WL1837MOD: Mesh interface issue

Hi ,
Please make sure CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH is set to 'y' in kernel configuration .

Thanks
Saurabh

Hi Saurabh,

Thanks for the quick response. I did enable Mesh support by that config parameter in the kernel. Here's my .config for that part:

CONFIG_BT_HCIUART=y

CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_H4=y

CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_BCSP=y

# CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_ATH3K is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_LL is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_3WIRE is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_INTEL is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_BCM is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIUART_QCA is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIBCM203X is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIBPA10X is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIBFUSB is not set

# CONFIG_BT_HCIVHCI is not set

CONFIG_BT_MRVL=m

CONFIG_BT_MRVL_SDIO=m

CONFIG_BT_WILINK=m

# CONFIG_AF_RXRPC is not set

CONFIG_FIB_RULES=y

CONFIG_WIRELESS=y

CONFIG_CFG80211=m

CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE=y

# CONFIG_CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS is not set

# CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG is not set

# CONFIG_CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS is not set

CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS=y

# CONFIG_CFG80211_DEBUGFS is not set

# CONFIG_CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB is not set

CONFIG_CFG80211_CRDA_SUPPORT=y

# CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT is not set

# CONFIG_LIB80211 is not set

CONFIG_MAC80211=m

CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y

CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y

CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y

# CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_VHT is not set

CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y

CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht"

CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH=y

CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y

# CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS is not set

# CONFIG_MAC80211_MESSAGE_TRACING is not set

# CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU is not set

CONFIG_MAC80211_STA_HASH_MAX_SIZE=0

# CONFIG_WIMAX is not set

CONFIG_RFKILL=y

CONFIG_RFKILL_LEDS=y

CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT=y

CONFIG_RFKILL_REGULATOR=y

CONFIG_RFKILL_GPIO=y

# CONFIG_NET_9P is not set

# CONFIG_CAIF is not set

# CONFIG_CEPH_LIB is not set

# CONFIG_NFC is not set

# CONFIG_LWTUNNEL is not set

CONFIG_HAVE_BPF_JIT=y

Please advise me if anything else I am missing here.

Thanks,

Divyeshkumar

Hi,
Can you pls provide more h/w , s/w details
- what h/w / EVM are you using ?
- linux kernel version ?
- WiLink8 driver/firmware version ?

Thanks
Saurabh

Sure,

Here are the details:

- what h/w / EVM are you using ? - I am using custom HW based on AM5728. We have Wi-Fi and BT work OK

- linux kernel version ? - Linux version 4.4.52-g0b07074fe6

- WiLink8 driver/firmware version? -

• wlconf - R8.7SP2
• wpa_supplicant - R8.7SP3
• wl18xx-firmware - R8.7SP1

- iw version 4.7

- wlcore: PHY firmware version: Rev 8.2.0.0.240 

- wlcore: firmware booted (Rev 8.9.0.0.75)

- hostapd: v2.5-devel

I can see an object files under net/wireless for mesh, which means mesh is compiled in the kernel too.

Please let me know if need any other info.

Thanks,

Divyeshkumar

Hi Saurabh,

Can you please advise me the next steps?

Thanks,
Divyeshkumar

Hi,
- I see you are using different version of driver / firmware etc. Can you pls update update driver and related binaries to R8.7_SP3
and re-test processors.wiki.ti.com/.../WL18xx_System_Build_Scripts
- can you pls share output of ifconfig
- can you run mesh start script in /usr/share/wl18xx and share the output .

Thanks
Saurabh

Saurabh,

I don't think we have an issue with the versions of driver/firmware as this are same versions I am using in one of our AM335x based devices and it's working fine. 

- can you pls share output of ifconfig - 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback   
         inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
         inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
         UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1  
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr a8:1b:6a:8d:7e:58   
         UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000  
         RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

 

- can you run mesh start script in /usr/share/wl18xx and share the output -

root@raymond-gdm:/usr/share/wl18xx# ./mesh_start.sh  
adding mesh0 interface
command failed: Operation not supported (-95)
random: Could not open entropy file /usr/share/wl18xx/entropy.bin for writing
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
Could not read interface mesh0 flags: No such device
nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
nl80211: deinit ifname=mesh0 disabled_11b_rates=0
Could not read interface mesh0 flags: No such device
mesh0: Failed to initialize driver interface
random: Could not open entropy file /usr/share/wl18xx/entropy.bin for writing
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
mesh0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
root@raymond-gdm:/usr/share/wl18xx#

 

Thanks,

Divyeshkumar

Hi,
Is there a reason why you are running different versions of driver / firmware etc . ? What is different b/w working and non-working scenario ? Can you pls compare kernel configuration b/w the 2 ?

Saurabh

Hi,

We have two device base, one is AM572x based and other is AM335x based. The AM335x based device has Mesh working and it uses Linux version 4.9.41-ge3a80a1c5c. I am building the OS visa openembedded and the versions are defined in those recipes.

Thanks,
Divyeshkumar

Hi,
pls check the kernel configuration b/w both setups. What kernel version is your AM572x setup running ?

Saurabh

Hi,

The kernel config I shared below is for AM572x, and I believe we only need CONFIG_MAC80211, CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH for Mesh support in kernel. Kernel version is: Linux version 4.4.52-g0b07074fe6

Thanks,
Divyeshkumar