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[Milo <milo@xxxxxx>]

So I've copied deviskec post and fixed the recent breakage due to the
merge of ominous 'ath-next' branche which broke ath10k.

1. Download the firmware binaries

https://github.com/sumdog/ath10k-firmware/raw/5faf5bb7c7413f9bb332693179de54cca6fff58e/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board.bin
https://github.com/sumdog/ath10k-firmware/raw/5faf5bb7c7413f9bb332693179de54cca6fff58e/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-4.bin

and put them in the /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/ folder (create
the folder if it doesnt exist)

Commands:

sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/ 
sudo wget https://github.com/sumdog/ath10k-firmware/raw/5faf5bb7c7413f9bb332693179de54cca6fff58e/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board.bin -O /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board.bin
sudo wget https://github.com/sumdog/ath10k-firmware/raw/5faf5bb7c7413f9bb332693179de54cca6fff58e/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-4.bin -O /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-4.bin

2. Install dependencies to be able to compile the kernel with:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev gcc make git exuberant-ctags

3. Download kvalo's kernel tree from:

https://mega.nz/#!9A8UTLLL!7CDjBmSwNTudX9Upz6yRk7BabKE4w2J8_GCwLrKh27c
NB: I could find a link to the correct, RC7 zip. Perhaps it's already fixed in the master branch, otherwise use my uploaded mega link

and extract it to a folder (no need to apply any patch, it's been merged
already).

NB: I couldn't get this to work with the command line unzip, so use the
gui extraction tool.

5. Navigate to the extracted folder and run the following commands:

cp /boot/config-`uname -r`* .config
make olddefconfig 
make -j`cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -c processor`

(this automatically uses the best amount of jobs for your CPU)
(wait a while for it to compile, and after run)

sudo make INSTALL_MOD_STRIP=1 modules_install install
(stripping symbols makes the initrd the regular ~30MB instead of 238MB)

6. Create config file with:

echo "options ath10k_core skip_otp=y" | sudo tee
/etc/modprobe.d/ath10k.conf

7. Reboot using your new kernel 4.x.x-wl-ath
(will be automatically selected)

8. Run ifconfig

Works perfectly without any drops. Would be nice that people who succeed
comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/pull/2

so we can get this merged to mainstream kernel.

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Title:
  Atheros Qualcomm Killer N1525 Wireless-AC [168c:003e] not supported

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Card detail: Qualcomm Atheros Device [168c:003e] (rev 20)
  Subsystem: Bigfoot Networks, Inc. Device [1a56:1525]

  This is on a fully updated Ubuntu Server 14.04 installation, with the ubuntu-desktop environment installed. This happened in order to get the md raid drivers for raid0 on my system, as the desktop version doesn't support them.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  matanis    2333 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  matanis    2333 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1b192ee3-f592-43e9-bdcf-08b91c0aa9b6
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-16 (3 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.3)
  IwConfig:
   p2p1      no wireless extensions.
   
   lo        no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GT72 2QE
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=80998dbb-1f89-4eda-be90-25e35e1c0a90 ro
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-37.64-generic 3.13.11.7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-37-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-37-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127.7
  RfKill:
   
  Tags:  trusty
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 09/15/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: E1781IMS.10D
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: MS-1781
  dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: REV:0.C
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1781IMS.10D:bd09/15/2014:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnGT722QE:pvrREV0.C:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1781:rvrREV0.C:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: GT72 2QE
  dmi.product.version: REV:0.C
  dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.

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