Hello all,
I'm using Gateworks Ventana 5410 boards
(http://www.gateworks.com/product/item/ventana-gw5410-network-processor)
running Ubuntu Trusty-Ventana kernel v3.14 with a Compex WLE600V5-27
miniPCIe Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882 wifi dongle installed
https://www.landashop.com/compex-wle-600v5.html?___store=english&___from_store=default
The aim is to use some of these boards to build a mesh network and
perform some HT test (it's a part of my MSc thesis).
I'm trying to configure the devices in mesh mode, but I've encountered
some problems, this is the dmesg output:
root@Yazi:~# iw dev wlan1 interface add mp1 type mp
root@Yazi:~# iw dev mp1 set freq 5240
root@Yazi:~# dmesg | grep ath
[ 7.134520] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: pci irq legacy interrupts 0
irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 7.349228] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed
with error -2
[ 7.349245] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 7.417170] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed
with error -2
[ 7.417189] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 8.589474] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c,
0x043222ff sub 0000:0000) fw 10.2.4.70.54 fwapi 5 bdapi 1 htt-ver 2.1
wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features
no-p2p,raw-mode
[ 8.589491] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 0
dfs 0 testmode 1
[ 8.691670] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[ 8.691680] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[ 8.691686] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 8.691695] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[ 8.691702] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[ 8.691706] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
root@Yazi:~# ifconfig mp1 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Invalid argument
root@Yazi:~# dmesg | grep ath
[ 7.134520] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: pci irq legacy interrupts 0
irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 7.349228] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed
with error -2
[ 7.349245] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 7.417170] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load failed
with error -2
[ 7.417189] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 8.589474] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c,
0x043222ff sub 0000:0000) fw 10.2.4.70.54 fwapi 5 bdapi 1 htt-ver 2.1
wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features
no-p2p,raw-mode
[ 8.589491] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 0
dfs 0 testmode 1
[ 8.691670] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
[ 8.691680] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
[ 8.691686] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[ 8.691695] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
[ 8.691702] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
[ 8.691706] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
[ 176.983250] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: must load driver with
rawmode=1 to add mesh interfaces
It seems that the rowmode is NOT enable, but 8 lines above it's seems
to be ok...
Let me give you some useful details:
- the lspci output:
root@Yazi:~# lspci
00:00.0 PCI bridge: Synopsys, Inc. Device abcd (rev 01)
01:00.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
01:00.1 System peripheral: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane,
8-Port PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
02:01.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
02:04.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
02:05.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
02:06.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
02:07.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
02:08.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
02:09.0 PCI bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PEX 8609 8-lane, 8-Port PCI
Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) Switch with DMA (rev ba)
07:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA986x/988x 802.11ac
Wireless Network Adapter
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8057
PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
-the lsmod output:
root@Yazi:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
arc4 1687 2
ath10k_pci 34340 0
ath10k_core 289147 1 ath10k_pci
sky2 53987 0
mac80211 458056 1 ath10k_core
ath 21573 1 ath10k_core
cfg80211 218260 3 ath,mac80211,ath10k_core
compat 24039 4 cfg80211,mac80211,ath10k_pci,ath10k_core
- the firmware currently in use is the firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.54
(renamed firmware-5.bin and with executable permission) located in
/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0. I retrived it on
https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware
- The backports-4.2.6-1 was crosscompiled with the kernel following
the official wiki guide provided by Gateworks
- I've also tried to load the ath10k modules adding the parameter
rowmode=1 but I had an error "rawmode unknown parameter"
- in another try I used the firmware "firmware-5.bin_10.2.4.70.6-2"
after retriving this
https://github.com/o11s/open80211s/wiki/ath10k-(802.11ac)-for-Mesh-Support
but nothing is changed...
I'm not an expert so I'm sorry if I miss some basics...
Hope in your help!
All the bes
On 16 September 2016 at 12:56, Matteo Grandi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
[...]
> [ 8.589474] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 (0x4100016c,
> 0x043222ff sub 0000:0000) fw 10.2.4.70.54 fwapi 5 bdapi 1 htt-ver 2.1
> wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 features
> no-p2p,raw-mode
The "raw-mode" here only hints the firmware is capable of raw mode
operation which needs to be explicitly enabled.
> [ 8.589491] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: debug 1 debugfs 1 tracing 0
> dfs 0 testmode 1
> [ 8.691670] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0
> [ 8.691680] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used
> [ 8.691686] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
> [ 8.691695] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a
> [ 8.691702] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US
> [ 8.691706] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a
> [ 176.983250] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: must load driver with
> rawmode=3D1 to add mesh interfaces
[...]
> - I've also tried to load the ath10k modules adding the parameter
> rowmode=3D1 but I had an error "rawmode unknown parameter"
Only ath10k_core needs to be loaded with rawmode=3D1.
You can check available module parameters with:
modinfo ath10k_core
modinfo ath10k_pci
Micha=C5=82