[OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Tue Nov 15 10:06:42 EST 2016 


On 11/15/2016 07:00 AM, Bruno Antunes wrote:
> On 15 November 2016 at 14:55, Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> wrote:
>> The beta-18 release on my web page has the fix and should work fine.
>>
>> Probably soon I will promote the beta-18 to final release
>> status.  Any help in testing and verifying the beta works well
>> is welcome.
>
> I will also do testing with that version.
>
> For clarity can I refer you and your firmware releases in the bug report?

It is fine by me.  It is a one-line patch to fix the firmware...QCA
can ask me as well if they don't figure it out on their own.

Thanks,
Ben

>
> Thanks,
> Bruno
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ben
>>
>> On 11/15/2016 06:37 AM, voncken wrote:
>>>
>>>          Hi Ben,
>>>
>>>          Do you plan to release a candelatech firmware with this fix?
>>>
>>>          Regards.
>>>
>>> Cedric Voncken.
>>>>
>>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>>> De : linux-wireless-owner at vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-wireless-
>>>> owner at vger.kernel.org] De la part de Ben Greear
>>>> Envoyé : samedi 5 novembre 2016 15:35
>>>> À : Sebastian Gottschall; yu-chieh kung; Bruno Antunes
>>>> Cc : Mauro Mozzarelli; linux-wireless at vger.kernel.org; OpenWrt
>>>> Development List; ath10k at lists.infradead.org
>>>> Objet : Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] ATH10K VLAN firmware issue
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looks to me like 10.4 defaults to the right value, but possibly there
>>>> are other issues with it.  I tested my CT 10.4 and it worked OK with
>>>> vlans for me.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> On 11/05/2016 01:05 AM, Sebastian Gottschall wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> would be good if qca can fix this bug finally in all available
>>>>> firmwares. its a very annoying issue since a long time
>>>>>
>>>>> Sebastian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 04.11.2016 um 23:23 schrieb Ben Greear:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.b
>>>>>>
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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>>>> Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com
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Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com
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