Dear Kalle,
Am 26.06.24 um 12:16 schrieb Kalle Valo:
Paul Menzel writes:
Am 26.06.24 um 10:53 schrieb Baochen Qiang:
OK, there are two issues here:
1. invalid HT rate: "ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: invalid ht params rate 1440 100kbps nss 2 mcs 7".
As commented by Wen quite some time ago, this has been fixed from
firmware side, and firmware newer than [ver:241] has the fix
included.
I assume this means that the firmware version
WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00241-QCARMSWPZ-1 or newer has the fix.
2. invaid VHT rate: "ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9".
After checking with firmware team, I thought this is because there is
a mismatch in rate definition between host and firmware: In host, the
rate for 'nss 2 mcs 9' is defined as {1560, 1733}, see
supported_vht_mcs_rate_nss2[]. While in firmware this is defined as
{1730, 1920}. So seems we can update host definition to avoid this
issue.
Looking through the logs since May 2024, I have four different logs:
1. invalid vht params rate 878 100kbps nss 3 mcs 2
2. invalid vht params rate 960 100kbps nss 1 mcs 9
3. invalid vht params rate 1730 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9
4. invalid vht params rate 1920 100kbps nss 2 mcs 9
I believe it’s only happening with Cisco networks. I am happy to test
a patch.
By the way, is the firmware version logged by Linux?
ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id 0x00340aff sub 1a56:1535
ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: firmware ver WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288- api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp,mfp crc32 bf907c7c
ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 d2863f91
ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: htt-ver 3.87 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
Is it 4.4.1-00288?
Yes, that should be WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00288-QCARMSWPZ-1. But I don't know
why 'QCARMSWPZ-1' is not printed by ath10k, maybe we have a bug
somewhere.
How can I find the file in `/lib/firmware/`?
It should be in ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-6.bin.
All firmware releases are available here:
https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/ath-firmware/ath10k-firmware/-/tree/main/QCA6174/hw3.0/4.4.1?ref_type=heads
And more info here:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/firmware
Thank you. It looks like the latest firmware version is 309, and Debian
sid/unstable still ships version 288 in *firmware-atheros* 20230625-2 [1].
Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a change-log for version 309
(or any version for that matter). I am going to manually copy it anyway,
but it’d be nice, if I knew what to expect. ;-)
Kind regards,
Paul
[1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074308
"firmware-atheros: QCA 6174: Newest version 309 missing"
