boot kernel panic with QCA6174 and kernel 4.8

[Mohammed Shafi Shajakhan]

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 09:40:29AM +0100, Alexandre Maloteaux wrote:
> Hi
> Since recent kernel upgrade on Arch linux ;  im facing  boot kernel
> panics with the ath10k_pci and QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
> on an Eurocom P5 Pro laptop.
> 
> This is the main call stack dump :
> 
> ath10k_print_driver_info(ath10k_core)
> ath10k_pcl_fw_crashed_dump (ath10k_pci)
> ath10k_pcl.tasklet

[shafi] If you have the source of the same and with the help of gdb we
can get the exact line

> 
> So far i can circumvent the kernel panic by appending
> modprobe.blacklist=ath10k_pci  to the kernel command line.
> Once the Os is booted i can load the module with modprobe without
> triggering the kernel panic.
> 
> I also unpacked the initrd and the firmware file are not located in
> lib/firmware.

[shafi] interesting your log (image file) seems to show the firmware is crashed
? if the firmware is missing you can give a try with this
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9412085/ but the call trace looks completely
different, if the f/w is not there

long time back we fixed a race https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9167045/ but
it should be available in 4.8.11

> 
> I could not setup kdump so early in the boot process so i have attached
> a screenshot of the on screen dump.
> 
> lspci :
> 06:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless
> Network Adapter (rev 20)
> 
> uname -r
> 4.8.11-1-ARCH
> 
> Best Regards


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