[Banana BPI-R4] all related to MTK-SDK

danpawlik · January 28, 2025, 4:06pm

Based on your config, I added a new param to the wiki page

I don't know how I miss that info about fan, but now I got it in my notes Awesome work!

woziwrt · January 29, 2025, 7:37am

Thank you for your compliment

If you'd decide to help me with thermal zone or work with me on this openwrt-mtk version and you don't mind that I'm persona non grata in the [Banana BPI-R4] - Wifi7 status thread, where only experienced mainline openwrt developers have access according to users reactions, it would be possible here

https://github.com/woziwrt/bpi-r4-mtk

EDIT:

I added basic .config to the git and here is the first release from this git

beta_2

KFO · January 30, 2025, 9:25pm

Really we appreciate your consideration for our requirements
a great build , looking forward to try your next build same to this

woziwrt · January 31, 2025, 1:00pm

Here is

BPI-R4_MLO_beta_2_EXT_upd-1.0

SMP Affinity for multicast packets issue removed
xt_FLOWOFFLOAD improvement
NVMe support added

KFO · January 31, 2025, 1:05pm

@woziwrt
Thank you for sharing this build ..

Please Can you look to this issue ?

My network setting :
WIFI 5Ghz : AX ----160 mhz -------- United States

woziwrt · January 31, 2025, 1:23pm

This is a beta release for testing, not the final release, and every alpha or beta versions usually have some bugs that are gradually removed. The question is how long it takes to remove them...sometimes it never happens

KFO · January 31, 2025, 1:44pm

@woziwrt
Noted ...

Can you share your advise here about the QUALCOMM chips issue on WIFI part ..

Where on Official OpenWRT image the speeds for WIFI is very low for the devices that has WIFI Qualcomm chips

github.com/openwrt/openwrt

WiFi Speed Banana BPI-R4 issue ( 24.10.0-rc6 )

opened 01:15PM - 24 Jan 25 UTC

KFOq

target/mediatek bug Official Image release/24.10

### Describe the bug This issue on all versions not solved until to now .. Open…WRT Snapshot , 24.10.0-rc2 , 24.10.0-rc3 , 24.10.0-rc4 , 24.10.0-rc5 ,24.10.0-rc6 **Issue :** There is speeds limitations due to OpenWRT WIFI packages **doesn't support devices that has Qualcomm WCN6856 Wi-Fi Driver** **On My Laptop (Alienware AMD 19) : 60mb/s** WIFI- 160mhz (Qualcomm WCN6856 Wi-Fi Driver) <img width="808" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/27ad65a9-2ff8-43d6-a130-95fd4f26b6d6" /> ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e5c0968d-5b70-4c8f-bf1b-145117cd3972) **On My Phone Samsung : 400 mb/s** and other laptops has not have Qualcomm WiFi ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1188c5f9-ccfb-459b-b928-7fa7e72d0ed9) Laptop WIFI Information [Qualcomm WCN6856 Wi-Fi Driver](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-WL542-10/overview.html) ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3e4ab805-af5f-48af-a179-a1069601a9b5) I installed the Latest driver for WIFI on my computer but no improvement Note: On BPI-R4 System that developed by BPI-R4 Company , I'm getting full speeds on WIFI for all devices .... ### **###💯 Solution shared by OpenWRT members :** this patch https://github.com/cmonroe/feed-wifi-master/blob/smartrg-master/mac80211/patches/subsys/mtk-0025-mac80211-add-EHT-BA1024-support.patch OR https://forum.openwrt.org/t/banana-bpi-r4-wifi7-status/201051/1065?u=kfo - https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20241112083846.32063-1-MeiChia.Chiu@mediatek.com/ - for mainline 24.10 repo, try to use https://github.com/rmandrad/openwrt/tree/bananapi4 https://github.com/rmandrad/openwrt/tree/bananapi4/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/subsys <img width="854" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6609f891-846b-42b3-b0af-df903e885faa" /> ### OpenWrt version r28388-58d0057481 ### OpenWrt release 24.10.0-rc6 ### OpenWrt target/subtarget mediatek/filogic ### Device Bananapi BPI-R4 ### Image kind Official downloaded image ### Steps to reproduce _No response_ ### Actual behaviour _No response_ ### Expected behaviour _No response_ ### Additional info _No response_ ### Diffconfig ```text ``` ### Terms - [x] I am reporting an issue for OpenWrt, not an unsupported fork.

woziwrt · January 31, 2025, 2:43pm

Hmm...I don't have any QUALCOMM chip here and I can't test it, so I don't even know how it works in my release

KFO · January 31, 2025, 4:17pm

with your image Its working i'm getting full speeds (only that issue I told you about it previously with time the speeds will drop to 100Mb/s and ...

but with official openwrt its limited to 60 Mb/s

maybe you used QUALCOMM patches on your build ?

atomicpunk · February 1, 2025, 6:25am

Hi, just wondering how to change the SSID and password for "MT76_AP_MLD"?

bruda · February 1, 2025, 6:34am

Good morning, just enter with winscp or if you use linux on the router in the etc/wireless file there you have it, change this

config wifi-mld 'ap_mld_1'
option ifname 'ap-mld-1'
option mld_id '1'
option ssid 'MT76_AP_MLD'
option encryption 'sae'
option key '12345678'
option sae_pwe '2'
option ieee80211w '2'

put your ssid and change the password and restart and that's it, the name you put will appear.

Regards

Hhhhhhhh · February 1, 2025, 4:43pm

Hello and thanks so much for this build

I am a complete noob but managed to install it.

I only have the problem with the fan constantly running at full speed.

bruda · February 2, 2025, 5:44am

Good morning, check this same thread from the creator of this wonder @woziwrt, you have the solution, send him the instruction by winscp or from linux depending on how you work

echo 1 or 2 > /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device0/cur_state

Hhhhhhhh · February 2, 2025, 7:58am

Thank you!
Do I really have to enter
"echo 1 or 2"
Or only one of them "echo 1" or "echo 2"?
I assume second
If yes, what's the difference between 1 or 2?

Regards

bruda · February 2, 2025, 9:12am

Good morning, I don't know, the noise doesn't bother me.

Try the one that suits you best.

Regards

pmarques · February 2, 2025, 11:05am

Based on Kernel doc

cur_state
	The current cooling state of this cooling device.
	The value can any integer numbers between 0 and max_state:
	- cur_state == 0 means no cooling
	- cur_state == max_state means the maximum cooling.
	RW, Required

woziwrt · February 2, 2025, 7:06pm

I noticed that in this thread, users repeatedly complain about the fan annoying them. So I decided to relieve them of this problem.

BPI-R4_MLO_beta_2_upd-1.1

thermal zone added

Hhhhhhhh · February 4, 2025, 4:59am

Hi,

Really appreciate your work and adding the thermal zone is one more step to perfection Thank you!

I have one big problem though and I hope I don't sound unthankful.
My WiFi reception is really bad. 4 meters away from the router I don't have full reception anymore and going few steps into my bathroom I have no WiFi reception at all.

With my old router this never was a problem. Keeping in mind the bpi r4 having 6 antennas I wonder if this could be a software problem?

Thanks a lot

bruda · February 4, 2025, 5:44am

Good morning, it seems that you have one of the cursed be14 boards.

Please check this if you see these values, then you have it.

I posted on this thread, they are working on it.

Let me know.

For me, the wifi in the third room is not that great, but 5G reaches 800 megabytes and 6G reaches 300 megabytes.

https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17489

Hhhhhhhh · February 4, 2025, 5:53am

Thank you! It's this, right? Would mean I don't have that cursed board?