Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.kernel > #86746

Bug#1101974: [firmware-atheros] firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2)

From Jean-Marc LACROIX <jeanmarc.lacroix@free.fr>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#1101974: [firmware-atheros] firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2)
Date 2025-04-05 19:30 +0200
Message-ID <Kyfvb-bkPi-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References <KxpGi-aKdO-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <Kxzmh-aQH0-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <KxpGi-aKdO-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <Kxzmh-aQH0-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

Show all headers | View raw

Le 03/04/2025 à 22:19, Salvatore Bonaccorso a écrit :
> Control: severity -1 normal
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 12:08:27PM +0200, Jean-Marc LACROIX wrote:
>> Package: firmware-atheros
>> Version: 20230210-5
>> Severity: grave
>>
>> Dear maintainers,
>>
>> It seems there is one régression when using Debian package firmware-atheros
>> on Debian Bookworm 12.10 on one target Odroid HC1 (armhf architecture)
>>
>> My environnement is ....
>>
>> ## test 1 : current Linux kernel
>> ###############################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy linux-image-armmp-lpae
>> linux-image-armmp-lpae:
>>    Installed: 6.1.129-1
>>    Candidate: 6.1.129-1
>>    Version table:
>>       6.12.20-1 80
>>           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/main armhf Packages
>>   *** 6.1.129-1 500
>>          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/main armhf Packages
>>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>       6.1.128-1 500
>>          500 https://security.debian.org bookworm-security/main armhf
>> Packages
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> ## test 2 : current Linux kernel
>> ###############################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ uname -a
>> Linux hn-odroid-hc1-110 6.1.0-32-armmp-lpae #1 SMP Debian 6.1.129-1
>> (2025-03-06) armv7l GNU/Linux
>>
>> ## test 3 : current Debian release
>> ###################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ lsb_release -a
>> No LSB modules are available.
>> Distributor ID: Debian
>> Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
>> Release:        12
>> Codename:       bookworm
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> ## test 4 : current Debian release
>> ###################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ cat /etc/debian_version
>> 12.10
>>
>>
>> ## test 5 : boot command line
>> ###################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
>> UUID=b93d51ee-68ba-435b-b0a4-e36122aa0fd0  console=ttySAC2,115200n8
>> console=ttySAC2,115200n8 log_buf_len=1M net.ifnames=0 fsck.mode=force
>> fsck.repair=yes ipv6.disable=1 loglevel=7 apparmor=0 selinux=0
>> cgroup_no_v1=all
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> ## test 6 : target clean ?
>> ###################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ dpkg -l |grep -v ii
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |
>> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name                            Version Architecture Description
>> +++-===============================-====================================-============-================================================================================
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>>
>> ## test 7: USB devices
>> ######################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ lsusb
>> Bus 006 Device 002: ID 0bda:8153 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8153 Gigabit
>> Ethernet Adapter
>> Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>> Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 004 Device 002: ID 152d:0578 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA
>> Technology Corp. JMS578 SATA 6Gb/s
>> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271
>> 802.11n
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> Usb dongle is one TP-LINK usb/Wifi dongle AC-600 with SMA external antenna
>>
>> ## test 8 : usb device wifi identification
>> ###########################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ udevadm info -q all --path /sys/class/net/wlan0
>> P: /devices/platform/soc/12110000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/net/wlan0
>> M: wlan0
>> R: 0
>> U: net
>> T: wlan
>> I: 156
>> E: DEVPATH=/devices/platform/soc/12110000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/net/wlan0
>> E: SUBSYSTEM=net
>> E: DEVTYPE=wlan
>> E: INTERFACE=wlan0
>> E: IFINDEX=156
>> E: USEC_INITIALIZED=52956786304
>> E: ID_NET_NAMING_SCHEME=v252
>> E: ID_NET_NAME_MAC=wlxf4f26d1428de
>> E: ID_OUI_FROM_DATABASE=TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
>> E: ID_BUS=usb
>> E: ID_MODEL=USB2.0_WLAN
>> E: ID_MODEL_ENC=USB2.0\x20WLAN
>> E: ID_MODEL_ID=9271
>> E: ID_SERIAL=ATHEROS_USB2.0_WLAN_12345
>> E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=12345
>> E: ID_VENDOR=ATHEROS
>> E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=ATHEROS
>> E: ID_VENDOR_ID=0cf3
>> E: ID_REVISION=0108
>> E: ID_TYPE=generic
>> E: ID_USB_MODEL=USB2.0_WLAN
>> E: ID_USB_MODEL_ENC=USB2.0\x20WLAN
>> E: ID_USB_MODEL_ID=9271
>> E: ID_USB_SERIAL=ATHEROS_USB2.0_WLAN_12345
>> E: ID_USB_SERIAL_SHORT=12345
>> E: ID_USB_VENDOR=ATHEROS
>> E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ENC=ATHEROS
>> E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ID=0cf3
>> E: ID_USB_REVISION=0108
>> E: ID_USB_TYPE=generic
>> E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:ff0000:
>> E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00
>> E: ID_USB_DRIVER=ath9k_htc
>> E: ID_USB_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Class
>> E: ID_USB_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Subclass
>> E: ID_USB_PROTOCOL_FROM_DATABASE=Vendor Specific Protocol
>> E: ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=Qualcomm Atheros Communications
>> E: ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=AR9271 802.11n
>> E: ID_PATH=platform-12110000.usb-usb-0:1:1.0
>> E: ID_PATH_TAG=platform-12110000_usb-usb-0_1_1_0
>> E: ID_NET_DRIVER=ath9k_htc
>> E: ID_NET_LINK_FILE=/usr/lib/systemd/network/73-usb-net-by-mac.link
>> E: ID_NET_NAME=wlan0
>>
>> ## test 9: error when inserting USB dongle
>> ###########################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
>> [10698.417934] EXT4-fs (dm-68): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
>> Quota mode: none.
>> [10698.438301] Not activating Mandatory Access Control as /sbin/tomoyo-init
