Bug 1844085 - Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter unstable
Summary: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter unstable
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1846802
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: linux-firmware
Version: 32
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Woodhouse
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-06-04 15:18 UTC by Martin Sourada
Modified: 2020-10-23 14:30 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2020-10-23 14:30:50 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Martin Sourada 2020-06-04 15:18:21 UTC
Description of problem:
Connection is slowing down over time and often drops completely (I cannot even ping gateway). Restarting network-manager helps for a while. It fails faster if under heavy usage (like downloading multiple large files).

lspci shows:
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 31)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
linux-firmware-20200519-108.fc32.noarch

Additional info:
I didn’t have this problem in Fedora 31 and I upgraded right after F32 release. I tried several versions available either in repos or koji, but I haven’t find working version.

I tried various workarounds related to power management, but none worked.

Finally I found working version following this comment: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1784874#p1784874

I.e. disabling version 6 firmware and manually downloading (and using) this version:
firmware ver CNSS.TF.1.0-00267-QCATFSWPZ-1 api 5 features ignore-otp crc32 d6b81b3c

So I guess it’s a regression.

Comment 1 James 2020-06-19 11:53:36 UTC
I find firmware CNSS.TF.1.0-00267-QCATFSWPZ-1 can cause rather large latencies (spinning in kernel, temporary display freeze) when turning the adapter on or off (more when turning off).

There's also some latency in WLAN.TF.2.1-00021-QCARMSWP-1, but shorter -- usually more noticeable when turning on.

Comment 2 Peter Robinson 2020-10-23 14:30:50 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1846802 ***


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