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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:46:36 +0000
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From: "Konstantin Koslowski" <konstantin.koslowski@gmail.com>
Subject: Dell DW1601 (WIL6210)
To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org

Dear linux-wireless developers,=0A=0AI recently acquired a few Dell DW160=
1 cards and after a few initial searches it sounded like they could be us=
ed to connect to each other.=0ANow it seems that they do not have the wif=
i connectivity enabled, just WBE.=0A=0Arelevant lspci output:=0A03:00.0 P=
CI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express Root Port [1ae9:0101]=
 (rev 04)=0A04:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 PCI Express =
Port [1ae9:0200] (rev 04)=0A04:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6=
200 Wireless PCI Express Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 14)=0A04:03.0 PCI bridge [=
0604]: Wilocity Ltd. Wil6200 Wireless PCI Express Port [1ae9:0201] (rev 1=
4)=0A05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless =
Network Adapter [168c:0034] (rev 01)=0A=0ASo the wifi device does not sho=
w up. Seems it needs a different firmware.=0A=0AThe old linuxwireless wik=
i [http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/wil6210/index.html] tells me=
 that I should contact Wilocity to get the wifi enabled firmware. As they=
 were bought by Qualcomm this is no longer possible,=0AThe current wiki j=
ust says: "We need to get this publicly available=E2=80=A6"=0A=0AIs there=
 any way to get this firmware and then flash it to the card/load it?=0A=
=0AThanks a lot!