linux-kernel - IwlWiFi: Intel so firmware issue

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Message-ID: <14bade04-0d93-405c-8637-14e39defb3a8@theviteks.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:05:49 -0700
From: Clark Vitek <clark@...viteks.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: IwlWiFi: Intel so firmware issue

FTM initiator appears to be functional up v79,

example working ucode (lshw): firmware=79.27f1c37b.0 so-a0-gf-a0-79.uc

Firmware v81 and above give not supported response to iw dev measurement 
command.

example not working ucode (lshw): firmware=81.31fc9ae6.0 so-a0-gf-a0-81.uc

testing with kernel 6.5.0-41-generic currently, have also backported and 
tested in 6.2 kernel and determined it is firmware only dependency.

To replicate just change firmware between v79 to v81 and higher in 
/lib/firmware and remove/reload iwlwifi. Example sequence as follows:

**** Working Example v79 ****

$ cat conf80
50:E4:E0:E0:D8:30 bw=80 cf=5600 cf1=5610 lci ftms_per_burst=8

$ sudo iw dev wlp0s20f3 measurement ftm_request conf80
wdev 0x1 (phy #0): Peer measurements (cookie 4):
   Peer 50:e4:e0:e0:d8:30: status=0 (SUCCESS) @833087291004 tsf=0
     FTM
       BURST_INDEX: 0
       NUM_BURSTS_EXP: 0
       BURST_DURATION: 0
       FTMS_PER_BURST: 0
       RSSI_AVG: 4294967249
       RSSI_SPREAD: 0
       RTT_AVG: 88982
       RTT_VARIANCE: 1763414
       RTT_SPREAD: 3523
       LCI: 04 00 08 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
       LCI: 00 00 00 00 40 04 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 01 01

wdev 0x1 (phy #0): peer measurement complete

****END Working Example v79****

****Not Working Example v89****

$ sudo iw dev wlp0s20f3 measurement ftm_request conf80
command failed: Operation not supported (-95)

**** END Not Working Example v89 ****

Full Details of the Device (lspci), identical output for both above 
examples in both lspci, lsmod, and lshw. Only difference is latest 
firmware placed in /lib/firmware and remove/load of iwlwifi

$ sudo lspci -vvvvv
0000:00:14.3 Network controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi 
WiFi (rev 01)
     Subsystem: Rivet Networks Dual Band Wi-Fi 6E(802.11ax) AX1675i 
160MHz 2x2 [Garfield Peak]
     Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
     Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
     Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
     Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
     IOMMU group: 11
     Region 0: Memory at 603c2b4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
     Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
         Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA 
PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
         Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
     Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
         Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
     Capabilities: [40] Express (v2) Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, 
MSI 00
         DevCap:    MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0
             ExtTag- RBE- FLReset+
         DevCtl:    CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq-
             RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr+ NoSnoop+ FLReset-
             MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
         DevSta:    CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- AuxPwr+ 
TransPend-
         DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range B, TimeoutDis+ NROPrPrP- LTR+
              10BitTagComp- 10BitTagReq- OBFF Via WAKE#, ExtFmt- 
EETLPPrefix-
              EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, 
EmergencyPowerReductionInit-
              FRS-
              AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-
         DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 16ms to 55ms, TimeoutDis- LTR+ 
OBFF Disabled,
              AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-
     Capabilities: [80] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=16 Masked-
         Vector table: BAR=0 offset=00002000
         PBA: BAR=0 offset=00003000
     Capabilities: [100 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
         Max snoop latency: 0ns
         Max no snoop latency: 0ns
     Capabilities: [164 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0010 Rev=0 
Len=014 <?>
     Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
     Kernel modules: iwlwifi

thank you for any direction, suggestions, or assistance. I am an end 
user/test enthusiast of linux wireless on different devices. FTM to 
infrastructure responders (Access Points) with Android devices works 
very well in my test setup including range and LCI. I would love to get 
this functionality in mainline linux kernel working reliably.

thanks,

Clark