To be more correct : older firmware allow more than 1 client at a time ! The two latest do not allow more than 1 client at a time... Regards, Gérald Le 28/09/2021 à 13:26, Gérald Kerma a écrit : > Héllo all, > > A quick reply, just to correct a mistype sentence about the issue ! > > Le 27/09/2021 à 15:47, Josh Boyer a écrit : >> On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 6:43 AM Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Hello Josh, Sharvari and other from NXP! >>> >>> On Saturday 25 September 2021 19:23:48 Gérald Kerma wrote: >>>> Correcting old marvell address to new nxp... >>>> >>>> Le 25/09/2021 à 19:19, Gérald Kerma a écrit : >>>>> Héllo All, >>>>> >>>>> I made some few tests on EspressoBin-Ultra from GlobalScaleTechnologies, >>>>> because of problem with the WiFi. >>>>> >>>>> I have done some quick tests on all the firmware 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 = KO >>>>> - W16.68.1.p195 = KO >>>>> - V16.68.1.p145 = OK >>>>> - 16.68.1.p140 = OK >>>>> - 16.68.1.p133 = OK >>>>> - 16.68.1.p97 = OK >>>>> - 16.68.1.p70 = 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 tested >>> 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 some >>> workaround for it (e.g. at driver level)? Could you please 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 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 >> >>>>> REF (and all details of tests) : >>>>> https://github.com/NXP/mwifiex-firmware/issues/1 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Broken firmware : >>>>> >>>>> Version |W16.68.1.p195| of |pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin| was included into >>>>> linux-firmware repository by this pull request: >>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+5PVA5yQbjg3vaT7F8120B6ngLn7+sZC0OWt0KoUiQR9hS4FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ >>>>> <https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+5PVA5yQbjg3vaT7F8120B6ngLn7+sZC0OWt0KoUiQR9hS4FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/> >>>>> >>>>> And latest version |W16.68.10.p159| of |pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin| by >>>>> this pull request: >>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-firmware/CA+5PVA5on7+CRtEV7tThPxgucwt3W9i-tEXm4cgH-AmMB-Jrtg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ >>>>> <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-firmware/CA+5PVA5on7+CRtEV7tThPxgucwt3W9i-tEXm4cgH-AmMB-Jrtg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/> >>>>> >>>>> Olders looks to works better. >>>>> >>>>> In quick tests, they allow more than 1 clients at a time ! > In quick tests, they do *NOT* allow more than only 1 client at a time ! > >>>>> I am still testing the V16.68.1.p145 and report the results after some >>>>> longer use... >>>>> >>>>> Hopes it will help... >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Gérald Kerma >>>>> gandalf(at)gk2(dot)net > Gérald
