Bug#1031935: firmware-ath9k-htc: missing hardware identifiers in dep-11 metadata

[Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>]

Package: firmware-ath9k-htc
Version: 1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.2
Severity: serious
Justification: regression in hardware support
X-Debbugs-Cc: bage@debian.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org, debian-boot@lists.debian.org

Hi,

Here's another thing that was totally overlooked while forcing the
switch from firmware-atheros to firmware-ath9k-htc in an uncoordinated
manner: the dep-11 metadata are (1) hardcoded in the firmware-ath9k-htc
package, and (2) out-of-date.

This means we're actively losing support for hardware by switching from
the non-free package to the one in main!

Right now, the following entries are missing:
 - AirTies AR9271
 - Altai WA1011N-GU

Those date back to v4.12-rc1 (2017) and v4.16-rc1 (2018) respectively:
 - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=16ff1fb0e32f76a5d285a6f23b82d21aa52813c6
 - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4e12d654ba068df06c5e4c8322d7dcced41e48ee


Surely checking feature parity should have been the very first step?
 
 
Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant