Return-path: Received: from wolverine02.qualcomm.com ([199.106.114.251]:1124 "EHLO wolverine02.qualcomm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754156AbaFWNlA (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:41:00 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: CC: , Subject: Re: QCA ar9375 in Ubuntu 14.04 beta 2 not working References: <63ed0fb1a4c098dd260f249546408de5.squirrel@www.infidigm.net> <87k38eehth.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> <2f52376ba13cf8814471ea684d86ad3b.squirrel@www.infidigm.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:40:52 +0300 In-Reply-To: <2f52376ba13cf8814471ea684d86ad3b.squirrel@www.infidigm.net> (drwho@infidigm.net's message of "Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:31:17 -0400") Message-ID: <871tufagm3.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20140623_154111_145648_43294398) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: writes: >>> At first I was getting an error about not being able find the firmware >>> file, so I renamed your fw-5.bin to fw.ram.bin. >> >> You should not rename the firmware file, it will break everything if you >> do that. This is what you should see: >> >> [ 364.432845] usb 2-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using >> ehci-pci >> [ 364.510168] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, >> idProduct=9375 >> [ 364.510232] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, >> SerialNumber=3 >> [ 364.510289] usb 2-1.4: Product: USBWLAN >> [ 364.510346] usb 2-1.4: Manufacturer: Qualcomm Atheros. >> [ 364.510430] usb 2-1.4: SerialNumber: 12345678 >> [ 364.835598] ath6kl: ar6004 hw 3.0 usb fw 3.5.0.349-1 api 5 >> [ 364.835710] ath6kl: firmware supports: >> 64bit-rates,map-lp-endpoint,ratetable-mcs15,no-ip-checksum >> >> My first guess is that something went wrong in the kernel compilation >> and the new patches are not actually applied. Double check that you >> really have the new hw3.0 support in place, for example by adding few >> printks and making sure that you see them in dmesg. > > The firmware files were corrupt. After copying the firmware directly from > the git repo, I've got the 9375 working in Ubuntu 14.04 and on an arm SoC > using backports-3.11. Ok, that's good. > After some testing (downloading a large file from a local server > repeatedly), I've discovered that after 10-40min the 9375 device > becomes "stuck". This happens on Ubuntu x86 and on the arm SoC using > backports. I've tried it with a TP-WR1043ND router and a Ubiquity UAP. > The issue happens when associated to either AP. Thanks, I'll report this forward. -- Kalle Valo