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[Bug 1520343] Re: Qualcomm Atheros wireless card [168c:003e] (rev 32) not supported

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- I have recently installed Ubuntu 15.10 (64-bit) alongside Windows 10 on an Acer Aspire VN7-792G-76ZH and discovered, that the Qualcomm wireless card doesn't work.
- The card has the device id 168c:003e as many other cards, for example the Qualcomm Atheros Killer (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1383184),
- but it has a newer revision number (32) and the suggested fixes work only partially and the wireless is unusable.
+ I have recently installed Ubuntu 15.10 (64-bit) alongside Windows 10 on an Acer Aspire VN7-792G-76ZH and discovered, that the Qualcomm wireless card doesn't work in it or 16.04.
+ The card has the device id 168c:003e as many other cards, for example the Qualcomm Atheros Killer (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1383184), but it has a newer revision number (32) and the suggested fixes work only partially and the wireless is unusable.
  
  The computer has just been released this summer and is Intel Skylake
  -based.
  
- My lspci:
- 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:1910] (rev 07)
- 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) [8086:1901] (rev 07)
- 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:191b] (rev 06)
- 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:a12f] (rev 31)
- 00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem [8086:a131] (rev 31)
- 00:15.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPSS I2C Controller #0 [8086:a160] (rev 31)
- 00:15.1 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPSS I2C Controller #1 [8086:a161] (rev 31)
- 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 [8086:a13a] (rev 31)
- 00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [8086:a103] (rev 31)
- 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #3 [8086:a112] (rev f1)
- 00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #4 [8086:a113] (rev f1)
- 00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #5 [8086:a114] (rev f1)
- 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller [8086:a14e] (rev 31)
- 00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC [8086:a121] (rev 31)
- 00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio [8086:a170] (rev 31)
- 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus [8086:a123] (rev 31)
- 01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] [10de:139b] (rev ff)
- 07:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:003e] (rev 32)
- 08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 15)
- 
- What I have tried:
- 
- I've tried the patch from bug 1383184, which has a fix for the card
- revision 20:
- 
- Make the directory /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/
- 
- And put in the patch files: 
+ I've tried the patch from bug 1383184, which has a fix for the card revision 20:
+ Make the directory /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/ and put in the patch files:
  board.bin
  firmware-4.bin
  notice_ath10k_firmware-4.txt
  
  ath10k_pci succeeds in loading the firmware, but it seems that the
  firmware is not working correctly:
  
  dmesg | grep ath
- 
  [    5.452683] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
  [    5.678420] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:07:00.0.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.678773] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-pci-168c:003e:11ad:0807.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.678781] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to load spec board file, falling back to generic: -2
  [    5.679445] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.679453] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2
  [    7.802316] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 (0x05030000, 0x00340aff, 168c:003e:11ad:0807 fallback) fw WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 htt 3.26 wmi 4 cal otp max_sta 32
  [    7.802329] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0 testmode 0
  [    8.200607] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6c
  [    8.200614] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
  [    8.200619] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
  [    8.200621] ath: Regpair used: 0x6c
  [    8.216605] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0 wlp7s0: renamed from wlan0
  [   13.462029] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   16.461416] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   24.760062] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   27.759534] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   36.046205] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to set arp ac override parameter: -11
  [   39.045729] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   47.344304] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   50.343794] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   58.630534] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   61.629936] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   69.920624] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   72.920132] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   81.206812] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   84.206218] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  ...
  
  Then it just constantly prints the last two messages on and on.
  I can weirdly enough see the card in iwconfig:
- 
- 
- wlp7s0    IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any  
-           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm   
-           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
-           Power Management:off
+ wlp7s0    IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any
+           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
+           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
+           Power Management:off
  
  And I can see the wireless-icon in the toolbar, but scanning for access
  points or trying to connect to one doesn't work.
  
  This is the furthest I've gotten. I suspect this card needs a new
  firmware in ath10k?
  
