mwifiex 1.0 (16.68.10.p159) - PCIEUSB-8997 firmware is buggy

Héllo All,

I made some few tests on EspressoBin-Ultra from GlobalScaleTechnologies,
because of problem with the WiFi.

I have done some quick tests on all the firmware of PCIEUSB-8997 using
the pcieuart8997_combo_v4.bin on OpenWrt 21.02.x

Here is a summary of the tests :
- W16.68.10.p159 = KO
- W16.68.1.p195 = KO
- V16.68.1.p145 = OK
- 16.68.1.p140 = OK
- 16.68.1.p133 = OK
- 16.68.1.p97 = OK
- 16.68.1.p70 = KO
 
REF (and all details of tests) :
https://github.com/NXP/mwifiex-firmware/issues/1


Broken firmware :

Version |W16.68.1.p195| of |pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin| was included into
linux-firmware repository by this pull request:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+5PVA5yQbjg3vaT7F8120B6ngLn7+sZC0OWt0KoUiQR9hS4FA@mail.gmail.com/ (local)
<https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+5PVA5yQbjg3vaT7F8120B6ngLn7+sZC0OWt0KoUiQR9hS4FA@mail.gmail.com/ (local)>

And latest version |W16.68.10.p159| of |pcieusb8997_combo_v4.bin| by
this pull request:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-firmware/CA+5PVA5on7+CRtEV7tThPxgucwt3W9i-tEXm4cgH-AmMB-Jrtg@mail.gmail.com/ (local)
<https://lore.kernel.org/linux-firmware/CA+5PVA5on7+CRtEV7tThPxgucwt3W9i-tEXm4cgH-AmMB-Jrtg@mail.gmail.com/ (local)>

Olders looks to works better.

In quick tests, they allow more than 1 clients at a time !

I am still testing the V16.68.1.p145 and report the results after some
longer use...

Hopes it will help...
Regards,
Gérald Kerma
gandalf(at)gk2(dot)net