[PATCH] mwlwifi: downgrade the 88W8964's firmware to 9.3.2.6 to prevent instability

[Arınç ÜNAL]

Scratch this email, I couldn't include [PATCH 21.02]. This patch was
intended for the OpenWrt 21.02 branch.


On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:47 PM Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Avoid 88W8964 firmware 9.3.2.12 for Wi-Fi instabilities it causes on Linksys WRT3200ACM & WRT32X until fixes on master branch are backported to openwrt-21.02.
>
> A lot of users, me included, with Linksys WRT32X & WRT3200ACM devices experience often Wi-Fi cutouts on OpenWrt 21.02.0-rc3.
> Here are people who had issues with 9.3.2.12 on WRT3200ACM. They no longer have the issue after installing OpenWrt 19.07 or downgrading to the 9.3.2.6 firmware.
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/pre-compiled-updated-mwlwifi-drivers-for-stable-releases/3262/682
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/pre-compiled-updated-mwlwifi-drivers-for-stable-releases/3262/688
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/connectivity-issues-with-wifi/79003
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/users-needed-to-test-wi-fi-stability-on-linksys-wrt3200acm-wrt32x-on-openwrt-21-02-0-rc3/101700/2
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/users-needed-to-test-wi-fi-stability-on-linksys-wrt3200acm-wrt32x-on-openwrt-21-02-0-rc3/101700/14
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/users-needed-to-test-wi-fi-stability-on-linksys-wrt3200acm-wrt32x-on-openwrt-21-02-0-rc3/101700/16
>
> I can confirm downgrading to 9.3.2.6 fixed the Wi-Fi cut-outs on my WRT32X.
> https://forum.openwrt.org/t/users-needed-to-test-wi-fi-stability-on-linksys-wrt3200acm-wrt32x-on-openwrt-21-02-0-rc3/101700
>
> Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal at gmail.com>
> ---
>  package/kernel/mwlwifi/Makefile | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/package/kernel/mwlwifi/Makefile b/package/kernel/mwlwifi/Makefile
> index eb986dca03..0d0ac701d9 100644
> --- a/package/kernel/mwlwifi/Makefile
> +++ b/package/kernel/mwlwifi/Makefile
> @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
>
>  PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi
>  PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
> -PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2020-02-06
> -PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=a2fd00bb74c35820dfe233d762690c0433a87ef5
> -PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=0eda0e774a87e58e611d6436350e1cf2be3de50fddde334909a07a15b0c9862b
> +PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2019-08-18
> +PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=747796b2f126df01c3c5442c607b4ea0497b1c6c
> +PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=11985b8132edd1db1001748b0fc6d915205b7bcaf2a7512a4befb5ef3cc83bb9
>
>  PKG_MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz at openwrt.org>
>  PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
> --
> 2.25.1
>