Additional informations can be found here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1651779
In comment 1 I posted a possible soultion and .bin file and where I found it and why it should fit and in comment 2 some successfull tests with latest firmare from https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/ and https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0 > launchpad_s...@mailbox.org hat am 20. November 2018 um 12:34 geschrieben: > > > Hello, > > Output of dmesg on Surface Go fresh installed Ubuntu 18.10. > > "[ 4.242132] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id > 0x00340aff sub 168c:3370 > [ 4.242138] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs > 0 testmode 0 > [ 4.243006] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver > WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00079-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 > fd869beb > [ 4.308059] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to fetch board data for > bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=168c,subsystem-device=3370 > from ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-2.bin > [ 4.309354] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 > ed5f849a" > > There is a board.bin available directly from the vendor > http://www.killernetworking.com/support/K1535_Debian/board.bin But I have no > clue what the content of that file is, if somehting is missing etc. > > The only thing which is missing is getting this added to > https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/boardfiles so the > official board-2.bin. My problem is that I dont know how to read the board > files and modify them because I do not know the encoding they use. > > Also there have been some updates in the upstream linux-firmware repo. > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/commit/?id=a87eb5f7bac0f70ade57da57d9126d14eee12336 > and https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0 but > they also do not help to get the wifi card working/recognized. > > Also there is a guide how to port it to Linux > https://developer.qualcomm.com/download/qca9377/wlan-bluetooth-linux-porting-guide.pdf > > After copying the above > http://www.killernetworking.com/support/K1535_Debian/board.bin to the > following folder "/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0", the wifi works > flawless. Just the "board.bin" and "board-2.bin" in > "/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0" have to be deleted before. > > > This is the output of dmesg after replacing the board.bin with the one from > killernetworking.com: > > dmesg | grep ath > [ 4.513563] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 > reset_mode 0 > [ 4.806988] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id > 0x00340aff sub 168c:3370 > [ 4.806994] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs > 0 testmode 0 > [ 4.807918] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver > WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00079-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 > fd869beb > [ 4.876632] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 > 70c38a29 > [ 5.593731] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 > [ 5.596743] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118 > [ 5.600688] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt-ver 3.47 wmi-op 4 htt-op 3 cal otp > max-sta 32 raw 0 hwcrypto 1 > [ 5.691843] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x0 > [ 5.691845] ath: EEPROM indicates default country code should be used > [ 5.691846] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search > [ 5.691849] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x3a > [ 5.691850] ath: Country alpha2 being used: US > [ 5.691851] ath: Regpair used: 0x3a > [ 6.576740] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0 > [ 7.403038] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 > [ 7.406042] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118 > [ 184.060093] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 118809 > [ 184.063109] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Unknown eventid: 90118 > > There is also a .zip files available > https://www.killernetworking.com/killersupport/item/killer-drivers-inf which > includes some .bin files for the QCA6174 (e.g. "qca61x4_1_1_2.bin" ) > > I am also not sure if it is exactly that Killer Card. How could I find out, > which model it is exactly? > > Also added this in the Ubuntu Bug Tracker, but I think it would be good to > directly get it solved upstream. > > If you need any help, terminal printouts, or testing something, please let me > know. > > best regards > > Christian H. _______________________________________________ ath10k mailing list ath10k@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/ath10k
