Unfortunately 5.11.0-20-generic does NOT fix the wifi. As you can see in the dmesg output above, the ath11k driver is present but doesn't seem to enable any interfaces.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-oem-5.10 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1932303 Title: Dell XPS 17 9700 wifi Status in Ubuntu: New Status in linux-oem-5.10 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Release: devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Release: 20.04 devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ Problem: Cannot get both wifi and sound working on a Dell XPS 17 9700 (i9 processor) at the same time. With the 5.10.0-1029-oem kernel wifi works, but sound (microphone) does not. With the 5.11.0-20-generic kernel, the microphone and sound works (thank you for fix: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1921632) but the wifi does not. With the 5.11.0-20-generic kernel and the linux-firmware (1.187.14) pkg installed (sound works but no wifi): Information with 5.11.0-20-generic kernel: devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ sudo lspci -knn | grep Net -A3; rfkill list [sudo] password for devops: 04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Device [17cb:1101] (rev 01) Subsystem: Bigfoot Networks, Inc. Device [1a56:a501] Kernel driver in use: ath11k_pci Kernel modules: ath11k_pci 05:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Titan Ridge 4C 2018] [8086:15ea] (rev 06) 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ sudo lshw -C network *-network description: Network controller product: Qualcomm vendor: Qualcomm physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0 version: 01 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ath11k_pci latency=0 resources: irq:195 memory:d2100000-d21fffff devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ uname -sr Linux 5.11.0-20-generic devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ sudo dmesg | grep ath11k [ 2.671864] ath11k_pci 0000:04:00.0: WARNING: ath11k PCI support is experimental! [ 2.679263] ath11k_pci 0000:04:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xd2100000-0xd21fffff 64bit] [ 2.679309] ath11k_pci 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep firmware ii amd64-microcode 3.20191218.1ubuntu1 amd64 Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs ii intel-microcode 3.20201110.0ubuntu0.20.04.2 amd64 Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs ii linux-firmware 1.187.14 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ sudo ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever devops@devops-XPS-17-9700:~$ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1932303/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
