Wi-Fi - ath10k QCA9377 chipset support - kernel 4.2.x backport

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On 10.01.2016 02:36, Brandon Vincent wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 6:12 PM, M. Gelle <outperformer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, I thought you new there was only one public download that wasn't
>> working. I'll try this although I thought the file should have been a Linux
>> archive. I'll see if Brandon comes up with another link. Sorry again, for my
>> frustration.
> 
> Let's try using the latest backport drivers from upstream.
> 
> dnf group install "Development Tools"
> dnf install kernel-devel
> wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/stable/v4.3/backports-4.3-1.tar.gz
> tar -zxvf backports-4.3.1.tar.gz
> cd backports-4.3.1
> make defconfig-ath10k
> make
> sudo make install
> 
> Reboot the system and see if you wireless card starts to work.
> 
> Brandon Vincent
> 


Kernel:
4.2.8-200.fc22.x86_64


Modules:
ath10k backports releases
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath10k/backports

This one includes ath10k QCA9377 chipset support:
$ wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2015/11/20/sha256sums.asc
$ wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2015/11/20/backports-20151120.tar.sign
$ wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2015/11/20/backports-20151120.tar.xz

$ gpg --verify sha256sums.asc
$ gpg --verify backports-20151120.tar.sign backports-20151120.tar.xz
$ sha256sum -c sha256sums.asc

$ tar xf backports-20151120.tar.xz
$ cd backports-20151120/
$ make defconfig-ath10k
$ make
$ su
# make install


Firmware:
[PATCH v2] ath10k: add QCA9377 chipset support
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg143148.html

<quote>
... pushed the firmware image here:

https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA9377/hw1.0

All reports, good or bad, are very welcome.
...
</quote>


# mkdirhier /usr/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0
# cd /usr/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0
# wget https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/raw/master/QCA9377/hw1.0/board.bin
# wget https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/raw/master/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-5.bin_WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 -O firmware-5.bin
# wget https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/raw/master/QCA9377/hw1.0/notice.txt_WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1 -O notice-WLAN.TF.1.0-00267-1.txt