ath79-generic: enable ath10k-smallbuffers for low memory ath10k boards (#2699)

fixes OOM reboots due too limited ram with ath10k 5Ghz enabled
add some comments to describe the need for ath10k-ct replacement
tested stable on an TP-Link Archer C25v1
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@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
-- enforce mainline ath10k kmod/firmware over openwrt default ath10k-ct usage
-- ath10k-ct is unstable/broken with 11s meshing, works only wave2 chipsets
local ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9880 = {
'kmod-ath10k',
'-kmod-ath10k-ct',
@ -14,6 +17,24 @@ local ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9887 = {
'-ath10k-firmware-qca9887-ct',
}
-- enforce mainline ath10k-smallbuffers kmod, fixes 5GHz-OOM for low memory devices
local ATH10K_PACKAGES_SMALLBUFFERS_QCA9880 = {
'kmod-ath10k-smallbuffers',
'-kmod-ath10k-ct',
'-kmod-ath10k-ct-smallbuffers',
'ath10k-firmware-qca988x',
'-ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct',
}
local ATH10K_PACKAGES_SMALLBUFFERS_QCA9887 = {
'kmod-ath10k-smallbuffers',
'-kmod-ath10k-ct',
'-kmod-ath10k-ct-smallbuffers',
'ath10k-firmware-qca9887',
'-ath10k-firmware-qca9887-ct',
}
local ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9888 = {}
-- ALFA NETWORK
@ -351,13 +372,13 @@ device('tp-link-archer-a7-v5', 'tplink_archer-a7-v5', {
})
device('tp-link-archer-c2-v3', 'tplink_archer-c2-v3', {
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9887,
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_SMALLBUFFERS_QCA9887,
class = 'tiny',
broken = true, -- 64M ath9k + ath10k
})
device('tp-link-archer-c25-v1', 'tplink_archer-c25-v1', {
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9887,
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_SMALLBUFFERS_QCA9887,
broken = true, -- OOM with 5GHz enabled in most environments
class = 'tiny', -- 64M ath9k + ath10k
})
@ -402,7 +423,7 @@ device('tp-link-archer-c59-v1', 'tplink_archer-c59-v1', {
})
device('tp-link-archer-d50-v1', 'tplink_archer-d50-v1', {
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9880,
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_SMALLBUFFERS_QCA9880,
factory = false,
broken = true, -- 64M ath9k + ath10k & power LED not working
})
@ -445,7 +466,7 @@ device('tp-link-re355-v1', 'tplink_re355-v1', {
manifest_aliases = {
'tp-link-re355', -- upgrade from OpenWrt 19.07
},
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9880,
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_SMALLBUFFERS_QCA9880,
broken = true, -- OOM with 5GHz enabled in most environments if device is 64M RAM variant
class = 'tiny', -- Only 6M of usable Firmware space
})
@ -471,7 +492,7 @@ device('tp-link-tl-wr842n-v3', 'tplink_tl-wr842n-v3', {
})
device('tp-link-tl-wr902ac-v1', 'tplink_tl-wr902ac-v1', {
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_QCA9887,
packages = ATH10K_PACKAGES_SMALLBUFFERS_QCA9887,
broken = true, -- OOM with 5GHz enabled in most environments
class = 'tiny', -- 64M ath9k + ath10k
})