Archer C7 v4 ath10k firmware loading fails "re-opening" https://dev.archive.openwrt.org/ticket/21527
Username: Martin Hoyer
Origin: https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=2010
[ 9.959484] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 10.237100] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:00:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[ 10.248191] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 10.408785] firmware ath10k!pre-cal-pci-0000:00:00.0.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[ 10.632975] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin failed with error -2
[ 10.644068] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 10.711405] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!firmware-6.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
[ 11.003394] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
[ 11.012951] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 1
[ 11.025957] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware ver 10.2.4-1.0-00037 api 5 features no-p2p,raw-mode,mfp,allows-mesh-bcast crc32 a4a52adb
[ 11.071246] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin failed with error -2
[ 11.082056] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: Falling back to user helper
[ 11.150077] firmware ath10k!QCA988X!hw2.0!board-2.bin: firmware_loading_store: map pages failed
Archer C7 v4
OpenWrt 18.06.1, r7258-5eb05530
opkg list-installed | grep ath
ath10k-firmware-qca988x - 2018-05-12-952afa49-1
kmod-ath - 4.9.120+2017-11-01-9
kmod-ath10k - 4.9.120+2017-11-01-9
kmod-ath9k - 4.9.120+2017-11-01-9
kmod-ath9k-common - 4.9.120+2017-11-01-9
ethtool -i wlan0
driver: ath10k_pci
version: 4.9.120
firmware-version: 10.2.4-1.0-00037
expansion-rom-version:
bus-info: 0000:00:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: no
supports-eeprom-access: no
supports-register-dump: no
supports-priv-flags: no
luci:
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880 802.11nac
Channel: ? (5.000
GHz
) | Bitrate: ? Mbit/s
0%
SSID: xxxx | Mode: Master
Wireless is not associated
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211' option hwmode '11a' option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0' option htmode 'VHT80' option legacy_rates '1' option country 'CZ' option channel 'auto'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0' option network 'lan' option mode 'ap' option hidden '1' option encryption 'psk2' option key 'xxxxxxxxx' option ssid 'xxxx'
/lib/firmware# tree
.
├── ath10k
│ ├── QCA988X
│ │ └── hw2.0
│ │ ├── board.bin
│ │ └── firmware-5.bin
│ └── cal-pci-0000:00:00.0.bin
└── regulatory.db
lspci -v
00:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA986x/988x 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 40 Memory at 12000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at 12200000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable+ 64bit- Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 Kernel driver in use: ath10k_pci
lspci: Unable to load libkmod resources: error -12
Sometimes, the 5ghz works after reboot, despite the fw error dmesg messages.
I've also tried a snapshot from 4 days ago, with the same results.