* Benny Simonsen <[email protected]> [160910 04:43]: > Hi > > I am trying to get WIFI working on a Acer Aspier E 15 E5-575-30QD > > lspci shows the following with respect to WIFI: > 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros Device 0042 (rev 30) > verbose output - see in bottom of mail. > I am not sure which Qualcomm device it is, what I can find on the net is > that the above lspci string is mentioned together with QC9377 ... so I have > tried that, but would like to know if it is the correct name. > > It is on a fresh installed Debian 8.5 with non-free drivers from here: > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.5.0-live+nonfree/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-8.5.0-amd64-kde-desktop+nonfree.iso > > After installation I have upgraded it and rebooted it (don't remember if > there was a new kernel) > > I have cloned https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware.git into > /lib/firmware/ath10k and copied the bin file that I think I should use to a > new file without the part after .bin > sudo git clone https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware.git > /lib/firmware/ath10k > sudo cp -p /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware > /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin_WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 > /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin > > Reboot - no wifi module detected > Added a file: /etc/modprobe.d/ath10k_core.conf with the following line: > options ath10k_core skip_otp=y > Reboot - no wifi module detected > > Any hints?
This appears to be Debian bug 832925 (request to add that specific firmware) on the firmware-atheros package. Something else mentioned that a 4.2 kernel does not support this board, but kernel version 4.4 does. If you are not already running a 4.4 kernel, you might try upgrading. ...Marvin
