Re: [gentoo-user] Loading a Firmware Module By hand?

[Floyd Anderson]

>
>If you want to build into the kernel again, check
>‘/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-6.bin’ exists and set:
>
>   CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
>   CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-6.bin"
>   CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
>

I must correct myself. I’ve seen that the file ‘firmware-6.bin’ is 
located in ‘/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0’ and ‘firmware-5.bin’ 
lives in ‘/lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1’, see [1].

That is where your firmware loading error comes from (and my wrong 
example for the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE). So, the correct kernel 
configuration should be:

    CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
    CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/firmware-5.bin"
    CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"

or

    CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
    CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/firmware-6.bin"
    CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"


[1] <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/ath10k/QCA6174>


-- 
Regards,
floyd