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[Bug 1436940] Re: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6164 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0041] is not supported
Miles, many thanks for the excellent instructions and analysis. As you may have realised, installing a new kernel is something I've not done before. Followed your lead (and that on the mainbuilds page and I now have a fully working system, using the internal wireless card, which is lightning quick! Thank you vm!
I will post your solution on the page for the other bug if that is ok?
THIS is the reason why I use Ubuntu!!! :)
Andy
PS. I learned a lot from this, so even better.
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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 relatively 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 4.5. 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 contents of ath10k-firmware-master to
/lib/firmware/ath10k.
3) Rename two of the firmware files like so:
cd /lib/firmware/QCA6174/hw2.1
sudo mv firmware-5.bin_SW_RM.1.1.1-00157-QCARMSWPZ-1 firmware-5.bin
cd /lib/firmware/QCA6174/hw3.0
sudo mv firmware-4.bin_WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 firmware-4.bin
4) 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 Match 18, 2016
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