Re: getting the right and complete firmware

[Anil Duggirala <anilduggirala@fastmail.fm>]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018, at 11:46 AM, Bernd Gruber wrote:
> Hi Anil, 
> 
> did you take a look at this:
> 
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch06s04.html.en
> 
> Bernd
> 
> Anil Duggirala wrote:
> 
> > upon installing Debian stretch I got a notice about missing firmware
> > (Atheros). I managed to find a package that, apperently, contained some of
> > the missing firmware, since the list of missing firmware was diminished. I
> > am still missing some firmware, I will find it eventually, but my question
> > is: Can I be sure I have the correct and required firmware if I am not
> > getting any errors from dmesg ? or upon boot? Is there any tool that will
> > help me address these issues? thanks,
> 


Thanks a lot. That clears up my first question. However, can someone tell me if they know how to get these:

8.880552] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin (-2)
[    8.880629] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[    8.880649] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin (-2)
[    8.880714] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[    8.881672] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin (-2)
[    8.881794] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin failed with error -2
[    8.881800] ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-5.bin': -2

I have found these files but am not sure they will work (they are a *-6.bin).
thanks again,