Bug 11556

Summary:	REQUEST: backport of driver for Qualcomm QCA9377 Wifi
Product:	IPFire	Reporter:	Tom Rymes <tomvend>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arne.F <arne.fitzenreiter>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:	Michael Tremer <michael.tremer>
Severity:	Major Usability
Priority:	- Unknown -
Version:	2
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Bug Depends on:	11548
Bug Blocks:

Description Tom Rymes 2017-12-04 23:44:00 UTC

I have a unit that I would like to deploy for use as a branch office firewall, but I require support for the QCA9377 Wifi Chipset it uses. 

If possible, I would like to see the updated ath10k driver from kernel 4.4+ backported to allow this card to be used, ideally along with its firmware.

I marked the severity as "Major Usability", as it is for me on this one device, but clearly this is not affecting a wide swath of the userbase, so my apologies if I should have picked something else.

Comment 1 Tom Rymes 2017-12-04 23:45:13 UTC

I should add that, using the test 4.29 kernel posted by user "trikolon" does allow me to make use of this card, but, for obvious reasons, I do not want to use that kernel in a production environment (though it sure does seem a lot snappier!).

Comment 2 Michael Tremer 2017-12-05 13:30:23 UTC

Arne is working up rebasing IPFire on Kernel 4.14. There is currently a testing version of that available. Would you be able to test if that is working for you?

https://people.ipfire.org/~arne_f/highly-experimental/kernel/

I guess this kernel will arrive in IPFire in Q1. So far I have been running it for a bit more than a week without any major issues.

Comment 3 Tom Rymes 2018-07-04 15:41:15 UTC

Whoops! I posted that the new kernel had fixed this in the forum thread, but I had not put anything up here. The new kernel does provide support for this chipset. https://forum.ipfire.org/viewtopic.php?t=19956