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linux-firmware package

  1. Xenial (16.04)
  2. Bug #1436940
  3. Comment #74

Comment 74 for bug 1436940

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Jeremy (wa113y3s) wrote : Re: Atheros wifi 168c:0041(QCA6174) is not supported

I think this is what will work for now

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) git
echo "options ath10k_core skip_otp=y" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ath10k_core.conf
wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/backports/2015/09/03/backports-20150903.tar.gz
tar -zxvf backports-20150903.tar.gz
cd backports-20150903
make defconfig-ath10k
make
sudo make install
git clone https://github.com/atondwal/ath10k-firmware.git
sudo cp -r /ath10k-firmware/ath10k/ /lib/firmware/
sudo cp -r /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6164/hw2.1 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/

After a kernel update you will need to

cd backports-20150903
make clean
make defconfig-ath10k
make
sudo make install

Then reboot unless someone figures out how to do dkms with backports