How install ath10k support in bpi r2?

Niko_xu · May 16, 2024, 8:07am

i use bpi r2 and centos7 , this is my system info

how to driver Qualcomm Atheros QCA986x/988x 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter ?

frank-w · May 16, 2024, 9:44am

Imho you need ath9k kernel module and firmware…not sure this is available for your system…which image / kernel do you use?

Niko_xu · May 16, 2024, 9:49am

image url: BPI-R2 New image : 2018-01-12-centos-7-lite

but

lsmod | grep ath10k lsmod | grep ath9k

output empty

Is there a ready-made image that supports it ?

frank-w · May 16, 2024, 10:15am

uname -a

find /lib/modules/$(uname -r) -iname '*ath*'

I’m not sure my images have this driver enabled but they are more recent and you can compile up2date kernel with this module

Seems last for r2 was debian bullseye.

My automatic images were not built for r2. But you can do yourself

Edit: My kernel for r2 contains ath9k and ath10k

github.com

frank-w/BPI-Router-Linux/blob/6.9-main/arch/arm/configs/mt7623n_evb_fwu_defconfig#L615


      
          CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE=y
          CONFIG_NET_CLS_FW=m
          CONFIG_NET_CLS_U32=m
          CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP=m
          CONFIG_NET_CLS_RSVP6=m
          CONFIG_NET_CLS_POLICE=y
          
          #unused drivers which are set by default
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_ADMTEK=n
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_ATH=y
          CONFIG_ATH9K=m
          CONFIG_ATH10K=m
          CONFIG_ATH10K_PCI=m
          CONFIG_ATH10K_USB=m
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_ATMEL=n
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_BROADCOM=n
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_CISCO=n
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_INTEL=n
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_INTERSIL=n
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_MARVELL=n
          CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_REALTEK=n

Niko_xu · May 17, 2024, 1:23am

good moring frank , thank for you reply , I will try these several options

frank-w · May 23, 2024, 5:50am

I recently added r2 to my automatic images, but have not tested it yet…it created bookwork and jammy/noble images