Loki Kernel upgrade to v4.12.2 breaks WiFi

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    Hi,
    I am trying to jump onto the latest Kernel release 4.12.2 on my HP af114au notebook with AMD APU A8 cpu.

    I had install the latest kernel with following commands. It booted fine, it was fast and robust except that it broke my WiFi.
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    $ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.2/linux-headers-4.12.2-041202_4.12.2-041202.201707150832_all.deb
    $ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.2/linux-headers-4.12.2-041202-generic_4.12.2-041202.201707150832_amd64.deb
    $ wget kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.12.2/linux-image-4.12.2-041202-generic_4.12.2-041202.201707150832_amd64.deb
    $ sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.12.2*.deb linux-image-4.12.2*.deb
    $ sudo reboot
    So i revert to Kernel version 4.8.7 that has WiFi functional.
    Need suggestions on how to fix WiFi on version 4.12.2
     

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