linux-kernel - Re: ath10k_pci logs errors about missing pre-cal and cal firmware on a laptop

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Message-ID: <b70d8041-901c-48f6-8790-35e354c30865@quicinc.com>
Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2023 09:32:03 -0800
From:   Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To:     Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <ath10k@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: ath10k_pci logs errors about missing pre-cal and cal firmware on
 a laptop

On 11/12/2023 4:13 AM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Linux folks,
> 
> 
> Onn the Dell XPS 13 9360 with Debian sid/unstable, Linux 6.5.10 logs the 
> error below:
> 
>      $ sudo dmesg | grep -e "DMI:" -e "Linux version" -e microcode
>      [    0.000000] microcode: updated early: 0xf0 -> 0xf4, date = 
> 2023-02-22
>      [    0.000000] Linux version 6.5.0-4-amd64 
> (debian-kernel@...ts.debian.org) (gcc-13 (Debian 13.2.0-6) 13.2.0, GNU 
> ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.41) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 
> 6.5.10-1 (2023-11-03)
>      [    0.000000] DMI: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9360/0596KF, BIOS 2.21.0 
> 06/02/2022
>      [    0.580689] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
> 
>      $ sudo dmesg --level alert,crit,err
>      [    0.053566] x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS.
>      [    1.942183] psmouse serio1: synaptics: Unable to query device: -5
>      [   14.401112] ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: firmware: failed to load 
> ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:3a:00.0.bin (-2)
>      [   14.401143] firmware_class: See https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware 
> for information about missing firmware
>      [   14.401185] ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: firmware: failed to load 
> ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:3a:00.0.bin (-2)
>      [   14.401233] ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: firmware: failed to load 
> ath10k/cal-pci-0000:3a:00.0.bin (-2)
>      [   14.401273] ath10k_pci 0000:3a:00.0: firmware: failed to load 
> ath10k/cal-pci-0000:3a:00.0.bin (-2)
> 
> As it’s logged with error level, I’d like to address the ath10k_pci 
> errors, but I am unable to find the firmware in the Linux firmware 
> archive [1].
> 
> What can I do about this?
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> [1]: 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/

Adding the ath10k list so this isn't lost in the noise