Reporting a bug for QCA6174 802.11ac

[Guilherme Íscaro]

Hi, unfortunately the problem happened with the new drivers and firmware. :[
I really don't know what to do anymore.....

thanks.

2017-03-22 10:56 GMT-03:00 Guilherme Íscaro <cabelitostos at gmail.com>:
> 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.