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Re: AR6103G Linux kernel 3.4.5 problems

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Hi,

Aleš Voda <AVoda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> We have some custom board equipped with AR6103G using SDIO as hif and
> are having problems with AR6103 not starting after downloading the
> firmware. Linux kernel being used is 3.4.5. As it is apparent from the
> console output attached, the fw related files are downloaded and a
> timeout occurs after uploading data patch file to the chip. After
> removing ath6kl_sdio driver and renaming fw-2 and fw-3

Why do you need to rename the firmware files? What version of ath6kl are
you using? Where did you get it? 

> are so they can not be found and loaded, timeout during fw uploads
> doesn't occur anymore after insertion of the ath6kl_sdio module, but
> there is a HW startup failure while awaiting CTRL message from the
> chip (err = -EIO). The firmware for the chip has been downloaded from
> the kernel firmware git repository.
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git;a=tree;f=
> ath6k/AR6003/hw2.1.1;hb=HEAD

You should be using fw-3.bin. Better to remove athwlan.bin and fw-2.bin
altogether from your platform.

> What could be the problem? If you need any additional info please do
> not hesitate to contact me.

I think I don't have AR6103 myself. I'm not sure if it has some
differences compared to AR6003, that's one possibility as well.

-- 
Kalle Valo
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