IRC log of #cubox of Thu 21 Jun 2018. All times are in CEST < Back to index

16:24 KBme> hi.
16:25 KBme> I'm having this issue with the ti wireless card on the hummingboard2:
16:25 KBme> https://e2e.ti.com/support/wireless_connectivity/wilink_wifi_bluetooth/f/307/t/497804?wlcore-WARNING-Unable-to-flush-all-TX-buffers-timed-out-timeout-500-ms-Couldnt-connect-to-AP-after-that-
16:25 KBme> it looks like the firmware is still outdated, they recommend using 8.9.0.1.55
16:26 KBme> jnettlet[m], what do you think? where can I get the newer firmware?
16:26 KBme> also, this doesn't happen on all machines with the ti wifi card, just some.
16:33 jnettlet[m]> KBme: you can get them from the service_pack branch at git://git.ti.com/wilink8-wlan/wl18xx_fw.git
16:33 jnettlet[m]> but those firmware files are from 2016
16:34 jnettlet[m]> yeah you can see that thread is from 2016. The firmware files we have are from 2018
16:42 KBme> howcome the versions are smaller?
16:42 KBme> jnettlet[m], ?
16:44 KBme> so why are more than half of the ti machines simply not connecting to my wifi network?
16:45 jnettlet[m]> KBme: that is something the TI would have to answer. I have no idea.
16:46 jnettlet[m]> as for the connections. What software are you trying to use to connect?
16:46 KBme> wpa_supplicant
16:49 KBme> jnettlet[m], I'll have to do some more testing but I've had some wird errors with the ti wifi card
16:51 jnettlet[m]> KBme: you can give the other firmware files a try. No harm in testing them.
16:52 jnettlet[m]> TI seems to have spread their firmware out in all sorts of random places. Just like the BT software is only available in the service packs even though they have 2 public git repositories with older versions
16:57 KBme> hardware vendors working like it's still the '80s