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A few more details about using K1535 WiFi firmware

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On the Surface Go, the standard firmware from the official Linux Firmware repo has issues with the
`ath10k` QCA6174 Wifi device.
You will see messages like "Can't ping firmware" *TODO - Copy messages from console*
You will see messages like "Can't ping firmware".
The most effective fix to-date is to remove the `board-2.bin` file or replace it with a copy of the
`board.bin` file.
For more details, see: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Surface-Go#wifi-firmware
Note that there was an attempt to get this firmware incorporated into the aggregate `board-2.bin`,
but (as of this writing) the request appears to have been ignored:
- https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/issues/41
References:
- https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface/issues/441
- https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/e8quqg/surface_go_official_wifi_fix/