>> does not exist.
>> [10699.524558] EXT4-fs (dm-0): re-mounted. Quota mode: none.
>> [10700.715149] EXT4-fs (dm-13): re-mounted. Quota mode: none.
>> [43332.990553] hrtimer: interrupt took 11994500 ns
>> [52944.787058] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2
>> [52944.956474] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
>> [52952.478940] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using exynos-ehci
>> [52952.660735] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271,
>> bcdDevice= 1.08
>> [52952.668178] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
>> SerialNumber=48
>> [52952.675023] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
>> [52952.679002] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
>> [52952.683658] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
>> [52952.691500] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> requested
>> [52952.708263] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> (-2)
>> [52952.714500] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> (-2)
>> [52952.721515] usb 1-1: Direct firmware load for ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> failed with error -2
>> [52952.730383] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
>> [52952.742836] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
>> [52953.036988] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 50980
>> [52953.277569] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
>> [52954.383459] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
>> [52954.387474] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
>> [52954.392260] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
>> [52954.392280] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
>> [52954.392292] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>> [52954.392301] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
>> [52954.392311] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
>> [52954.392322] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
>> [52954.400480] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>>
>> Therefore, it is not possible to use this access point .
>>
>> I have also try to change behaviour by changing sources.list with new
>> (Trixie) package, in order to verify if firmware-atheros rom Trixie is OK ?
>>
>> ...then ...
>>
>> ## test 10: use recent firmware-atheros (from Debian Trixie)
>> #############################################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
>> firmware-atheros:
>>    Installed: 20230210-5
>>    Candidate: 20230210-5
>>    Version table:
>>       20241210-1 80
>>           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>   *** 20230210-5 500
>>          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>>
>> ## test 11: force now installation of recent firmware (from Debian Trixie)
>> #############################################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros
>> && sudo apt -t trixie install firmware-atheros
>>
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>    firmware-atheros*
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
>> After this operation, 84.1 MB disk space will be freed.
>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] ^C
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros
>> && sudo apt -t trixie install firmware-atheros
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>    firmware-atheros*
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
>> After this operation, 84.1 MB disk space will be freed.
>> (Reading database ... 34860 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Removing firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
>> dpkg: warning: while removing firmware-atheros, directory
>> '/usr/lib/firmware' not empty so not removed
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>    firmware-atheros
>> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 314 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 24.8 MB of archives.
>> After this operation, 84.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf
>> firmware-atheros all 20241210-1 [24.8 MB]
>> Fetched 24.8 MB in 11s (2256 kB/s)
>>
>> Selecting previously unselected package firmware-atheros.
>> (Reading database ... 34540 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to unpack .../firmware-atheros_20241210-1_all.deb ...
>> Unpacking firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
>> Setting up firmware-atheros (20241210-1) ...
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> ## test 12: firmware-atheros installed on target
>> ################################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
>> firmware-atheros:
>>    Installed: 20241210-1
>>    Candidate: 20241210-1
>>    Version table:
>>   *** 20241210-1 100
>>           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>       20230210-5 500
>>          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>
>> ## test 13 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
>> ###############################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
>> [52954.392292] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>> [52954.392301] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
>> [52954.392311] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
>> [52954.392322] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
>> [52954.400480] ieee80211 phy1: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
>> [58951.613764] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
>> [58951.734518] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
>> [58975.649371] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using exynos-ehci
>> [58975.835180] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271,
>> bcdDevice= 1.08
>> [58975.842042] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
>> SerialNumber=48
>> [58975.849589] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
>> [58975.853377] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
>> [58975.857425] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
>> [58975.889210] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> requested
>> [58975.896490] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> (-2)
>> [58975.903080] usb 1-1: firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> (-2)
>> [58975.909798] usb 1-1: Direct firmware load for ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> failed with error -2
>> [58975.918844] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware htc_9271.fw requested
>> [58975.924821] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware htc_9271.fw
>> [58976.219541] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: htc_9271.fw, size: 50980
