So, going back to question in #60, the Dell link just says to get the latest stuff from kvalo's firmware repo.
If you are on 17.10 like myself then you already have it and it doesn't help with the original problem:
➜ ~ apt policy linux-firmware linux-firmware: Installed: 1.169 Candidate: 1.169 Version table: *** 1.169 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages 500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages 500 http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
➜ ~ sha256sum /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin dc74ba148cf88f1f99a62854112ec574d8c265d88417a4d969461448b0ab60c5 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin
➜ hw3.0 sha256sum ~/src/ath10k-firmware/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin_WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1 dc74ba148cf88f1f99a62854112ec574d8c265d88417a4d969461448b0ab60c5 /home/username/src/ath10k-firmware/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-4.bin_WLAN.RM.2.0-00180-QCARMSWPZ-1
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [ 5] 0.00-10.04 sec 29.2 MBytes 24.4 Mbits/sec 0 sender [ 5] 0.00-10.04 sec 29.2 MBytes 24.4 Mbits/sec receiver
So, going back to question in #60, the Dell link just says to get the latest stuff from kvalo's firmware repo.
If you are on 17.10 like myself then you already have it and it doesn't help with the original problem:
➜ ~ apt policy linux-firmware archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages ru.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages ru.archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu artful/main i386 Packages dpkg/status
linux-firmware:
Installed: 1.169
Candidate: 1.169
Version table:
*** 1.169 500
500 http://
500 http://
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
➜ ~ sha256sum /lib/firmware/ ath10k/ QCA6174/ hw3.0/firmware- 4.bin f99a62854112ec5 74d8c265d88417a 4d969461448b0ab 60c5 /lib/firmware/ ath10k/ QCA6174/ hw3.0/firmware- 4.bin
dc74ba148cf88f1
➜ hw3.0 sha256sum ~/src/ath10k- firmware/ QCA6174/ hw3.0/firmware- 4.bin_WLAN. RM.2.0- 00180-QCARMSWPZ -1 f99a62854112ec5 74d8c265d88417a 4d969461448b0ab 60c5 /home/username/ src/ath10k- firmware/ QCA6174/ hw3.0/firmware- 4.bin_WLAN. RM.2.0- 00180-QCARMSWPZ -1
dc74ba148cf88f1
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.04 sec 29.2 MBytes 24.4 Mbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.04 sec 29.2 MBytes 24.4 Mbits/sec receiver