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[Nithya Hariharan <1436940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a Lenovo G50-45 (QCA6164 Wireless network adapter) with Ubuntu
15.10 (Kernel 4.2) - fully updated as of 17 March 2016. I tried
following the steps given under "How to Get this Card to Work:" in the
Bug Description. lshw -C network showed QCA6164 as "Unclaimed".

Then following steps in #81 and #90 finally made the card work!!!

Thank you Jeremy!!! Considering my absolute zero knowledge of any kind
of programming, the steps were really clear enough that I could follow
them and make things work for me :)

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Title:
  Qualcomm Atheros QCA6164 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0041]
  is not supported

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
  Confirmed
Status in linux source package in Wily:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This card remains unsupported out-of-the-box by the ath10k_pci kernel
  module.  At this point, it looks like kvalo's ath10k-firmware repo
  just needs to be pulled in.

  Speaking of which, that repo contains a folder for the QCA6174, but
  not for the QCA6164.  The firmware in the QCA6174 folder works for the
  QCA6164; I still find it strange.  I'm not sure how well the actual
  QCA6174 [168c:003e] firmware works.

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  HOW TO GET THIS CARD TO WORK:

  As of February 26, 2016, this has become very simple.

  I'm unsure of what version kernel you need to be using - it's either
  at least 4.0 or at least 4.2.  I'm currently using 4.4.3.  If the
  kernel you have isn't working, try that one.

  1) Get the latest firmware from https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-
  firmware/archive/master.zip

  2) Unzip this file, and copy the ath10k folder's contents to
  /lib/firmware/ath10k.

  3) Reboot your computer.  Run "lshw -C network" to see if your card is
  recognized.

  If you created a "/lib/modprobe.d/ath10k.conf" file earlier to disable
  otp, you can remove it.  I did, and the card still works fine.

  Last updated February 28, 2016

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