ATH10k : Board-2.bin : How does it work?

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Hi

I have this is my logs

[   14.621791] ath10k 6.9 driver, optimized for CT firmware, probing pci device: 0x56.
[   14.676547] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[   14.683337] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[   14.697740] urngd: v1.0.2 started.
[   18.438834] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: qca9888 hw2.0 target 0x01000000 chip_id 0x00000000 sub 0000:0000
[   18.448419] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 0
[   18.462892] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware ver 10.4b-ct-9888-fW-13-5ae337bb1 api 5 features mfp,peer-flow-ctrl,txst7
[   18.800859] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to fetch board data for bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=0056,subsystem-vendor=0n
[   19.307814] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to fetch board-2.bin or board.bin from ath10k/QCA9888/hw2.0
[   19.317577] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to fetch board file: -12
[   19.335634] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: could not probe fw (-12)
[   19.362767] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*

How to have this "board-2.bin" loaded ? Any config to be done in some DTS file or in the compilation process ?

Thank you

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Please connect to your OpenWrt device using ssh and copy the output of the following commands and post it here using the "Preformatted text </> " button:
grafik
Remember to redact passwords, MAC addresses and any public IP addresses you may have:

ubus call system board
cat /etc/config/network
cat /etc/config/wireless
cat /etc/config/dhcp
cat /etc/config/firewall
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root@OpenWrt:~# ubus call system board
{
        "kernel": "6.6.47",
        "hostname": "OpenWrt",
        "system": "Qualcomm Atheros QCA956X ver 1 rev 0",
        "model": "YunCore WB5G08",
        "board_name": "yuncore,wb5g08",
        "rootfs_type": "squashfs",
        "release": {
                "distribution": "OpenWrt",
                "version": "SNAPSHOT",
                "revision": "unknown",
                "target": "ath79/generic",
                "description": "OpenWrt SNAPSHOT unknown"
        }
}
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root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/network 

config interface 'loopback'
        option device 'lo'
        option proto 'static'
        option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
        option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config globals 'globals'
        option ula_prefix 'fd1b:faf7:21a::/48'

config device
        option name 'br-lan'
        option type 'bridge'
        list ports 'eth0'

config interface 'lan'
        option device 'br-lan'
        option proto 'static'
        option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
        option netmask '255.255.255.0'
        option ip6assign '60'

config interface 'wan'
        option device 'eth1'
        option proto 'dhcp'

config interface 'wan6'
        option device 'eth1'
        option proto 'dhcpv6'
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other files are empty

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Reset device to defaults to trigger wifi detection.

8

Not working

9

If I use
https://github.com/qca/qca-swiss-army-knife to re-generate the baord-2.bin

I get

[ 1493.165530] ath10k 6.9 driver, optimized for CT firmware, probing pci device: 0x56.
[ 1493.176119] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 1494.198615] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: qca9888 hw2.0 target 0x01000000 chip_id 0x00000000 sub 0000:0000
[ 1494.208221] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 0
[ 1494.222710] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware ver 10.4b-ct-9888-fH-13-5ae337bb1 api 5 features mfp,peer-flow-ctrl,txst7
[ 1494.593083] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: board_file api 2 bmi_id N/A crc32 daee31f9
[ 1497.066142] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to receive control response completion, polling..
[ 1498.106189] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: ctl_resp never came in (-145)
[ 1498.112605] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to connect to HTC: -145
[ 1498.209641] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1498.214432] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 136 at kernel/workqueue.c:3401 0x8009ba8c
[ 1498.221583] Modules linked in: ath10k_pci(O+) ath10k_core(O) ath(O) jitterentropy_rng nft_fib_inet nf_flow_table_inet ]
[ 1498.277405] CPU: 0 PID: 136 Comm: kworker/u2:3 Tainted: G           O       6.6.47 #0
[ 1498.285502] Workqueue: ath10k_wq 0x82c2034c [ath10k_core@1cb93f64+0x56000]
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Maybe missing something in the DTS file to setup the pcie card ?