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Re: Wireless driver

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On 12/28/2018 6:58 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
> On 28.12.2018 12:32, john doe wrote:
>> On 12/27/2018 12:24 PM, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote:
>>> On 27.12.2018 14:05, john doe wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to get (1) to work on Debian Stretch.
>>>>
>>>> >From what I understand, only "qca9982" v1 is supported on Debian,
>>>> however, (3) supports qca9882 v2.
>>>> That brings me to some questions:
>>>>
>>>> - Am I on the right track by trying to build the firmware using
>>>> backports from (3)?
>>>> - Can I build the firmware in an VM an move that firmware to that
>>>> wireless box?
>>>>
>>>> In other words, what should I do to get qca9882 v2 to work on Debian
>>>> Stretch?
>>>>
>>>> Any help is appriciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1)  https://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle600vx/
>>>> 2)  https://packages.debian.org/stretch/firmware-atheros
>>>> 3)  https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k
>>>>
>>> ||According to specifications from Compex, WLE600VX utilizes
>>> Qualcomm-Atheros QCA*98*82 chip.
>>> I think it is a good idea to try packages from "stretch-backports" first
>>> [1] [2], because it looks like WLE600VX was produced a few years ago and
>>> should have already have support in linux kernel.
>>> So I highly doubt this NIC model requires latest Qualcomm firmware
>>> update, that was pushed into kernel.org source repository 9 days ago.
>>>
>>> [1] $ rmadison -s stable,stretch-backports firmware-atheros
>>> firmware-atheros | 20161130-4             | stable/non-free            | all
>>> firmware-atheros | 20180825+dfsg-1~bpo9+1 | stretch-backports/non-free | all
>>>
>> Thank you, the last time I tryed didn't have much luck.
>> If I understand correctly, (1) does list the qca9882 v1 but not qca9882 v2?
>>
>> 1)  https://packages.debian.org/stretch-backports/firmware-atheros
>>
> I think "qca9882 v2" doesn't exist. What made you think there are
> different versions of qca9882 chipsets?

>From the above URLs:

The Debian page:

" * Qualcomm Atheros QCA988X board configuration, version 1"

and the kernel wireless wiki page:

"QCA9882 Version 2 found in Compex WLE600VX"

> Support for qca9882 chipset was added to kernel 2 years ago and gets
> updated when new firmware version is available. [1]
> This page from kernel.org wiki lists your NIC as supported [2], which
> means firmware file is available in repository.
> At this moment "firmware-atheros" package from "stretch/non-free" repo
> contains firmware for qca9882 chipset, version 10.2.4.70.54
> (ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin) which should provide support for
> WLE600VX NIC.
> Try to get some information from kernel logs to see if ath10k module
> loads at all.
>     # dmesg | grep ath10k
> This guide should be helpful to debug more [3], especially these
> commands should output more debug information into kernel logs:
>     # modprobe -r ath10k_core
>     # modprobe ath10k_core debug_mask=0x00000432
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA988X/hw2.0
> [2] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k
> [3] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/debug
> 

I'm using the firmware (firmware-5.bin) from the github URL but some
firmware are still missing (1) though.:

pre-cal-pci-0000:04:00.0.bin
cal-pci-0000:04:00.0.bin
board-2.bin


1)  https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/12/msg00766.html

-- 
John Doe

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Wireless driver john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-12-27 10:10 +0100
  Re: Wireless driver "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2018-12-27 12:30 +0100
    Re: Wireless driver john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-12-28 08:40 +0100
      Re: Wireless driver john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-12-28 18:40 +0100
      Re: Wireless driver "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2018-12-28 19:00 +0100
        Re: Wireless driver john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-12-29 13:10 +0100
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