- I'm currently running the development branch of Ubuntu 16.04 as hardware acceleration support for this PC is currently only supported there.
- The same problem exists in this version too and I'm able to reproduce the issue.
- 
- Hoping to get this fixed, as many other new laptops seem to include the
- same wireless card.
- 
- /Dennis
- 
- ============================================
- 
- Current system information:
- 
- Description:	Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)
- Release: 	16.04
- --- 
+ ---
  ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
-  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
-  /dev/snd/controlC0:  dennis     1230 F.... pulseaudio
+  USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
+  /dev/snd/controlC0:  dennis     1230 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bed7757a-3749-4efb-9e9f-0ce8129bfbb9
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-11 (15 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151110)
  Lsusb:
-  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
-  Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b520 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
-  Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04ca:3016 Lite-On Technology Corp. 
-  Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
-  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
+  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
+  Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b520 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
+  Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04ca:3016 Lite-On Technology Corp.
+  Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
+  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Acer Aspire VN7-792G
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=bdadfbdf-2233-46de-b804-c88712e6c518 ro ipv6.disable=1 i915.preliminary_hw_support=1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
  RelatedPackageVersions:
-  linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-19-generic N/A
-  linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-19-generic  N/A
-  linux-firmware                            1.153
+  linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-19-generic N/A
+  linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-19-generic  N/A
+  linux-firmware                            1.153
  Tags:  xenial
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm bumblebee cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 09/25/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: V1.02
  dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: Aspire VN7-792G
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: V1.02
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.02
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.02:bd09/25/2015:svnAcer:pnAspireVN7-792G:pvrV1.02:rvnAcer:rnAspireVN7-792G:rvrV1.02:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.02:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire VN7-792G
  dmi.product.version: V1.02
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

** Tags added: latest-bios-1.02

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Title:
  Qualcomm Atheros wireless card [168c:003e] (rev 32) not supported

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have recently installed Ubuntu 15.10 (64-bit) alongside Windows 10 on an Acer Aspire VN7-792G-76ZH and discovered, that the Qualcomm wireless card doesn't work in it or 16.04.
  The card has the device id 168c:003e as many other cards, for example the Qualcomm Atheros Killer (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1383184), but it has a newer revision number (32) and the suggested fixes work only partially and the wireless is unusable.

  The computer has just been released this summer and is Intel Skylake
  -based.

  I've tried the patch from bug 1383184, which has a fix for the card revision 20:
  Make the directory /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/ and put in the patch files:
  board.bin
  firmware-4.bin
  notice_ath10k_firmware-4.txt

  ath10k_pci succeeds in loading the firmware, but it seems that the
  firmware is not working correctly:

  dmesg | grep ath
  [    5.452683] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: pci irq msi-x interrupts 8 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
  [    5.678420] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:07:00.0.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.678773] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board-pci-168c:003e:11ad:0807.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.678781] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to load spec board file, falling back to generic: -2
  [    5.679445] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2
  [    5.679453] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2
  [    7.802316] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: qca6174 hw3.2 (0x05030000, 0x00340aff, 168c:003e:11ad:0807 fallback) fw WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 api 4 htt 3.26 wmi 4 cal otp max_sta 32
  [    7.802329] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 1 dfs 0 testmode 0
  [    8.200607] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x6c
  [    8.200614] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
  [    8.200619] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
  [    8.200621] ath: Regpair used: 0x6c
  [    8.216605] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0 wlp7s0: renamed from wlan0
  [   13.462029] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   16.461416] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   24.760062] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   27.759534] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   36.046205] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to set arp ac override parameter: -11
  [   39.045729] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   47.344304] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   50.343794] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   58.630534] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   61.629936] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   69.920624] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   72.920132] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  [   81.206812] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: failed to enable dynamic BW: -11
  [   84.206218] ath10k_pci 0000:07:00.0: could not suspend target (-11)
  ...

  Then it just constantly prints the last two messages on and on.
  I can weirdly enough see the card in iwconfig:
  wlp7s0    IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any
            Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
            Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
            Power Management:off

  And I can see the wireless-icon in the toolbar, but scanning for
  access points or trying to connect to one doesn't work.

  This is the furthest I've gotten. I suspect this card needs a new
  firmware in ath10k?

  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  dennis     1230 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bed7757a-3749-4efb-9e9f-0ce8129bfbb9
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-11 (15 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151110)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b520 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
   Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04ca:3016 Lite-On Technology Corp.
   Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  MachineType: Acer Aspire VN7-792G
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-19-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=bdadfbdf-2233-46de-b804-c88712e6c518 ro ipv6.disable=1 i915.preliminary_hw_support=1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-19.23-generic 4.2.6
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-4.2.0-19-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-4.2.0-19-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.153
  Tags:  xenial
  UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-19-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm bumblebee cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 09/25/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: V1.02
  dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: Aspire VN7-792G
  dmi.board.vendor: Acer
  dmi.board.version: V1.02
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
  dmi.chassis.version: V1.02
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV1.02:bd09/25/2015:svnAcer:pnAspireVN7-792G:pvrV1.02:rvnAcer:rnAspireVN7-792G:rvrV1.02:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV1.02:
  dmi.product.name: Aspire VN7-792G
  dmi.product.version: V1.02
  dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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