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[Hans de Goede <jwrdegoede@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I'm an upstream kernel developer who happened to stumble over this bug.
The proper solution here is to add a dmi based quirk to the asus-nb-wmi
driver to use wapf=4 by default. Note the wapf=4 not wapf=1 which
everyone has been testing with sofar.

I would like to add a proper fix for this to the upstream kernel (which
should then eventually find its way to the ubuntu kernels when ubuntu
switches to a newer kernel).

I need your help for this. First of all please adjust the workaround
with the /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf file to set wapf to 4. Then
reboot and test that wifi still works, and if you've bluetooth and that
that also works.

Once you've confirmed that everything is fine with wapf=4, run the
following command:

cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name

>From a terminal and add a post here with the output of this command.
Then I can add a quirk for your model to asus-nb-wmi.c and send a patch
upstream.

Thanks,

Hans

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Title:
  168c:002b [asus_nb_wmi] [Asus U32U] AR9285 ath9k not working after
  updating to ubuntu 13.04 Raring (linux 3.8.0-19-generic)

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  New
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  update: updated the BIOS to the latest version but the problem
  persists.

  Booting with the older kernel (latest linux kernel from 12.10) every thing works fine. After upgrading to Raring Ringtail Ubuntu 13.04, with the new kernel, hardware get blocked/disabled and wireless doesn't work:
  0: phy0: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: yes
  1: asus-wlan: Wireless LAN
   Soft blocked: no
   Hard blocked: no

  WORKAROUND - is only applicable to Asus Notebooks/netbooks that use the "asus_nb_wmi" driver:
  Create and edit asus_nb_wmi.conf file with this command:
  sudo echo "options asus_nb_wmi wapf=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/asus_nb_wmi.conf

  For more detailed info of the workaround please see:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181558

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: linux-image-3.8.0-19-generic 3.8.0-19.29
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  xxxxx      1822 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDmesg:
   [  370.100280] r8169 0000:04:00.2 eth1: link up
   [  370.100322] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
   [  891.718748] systemd-hostnamed[2649]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname!
   [14119.241628] rtsx_pci 0000:04:00.0: vpd r/w failed.  This is likely a firmware bug on this device.  Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
  Date: Sat Apr 27 17:31:51 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e417e9f2-b63e-4b79-9be4-c21f55547205
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-13 (287 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U32U
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=3ad9d88b-a7a5-460f-ba15-a78dd7f2fc94 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.106
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-27 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/16/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: U32U.204
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: U32U
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrU32U.204:bd12/16/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU32U:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU32U:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: U32U
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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