APPLIED [OEM-5.14] Re: [PATCH v2 0/1][SRU][oem-5.14] Include the QCA WCN 6856 v2.1 support

Timo Aaltonen tjaalton at ubuntu.com
Fri Feb 4 10:26:24 UTC 2022


You-Sheng Yang kirjoitti 28.1.2022 klo 14.04:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1954938
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> WCN685x hw2.1 takes additional/updated firmware for both WiFi and
> Bluetooth function.
> 
> ath11k_pci 0000:71:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xa6000000-0xa61fffff 64bit]
> ath11k_pci 0000:71:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> ath11k_pci 0000:71:00.0: Unsupported WCN6855 SOC hardware version: 18 17
> ath11k_pci: probe of 0000:71:00.0 failed with error -95
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> WCN685x hw2.1 currently shares most WiFi firmware with hw2.0 except
> for the directory path and a board-2.bin.
> 
> For Bluetooth, updated revision of qca/nvm_usb_00130201_gf* from
> mainline are neccessary for Focal. Jammy has all of them already.
> 
> For kernel, many of the prerequisite works have been committed for
> hw2.0 in bug 1945154, 1952215 and 1958850. Currently, while WiFi 6G
> will be turned off for the lack of userspace support, the only fix
> necessary is to correct read mask of version info register.
> 
> ath11k 6G band lives in mainline v5.16 and was backported to oem-5.14
> in bug 1939528, so only oem-5.14 has to be reverted.
> 
> [Test Case]
> 
> WiFi and Bluetooth devices should be up and running, pass basic
> operations.
> 
> $ lspci -nnk|grep -A3 Network
> 0000:71:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Device [17cb:1103] (rev 01)
>          Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. Device [105b:e0ce]
>          Kernel driver in use: ath11k_pci
>          Kernel modules: ath11k_pci
> 
> $ lsusb
> Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0489:e0e3 Foxconn / Hon Hai
> 
> [Where problems could occur]
> 
> At the time being, WCN685x WiFi 6G support will be turnef off
> deliberately due to the lack of full support in the userspace
> management tools.
> 
> [Other Info]
> 
> While this is a new hardware model from OEM program, it's only
> nominated for Focal oem-5.14 kernel and the coming LTS Jammy.
> 
> V2: revert "ath11k: enable 6G channels for WCN6855"
> 
> You-Sheng Yang (2):
>    Revert "ath11k: enable 6G channels for WCN6855"
>    UBUNTU: SAUCE: ath11k: shrink TCSR read mask for WCN6855 hw2.1
> 
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 25 +++++++++----------------
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/pci.c |  2 +-
>   2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 

applied to oem-5.14, thanks

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