en:users:drivers:ath10k:firmware
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| ===== ath10k firmware ===== | ===== ath10k firmware ===== | ||
| - | Firmware is temporalily available at [[https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware|https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware]] until it will be available from linux-firmware.git. | + | The ath10k firmware images are available from [[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/|linux-firmware.git]] which all common Linux distributions should install by default. Latest firmware images can be downloaded from [[https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware|ath10k-firmware.git]] from which they get eventually pushed to [[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/|linux-firmware.git]]. |
| - | The firmware is searched from directory ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0 under the system firmware directory, usually /lib/firmware. For example, here's a listing from an Ubuntu system where it's under /lib/firmware: | + | ==== Overview ===== |
| - | <code>$ ls -l /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/ | + | ^ Hardware ^ Firmware major version/branch ^ Latest firmware revision ^ Intended use ^ Kernel version required* ^ Git commit ^ |
| - | total 508 | + | | QCA988X | main | 999.999.0.636 | STA | 3.11 | 5e3dd157d7e7 | |
| - | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2116 Oct 22 11:01 board.bin* | + | | QCA988X | 10.1 | 10.1.467.2-1 | AP | 3.13 | 8acd3c97ff9e | |
| - | -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 254564 Oct 22 11:01 firmware-2.bin | + | | QCA988X | 10.2 | 10.2-00082-4-2 | AP | 3.18 | 24c88f7807fb | |
| - | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 249093 Oct 22 11:01 firmware.bin* | + | | QCA988X | 10.2.4 | 10.2.4.48 | AP | 4.0 | 4a16fbec1cd0 | |
| - | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5402 Oct 22 11:01 otp.bin* | + | | QCA61X4 | wmi-tlv | WLAN.RM.2.0-00073-QCARMSWPZ-1-1 | AP/STA | 4.0 | d63955b33b3b, ca996ec56608 | |
| - | $</code> | + | |
| - | Description of the files: | + | |
| - | ; board.bin : board file for the firmware | + | * Note: It is possible to use newer ath10k driver on an older kernel with backports project: https://backports.wiki.kernel.org |
| - | ; firmware-2.bin : embedded firmware file (includes both firmware and otp) for ath10k versions supporting FW API 2 | + | |
| - | ; firmware.bin : firmware file for older ath10k versions supporting only FW API 1 | + | |
| - | ; otp.bin : otp file for older ath10k versions supporting only FW API 1 | + | |
| ===== Update firmware ===== | ===== Update firmware ===== | ||
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| - | ==== 10.1 branch ==== | + | ==== 10.x branch ==== |
| - | Firmware versions 10.1.x. | + | Firmware versions 10.x.y. |
| Branch focusing on AP mode. Supports DFS. STA mode works but not well tested. No Ad-Hoc or P2P support. | Branch focusing on AP mode. Supports DFS. STA mode works but not well tested. No Ad-Hoc or P2P support. | ||
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| Embedding both firmware and otp images into same file firmware-2.bin. Firmware meta data provided through FW IE. Added in commit 1a222435a dated Sep 27 2013, for Linux 3.13. | Embedding both firmware and otp images into same file firmware-2.bin. Firmware meta data provided through FW IE. Added in commit 1a222435a dated Sep 27 2013, for Linux 3.13. | ||
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en/users/drivers/ath10k/firmware.txt · Last modified: 2024/03/06 11:29 by Kalle Valo
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