Hi Ilario,
Sure, I will try to do that the best way.
I am left wondering whether the librerouter repository is the best place
for new device support, or whether it is better to have another strategy.
If anyone has a proposal for this let us know
Thanks
Hiure
Em 07/08/2022 17:04, Ilario Gelmetti via LibreMesh escreveu:
> Hi!
> Please document what you find out in the compilation guide of the LibreRouterOS repository readme [1] and, hoping that the solution works also for vanilla LibreMesh, on the development page of the LibreMesh website [2] :)
> Thanks!!!
> Ilario
>
> [1]: https://gitlab.com/librerouter/librerouteros
> [2]: click the "Edit this page" button on the top right corner of https://libremesh.org/development.html
>
>
>
>
> On August 6, 2022 4:33:55 PM GMT+02:00, Hiure via LibreMesh <libremesh@???> wrote:
>> 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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