Atheros 9462 detected but nonfunctional

Adrian Chadd adrian.chadd at gmail.com
Wed Mar 9 16:42:04 UTC 2016


Ok, it may not be exactly the same as the WB222 module (that's in the
chromebook c720.) I'll have to go poke around in ath9k to see how
they've set it up.

When you added that hints entry, did it log what I said?


-adrian


On 9 March 2016 at 04:46, Eric McCorkle <eric at metricspace.net> wrote:
> 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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