Atheros 9462 detected but nonfunctional

Eric McCorkle eric at metricspace.net
Wed Mar 9 12:46:49 UTC 2016


I took off the back panel.  There are three codes, aside from the MAC address:

S/N WCBN802AAAC434007684
Atheros model QCNFA222
BD ID 3010B377E299

It's an NGFF (M.2) card.

> On Mar 9, 2016, at 00:16, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ok. I need to know the part number of the device and what Bluetooth chip it has I can see what ath9k does for this part.
> 
> If it's mini pcie then let's see if theyll send me just the NIC.
> 
> Adrian
> 
>> On Mar 8, 2016 8:44 PM, "Eric McCorkle" <eric at metricspace.net> wrote:
>> Sadly, no effect.  However, the Bluetooth system does seem to timeout shortly after detection, which lends support to your diagnosis.
>> 
>> > On Mar 8, 2016, at 20:56, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Try setting this in /boot/<whatever>.hints :
>> >
>> > hint.ath.0.btcoex_profile="wb222"
>> >
>> > Then reboot.
>> >
>> > It should output this:
>> >
>> > ath0: Enabling WB222 BTCOEX
>> >
>> > .. during boot. Try that and see what happens!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -adrian


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