root@OpenWrt:~# lspci -tv
-[0000:00]---00.0 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984 802.11ac Wave 2 Wireless Network Adapter
root@OpenWrt:~#
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root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg | grep -i ath10k
[ 20.238457] ath10k 6.10 driver, optimized for CT firmware, probing pci device: 0x46.
[ 20.332925] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 20.339713] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: pci irq legacy oper_irq_mode 1 irq_mode 0 reset_mode 0
[ 23.958874] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: qca9984/qca9994 hw1.0 target 0x01000000 chip_id 0x00000000 sub 168c:cafe
[ 23.969187] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: kconfig debug 0 debugfs 1 tracing 0 dfs 1 testmode 0
[ 23.984169] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: firmware ver 10.4-3.9.0.2-00157 api 5 features no-p2p,mfp,peer-flow-ctrl,btcoex-param,allows-mesh-bcast,no-ps,peer-fixed-rate,iram-recovery crc32 6cdc6ff9
[ 26.435599] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: found invalid board magic
[ 26.872883] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: board_file api 1 bmi_id 0:16 crc32 dbd022aa
[ 27.038366] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: found invalid board magic
[ 27.215475] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to fetch board-2.bin or board.bin from ath10k/QCA9984/hw1.0
[ 27.225245] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to download board data: -12
[ 27.232087] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to run otp: -12 (pre-cal-config)
[ 27.306358] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: found invalid board magic
[ 27.630140] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to fetch board-2.bin or board.bin from ath10k/QCA9984/hw1.0
[ 27.639906] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to download board data: -12
[ 27.646759] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: failed to run otp: -12 (download-cal-data)
[ 27.654320] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: could not init core (-12)
[ 27.682200] ath10k_pci 0000:00:00.0: could not probe fw (-12)
root@OpenWrt:~#
but the files is there.
root@OpenWrt:~# ls -lrt /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9984/hw1.0/boa*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 180285 May 12 2020 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9984/hw1.0/board.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 193994 May 12 2020 /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9984/hw1.0/board-2.bin
root@OpenWrt:~#