[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Fri Nov 4 18:23:56 EDT 2016


The bug appears that vlan-tx-stripping is unconditionally enabled in
at least my firmware.  I have re-compiled w/out that flag set, and it appears
to work for me.

Please download this firmware, rename it firmware-2.bin, make sure you remove/rename
any firmware-5.bin (etc) so mine will load, and see if that fixes your problem.

Please note that it is very likely you will have to use same MAC address
for the VLAN devices that the underlying station uses in order for this to work.

https://www.candelatech.com/downloads/tmp/firmware-2-full-community.bin


Thanks,
Ben


On 11/04/2016 02:50 PM, Ben Greear wrote:
> I can reproduce this in my CT firmware.  I'll see if I can fix it,
> but for stock firmware, it might be that changing the driver to use Ethernet packet type
> of native-wifi would make .1q vlans work.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>
> On 11/04/2016 10:28 AM, yu-chieh kung wrote:
>> I met the same problem before,
>> if i modify the 1q header to other value (0xaa00) before go into firmware.
>> I can capture the packet in the air
>> I think the vlan packet is dropped in firmware.
>>
>> 2016-11-04 22:41 GMT+08:00 Bruno Antunes <baantunes at gmail.com>:
>>> On 4 November 2016 at 14:18, Mauro Mozzarelli <openwrt at ezplanet.net> wrote:
>>>> Since the capability is implemented in software you might be testing the
>>>> limit of your router's CPU i/o speed.
>>>
>>> By loading the module in rawmode?
>>>
>>> The AP is an APU and Sta is an APU2.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 04/11/16 14:13, Bruno Antunes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Old thread but I think the issue is still present.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running a setup with VLANs with WDS and ath10k cards.
>>>>>
>>>>> To make it work both cards must be loaded in rawmode, AP
>>>>> and Sta, and with no security.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm using a OpenWrt trunk r49941 and the most recent firmware,
>>>>> 10.2.4.70.58, from Kalle ath10k firmware tree.
>>>>>
>>>>> Although it works the throughput is very bad.
>>>>> Are there any alternatives to improve the throughput.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Bruno
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 December 2015 at 17:24, voncken <cedric.voncken at acksys.fr> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>>>>> De : Ben Greear [mailto:greearb at candelatech.com]
>>>>>>> Envoyé : mercredi 9 décembre 2015 16:34
>>>>>>> À : Cedric VONCKEN; ath10k at lists.infradead.org; linux-wireless
>>>>>>> Objet : Re: ATH10K VLAN firmware issue
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This only happens when you use STA  + WDS, or is .1q broken for you in
>>>>>>> other cases as well?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, this issue occurs in all modes (STA, STA + WDS, AP).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cedric.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Ben
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12/08/2015 06:29 AM, Cedric VONCKEN wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      I'm testing to transmit frame with 802.1q tag (VLAN).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      My client is set in STA + WDS and the netdev is bridged with eth0.
>>>>>>>>      I have a computer with vlan configuration set connected to the STA
>>>>>>>> eth0.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      If I try to transmit frames with 802.1q tag, the frames are not
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sent.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      I checked with wireless sniffer, and I don't see the frame with
>>>>>>>> VLAN
>>>>>>>> tag (the frames without VLAN tag are sent).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      I tested with firmware 10.2.4.70.14-2 from kale github,
>>>>>>>> 10.1.467-ct-com-full-015 from candelatech and 10.2.4.70-2 from
>>>>>>>> openwrt, and in all cases I have the same issue.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>      Thanks for your help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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