Hi Simon, On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:59:31 AM CEST Valo, Kalle wrote: >> Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > we have done some experiments last week on ath10k, trying to run mesh >> > (802.11s) and access point at the same time, both encrypted. >> > >> > We have tested a recent LEDE (reboot-1519-g42f559e) but with >> > firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.42-2 and the included wpa_supplicant, which gave >> > us a working encrypted 802.11s network. However, starting an AP at the >> > same time didn't work (AP doesn't beacon). This wasn't a problem when >> > 802.11s was running unencrypted. >> > >> > We also tested version 10.2.4.97 (from codeaurora), which is now default >> > in >> > LEDE. However, this version apparently doesn't support 11s mesh at all >> > (WMI_SERVICE_MESH_11S is disabled in the service map, but cfg/mac80211 >> > advertises support). >> > >> > So here are my questions: >> > * Did anyone succesfully run AP and mesh, both encrypted at the same >> > time? >> > * Do you have any pointers how we could fix this? Could it be fixable in >> > the> >> > driver (i.e. not in firmware)? >> > >> > * Does anyone have an idea if 11s will be supported in future versions? I >> > >> > didn't find any changelogs, but having 11s mode no longer in the service >> > map does not make me optimistic. >> >> Why is LEDE using 10.2.4.97? It seems to be a quite old release and I >> have no knowledge if anyone even tests that firmware branch with ath10k. >> I recommend to only use firmware releases from ath10k-firmware.git as we >> use those internally with ath10k. In any case, don't make any >> assumptions about future from that firmware branch as it's so old. Thanks for clarifying this. > This was introduced in December 25th, 2015 after some firmware-related > problems. I'm CC'ing Martin Blumenstingl who suggested this change. > > Since then, ath10k is pulling firmware from here (unless ct firmware is used): > > https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/qsdk/oss/firmware/ath10k-firmware/plain/ > 10.2.4/firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.97-1 I initially updated to version 10.2.4.70.13-2, but we decided to update to the "latest" firmware back then (see the thread at [0]) With the explanation from Kalle it makes sense to only use the firmware binaries distributed in his repo (to ensure that the firmware is tested by QCA's internal team). > However, I don't understand the numbering? 10.2.4.97 > 10.2.4.70, but you say > 10.2.4.70.42-2 is more recent? I would have assumed otherwise from the > numbers. That looks strange to me as well as a side-note: I am currently preparing and testing a patch to update the ath10k-firmware in LEDE to 10.2.4.70.52 Regards, Martin [0] https://www.mail-archive.com/openwrt-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg35623.html
