X86 + QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless = Wireless is not associated

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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Okay, one hurdle down after the last solved thread, looks like one left to go.

Using x86 OpenWRT with QCA6174.

I have been able to scan and see local SSID's and follow luci WebUI through network selection and setup. I've tried different channels and the variations on legacy/n/ac etc. For science I went ahead and also configured it as an AP which resulted in the same symptom.

As it is, once the network is created/configured, on the 'Network>Wireless' screen it shows the Network signal strength as '0%' and says Wireless is not associated.

I'm new to OpenWRT internals so not sure where to find logs at this time. logread -f does not output anything when configuring the network at all.

Modules:

# lsmod | grep ath
ath                    28672  1 ath10k_core
ath10k_core           360448  1 ath10k_pci
ath10k_pci             45056  0
cfg80211              622592  3 ath10k_core,ath,mac80211
mac80211              778240  1 ath10k_core

/etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device 'wlp2s0'
        option mode 'sta'
        option disabled '0'
        option hwmode '11g'
        option htmode 'HT20'
        option channel '6'

config wifi-iface
        option network 'wwan'
        option ssid 'homenet'
        option device 'wlp2s0'
        option mode 'sta'
        option bssid 'F2:9F:C2:F5:74:3B'
        option key 'heyitsasecret'
        option encryption 'none'
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Put it in AP mode and then connect a device to it. It's normal for it to say not associated if no client has associated yet, see if this is the issue first...

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There's no 'option path' set in the wifi-device config. That is needed to specify the hardware connection (pci bus location). It should be automatically produced. Did you let the script produce the starting /etc/config/wireless?

A good diagnostic is iw list to show if you have a card and driver activated.

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Okay, here's what I have. I'm trying to sort out where to find the pci option path string' bus id information. I'm guessing it's in a non-standard place in a container maybe? or perhapse it has the wrong permissions or uid/gid for what openwrt usually expects.

~ # lspci | grep -iE "net|ath"

00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (5) I219-LM (rev 31)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

~ # iw list output @ pastebinit

Wiphy phy0
	max # scan SSIDs: 16
	max scan IEs length: 195 bytes
	max # sched scan SSIDs: 0
	max # match sets: 0
	max # scan plans: 1
	max scan plan interval: -1
	max scan plan iterations: 0
	Retry short limit: 7
	Retry long limit: 4
	Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
	Device supports AP-side u-APSD.
	Device supports T-DLS.
	Available Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
	Configured Antennas: TX 0x3 RX 0x3
	Supported interface modes:
		 * IBSS
		 * managed
		 * AP
		 * AP/VLAN
		 * monitor
		 * mesh point
		 * P2P-client
		 * P2P-GO
		 * P2P-device
	Band 1:
		Capabilities: 0x19ef
			RX LDPC
			HT20/HT40
			SM Power Save disabled
			RX HT20 SGI
			RX HT40 SGI
			TX STBC
			RX STBC 1-stream
			Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
			DSSS/CCK HT40
		Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
		Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
		HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15
		Frequencies:
			* 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
			* 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 2484 MHz [14] (disabled)
	Band 2:
		Capabilities: 0x19ef
			RX LDPC
			HT20/HT40
			SM Power Save disabled
			RX HT20 SGI
			RX HT40 SGI
			TX STBC
			RX STBC 1-stream
			Max AMSDU length: 7935 bytes
			DSSS/CCK HT40
		Maximum RX AMPDU length 65535 bytes (exponent: 0x003)
		Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: 8 usec (0x06)
		HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-15
		VHT Capabilities (0x339071b2):
			Max MPDU length: 11454
			Supported Channel Width: neither 160 nor 80+80
			RX LDPC
			short GI (80 MHz)
			TX STBC
			SU Beamformee
			MU Beamformee
			RX antenna pattern consistency
			TX antenna pattern consistency
		VHT RX MCS set:
			1 streams: MCS 0-9
			2 streams: MCS 0-9
			3 streams: not supported
			4 streams: not supported
			5 streams: not supported
			6 streams: not supported
			7 streams: not supported
			8 streams: not supported
		VHT RX highest supported: 0 Mbps
		VHT TX MCS set:
			1 streams: MCS 0-9
			2 streams: MCS 0-9
			3 streams: not supported
			4 streams: not supported
			5 streams: not supported
			6 streams: not supported
			7 streams: not supported
			8 streams: not supported
		VHT TX highest supported: 0 Mbps
		Frequencies:
			* 5180 MHz [36] (30.0 dBm)
			* 5200 MHz [40] (30.0 dBm)
			* 5220 MHz [44] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 5240 MHz [48] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 5260 MHz [52] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5280 MHz [56] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5300 MHz [60] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5320 MHz [64] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5500 MHz [100] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5520 MHz [104] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5540 MHz [108] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5560 MHz [112] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5580 MHz [116] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5600 MHz [120] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5620 MHz [124] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5640 MHz [128] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5660 MHz [132] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5680 MHz [136] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5700 MHz [140] (30.0 dBm) (no IR, radar detection)
			* 5720 MHz [144] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 5745 MHz [149] (30.0 dBm)
			* 5765 MHz [153] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 5785 MHz [157] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 5805 MHz [161] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 5825 MHz [165] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
			* 5845 MHz [169] (30.0 dBm) (no IR)
	valid interface combinations:
		 * #{ managed } <= 2, #{ AP, mesh point, P2P-client, P2P-GO } <= 2, #{ P2P-device } <= 1,
		   total <= 4, #channels <= 1
		 * #{ managed } <= 2, #{ P2P-client } <= 2, #{ AP, mesh point, P2P-GO } <= 1, #{ P2P-device } <= 1,
		   total <= 4, #channels <= 2
		 * #{ managed } <= 1, #{ IBSS } <= 1,
		   total <= 2, #channels <= 1
	HT Capability overrides:
		 * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
		 * maximum A-MSDU length
		 * supported channel width
		 * short GI for 40 MHz
		 * max A-MPDU length exponent
		 * min MPDU start spacing
	Device supports VHT-IBSS.