On Tue, 2016-10-18 at 18:22 +0200, Oliver Zemann wrote: > Because of the problems with the ath10 card, i bought an intel 7260 > (mpcie) wifi card. Unfortunately it is also not working. > I get tons of those messages: > > [ 175.777030] usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using > orion-ehci > [ 175.933953] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=8087, > idProduct=07dc > [ 175.940681] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, > SerialNumber=0 > [ 175.966954] Bluetooth: hci0: read Intel version: > 3707100180012d0d00 > [ 175.973313] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware file: > intel/ibt-hw-37.7.10-fw-1.80.1.2d.d.bseq > [ 176.183954] Bluetooth: hci0: Intel Bluetooth firmware patch > completed > and activated > [ 176.749831] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 This is odd. However, it's entirely related to the NICs *Bluetooth* function, which lives on USB. > What's confusing me is that this device is connected through pcie, > not usb. When i use lspci i get: > [root@alarm log]# lspci > 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 6828 (rev > 04) > 00:03.0 PCI bridge: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 6828 (rev > 04) > 02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA986x/988x 802.11ac > Wireless Network Adapter (rev ff) > > So the other card is seen as pci device, but the intel is not. I am > really lost now. The NICs *WiFi* function should be a PCIe device, but the USB connect/disconnect cycles suggest that there's something wrong with the electrical connection, which presumably causes the PCIe part of the device to never appear on the bus. johannes