>> [58976.460151] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
>> [58977.566339] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
>> [58977.570384] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
>> [58977.575338] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
>> [58977.575361] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
>> [58977.575373] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>> [58977.575382] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
>> [58977.575393] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
>> [58977.575403] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
>> [58977.583026] ieee80211 phy2: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> Issue is the same...
>>
>> ## test 14: use previous firmware-atheros (from Debian bullseye)
>> ################################################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
>> firmware-atheros:
>>    Installed: 20241210-1
>>    Candidate: 20241210-1
>>    Version table:
>>   *** 20241210-1 100
>>           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>       20230210-5 500
>>          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>       20210315-3 90
>>           90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf Packages
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> ## test 15: force now installation of old firmware (from Debian bullseye)
>> #############################################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros
>> && sudo apt -t bullseye install firmware-atheros
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo apt remove --yes --purge firmware-atheros
>> && sudo apt -t bullseye install firmware-atheros
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>    firmware-atheros*
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
>> After this operation, 31.4 MB disk space will be freed.
>> (Reading database ... 34736 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Removing firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> Reading state information... Done
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>    firmware-atheros
>> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 10.0 MB of archives.
>> After this operation, 31.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf
>> firmware-atheros all 20210315-3 [10.0 MB]
>> Fetched 10.0 MB in 4s (2285 kB/s)
>> Selecting previously unselected package firmware-atheros.
>> (Reading database ... 34540 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to unpack .../firmware-atheros_20210315-3_all.deb ...
>> Unpacking firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
>> Setting up firmware-atheros (20210315-3) ...
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>> ## test 16: firmware-atheros installed on target
>> ################################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ apt policy firmware-atheros
>>    Installed: 20210315-3
>>    Candidate: 20230210-5
>>    Version table:
>>       20241210-1 80
>>           80 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian trixie/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>       20230210-5 500
>>          500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware armhf
>> Packages
>>   *** 20210315-3 100
>>           90 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian bullseye/non-free armhf Packages
>>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>
>> ## test 17 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
>> ###############################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo dmesg |tail -30
>> [58977.566339] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.3
>> [58977.570384] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: Off
>> [58977.575338] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
>> [58977.575361] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
>> [58977.575373] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>> [58977.575382] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
>> [58977.575393] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
>> [58977.575403] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
>> [58977.583026] ieee80211 phy2: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
>> [60456.074301] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
>> [60456.180820] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized
>> [60461.522948] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 5 using exynos-ehci
>> [60461.704602] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271,
>> bcdDevice= 1.08
>> [60461.711503] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32,
>> SerialNumber=48
>> [60461.719708] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
>> [60461.722793] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
>> [60461.726855] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
>> [60461.732751] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> requested
>> [60461.740099] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware
>> ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
>> [60462.035874] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW:
>> ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
>> [60462.288026] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
>> [60462.545586] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4
>> [60462.549639] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: On
>> [60462.554343] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
>> [60462.554357] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
>> [60462.554368] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
>> [60462.554376] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
>> [60462.554387] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
>> [60462.554397] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
>> [60462.561841] ieee80211 phy3: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$
>>
>>
>> ## test 18 :  verify net device
>> ################################
>>
>> ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0
>> wlan0     IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any
>>            Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
>>            Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>>            Encryption key:off
>>            Power Management:off
>>
>>
>> Conclusions:
>> It seems there is one issue on this package
>> Thanks in advance for you help
> 
> ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw is actually provided by the
> firmware-ath9k-htc . Can you verify if this fixes your issue?
> 
> Regards,
> Salvatore

