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Post #1
ILOVEPIE
15 Apr 2016, 00:05

I managed to extricate the required drivers from the mess that is the Quantenna GPL sdk (provided in the netgear open source code release for the R7500) and compile them for Designated Driver, I also had to compile a few utilities and borrow some shell scripts from the open source code release. I'll release a zip with the openwrt sdk compatable packages when i get my build environment/makefiles/etc. cleaned up and working more efficiently.

Required OpenWRT Packages:
- librpc
Required Drivers:
- qdpc-host.ko (recompiled from GPL source for Designated Driver)

Required Utilities:
- qcsapi_sockrpc (or qcsapi_sockrpc_static renamed to qcsapi_sockrpc) (recompiled from GPL source for Designated Driver)
- qcsapi_pcie (or qcsapi_pcie_static renamed to qcsapi_pcie) (recompiled from GPL source for Designated Driver)
- qevt_client (recompiled from GPL source for Designated Driver)

Scripts I Used on the router (these are from the netgear official firmware and can be rewritten later, some may be unnecessary, requires some tweaks to get them working on Designated Driver):
- /lib/wifi/qtwifi.sh
- /lib/wifi/5g-ap-pin-process
- /lib/wifi/5g-wps-process
- /lib/wifi/ap-pin-counter
- /lib/wifi/get-5g-rx-rate
- /lib/wifi/notify-5g-wps-start
- /lib/wifi/wifi_led_onoff.sh

after everything is hooked up:

# insmod qdpc-host
# rm /etc/config/wireless
# wifi detect > /etc/config/wireless
-command to edit /etc/config/wireless-
# wifi up wifi1

and the Quantenna radios should be working.

P.S:
Snag a copy of the Quantenna GPL sdk from netgear to compile the firmware for the Quantenna radios, it should generate some files which need to be put in /lib/firmware for this to work.

This post was made over wifi on a network hosted by a Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500 version 1 running OpenWrt Designated Driver r49161.

(Last edited by ILOVEPIE on 15 Apr 2016, 01:29)

Post #2
zhangjingye03
29 May 2016, 08:26

Hello ILOVEPIE,

I've fixed some errors caused by different kernel version and compiled qdpc-host.ko from the source.
But when I push it into my R7500 and insmod, it returns me "Segmentation fault", as the kernel log says

