Hi Hiure!
I am sure that this info is useful to have on the LibreMesh website.
Regarding the LibreRouterOS repository, I'm not sure, but there is a
small point where it says "Only If your device is not a LibreRouter"
which coooould be expanded... Seems that there are people trying to use
LibreRouterOS on routers with ath10k wifi chipset:
https://foro.librerouter.org/t/qca9882-chipset-based-5-ghz-module-supported-tx99-firmware/298
Ciao!
Ilario
On 8/10/22 14:47, Hiure via LibreMesh wrote:
> 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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