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faq [2019/03/28 18:36] – [What is the best wireless card to buy ?] Updated mister_xfaq [2019/09/09 00:16] – ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin mister_x
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 A hard block usually is a physical switch on the computer. It can either be a flip switch on the side of the computer, a key combination to press on the keyboard or a setting to enable in the BIOS. A hard block usually is a physical switch on the computer. It can either be a flip switch on the side of the computer, a key combination to press on the keyboard or a setting to enable in the BIOS.
  
-In some cases, if wireless was disabled before Windows was powered off, it will appear like a hard block and the trick is to enable wireless in Windows then reboot. +In some cases, if wireless was disabled before Windows was powered off, it will appear like a hard block and the trick is to enable wireless in Windows then reboot
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 +===== "ath10k_pci 0000:03:00.0: firmware: failed to load ath10k/pre-cal-pci-0000:03:00.0.bin" and similar in dmesg  ===== 
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 +TL;DR: even if it sounds bad, don't worry about it. 
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 +If a firmware is missing, then your card won't work at all: no interface, scanning or any other function. Firmware may have issues/bugs but that's a different story. 
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 +On desktop/laptop cards, the above mentioned file is stored in a dedicated EEPROM on the card itself, so it's not needed. That data is typically only needed on embedded devices, such as routers, or AP, that are lacking the EEPROM, and in that case, it is stored on the filesystem. The reason behind it is cheaper to store it, than adding extra components. 
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 +The driver doesn't have any way of knowing if the card has it or not, so it is displaying the message anyway.
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