[57181.643121] parent cap:128, dev cap:256
[57181.643147] Setting MPS to 128
[57181.646204] PCIe MSI Interrupt Enabled
[57181.648880] qdpc_map_sysctl_regs() Mapping sysctl
[57181.652614] Zero length BAR
[57181.657461] Failed bar mapping sanity check in qdpc_map_bar
[57181.659996] qdpc_map_epmem() Mapping epmem
[57181.665700] BAR:2 vaddr=0xd00e0000 busaddr=08000000 offset=0 len=65536
[57181.669720] qdpc_map_dma_regs() Mapping dma registers
[57181.676352] BAR:3 vaddr=0xd0100000 busaddr=08010000 offset=0 len=65536
[57181.681351] qdpc-host version v37.3.1.25 Quantenna Communications Inc.
[57181.687877] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual addre                                                                                         ss 00000000
[57181.694370] pgd = cb3a0000
[57181.702525] [00000000] *pgd=4eb46831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000
[57181.711033] Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
[57181.711385] Modules linked in: qdpc_host(+) pppoe ppp_async iptable_nat pppox                                                                                          ppp_generic nf_nat_ipv4 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv4 ipt_REJECT ipt_MASQ                                                                                         UERADE xt_time xt_tcpudp xt_state xt_nat xt_multiport xt_mark xt_mac xt_limit xt                                                                                         _id xt_conntrack xt_comment xt_TCPMSS xt_REDIRECT xt_LOG xt_CT slhc nf_reject_ip                                                                                         v4 nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 nf_nat nf_log_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 nf_co                                                                                         nntrack_rtcache nf_conntrack iptable_raw iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables                                                                                          crc_ccitt ath10k_pci ath10k_core ath mac80211 cfg80211 compat ledtrig_usbdev ip                                                                                         6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 nf_log_ipv6 nf_log_common ip6table_raw ip6table_mangle                                                                                          ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables leds_gpio xhci_plat_hcd xhci_pci xhci_hcd dw                                                                                         c3 dwc3_qcom ohci_platform ohci_hcd phy_qcom_dwc3 ahci ehci_platform ehci_hcd sd                                                                                         _mod ahci_platform libahci_platform libahci libata scsi_mod gpio_button_hotplug                                                                                          usbcore nls_base usb_common
[57181.795408] CPU: 1 PID: 6003 Comm: insmod Tainted: G    B          3.18.29 #1
[57181.795676] task: c978e400 ti: cbd3e000 task.ti: cbd3e000
[57181.802803] PC is at vmac_net_init+0x98/0x484 [qdpc_host]
[57181.808178] LR is at vmac_net_init+0x30/0x484 [qdpc_host]
[57181.813556] pc : [<bf31570c>]    lr : [<bf3156a4>]    psr: 60000013
[57181.813556] sp : cbd3fd00  ip : 00000000  fp : 00000080
[57181.818945] r10: cb1a94c0  r9 : cd97f800  r8 : 00000078
[57181.830220] r7 : cd97fc00  r6 : 00000000  r5 : 00000000  r4 : cb1a9000
[57181.835432] r3 : 00000000  r2 : 00200001  r1 : 00200001  r0 : 0000003a
[57181.842030] Flags: nZCv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment user
[57181.848538] Control: 10c5787d  Table: 4d3a006a  DAC: 00000015
[57181.855743] Process insmod (pid: 6003, stack limit = 0xcbd3e238)
[57181.861473] Stack: (0xcbd3fd00 to 0xcbd40000)
[57181.867548] fd00: 00000000 00000000 cd97fc00 cb1a94c0 cd97fc00 cd97fc00 cb1a9                                                                                         000 00000000
[57181.871806] fd20: 00000000 00000078 cd97f800 cb1a94c0 00000080 bf313dc4 00000                                                                                         000 201f2010
[57181.879966] fd40: 00008701 00008000 bf317548 cd97fc68 bf317470 00000000 cd97f                                                                                         c00 bf31743c
[57181.888128] fd60: 0000001c cbc9e040 bf317548 c03c5f10 c07b8ad8 cd97fc68 c07b8                                                                                         ad4 00000000
[57181.896286] fd80: bf317470 c03ffd3c cd97fc68 bf317470 cd97fc9c c0753ca4 bf319                                                                                         000 00000000
[57181.904445] fda0: cbc9e040 c03fff48 00000000 bf317470 c03ffed4 c03fe518 cd8d5                                                                                         25c cd9fd7b4
[57181.912606] fdc0: bf317470 cc355500 00000000 c03ff564 bf317430 c0742c48 cbd3e                                                                                         010 bf317470
[57181.920767] fde0: c0742c48 cbd3e010 c073e408 c04005a4 c0742c48 c0742c48 cbd3e                                                                                         010 bf31901c
[57181.928924] fe00: c0742c48 c0742c48 cbd3e010 c02137b8 ccb42380 8040003e 00000                                                                                         000 cbd3e010
[57181.937084] fe20: 00000001 c0736ce0 cdfcf840 8040003e cd801f00 c0736ce0 cdfcf                                                                                         840 c0736ce0
[57181.945244] fe40: cdfcf840 ccb42380 cd801f00 8040003e cde24ce0 c02bfdc4 00193                                                                                         1ed c027f1fc
