OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX9000

mattimat · 2023-02-04T13:07:20.840Z

Same here. " iw phy phy1 info " shows that all the frequences are disabled...

 Frequencies:
                        * 5180 MHz [36] (disabled)
                        * 5200 MHz [40] (disabled)
                        * 5220 MHz [44] (disabled)
                        * 5240 MHz [48] (disabled)
                        * 5260 MHz [52] (disabled)
                        * 5280 MHz [56] (disabled)
                        * 5300 MHz [60] (disabled)
                        * 5320 MHz [64] (disabled)
                        * 5500 MHz [100] (disabled)
                        * 5520 MHz [104] (disabled)
                        * 5540 MHz [108] (disabled)
                        * 5560 MHz [112] (disabled)
                        * 5580 MHz [116] (disabled)
                        * 5600 MHz [120] (disabled)
                        * 5620 MHz [124] (disabled)
                        * 5640 MHz [128] (disabled)
                        * 5660 MHz [132] (disabled)
                        * 5680 MHz [136] (disabled)
                        * 5700 MHz [140] (disabled)
                        * 5720 MHz [144] (disabled)
                        * 5745 MHz [149] (disabled)
                        * 5765 MHz [153] (disabled)
                        * 5785 MHz [157] (disabled)
                        * 5805 MHz [161] (disabled)
                        * 5825 MHz [165] (disabled)
                        * 5845 MHz [169] (disabled)
                        * 5865 MHz [173] (disabled)
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RobertP · 2023-02-04T15:25:03.309Z

Yes - I also have them disabled
What's even more strange is:

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It worked previously, but after upgrade to the SNAPSHOT r21965-6f89a0ca20 this happened.

McGiverGim · 2023-02-04T16:00:46.394Z

This is a known bug of current master: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/11902

mathorv · 2023-02-06T00:17:01.333Z

Soft debrick works with the same method as AX3600:
TFTP recover with C0A81F02.img (miwifi_ra70_firmware_d96a4_1.0.108.bin)
tested with
https://cdn.cnbj1.fds.api.mi-img.com/xiaoqiang/rom/ra70/miwifi_ra70_firmware_d96a4_1.0.108.bin

If any of you takes care of the wiki please add it - I was unable to edit https://openwrt.org/inbox/toh/xiaomi/ax9000

mgibbons51 · 2023-02-06T16:43:40.279Z

I'm updating my snapshot to the latest version and I'm getting this error. I'm currently running OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r21885-f86658e269 but I did restore my configurations from before so maybe that's why? Is it safe to force upgrade?

Mon Feb 6 11:39:26 EST 2023 upgrade: The device is supported, but this image is incompatible for sysupgrade based on the image version (2.0->1.0). Image check failed.
The uploaded image file does not contain a supported format. Make sure that you choose the generic image format for your platform.

RobertP · 2023-02-06T17:22:26.752Z

I was not caught by the 2.0/1.0 issue so I can't advise.
I do remember this was being discussed on the AX3600 support page though (i.e. General OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX3600 (Part 2) - #165 by marcin-admin)
Maybe you get answers there?

On that note (just in case you aren't aware) - with the most recent snapshots we have a regression with SOC 5 GHz radio ... not working at all due to potential problems with the txpower.

I think Ansuel is getting very close to finding a good way out of this problem...
The same bug seems to affect the ax3600 devices

mgibbons51 · 2023-02-06T17:58:24.443Z

My upper 5ghz is showing the 255dBm issue on SNAPSHOT r21885 but it's working correctly. Is that the issue you're referring to? I'm assuming the 2.0/1.0 issue is because I restored files from Robi's build. Just hoping to not brick my router again lol

Bulkin · 2023-02-06T18:41:00.032Z

It is only safe to force if you did the rootfs merge. Otherwise backup your config and follow the instructions here: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/016c98dc591c1d6b1b8d99ee6e24ce233a2ecf38.

mgibbons51 · 2023-02-06T19:24:30.038Z

Oh okay thanks! Already did the merge free spacing showing 149MB

RobertP · 2023-02-06T22:55:44.364Z

mgibbons51:

My upper 5ghz is showing the 255dBm issue on SNAPSHOT r21885 but it's working correctly.

In my case the wifi radio doesn't work, all freq are disabled on that radio + luci shows 255 dBm.
Looks like Ansuel bumped iwinfo version and it will "restore iterating over all devices in nl80211_phy2ifname()"
I'm going to wait for the next build to kick in and then try it (probably tomorrow)

robimarko · 2023-02-07T10:07:43.390Z

That should fix this issue finally

mattimat · 2023-02-07T13:02:04.351Z

I built the latest version, (git pull, make oldconfig, make).

The max power menu seems to be fixed. The radio1 still not usable, all frequencies disable, also the channel menu missing from luci.

Matti

robimarko · 2023-02-07T13:08:30.731Z

Which one is radio1 as just that name means nothing to me?

mattimat · 2023-02-07T13:23:06.755Z

Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8074 I assume it is the higher band 5G radio.

robimarko · 2023-02-07T13:23:44.177Z

Need to try it out later today

RobertP · 2023-02-07T13:31:14.784Z

Thanks @robimarko!
A few posts above there is kernel log that could help with investigating the problem at hand (OpenWrt support for Xiaomi AX9000 - #1131 by RobertP)
Pity that Ansuel's commit (to bump a package version) didn't help

mattimat · 2023-02-07T14:18:01.570Z

I'll test also the snapshot when ready. Not sure about my skills in building yet.

The new snapshot didn't solve the problem

robimarko · 2023-02-07T15:55:40.867Z

Ugh, so before enabling it channel list is fine however enabling it spits the regulatory error from ath11k.

So, setting ETSI regulatory is killing it.

RobertP · 2023-02-07T16:40:03.028Z

Any hope for a quick fix?

robimarko · 2023-02-07T18:09:23.056Z

No idea, I am not seeing what is the obvious cause for the issue as the regulatory info allows using that channel.

I am quite busy with work, so my time poking around ipq807x is reduced to look into every possible thing