Bug#1026028: Qualcomm NFA725A not working on firmware-linux-nonfree 20221109-4

[Tarek Saier <tareksaier@gmail.com>]

Hi Salvatore,

thank you for the quick reply.
The firmware-atheros package was missing. Installing it fixed the issue.

Kind regards
Tarek

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 3:04 PM Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 02:12:24PM +0100, Tarek Saier wrote:
> > Package: firmware-linux-nonfree
> > Version: 20221109-4
> > Severity: important
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > same as the reporter of #1021157, I am also using a ThinkPad T14s Gen3
> > with the Qualcomm NFA725A wifi card ("Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6E NFA725A 11AX
> > (2x2) & Bluetooth(R) 5.0" reported in lshw as "QCNFA765 Wireless
> > Network Adapter").
> >
> > On a fresh install of Debian 12 from the current ISO
> > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/bookworm_di_alpha1+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/
> > no wireless card is detected. After updating packages, installing
> > firmware-linux-nonfree, and rebooting, Debian tries to load firmware
> > (ath11k/WCN6855.hw2.1/amss.bin) but this fails.
> >
> > dmesg output:
> >   [    2.635425] mhi mhi0: firmware: failed to load
> > ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.1/amss.bin (-2)
> >   [    2.635435] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware
> > or information about missing firmware
> >   [    2.635444] mhi mhi0: firmware: failed to load
> > ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.1/amss.bin (-2)
> >   [    2.635448] mhi mhi0: Direct firmware load for
> > ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.1/amss.bin failed with error -2
> >   [    2.635451] mhi mhi0: Error loading firmware: -2
> >   [    2.635493] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to power up mhi: -110
> >   [    2.635499] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to start mhi: -110
> >   [    2.635506] ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to power up :-110
> >
> > Given that bug report #1021157 was closed with
> > - firmware-nonfree (20221012-1) unstable
> > and I am running
> > - firmware-nonfree 20221109-4 on testing
> > I assumed the card should work. If I'm missing something please let me know.
>
> The firmware is contained in the firmware-atheros package:
>
> firmware-atheros: /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.1/amss.bin
>
> Do you have that one installed as well?
>
> Regards,
> Salvatore