Hi there, did you had time to look at this issue? Thanks again. > > @team > > Le mar. 24 mars 2020 à 11:50, Equipe Soft <equipe.soft.isere@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : >> >> Thanks a lot Luciano for your answer. >> However something remains a bit strange to me. So let me please ask you the following questions: >> >> Q5) is it normal that Intel AC9260 firmware size is quite different between "older" and "newer" versions ? For example: API46, which includes debug information, is ~1.4MB whereas API38, without debug info, is ~2.5MB (so bigger !?) >> >> Looking at https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi/core_release#core_release, I get: "Core43 Last version for 9260 and 9000" >> Looking at https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi/core_release#devices_not_maintained_in_mainline, I get : " 9260 (Core43)" >> But looking at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/linux-firmware.git/commit/iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode?id=4bebf45872a9818a17e2079118500030a8fa377a, I see: " iwlwifi: update FWs to core47-142 release" >> >> Q6) so previous wiki page says that we shall use driver Core43 release but we can notice that Intel AC9260 firmware is still updated for Core47 . So which driver version should be used ? >> >> Thanks again for your answer. >> Best regards. >> @team >> >> >> Le lun. 23 mars 2020 à 10:30, Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 10:13 +0100, Equipe Soft wrote: >>> > Hello, we really wonder if the version of the firmware we use is the right one. >>> > I put Luca Coelho in copy according to his activity on git about >>> > firmware: thank you for your help Luca. >>> > Best regards. >>> > @team. >>> > >>> > >>> > Le ven. 13 mars 2020 à 11:05, Equipe Soft >>> > <equipe.soft.isere@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : >>> > > Hello, do you have any news about the issue? >>> > > Best regards. >>> > > @team >>> > > Le ven. 6 mars 2020 à 10:33, Equipe Soft <equipe.soft.isere@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : >>> > > > Hello, >>> > > > we are using backport-iwlwifi core45 drivers and latest AC9260 >>> > > > firmware binary blob: >>> > > > latest firmware available in Intel iwlwifi firmware fork: >>> > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/iwlwifi/linux-firmware.git/commit/iwlwifi-9260-th-b0-jf-b0-46.ucode?id=4bebf45872a9818a17e2079118500030a8fa377a >>> > > > 2019-11-28 iwlwifi: update FWs to core47-142 release >>> > > > >>> > > > At runtime, we noticed these log traces: >>> > > > iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Found debug destination: EXTERNAL_DRAM >>> > > > iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Found debug configuration: 0 >>> > > > iwlwifi 0000:01:00.0: Allocated 0x00400000 bytes for firmware monitor. >>> > > > So it seems that it is a debug firmware... >>> > > > >>> > > > Q0) can you please confirm that we can safely use this debug firmware >>> > > > in our product ? >>> >>> You can use this firmware. It's a production firmware and not a >>> debugging version. >>> >>> >>> > > > Q1) is debug mode deliberately enabled in newer firmware or is it an >>> > > > error (maybe like forgotten to disable it) ? >>> >>> It is deliberately enabled. We enable some debugging options by >>> default so they can be extracted if needed. >>> >>> >>> > > > Q2) is there an impact on performance with this debug firmware ? WiFi >>> > > > speed/throughput may be reduced or not ? >>> >>> No, there isn't any impact on performance. >>> >>> >>> > > > Q3) moreover, can you please confirm whether or not WoWLAN (aka >>> > > > Wake-on-WLAN) is working with this debug firmware ? >>> >>> WoWLAN should work fine with this firmware. >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > Q4) is WoWLAN working with any AC9260 firmware version ? and any >>> > > > iwlwifi driver version ? >>> >>> It has been supported for many years now. AC9260 got support for this >>> from the first version of the driver/FW that were publicly released. >>> >>> HTH. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Luca. >>>