[57181.953405] fe60: 00000001 dc8cb01d cbd3ff58 cbc9e6c8 bf317554 00000001 00000                                                                                         001 cbc9e6c0
[57181.961564] fe80: bf317590 c027f224 bf317554 00007fff c027c488 c021224c ccb42                                                                                         340 00000000
[57181.969723] fea0: c073e408 3436195c cbd3e008 bf317548 bf317690 00000000 00000                                                                                         12c c0655c24
[57181.977884] fec0: d00cd000 bf317248 00000001 c073e418 d00cd000 d00ccfff bf315                                                                                         f9c 00000002
[57181.986044] fee0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 6e72656b 00006c65 00000                                                                                         000 00000000
[57181.994202] ff00: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000                                                                                         000 00000000
[57182.002362] ff20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 dc8cb01d c0208f04 000086d4 003b7                                                                                         010 b6f202d0
[57182.010522] ff40: 00000080 c0208f04 cbd3e000 00000000 00000000 c027f858 d00c4                                                                                         000 000086d4
[57182.018683] ff60: d00cbf7c d00c88a2 d00c9d3c 000046b8 000049a8 00000000 00000                                                                                         000 00000000
[57182.026841] ff80: 0000002d 0000002e 00000024 00000000 00000016 00000000 00000                                                                                         000 00000000
[57182.035002] ffa0: 00000003 c0208d80 00000000 00000000 003b7010 000086d4 b6f20                                                                                         2d0 0000000c
[57182.043160] ffc0: 00000000 00000000 00000003 00000080 000086d4 00000000 00000                                                                                         020 00000000
[57182.051322] ffe0: be8e1c74 be8e1c58 00011abc b6f723e0 60000010 003b7010 00000                                                                                         000 00000000
[57182.059523] [<bf31570c>] (vmac_net_init [qdpc_host]) from [<bf313dc4>] (qdpc_                                                                                         pcie_probe+0x238/0x31c [qdpc_host])
[57182.067658] [<bf313dc4>] (qdpc_pcie_probe [qdpc_host]) from [<c03c5f10>] (pci                                                                                         _device_probe+0x58/0xa8)
[57182.077898] [<c03c5f10>] (pci_device_probe) from [<c03ffd3c>] (really_probe+0                                                                                         xd4/0x214)
[57182.087004] [<c03ffd3c>] (really_probe) from [<c03fff48>] (__driver_attach+0x                                                                                         74/0x98)
[57182.094814] [<c03fff48>] (__driver_attach) from [<c03fe518>] (bus_for_each_de                                                                                         v+0x4c/0xa0)
[57182.102800] [<c03fe518>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c03ff564>] (bus_add_driver                                                                                         +0xd8/0x1f0)
[57182.110962] [<c03ff564>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c04005a4>] (driver_register+                                                                                         0xa8/0xec)
[57182.119126] [<c04005a4>] (driver_register) from [<bf31901c>] (init_module+0x1                                                                                         c/0x80 [qdpc_host])
[57182.126957] [<bf31901c>] (init_module [qdpc_host]) from [<c02137b8>] (do_one_                                                                                         initcall+0x118/0x1f0)
[57182.135972] [<c02137b8>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c027f224>] (load_module+0x1                                                                                         88c/0x1df4)
[57182.144729] [<c027f224>] (load_module) from [<c027f858>] (SyS_init_module+0xc                                                                                         c/0xf8)
[57182.152976] [<c027f858>] (SyS_init_module) from [<c0208d80>] (ret_fast_syscal                                                                                         l+0x0/0x38)
[57182.160697] Code: e2855001 e1560005 1afffff0 e59451f0 (e5d53000)
[57182.168852] ---[ end trace d98bcb49c1d75a66 ]---

Any ideas?

(Last edited by zhangjingye03 on 29 May 2016, 08:27)

Post #3
zhangjingye03
6 Jun 2016, 12:11

I've successfully make it work. The error in my last post is because I use OpenWrt's official snapshot kernel instead of mine. I've pushed it to my Github: https://github.com/zhangjingye03/qdpc-host

However, there are still some problems to solve. The most important one is that qdpc-host would hang if high traffic passes. There is no kernel log in Quantenna's serial line, IPQ8064 neither. If I wait for several  moments, IPQ8064 will tell me a message like "No Response in host0"

Are there any problems on your build?

Post #4
xwx
11 Oct 2016, 19:12

Hi...
I'm so surprised that there are no comments on this post ... It's really amazing...
It permits us to run Fully Open-WRT on R7500 and on linksys e8500 ...
I would like to know how is the progress, how stable is it now ?
Is it compatible only with Netgear Quantenna firmware or it could work also with linksys  Quantenna firmware ?
Thanks for great work.

Post #5
xwx
11 Oct 2016, 20:30

In you need tester I can try, Thx.

Post #6
VSG
4 Apr 2017, 17:20

Than the project is over?

The discussion might have continued from here.