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
Nice Ilario,

I propus something in the LibreMesh page, I put it with a note, if it's
not cool please tell me and I can try to improve it.

Abraços
Hiure

Em qua, 2022-08-17 às 14:32 +0200, Ilario via LibreMesh escreveu:
> 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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