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[Bug 1260825] Re: 168c:0032 ath3k built-in bluetooth cannot load firmware - sporadic

 

I have the same problem with my Lenovo M30-70 with a Atheros WB335-card.

xxx@xxx:~$ uname -a
Linux xxx 3.18.2-031802-generic #201501082011 SMP Thu Jan 8 20:13:03 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

xxx@xxx:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release:	14.04
Codename:	trusty

Sometimes it works, but most of the time it doesn't.

This is when it DOESN'T work:

xxx@xxx:/var/log$ dmesg | grep -i ath
[   14.675359] ath: phy0: WB335 2-ANT card detected
[   14.675364] ath: phy0: Set BT/WLAN RX diversity capability
[   14.682054] ath: phy0: Enable LNA combining
[   14.683153] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[   14.683154] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[   14.683157] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[   14.683158] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[   14.865275] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9565 Rev:1 mem=0xffffc90011000000, irq=18
[   17.549306] ath3k: probe of 1-7:1.0 failed with error -110
[   17.549405] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath3k

snubbe@tiefighter:/var/log$ dmesg | grep -i blue
[   14.157777] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19
[   14.157814] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   14.157823] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   14.157826] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   14.157833] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   17.549216] Bluetooth: Error in firmware loading err = -110,len = 448, size = 4096
[   17.549270] Bluetooth: Loading patch file failed
[   20.811258] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   20.811267] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   20.811282] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   20.833345] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   20.833359] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   20.833367] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11

lsusb -v:
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceSubClass         1 Radio Frequency
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0cf3 Atheros Communications, Inc.
  idProduct          0x3004 
  bcdDevice            0.01
  iManufacturer           0 
  iProduct                0 
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1

snubbe@tiefighter:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no


This is when it WORKS:

snubbe@tiefighter:~$ dmesg | grep -i ath
[   14.975603] ath: phy0: WB335 2-ANT card detected
[   14.975608] ath: phy0: Set BT/WLAN RX diversity capability
[   14.982539] ath: phy0: Enable LNA combining
[   14.983794] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x65
[   14.983797] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a direct regpair map
[   14.983799] ath: Country alpha2 being used: 00
[   14.983801] ath: Regpair used: 0x65
[   15.012733] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9565 Rev:1 mem=0xffffc90010f00000, irq=18
[   15.224047] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath3k

snubbe@tiefighter:~$ dmesg | grep -i blue
[   14.487174] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.19
[   14.487205] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   14.487213] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   14.487216] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   14.487226] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   20.004332] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   20.004346] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   20.004354] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[   20.056350] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   20.056355] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   20.056364] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized

lsusb -v:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc. 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass          224 Wireless
  bDeviceSubClass         1 Radio Frequency
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0cf3 Atheros Communications, Inc.
  idProduct          0x3004 
  bcdDevice            0.02
  iManufacturer           0 
  iProduct                0 
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1

snubbe@tiefighter:~$ rfkill list
0: ideapad_wlan: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: ideapad_bluetooth: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
2: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
3: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

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Title:
  168c:0032 ath3k built-in bluetooth cannot load firmware - sporadic

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  This is on an ASUS N550JV. Basically, the Bluetooth is sporadically
  available after restart/login. When not available, we get an error msg
  in dmesg about a patch that failed to load.

  $ sudo lsusb -v
  Bus 003 Device 016: ID 13d3:3402 IMC Networks
  Device Descriptor:
    bDeviceProtocol         1 Bluetooth
    idVendor           0x13d3 IMC Networks
    idProduct          0x3402
    bcdDevice            0.02
    iManufacturer           1 Atheros Communications
    iProduct                2 Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    iSerial                 3 Alaska Day 2006

  $ sudo lspci
  04:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

  dmesg:
  [   13.663135] Bluetooth: Error in firmware loading err = -110,len = 448, size = 4096
  [   13.663173] Bluetooth: Loading patch file failed
  [   13.663198] ath3k: probe of 3-5:1.0 failed with error -110
  [   13.663229] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath3k

  Things already tried (to no much avail):
  - Update BIOS to latest version
  - Install "bluetooth" package
  - Enable ath9k bt coexistence (as per http://5thpeephole.blogspot.be/2013/10/install-ubuntu-1310-in-asus-n550jv.html)
  - unload / reload ath3k module:
  $ sudo modprobe -r ath3k; sleep 1; sudo modprobe ath3k

  Upstream URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.bluez.kernel/48232

  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Dependencies:

  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-07 (5 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: linux-firmware 1.116
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
  Tags:  saucy
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups:
  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  marie      2252 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  marie      2252 F.... pulseaudio
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b1848df9-3a67-4cb5-b9c4-1857d2d1f57b
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-07 (134 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. N550JV
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=6d1c5f5b-76e4-467b-9de2-e50ec2279947 ro quiet splash acpi_osi= vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.13.0-24-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.13.0-24-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.127
  StagingDrivers: rts5139
  Tags:  trusty staging
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-20 (1 days ago)
  UserGroups:

  _MarkForUpload: True
  dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: N550JV.208
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: N550JV
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN550JV.208:bd11/19/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnN550JV:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnN550JV:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: N550JV
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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