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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:24    Post subject: Firmware Option Vanilla Reply with quote
On my ArcherC7v5 the option to select firmware is only available on the wlan1 5G interface which I have selected vanilla. Does this mean that vanilla is only operating for that band or is it also applied to the 2.4 G band also?
I see some posts where others on different hardware than mine have selected vanilla for the 2.4 G band only. Why would the selection of firmware be band specific?

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 12:32    Post subject: Reply with quote
Because these are usually single band radios.
So these are individual radios for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz and each radio loads firmware individually.

The Archer has the 2.4Ghz integrated into the processor and uses a different driver than the 5Ghz radio.

2.4Ghz = ath9k
5Ghz = ath10k
and the firmware selection is only available for ath10k chipsets
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 13:37    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the clarification.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 13:47    Post subject: Reply with quote
If only this sticky had been more complete with information on which routers and which wifi interfaces, etc. so people weren't still scratching their heads. Could be resolved, but it requires a third party to fix magic ninja edits.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 13:53    Post subject: Reply with quote
Recently I saw a vanilla FW upgrade commit on master, idk which router it was for.

Yea, vague comment I know, maybe it will trigger curiosity, hence why I didn't paste the link (because am-not-gonna-find-the-needle-in-haystack). Instead I spent that time replying here with that info.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 14:01    Post subject: Reply with quote
Firmware bin file updates are for all applicable routers with ath10k drivers in use for their radios, @blkthorne, er, @the-j0ker:

https://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/49033
https://svn.dd-wrt.com/changeset/49101

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