Re: [lime] Radio 5ghz (qca9880) on archer c5 v1 does not wor…

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Author: Hiure
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Subject: Re: [lime] Radio 5ghz (qca9880) on archer c5 v1 does not work properly
Hi Martin,

Thanks for you answer.

Modifying the firmware to non-Candelatech even the kernel module works
for me.

I don't know what these wpad-mesh-wolfssl packs mean but now the archer
c5 has joined the mesh and it seems to work fine.


Thanks

Hiure

Em 05/08/2022 15:40, Martin Kennedy via LibreMesh escreveu:
> Hi there,
>
> LrOs is not officially[1] built for the C5; if it were, perhaps a
> tweak could be made so that LrOs' default packages for this target's
> ath10k card were different; see (if LrOs is a direct fork of OpenWrt)
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/master/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-tp-link.mk#L55.
>
> Other than recompiling from scratch: you have the kmod-ath10k-ct and
> ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct packages driving your ath10k (QCA9880-BR1A,
> probably) radio. These are the default packages for OpenWrt for this
> board target. These are the Candelatech variants of the drivers and do
> not support mesh mode[2].
>
> To change over to the non-Candelatech packages, you could:
>
> - remove kmod-ath10k-ct and ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct
> - install ath10k-firmware-qca988x and kmod-ath10k (in that order)
>
> .... but I am not that well-versed in LrOs, only OpenWrt. In
> particular I notice the package manifests only have wpad-basic and not
> e.g. wpad-mesh-wolfssl. Some custom stuff has happened here that
> others should speak to.
>
> [1]: https://downloads.libremesh.org/librerouteros/releases/1.5/targets/ath79/generic/
> [2]: https://github.com/greearb/ath10k-ct/issues/174
>
> Best,
>
> Martin
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 7:15 AM Hiure via LibreMesh <libremesh@???> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I have an issue here.
>>
>> Trying to build firmware (I use LrOs-v1.5) to diferents firmwares that
>> we have in our community network , i had a issue with this especific
>> model (https://deviwiki.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_C5_v1.x),and need some
>> help to undestand:
>>
>> wlan0-mesh ESSID: unknown
>>            Access Point: 30:B5:C2:56:C0:99
>>            Mode: Mesh Point  Channel: unknown (unknown)
>>            Tx-Power: 0 dBm  Link Quality: unknown/70
>>            Signal: unknown  Noise: -101 dBm
>>            Bit Rate: unknown
>>            Encryption: none
>>            Type: nl80211  HW Mode(s): 802.11nac
>>            Hardware: 168C:003C 0000:0000 [Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880]
>>            TX power offset: none
>>            Frequency offset: none
>>            Supports VAPs: yes  PHY name: phy0

>>
>> in dmesg i found:
>>
>> [ 92.111537] overlayfs: upper fs does not support tmpfile.
>> [ 350.277932] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: 10.1 wmi init: vdevs: 16
>> peers: 127 tid: 256
>> [ 350.295439] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi print 'P 128 V 8 T 410'
>> [ 350.301823] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi print 'msdu-desc: 1424 sw-
>> crypt: 0 ct-sta: 0'
>> [ 350.309973] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi print 'alloc rem: 20984
>> iram: 25656'
>> [ 350.378714] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pdev param 0 not supported by
>> firmware
>> [ 350.393665] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: set-coverage-class, phyclk: 88
>> value: -1
>> [ 350.402059] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): tmp.phy0: link is not ready
>> [ 355.759072] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: 10.1 wmi init: vdevs: 16
>> peers: 127 tid: 256
>> [ 355.776571] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi print 'P 128 V 8 T 410'
>> [ 355.782953] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi print 'msdu-desc: 1424 sw-
>> crypt: 0 ct-sta: 0'
>> [ 355.791140] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi print 'alloc rem: 20984
>> iram: 25656'
>> [ 355.859763] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pdev param 0 not supported by
>> firmware
>> [ 355.867103] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: must load driver with rawmode=1
>> to add mesh interfaces
>>
>>
>> Anyone had this issues before?
>>
>> thanks
>> Hiure
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