## test 19 :  remove previous fimware and install new one ...
############################################################
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ dpkg -l |grep firmware
ii  firmware-ath9k-htc              1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1-1.3+deb12u1 
all          firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters
ii  firmware-linux-free             20200122-1 
all          Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$

## test 20 :  unplug the USB, then plug device
###############################################

[197709.118219] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 7 using 
exynos-ehci
[197709.299867] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, 
idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08
[197709.307310] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, 
SerialNumber=48
[197709.314838] usb 1-1: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[197709.318305] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[197709.322446] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 12345
[197709.348578] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw 
requested
[197709.364961] usb 1-1: firmware: direct-loading firmware 
ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw
[197709.660666] usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: 
ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
[197709.909652] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 
credits
[197710.192340] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4
[197710.196457] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0: FW RMW support: On
[197710.201682] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
[197710.201698] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[197710.201709] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[197710.201747] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
[197710.201758] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
[197710.201768] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
[197710.207439] ieee80211 phy5: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
[197710.241489] ath9k_htc 1-1:1.0 if-ap0: renamed from wlan0

ansible@hn-odroid-hc1-110:~$ sudo iwconfig if-ap0
if-ap0    IEEE 802.11  ESSID:off/any
           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=0 dBm
           Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off


It works, thank you very much for your quick response

Cordialement
-- 
   -- Jean-Marc LACROIX  () --
     -- mailto : jeanmarc.lacroix@free.fr   --

Back to linux.debian.kernel | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Bug#1101974: [firmware-atheros] firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) Jean-Marc LACROIX <jeanmarc.lacroix@free.fr> - 2025-04-03 12:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1101974: [firmware-atheros] firmware: failed  to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-04-03 22:30 +0200
  Bug#1101974: [firmware-atheros] firmware: failed to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) Jean-Marc LACROIX <jeanmarc.lacroix@free.fr> - 2025-04-05 19:30 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1101974: [firmware-atheros] firmware: failed  to load ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw (-2) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-04-05 20:20 +0200

csiph-web