Hi There,
I would like to report a bug that I am on Debian 12 (6.1.0-37-amd64), which works good and after upgrading it to Debian 12 (6.1.0-41-amd64) the WiFi module, ath10k, stops working.
Both lsmod outputs look the same about ath10k; however, dmesg shows more errors on
6.1.0-41-amd64, "wmi unified ready event not received",
no WiFi interface appears.
I'm not sure where I should report this to. Please advise. Thank you.
Logs
On Debian 12 (6.1.0-37-amd64), working fine. WiFi interface wlan/wlp8s0 shows up
# uname -rv
6.1.0-37-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.140-1 (2025-05-22)
# dmesg | grep -i ath10k
[ 13.803671] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 13.817731] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 14.000640] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.013623] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.078265] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.098613] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.132521] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin (-2)
[ 14.154776] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin (-2)
[ 14.194438] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin
[ 14.219319] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
[ 14.243445] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[ 14.243672] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware ver 10.2.4-1.0-00047 api 5 features no-p2p,raw-mode,mfp,allows-mesh-bcast crc32 35bd9258
[ 14.319834] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin (-2)
[ 14.344821] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin (-2)
[ 14.344843] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.344859] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.354009] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board.bin
[ 14.354017] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 bebc7c08
[ 15.502149] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: htt-ver 2.1 wmi-op 5 htt-op 2 cal otp max-sta 128 raw 0 hwcrypto 1
[ 15.640890] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0 wlp8s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 17.008649] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: pdev param 0 not supported by firmware
[ 18.444278] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: pdev param 0 not supported by firmware
# lsmod | grep -i ath10k
ath10k_pci 49152 0
ath10k_core 454656 1 ath10k_pci
ath 36864 1 ath10k_core
mac80211 1175552 1 ath10k_core
cfg80211 1146880 3 ath,mac80211,ath10k_core
On Debian 12 (6.1.0-41-amd64), Not working, no WiFi interface
# uname -rv
6.1.0-41-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.158-1 (2025-11-09)
# dmesg | grep -i ath10k
[ 14.614632] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 14.624645] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: pci irq msi oper_irq_mode 2 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 14.811890] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.909431] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.929841] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.949972] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/cal-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 14.971874] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin (-2)
[ 14.993204] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-6.bin (-2)
[ 15.017220] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/firmware-5.bin
[ 15.041007] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: qca988x hw2.0 target 0x4100016c chip_id 0x043202ff sub 0000:0000
[ 15.063841] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 0 tracing 0 dfs 0 testmode 0
[ 15.064150] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware ver 10.2.4-1.0-00047 api 5 features no-p2p,raw-mode,mfp,allows-mesh-bcast crc32 35bd9258
[ 15.098274] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin (-2)
[ 15.175577] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-2.bin (-2)
[ 15.200268] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 15.226943] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board-pci-0000:08:00.0.bin (-2)
[ 15.254805] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware ath10k/QCA988X/hw2.0/board.bin
[ 15.254821] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id N/A crc32 bebc7c08
[ 21.650230] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: wmi unified ready event not received
[ 21.734161] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: could not init core (-110)
[ 21.740356] ath10k_pci 0000:08:00.0: could not probe fw (-110)
# lsmod | grep -i ath10k
ath10k_pci 49152 0
ath10k_core 454656 1 ath10k_pci
ath 36864 1 ath10k_core
mac80211 1175552 1 ath10k_core
cfg80211 1146880 3 ath,mac80211,ath10k_core
Xavier