com>; Rakesh Parmar= <rakesh.parmar@nxp.com>; Cathy Luo <xiaohua.luo@nxp.com>; Linu= x Firmware <linux-firmware@kernel.org>; Linux Wireless <linux-wire= less@vger.kernel.org>; Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>
Subject: [EXT] Re: mwifiex 1.0 (16.68.10.p159) - PCIEUSB-8997 firmwa= re is buggy
 
Caution: EXT Email

H=E9llo James,

As Pali wrote, if fimrware requires signing NDA, I can propose my own
collaboration to NXP !

I am still okay to help, in anyway, with testing or more...
Please, feel free to contact me.

G=E9rald Kerma
CyberMind.FR
gandalf(at)gk2(dot)net
00.33.651.27.66.88

PS: I add my answer which was lost for some of the CC... (sorry)...


Le 27/01/2022 =E0 13:15, Pali Roh=E1r a =E9crit :
> Hello James!
>
> Thank you for reply, but this is something which we did not want to he= ar :-(
>
> There is an issue in the latest pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin firmware fil= e
> which NXP sent to linux-firmware repository and it is really needed to=
> fix this issue. It was sent by NXP, so it is expected that NXP do it.<= br> > And because it is binary-only file, people outside of NXP cannot do it= .
>
> Would you be able to look at this firmware issue as the last thing? >
> Or as G=E9rald wrote, could NXP provide source code of that firmware? = So
> people outside of NXP could look at it? If firmware requires signing N= DA
> (either individually or via company), then some professional skilled > kernel developers can do it.
Le 27/01/2022 =E0 02:13, G=E9rald Kerma a =E9crit :
 > H=E9llo James,
 >
 > Was it only ever supported ?
 >
 > May be NXP can free and share the firmware source to the communi= ty,
and let anyone who care try to debug it ?
 >
 > As far as my tests shown, the mwifiex driver never has work
correctly, and none version is sufficiently stable to be state as working.<= br>  >
 > Please, NXP, take cares of your end clients !
 > Be simple, be smart, be respectuous, give us the source=85
 >
 > Thanks in advance,
 > G=E9rald Kerma
 >
 > [%]<\@~{
> On Wednesday 26 January 2022 23:28:48 James Cao wrote:
>> Hi Pali,
>>
>> NXP doesn't have a plan to support mwifiex driver anymore. How sho= uld we handle this kind of retired project in upstream?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Pali Roh=E1r <pali@kernel.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 11:30 AM
>> To: Prashanth Ranganathan <prashanthkrishnan.ranganathan@nxp.co= m>
>> Cc: Sharvari Harisangam <sharvari.harisangam@nxp.com>; Rakes= h Parmar <rakesh.parmar@nxp.com>; Cathy Luo <xiaohua.luo@nxp.com&g= t;; James Cao <james.cao@nxp.com>; Linux Firmware <linux-firmware@= kernel.org>; Linux Wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>; G=E9= rald Kerma <gandalf@gk2.net>; Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi017@gmail.com&g= t;; Josh Boyer <jwboyer@kernel.org>
>> Subject: [EXT] Re: mwifiex 1.0 (16.68.10.p159) - PCIEUSB-8997 firm= ware is buggy
>>
>> Caution: EXT Email
>>
>> Hello Prashanth!
>>
>> Thank you for reply. Did you have a time to check this issue?
>>
>> G=E9rald did a great testing which shows that version W16.68.1.p19= 5 and
>> higher of pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin firmware does not work.
>>
>> On Friday 14 January 2022 17:11:18 Prashanth Ranganathan wrote: >>> Hi Pali,
>>> Please allow me to check this and respond ASAP.
>>> Best,
>>> Prashanth
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Pali Roh=E1r <pali@kernel.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2022 9:00 AM
>>> To: Sharvari Harisangam <sharvari.harisangam@nxp.com>; R= akesh Parmar <rakesh.parmar@nxp.com>; Cathy Luo <xiaohua.luo@nxp.c= om>; Prashanth Ranganathan <prashanthkrishnan.ranganathan@nxp.com>= ; James Cao <james.cao@nxp.com>
>>> Cc: Linux Firmware <linux-firmware@kernel.org>; Linux Wi= reless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>; G=E9rald Kerma <gandalf@g= k2.net>; Ganapathi Bhat <ganapathi017@gmail.com>; Josh Boyer <j= wboyer@kernel.org>
>>> Subject: [EXT] Re: mwifiex 1.0 (16.68.10.p159) - PCIEUSB-8997 = firmware is buggy
>>>
>>> Caution: EXT Email
>>>
>>> NXP people: Sharvari, Rakesh, Cathy, Zheng: could you please l= ook at
>>> this issue? It is really serous!
>>>
>>> On Monday 27 September 2021 09:47:23 Josh Boyer wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 6:43 AM Pali Roh=E1r <pali@kern= el.org> wrote:
>>>>> Hello Josh, Sharvari and other from NXP!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday 25 September 2021 19:23:48 G=E9rald Kerma = wrote:
>>>>>> Correcting old marvell address to new nxp...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 25/09/2021 =E0 19:19, G=E9rald Kerma a =E9crit = :
>>>>>>> H=E9llo All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I made some few tests on EspressoBin-Ultra fro= m GlobalScaleTechnologies,
>>>>>>> because of problem with the WiFi.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have done some quick tests on all the firmwa= re of PCIEUSB-8997 using
>>>>>>> the pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin on OpenWrt 21.02= .x
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is a summary of the tests :
>>>>>>> - W16.68.10.p159 =3D KO
>>>>>>> - W16.68.1.p195 =3D KO
>>>>>>> - V16.68.1.p145 =3D OK
>>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p140 =3D OK
>>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p133 =3D OK
>>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p97 =3D OK
>>>>>>> - 16.68.1.p70 =3D KO
>>>>>  From this user test result can be seen that last= two versions of
