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From: Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:54:36 +0100
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Subject: Re: New staging repos for ath1*k firmware
To: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>
Cc: Sebastian Gottschall <s.gottschall@dd-wrt.com>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>, 
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 8:32=E2=80=AFPM Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc=
.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/9/2024 9:58 AM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
> >
> > Am 07.03.2024 um 17:49 schrieb Kalle Valo:
> >> Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr> writes:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 8:23=E2=80=AFPM Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@qu=
icinc.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Historically, prior to being incorporated into the linux-firmware
> >>>> project, firmware for kernel.org ath1*k drivers has been first publi=
shed
> >>>> to Kalle's GitHub:
> >>>> https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware
> >>>> https://github.com/kvalo/ath11k-firmware
> >>>> (ath12k firmware was pushed to the ath11k-firmware repo on a tempora=
ry
> >>>> basis in anticipation of this move)
> >>>>
> >>>> But in order to have repos with multiple maintainers, as well as to =
have
> >>>> a hosting platform with more control, we have moved to CodeLinaro:
> >>>> https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/ath-firmware/ath10k-firmware
> >>>> https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/ath-firmware/ath11k-firmware
> >>>> https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/ath-firmware/ath12k-firmware
> >>>>
> >>>> Note that most people should not care about this -- normally you sho=
uld
> >>>> use the firmware that is in the official linux-firmware repo:
> >>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware=
.git/
> >>>>
> >>>> You should only need to access the staging repos if you need a previ=
ous
> >>>> version to work around an issue, or if you are testing new firmware =
that
> >>>> is supposed to fix a problem that you've reported.
> >>>>
> >>>> Please let Kalle & I know if you have any issues with these new repo=
s!
> >>> Can I please ask for IPQ6018 firmware to be updated to 2.9.0.1 as wel=
l?
> >>>
> >>> We have added IPQ6018 support to OpenWrt but we are forced to use the=
 old 2.4
> >>> firmware since anything newer is crashing on IPQ6018, we had the same=
 issue on
> >>> IPQ8074 but it was fixed with 2.9.0.1 firmware.
> >>>
> >>> Even for IPQ8074, there is newer 2.9.0.1 firmware that is only
> >>> available as part of
> >>> QSDK and the community would benefit from being able to use it.
> >> We are working on getting the AP chipset firmwares updated but
> >> unfortunately no news yet.
> > why isnt qca releasing the latest firmwares at all. i mean we all know
> > that the qca networking tree contains way newer firmwares for all
> > chipsets since a long time
>
> Kalle & I are just the conduit, but I've relayed this thread to the folks
> responsible for feeding us the firmware releases.

Trust me,
the community knows that you are trying your best and a lot of things
are out of your control and we really appreciate that.

Regards,
Robert
>
> /jeff
>
>


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Robert Marko
Staff Embedded Linux Engineer
Sartura Ltd.
Lendavska ulica 16a
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Email: robert.marko@sartura.hr
Web: www.sartura.hr