Messages in this thread | | | From | Kalle Valo <> | Subject | Re: ath11k: QCA6390 support on Linux | Date | Wed, 04 Nov 2020 18:33:28 +0200 |
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Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> writes:
> some of the Dell XPS 15 9500 models have QCA6390 Wi-Fi 6 device. ath11k > will be the driver to support QCA6390 and the plan is that Linux v5.10 > (most likely released end of December) will be the first release to > support it. > > But as everything is not ready yet I recommend people to test > ath11k-qca6390-bringup branch, and specifically tag > ath11k-qca6390-bringup-202008181507. Below are instructions how to > install kernel and firmware. > > Do note that this is still experimental, there will be bugs but at least > it should be possible to connect to an AP and have connectivity. > > Please send all questions, comments and bug reports to > ath11k@lists.infradead.org list. I do not have time to reply to private > email. I have Bcced people who have contacted me privately.
Some updates:
* QCA6390 support is now in v5.10-rc2
* pull request to linux-firmware sent, not yet pulled
* board-2.bin should be now used instead of board.bin
* there was some reorganisation in ath11k-firmware
Here are updated instructions on how to test ath11k:
# clone kernel git clone -b v5.10-rc2 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
# clone firmware git clone https://github.com/kvalo/ath11k-firmware.git
# Ensure below options are selected in the kernel cd linux make menuconfig --> Select Device drivers --> Network device support --> Wireless LAN --> Enable as below <M> Qualcomm Technologies 11ax chipset support <M> Atheros ath11k PCI support [*] QCA ath11k debugging [*] QCA ath11k debugfs support [*] ath11k tracing support [*] QCA ath11k spectral scan support
# Build and install the kernel and kernel modules
# Install firmware cd ../ath11k-firmware sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/ sudo cp QCA6390/hw2.0/1.0.1/WLAN.HST.1.0.1-01740-QCAHSTSWPLZ_V2_TO_X86-1/*.bin /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/ sudo cp QCA6390/hw2.0/board-2.bin /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCA6390/hw2.0/
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