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===== About ath10k =====

ath10k is the mac80211 wireless driver for Qualcom Atheros QCA988x family of chips, which support [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac|IEEE 802.11ac]]. It was first included in Linux 3.11-rc1 released on 2013-07-14.

The ath10k driver is located under [[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k|drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k]] directory. For more information see [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/sources]].

===== Subpages =====

  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/support|Support]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/sources|Sources]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/submittingpatches|Submitting Patches]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/boardfiles|Board Files]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/faq|FAQ]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/backports|Backports]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/architecture|Architecture]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/debug|Debug]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/firmware|Firmware]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/configuration|Configuration]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/CodingStyle|Coding Style]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/spectral|Spectral Scan]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/monitor|Monitor Mode]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/mesh|Mesh Mode]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/todo|TODO]]
  * [[en/users/drivers/ath10k/privatesupport|Private Support]]

===== Supported Devices =====

ath10k supports Qualcomm Atheros 802.11ac QCA98xx hw2.0 and QCA6174 based devices, here's a list of known products:

  * QCA9880/QCA9882 Version 2 found in [[https://airetos.voxmicro.com/product/aex-qca9890-series/|AIRETOS AEX-QCA988x Series; part of the VOXMICRO AIRETOS E98 Class of Wireless Infrastructure Netowrking Modules]]
  *   * QCA9890/QCA9892 Version 2 found in [[https://airetos.voxmicro.com/product/aex-qca9890-series/|AIRETOS AEX-QCA989x Series; part of the VOXMICRO AIRETOS E98 Class of Wireless Infrastructure Netowrking Modules]]


  * QCA9888 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle650v5-18/|2x2 MU-MIMO 802.11ac Wave 2 Wireless Module - Compex WLE650V5-18A]] 
  * QCA9890 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=6a3bZRhgGfny-920wDhCpah7QRcVRIRN8k4i_w7s4KY&WPEA-352ACNRBI|SparkLan WPEA-352ACNRBI - supports 802.11ac radio]]
  * QCA9890 Version 2 found in [[http://www.doodlelabs.com/products/802-11-wifi-mimo-radio-transceivers/|A family of Dual band/Single band/high powered/extended temp radio modules from Doodle Labs]]
  * QCA9892 Version 2 found in [[http://www.doodlelabs.com/products/802-11-wifi-mimo-radio-transceivers/|A family of DUal band/Single band/high powered/extended temp radio modules from Doodle Labs]]
  * QCA9882 Version 2 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle600v5-27/|Compex WLE600V5-27 11ac 2x2 miniPCIe Wireless Module]]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=c9dcFqVNUud77BoRgNOPgz9iDsyfhVHjxHLDz5wX2gE&WPEA-352ACNRB|SparkLan WPEA-352ACNRB - supports 802.11ac radio]]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/compex/wpj344|Compex acWave: WPJ344 - supports 802.11ac radio]]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle900v5-27/|Compex WLE900V5-18]]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle900v5-27/|Compex WLE900V5-27]]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle900vx/|Compex WLE900VX]] [1]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://www.unex.com.tw/product/daxa-o1|Unex: DAXA-O1]]
  * QCA9882 Version 2 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle600v5-27/|Compex WLE600V5-18]]
  * QCA9882 Version 2 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle600v5-27/|Compex WLE600V5-27]]
  * QCA9882 Version 2 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle600vx/|Compex WLE600VX]]
  * QCA9882-BR4A found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=c792ZnxnchlkAqWCF1qRFJm1kZwZ0-Ze-Y6NJoUDEvA&WPEQ-257ACN/|SparkLan WPEQ-257ACN]]
  * QCA9882-BR4A found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=6006ipnHVrhPzpttrQnW6zoGA4LHxJtE7bLnVC1Qpqs&WPEQ-256ACN|SparkLan WPEQ-256ACN]]
  * QCA9892-BR4B found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=8344ncFyiVsQ5erkmRdYzcCaUOBn47fzSrICXe30LWU&WPEQ-256ACNI|SparkLan WPEQ-256ACNI]]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr7500|TP-Link : Archer C7 v2.x]]
  * QCA9880 Version 2 found in [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr7500|TP-Link : WDR7500 v3.0]]
  * QCA9880/QCA9890 found in [[https://www.jjplus.com/jwx6052/|jjPlus JWX6052]] and [[https://www.jjplus.com/jwx6053/|jjPlus JWX6053]]
  * QCA9882/QCA9892 found in [[https://www.jjplus.com/jwx6055/|jjPlus JWX6055]] and [[https://www.jjplus.com/jwx6056/|jjPlus JWX6056]]
  * QCA9377-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=1d2bsjqrHnqa85aaHl0mpJtOWcBpjf5kKBc0DfFEU90&WNFQ-158ACN(BT)/|SparkLan WNFQ-158ACN(BT)]]
  * QCA9886 found in [[http://www.compex.com.sg/product/wle650v5-18/|WLE650V5-18]]
  * QCA6174 / QCA6174A found in [[https://compex.com.sg/shop/wifi-module/wlt674/ | Compex WLT674]] and  [[http://bointec.com/p4-products_detail.php?PKey=6851tczr12Q8EfPpaG9ML6ap7bJe2sSKZYPXP_9jLIE|Bointec DPE109A]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=e1aewlOCDqkf4KHfsxDKYosTlXYiRUTh7QLCJ9PKvog&WPEA-251ACNI%20(BT)|SparkLan WPEA-251ACNI(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=f7d0Tatr7vbIKFrjCR4kZnoUmcU4AEqgcgAV_3DohMg&WPEQ-261ACNI(BT)|SparkLan WPEQ-261ACNI(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=8d6bs-iWT3r3_uACg6BN6o9JIiWPlKZ8L8S1nZfMud8&WPEQ-262ACNI(BT)%20High%20Power|SparkLan WPEQ-262ACNI(BT) high power]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=82b4pR_W7FJSYinv09o8G_QIGWRWlZuAZzti33RYwi0&WPEQ-261ACNI(BT)|SparkLan WPEQ-261ACNI(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=7bf8ew1b_hJ_bEk-NYevBNHLjIMi5u2P2aJkNxJ69_8&WNFQ-261ACNI(BT)|SparkLan WNFQ-261ACNI(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=50075Z2MEhNWSIqWV8pac4n5g3VSVaPfISORc89-Amo&WNFQ-262ACNI(BT)|SparkLan WNFQ-262ACNI(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=f0e7GR_4FcHyNrugkfpyozuuyU5MDyfDNyE8ooqjbGk&WNFQ-258ACN(BT)|SparkLan WNFQ-258ACN(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=30c9OeBpYLFiWDiDwRWxHy2DfCMQNWzSrBrhsJKMVhA&WNSQ-261ACN(BT)|SparkLan WNSQ-261ACN(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[http://www.sparklan.com/p2-products-detail.php?PKey=6adcQRL3hrRxloCKBeLSlbXT2DCHQ074Sj8P9BSALcI&WPEQ-261ACN(BT)|SparkLan WPEQ-261ACN(BT)]]
  * QCA6174A-5 found in [[https://www.jjplus.com/jwx6058/|jjPlus JWX6058]] and [[https://www.jjplus.com/jww6051/|jjPlus JWW6051]]
  * QCA9984 /QCA9994 found in [[https://compex.com.sg/shop/wifi-module/wle1216v5-20/ | Compex WLE1216V5-20]]
  * IPQ4018 found in [[https://www.8devices.com/products/jalapeno | 8Devices Jalapeno module]] 