>>>>> pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin firmware file for 8997 wifi+b= t card with
>>>>> official mainline linux kernel driver mwifiex were not= properly tested
>>>>> internally in NXP and are causing serious issues which= make 8997 card
>>>>> basically unusable.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sharvari and other NXP developers: Do you have some in= ternal testing of
>>>>> this pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin firmware for PCIe+USB va= riant of 8997
>>>>> wifi chips? Or are you aware of this issue and do you = have in NXP some
>>>>> workaround for it (e.g. at driver level)? Could you pl= ease look at this
>>>>> serious issue and try to debug firmware and release a = new version, as
>>>>> this is obvious fatal error in firmware itself?
>>>>>
>>>>> Josh, how you in linux-firmware repository handle such= , I must say,
>>>>> "fatal issues"? Wait for vendor fixes or rev= ert problematic commits? Or
>>>>> something else?
>>>> We can revert if we need to, but I think it's not quite th= at simple.
>>>>
>>>>> Because when users starts upgrading linux-firmware pac= kages in their
>>>>> downstream distributions then basically wifi cards on = this 8997 chips
>>>>> with official mwifiex driver stops working.
>>>> The first broken version was committed in Feb of 2019.&nbs= p; That's
>>>> approaching 3 years ago.  Given that this is binary f= irmware, I have
>>>> no idea what else may or may not be included in the update= s in the
>>>> meantime.
>>>>
>>>> josh
>>> Josh, as G=E9rald wrote, current binary in linux-firmware repo= sitory is
>>> unusable. And there is no reply from NXP for 3 months.
>>>
>>> You are right that nobody knows what is in firmware binary, bu= t working
>>> binary is at least usable than non-working binary.
>>>
>>> So I would really suggest to start reverting non-working firmw= are files
>>> if NXP does not respond in few days.
>>>
>>> G=E9rald, what is your opinion? Do you see other way how to ma= ke mainline
>>> linux driver work (again)?
>>>
>>>>>>> REF (and all details of tests) :
>>>>>>> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fgithub.= com%2FNXP%2Fmwifiex-firmware%2Fissues%2F1&amp;data=3D04%7C01%7Cjames.ca= o%40nxp.com%7C3e471c7a71b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c= 301635%7C0%7C1%7C637788918532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjA= wMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=3D= jeHkO95c2IlIftGxZGaTDOj5em2dU%2FCiIcSPM4NitUk%3D&amp;reserved=3D0 >>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Broken firmware :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Version |W16.68.1.p195| of |pcieusb8997_combo_= v4.bin| was included into
>>>>>>> linux-firmware repository by this pull request= :
>>>>>>> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Flore.ke= rnel.org%2Fall%2FCA%2B5PVA5yQbjg3vaT7F8120B6ngLn7%2BsZC0OWt0KoUiQR9hS4FA%40= mail.gmail.com%2F&amp;data=3D04%7C01%7Cjames.cao%40nxp.com%7C3e471c7a71= b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C6377889= 18532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJ= BTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=3DtTxWzBFlt0tg1sRwXSapYPdG= 61BME5f%2B3K7dwSUHRZo%3D&amp;reserved=3D0
>>>>>>> <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttp= s%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fall%2FCA%2B5PVA5yQbjg3vaT7F8120B6ngLn7%2BsZC0OW= t0KoUiQR9hS4FA%40mail.gmail.com%2F&amp;data=3D04%7C01%7Cjames.cao%40nxp= .com%7C3e471c7a71b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%= 7C0%7C1%7C637788918532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLC= JQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=3DtTxWzBF= lt0tg1sRwXSapYPdG61BME5f%2B3K7dwSUHRZo%3D&amp;reserved=3D0>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And latest version |W16.68.10.p159| of |pcieus= b8997_combo_v4.bin| by
>>>>>>> this pull request:
>>>>>>> https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Flore.ke= rnel.org%2Flinux-firmware%2FCA%2B5PVA5on7%2BCRtEV7tThPxgucwt3W9i-tEXm4cgH-A= mMB-Jrtg%40mail.gmail.com%2F&amp;data=3D04%7C01%7Cjames.cao%40nxp.com%7= C3e471c7a71b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C= 1%7C637788918532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoi= V2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=3DLNx2xSp39whIN= LxyrkgoyNeb53YjX6s1QjyonB5iJUE%3D&amp;reserved=3D0
>>>>>>> <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur= l=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Flinux-firmware%2FCA%2B5PVA5on7%2BCRtEV7= tThPxgucwt3W9i-tEXm4cgH-AmMB-Jrtg%40mail.gmail.com%2F&amp;data=3D04%7C0= 1%7Cjames.cao%40nxp.com%7C3e471c7a71b14e82d4bd08d9e1a4689d%7C686ea1d3bc2b4c= 6fa92cd99c5c301635%7C0%7C1%7C637788918532760222%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJ= WIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&= amp;sdata=3DLNx2xSp39whINLxyrkgoyNeb53YjX6s1QjyonB5iJUE%3D&amp;reserved= =3D0>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Olders looks to works better.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In quick tests, they allow more than 1 clients= at a time !
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am still testing the V16.68.1.p145 and repor= t the results after some
>>>>>>> longer use...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hopes it will help...
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> G=E9rald Kerma
>>>>>>> gandalf(at)gk2(dot)net

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