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Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: net: wireless: ath10k: add qcom,no-msa-ready-indicator prop

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On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 at 14:31, Marc Gonzalez <mgonzalez@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 13/03/2024 16:53, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 at 17:09, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> >
> >> On 05/03/2024 20:20, Kalle Valo wrote:
> >>
> >>> Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I need to build a kernel + rootfs + FW to test the proposed solution,
> >>>> then I can spin a formal submission.
> >>>
> >>> Yeah, please do test this to make sure we are not missing anything :)
> >>
> >> I used buildroot ( https://buildroot.org ) to generate a kernel + rootfs
> >> for my board (a variation of qcom/msm8998-mtp.dts)
> >>
> >> Not sure if I must use the vendor FW blobs? Or if I can use the blobs
> >> from linux-firmware-20240115.tar.xz (as supported by BR2).
> >>
> >>
> >> All I see from the ath10k driver (with debugging cranked to the max) is:
> >>
> >> [    0.539801] ath10k_snoc 18800000.wifi: Adding to iommu group 0
> >> [    0.541941] ath10k_snoc 18800000.wifi: snoc xo-cal-data return -22
> >> [    0.543633] ath10k_snoc 18800000.wifi: supply vdd-3.3-ch1 not found, using dummy regulator
> >> [    0.544002] ath10k_snoc 18800000.wifi: qmi msa.paddr: 0x0000000094400000 , msa.vaddr: 0x(____ptrval____)
> >> [    0.544271] ath10k_snoc 18800000.wifi: snoc probe
> >>
> >>
> >> # ip link
> >> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue qlen 1000
> >>     link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> >> 2: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
> >>     link/ether 34:27:92:82:48:ec brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >>
> >> No wlan device at this point.
> >
> > Do you have pd-mapper, rmtfs and tqftpserv running? You also need to
> > have wlanmdsp.mbn in the same directory as modem.mbn for your platform
> > (see how this is handled for sdm845).
> > If these points are implemented and you still don't have the wlan,
> > please check for tqftpserv messages in syslog.
>
> I first tried using buildroot, which doesn't package these tools AFAICT.
> I have now generated a debian rootfs, which does package them.
>
>
> >> I got shell-shock from reading these setup steps:
> >>
> >> https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Snapdragon_835_(MSM8998)#WLAN
> >> https://github.com/jhugo/linux/blob/5.5rc2_wifi/README
> >
> > These readmes are mostly correct. You don't need qrtr now, it is
> > provided by the kernel.  pd-mapper (protection-domain-mapper),
> > tqftpserv and rmtfs usually can be installed from your distro.
>
> Can you explain a little bit why all the steps are required
> just to be able to talk to the ath10k IP block?
>
> It's just an MMIO device, right?
>
>                 wifi: wifi@18800000 {
>                         compatible = "qcom,wcn3990-wifi";
>                         reg = <0x18800000 0x800000>;
>                         reg-names = "membase";
>
> Is the IP block behind some kind of switch that must be programmed
> by a remote processor on the SoC?

It has a separate core, with the firmware to load, etc. For some
reason the firmware is loaded in a complex way, via the modem
remoteproc.


-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry




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