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RTL8723AU Realtek driver fails after linux update fix.

After a recent kernel update my wireless stopped working in Fedora 23. dmesg started showing logs like this: [ 5.508212] usb 1-1.4: Vendor: Realtek [ 5.508218] usb 1-1.4: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter [ 5.508222] usb 1-1.4: RTL8723AU rev B (TSMC) 1T1R, TX queues 2, WiFi=1, BT=1, GPS=0, HI PA=0 [ 5.508226] usb 1-1.4: RTL8723AU MAC: 20:16:d8:03:97:c1 [ 5.508229] usb 1-1.4: rtl8xxxu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8723aufw_B_NoBT.bin [ 5.517062] usb 1-1.4: Firmware revision 31.0 (signature 0x2302) [ 5.539427] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3 [ 5.539431] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast [ 5.539435] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized [ 5.859658] usb 1-1.4: Firmware failed to start [ 5.867382] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8xxxu [ 5.891270] r8723au: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 5.892132] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8723au [ 5.896855] nf