Reporting a bug for QCA6174 802.11ac

[Guilherme Íscaro]

I've installed the new firmware/driver. I'll send a new email in some
days to tell you guys if the new driver/firmware resolved the problem.

Thanks for the help.

2017-03-21 15:58 GMT-03:00 Guilherme Íscaro <cabelitostos at gmail.com>:
> Hello Ryan, Thanks for your response.
>
> My AP is in the same room that I use my notebook, it's right in front
> of me. There's no specific scenario for this failure to happen.
> Sometimes it does not happens for days, but sometimes it happens 3/4
> times in the same day.
> It looks like that there is not specific scenario, sometimes it
> happens while I'm using firefox, sometimes it happens when my laptop
> is "doing nothing". (Was it helpful?)
>
> I'm using WiFi 802.11n, 2.4ghz with AES.
>
> I'll try this new firmware/driver.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> 2017-03-21 15:35 GMT-03:00 Ryan Hsu <ryanhsu at qca.qualcomm.com>:
>> Iscaro,
>>
>> Not sure how exactly the issue and scenario of your usage.
>>
>> e.g how far the AP from you and is there any specific scenario you're seeing the failure open?
>>
>> Also would you mind try to pick up the latest firmware to see if that help?
>> https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA6174/hw3.0/4.4
>>
>> With the latest firmware, you might also need to get the latest driver backport package.
>> http://buildbot.w1.fi/backports-wireless-testing/
>>
>> Ryan
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ath10k [mailto:ath10k-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Guilherme Íscaro
>>> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 08:32 AM
>>> To: ath10k at lists.infradead.org
>>> Subject: Reporting a bug for QCA6174 802.11ac
>>>
>>> Hello everyone, I would like to report a bug for QCA6174.
>>>
>>> I use WiFi everyday, but from time to time I lose my connection. This might be
>>> related to a firmware problem, because after I lose my connection the firmware
>>> keeps flooding dmesg about problems.
>>>
>>> I have this problem since I  bought my laptop (which was last year) and I do
>>> regular updates in my system.
>>>
>>> P.S: dmest output attached.
>>>
>>> My system:
>>>
>>> Dist: Arch Linux.
>>> Kernel: 4.10.3-1
>>> Linux-firmware version: 20170309.695f2d6-1 (commit 695f2d6d82173f4e...
>>> from linux-firmware)
>>> Board: 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac
>>> Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)
>>>
>>>
>>> Please, let me know if I should provide more info.
>>>
>>> Thanks.