[1] The Compex WLE900VX card enumerates as PCI device on some PCs but not for some other PCs. The reason could possibly be PC hardware or kernel version. Detailed info: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84821. The Chaos Calmer wpj344a_150827_vCC.img provided by http://www.compex.com.sg/downloads/ can detect and enable the WLE900VX card with ath10k.

===== Not supported =====

ath10k does NOT support older QCA98xx hw1.0 chips found, for example, from these devices:

  * QCA9880 Version 1 found in [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr7500|TP-Link WDR-7500 v2 and Archer C7 v1.x]]

Any SDIO or USB devices are not supported, but work is ongoing to add that.

===== Known bugs/limitations =====

  * firmware does not support association to the same AP from different virtual STA interfaces (driver prints "ath10k: Failed to add peer XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX for VDEV: X" in that case)
  * packet injection isn't supported yet
  * applying ath9k regulatory domain hack patch from OpenWRT causes firmware crash (reason: regulatory hint function is never called and ath10k never sends scan channel list to the firmware which in turn causes firmware to crash on scan)
  * tx rate is reported as 6mbps due to firmware limitation (no tx rate information in tx completions); instead see /sys/kernel/debug/ieee80211/phyX/ath10k/fw_stats
  * WEP doesn't work with AP_VLANs - frames are sent unencrypted (observed on: 999.999.0.636, 10.2.4.20-1, 10.1.467.2-1)
  * TX speeds are extremely poor on certain chips (QCA6174 is one). A [[https://gist.github.com/harrykipper/d1bedb234c4af0692f7ccd33329a02d7|patch]] solves the issue in most cases ([[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1689990#p1689990|source]])
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