[amazon-thor] compat-wireless ath6kl doesn't work, usb probe times out
Created by: steamp0rt
dmesg: https://pastebin.com/j89tSLY5
after doing sudo modprobe wlan (since IIRC compat-wireless compiles everything into a single wlan.ko), ath6kl tries to load, but fails horribly [43.537500] <6>ath6kl: can't wait for usb probe done.
Firmware seems to load successfully (no errors), but that's it.
Done with commit 330321413b4770ecf73efb88d21aacb117ecaf92 this branch: https://github.com/MoreRobustThanYou/pmbootstrap/tree/firmware-thor
yes the internal wifi chip is USB. no i don't know why amazon would do that, perhaps because making weird hardware and software is their thing?
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Created by: ollieparanoid
I've found a random other
dmesglog from another Android device with the same wifi chip as I've searched for the error message. The surprising part is, that it has the same message, but that doesn't seem to be an error. If I read it right, it just continues using thewifidriver after that.So... have you checked if you get a wlan device after modprobing, and if you can use it?
I hope this helps
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2017-11-25T03:36:43
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Created by: steamp0rt
@ollieparanoid nope, and if I sit through the ~5 mins of
sudo modprobe wlan, I get...modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wlan': I/O errorBy * postmarketOS Bot on 2017-11-25T04:45:10
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Created by: ollieparanoid
This Linux wireless wiki has a lot of information about the
ath6kldriver: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath6kl https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath6kl/architectureand they even list an IRC channel. Since they are the experts on that matter, maybe they can help you out. Please post if you get any further or need more ideas.
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2017-11-25T13:51:50
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Created by: steamp0rt
@ollieparanoid the IRC channel has 1 person on it.
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2017-11-25T15:18:40
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Created by: ollieparanoid
I know I've asked you for this information already. But could you add the following to this topic? That's the most systematic approach I can currently think of.
Known working OS:
- (a1) output of
dmesg - (a2) output of
dumpsys.shwithout being connected to wlan - (a3) output of
dumpsys.shwith being connected to wlan
postmarketOS:
- (b1) outpud of
dmesg(already posted above, no need to do it again) - (b2) output of
dumpsys.sh
When you have that information, you should be able to extract the missing information in theory.
- diff (a2) and (a3)
- diff (a2) and (b2)
- remove timestamps of (a1) and (b1) and diff the two
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2017-11-26T11:53:45
- (a1) output of
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Created by: steamp0rt
Lineage dmesg: https://pastebin.com/MkkGyFb1 Lineage dumpsys w/out wlan: https://gist.github.com/MoreRobustThanYou/b7a37187e6507876286d666aee41cabe Lineage dumpsys w/ wlan: https://gist.github.com/MoreRobustThanYou/389d185af0bc3bf762523cb310ee1c88
pmOS sysfs: https://gist.github.com/MoreRobustThanYou/cea308e23821945aecce03a7b56f5a76
(for the sysfs dumps, they were too big for pastebin, so i used gist!)
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2017-11-26T12:44:41
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Created by: ollieparanoid
As you've sent me in IRC, the diff of (a2) and (a3): https://pastebin.com/qWCKRf4J
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2017-11-26T12:55:08
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Created by: steamp0rt
@ollieparanoid Would it be possible to make a script that can parse the diff and auto set the values?
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2018-06-12T19:11:33
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Created by: ollieparanoid
In theory, yes. But quite some time has passed since you have generated the diff and you are using another kernel nowadays. If you would like to look into Wi-Fi on the amazon-thor some more, how about we start with a new issue with the current dmesg output, and try to figure it out from there?
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2018-06-13T22:37:39
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Created by: steamp0rt
Before that, @ollieparanoid, question? How SHOULD I be building compat wireless and installing the modules? Before, I was doing
make -C "$srcdir"/build M=$cwdir ARCH="$_carch" CC="${CC:-gcc}" CFLAGS_MODULE="-fno-pic" \ KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION="$((pkgrel + 1))-Alpine" CONFIG_NO_ERROR_ON_MISMATCH=y \ modulesto build and
make -C "$srcdir"/build M=$cwdir ARCH="$_carch" CC="${CC:-gcc}" \ KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION="$((pkgrel + 1))-Alpine" CONFIG_NO_ERROR_ON_MISMATCH=y \ INSTALL_MOD_PATH="$pkgdir" INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_installto install.By * postmarketOS Bot on 2018-06-19T13:41:21
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Created by: ollieparanoid
I'm not sure what's the properway to compile this kernel module (you could read up on how the other devices do it though).
However, after reading up on the ath6kl wiki page again, I've noticed:
This driver is upstream as part of the Linux 2.6.37 release under the staging area. From Linux 3.2 onwards it was promoted from staging to a proper wireless driver.
It is also available for older kernels through the stable compat-wireless releases.
And you are running a 3.4.x kernel on the
amazon-thor. Therefore it should be possible to use theath6kdriver, instead of thecompat-wirelessone, right?Here they describe how to enable that driver (and it's disabled in your current kernel config):
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath6kl/setup
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2018-06-19T23:10:40
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Created by: steamp0rt
@ollieparanoid No. According to hashcode, the compat-wireless is actually needed for this weird chip.
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2018-06-19T23:21:08
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Created by: ollieparanoid
Okay. Regarding your question on how to build and install the modules, from a quick look at the aports, this seems to be like the other devices are doing it. Does it not work (do you not have the module file inside the package in the end? after installing, you can list the files with
apk info -L package-name)Also is there any reason why you need this as module and not built in? (Other devices are also doing this, so there's probably a reason I'm missing here.)
By * postmarketOS Bot on 2018-06-21T22:06:59
moved from pmbootstrap#932 (closed)
By Bart Ribbers on 2018-09-18T16:16:47