* description for what hardware this is: - it is a QCA6174A based radio used for wi-fi in Surface Go and various other laptops
* origin of the board file (did you create it yourself or where you
downloaded)
- Taken from Killer Networking's website:
https://support.killernetworking.com/knowledge-base/installing-the-killer-wireless-ac-1535-in-steamos/
https://support.killernetworking.com/K1535_Debian/board.bin
* ids to be used with the board file (ATH10K_BD_IE_BOARD_NAME in ath10k)
- QCA6174 hw3.2
+
bus=pci,vendor=168c,device=003e,subsystem-vendor=168c,subsystem-device=3370
sha256sum:
e79b80e2243c62f41fbaf1cc92845cefb11019b0a6d1c91488cf43fd63dcf85c
Some more information:
It's been a very common workaround that's spread out by word of mouth. I'm not
sure why nobody upstreamed it yet.
https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Surface-Go
Here's the output from the driver without the board:
[ 28.517788] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0
reset_mode 0
[ 28.797409] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id
0x00340aff sub 168c:3370
[ 28.797414] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0
testmode 0
[ 28.798350] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver
WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00079-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 fd869beb
[ 28.869124] 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
[ 28.869475] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 ed5f849a
[ 28.948849] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
[ 28.967687] 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
[ 32.111815] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi command 16389 timeout, restarting
hardware
[ 35.183798] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi command 69633 timeout, restarting
hardware
[ 35.183803] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
[ 35.287491] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 35.303832] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: cannot restart a device that hasn't been
started
[ 35.579498] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
[ 38.767832] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi command 16387 timeout, restarting
hardware
[ 38.767840] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to enable PMF QOS: -11
[ 38.768373] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-108)
[ 38.849525] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: cannot restart a device that hasn't been
started
[ 39.090593] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
[ 42.351960] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt version request timed out
[ 42.351966] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to setup htt: -110
[ 42.433909] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Could not init core: -110
[ 42.662892] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
[ 45.935887] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to ping firmware: -110
[ 45.935896] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to reset rx filter: -110
[ 46.016938] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Could not init core: -110
[ 56.238713] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
[ 59.503838] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: wmi command 16387 timeout, restarting
hardware
[ 59.503845] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to enable PMF QOS: -11
[ 59.504257] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: could not suspend target (-108)
[ 59.584865] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: cannot restart a device that hasn't been
started
[ 59.810940] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
[ 62.831868] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: htt version request timed out
[ 62.831874] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to setup htt: -110
[ 62.914010] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Could not init core: -110
Here's the output after the board files are swapped:
[ 22.265640] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0
reset_mode 0
[ 22.556869] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 target 0x05030000 chip_id
0x00340aff sub 168c:3370
[ 22.556875] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0
testmode 0
[ 22.557773] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware ver
WLAN.RM.4.4.1-00079-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 6 features wowlan,ignore-otp crc32 fd869beb
[ 22.630144] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 70c38a29
[ 22.722890] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
[ 22.742657] 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
[ 22.996371] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0 wlp1s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 24.535624] ath10k_pci 0000:01:00.0: unsupported HTC service id: 1536
Here's some more discussion on how the Killer board was found:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1651779#c1
It's likely that this also fixes wifi on Surface Laptop 3 AMD since users have
been using an identical workaround.
Note: It's also recommended to enable ignore-otp for this board. Not sure if it
actually helps or not though.
board.bin
Description: application/macbinary
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