To add power setting bin file for SAR support (QCA6174)

commit 97b1f938bf7e25b196c149991f5a07ab62f3a801
Author: Kalle Valo <email address hidden>
Date: Fri Feb 1 17:22:54 2019 +0200

    ath10k: QCA6174 hw3.0: update board-2.bin

    Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <email address hidden>

Hello AceLan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into cosmic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.175.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-cosmic to verification-done-cosmic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-cosmic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

verify done.

verification procedure:

1. find a machine that load ath10k module. install cosmic and make sure kernel module ath10k module is loaded.
2. apt update; apt upgrade.
3. rename the board-2.bin, reboot, and make sure wifi failed. (it means: the firmware is needed for the driver work properly). and then rename back. (at this time, linux-firmware version is: 1.175.1)
4. turn on the proposed channel, install linux-firmware 1.175.3.
5. make sure the md5sum for the board-2.bin is updated.
6. reboot, and confirm wifi still working well.

as do test in #3, the kernel used is 4.18.0-16-generic.

Per requirement from OEM customer, we need this change SRU to bionic.

Hello AceLan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.173.5 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

test on bionic, kernel 4.15.0-47-generic, linux-firmware 1.173.5 from the proposed channel.

ath10k module works fine.

Also confirmed that renaming file board-2.bin will make wifi down. So the HW in the test does need that firmware.

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.175.3

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linux-firmware (1.175.3) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * To add power setting bin file for SAR support (QCA6174) (LP: #1817817)
    - ath10k: QCA6174 hw3.0: update board-2.bin

  * iwlwifi Intel 8265 firmware crashing on lenovo x1 Gen 6 (LP: #1808389)
    - UBUNTU: revert most iwlwifi firmware back to versions from 1.173.3

linux-firmware (1.175.2) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * iwlwifi Intel 8265 firmware crashing on lenovo x1 Gen 6 (LP: #1808389)
    - iwlwifi: update firmwares for 7000, 8000 and 9000 series
    - iwlwifi: update firmwares for 8000 series

  * OS booting thrown with nouveau errors (LP: #1794055)
    - nvidia: add GV100 signed firmware

 -- Seth Forshee <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:29:33 -0500

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-firmware has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.173.5

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linux-firmware (1.173.5) bionic; urgency=medium

  * To add power setting bin file for SAR support (QCA6174) (LP: #1817817)
    - ath10k: QCA6174 hw3.0: update board-2.bin

  * iwlwifi Intel 8265 firmware crashing on lenovo x1 Gen 6 (LP: #1808389)
    - UBUNTU: revert most iwlwifi firmware back to versions from 1.173.3

  * Update linux-firmware in bionic for 5.0-based hwe-edge kernel
    (LP: #1821239)
    - amdgpu: sync up bonaire firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up hawaii firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up kabini firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up mullins firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up kaveri firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up hainan firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up oland firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up tahiti firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up pitcairn firmware with 18.20 release
    - amdgpu: sync up verde firmware with 18.20 release
    - linux-firmware: mediatek: add MT7622 Bluetooth firmwares and license file
    - linux-firmware: add firmware for mt76x0
    - qed: Add firmware 8.37.7.0
    - firmware/icl/dmc: Add v1.07 of DMC for Icelake
    - iwlwifi: add -41.ucode firmwares for 9000 series
    - ath10k: QCA9377 hw1.0: add firmware-6.bin to WLAN.TF.2.1-00021-QCARMSWP-1
    - linux-firmware: add firmware for mt7610e
    - linux-firmware: add firmware for mt7650e
    - amdgpu: add raven dmcu firmware
    - amdgpu: Add new polaris SMC firmwares
    - amdgpu: Add new polaris MC firmwares
    - amdgpu: add firmware for vega12
    - amdgpu: update polaris10 fw for 18.50 release
    - amdgpu: update polaris11 fw for 18.50 release
    - amdgpu: update vega12 fw for 18.50 release
    - Mellanox: Add new mlxsw_spectrum firmware 13.1910.622
    - brcm: provide new firmwares for BCM4366 chipset
    - iwlwifi: update -41.ucode for 9000 series
    - iwlwifi: add -43.ucode for 9000 series
    - rtl_bt: Add firmware and configuration files for the Bluetooth part of RTL8723BS
    - iwlwifi: update firmwares for 9000 series
    - amdgpu: add picasso fw for 18.50 release
    - amdgpu: add raven2 fw for 18.50 release
    - amdgpu: add firmware for vega20 from 18.50
    - amdgpu: update raven2 rlc firmware
    - drm/amdgpu: update vega20 to latest from 18.50 branch
    - drm/amdgpu: update polaris12 to latest from 18.50 branch
    - drm/amdgpu: update picasso to latest from 18.50 branch

linux-firmware (1.173.4) bionic; urgency=medium

  * iwlwifi Intel 8265 firmware crashing on lenovo x1 Gen 6 (LP: #1808389)
    - WHENCE: Fix typo Version
    - iwlwifi: update firmwares for 7000, 8000 and 9000 series
    - iwlwifi: update firmwares for 8000 series

  * OS booting thrown with nouveau errors (LP: #1794055)
    - nvidia: add GV100 signed firmware

 -- Seth Forshee <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:17:46 -0500