[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] mac80211: install new firmware for ath9k-htc on target

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 11/27/2015 04:36 PM, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> For quite some time new firmware for ath9k-htc devices
> is available in
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ath9k_htc/
> 
> Moreover ath9k-htc kernel driver expects this new v1.4
> firmware to exist in /lib/firmware/ath9k_htc.
> 
> What happens currently:
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------
> [    7.830000] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> requested
> [    7.840000] usb 1-1: Direct firmware load for
> ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw failed with error -2
> [    7.850000] usb 1-1: Falling back to user helper
> [    7.870000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
> [    7.880000] firmware ath9k_htc!htc_9271-1.4.0.fw:
> firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
> [    7.890000] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
> [    8.200000] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size:
> 50980
> [    8.440000] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33
> credits
> [   10.720000] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
> [   10.740000] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
> [   10.760000] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------
> 
> And with that patch new firmware is used instead:
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------
> [   33.920000] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
> requested
> [   34.230000] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW:
> ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
> [   34.480000] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33
> credits
> [   34.740000] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4
> [   34.750000] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: On
> ---------------------------->8--------------------------
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin at synopsys.com>
> Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd at openwrt.org>
> ---
>  package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile b/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile
> index 4b4f774..7165fc3 100644
> --- a/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile
> +++ b/package/kernel/mac80211/Makefile
> @@ -1828,6 +1828,11 @@ define KernelPackage/ath9k-htc/install
>  		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_LINUX_FIRMWARE_SUBDIR)/htc_9271.fw \
>  		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_LINUX_FIRMWARE_SUBDIR)/htc_7010.fw \
>  		$(1)/lib/firmware/
> +	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/firmware/ath9k_htc
> +	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
> +		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_LINUX_FIRMWARE_SUBDIR)/ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw \
> +		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_LINUX_FIRMWARE_SUBDIR)/ath9k_htc/htc_7010-1.4.0.fw \
> +		$(1)/lib/firmware/ath9k_htc
>  endef
>  
>  define KernelPackage/b43/install
> 


Are the old files needed by this driver any more? If the new firmware
files are supporting all devices which are supported by the old ones,
please do not include the old firmware files any more.

Hauke
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