Re: CubieTruck - Wifi

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 19-08-15 00:04, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 08/18/2015 05:31 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have not done any Fedora-arm testing for many weeks and am behind on
>>>> developments.  Correct me if I missed something in past threads.
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to make sense of this thread, though.
>>>>
>>>> I am running the lastest F23 build (Fedora-Xfce-armhfp-23-20150818-sda)
>>>> and
>>>> no Wifi (or Bluetooth) flashing LEDs.   On the serial console on
>>>> firstboot I
>>>> do see:
>>>>
>>>> [   28.134790] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
>>>> [   28.134804] cfg80211:  DFS Master region: unset
>>>> [   28.134805] cfg80211:   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
>>>> (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp), (dfs_cac_time)
>>>> [   28.134818] cfg80211:   (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
>>>> (N/A,
>>>> 2000 mBm), (N/A)
>>>> [   28.134824] cfg80211:   (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz),
>>>> (N/A,
>>>> 2000 mBm), (N/A)
>>>> [   28.134829] cfg80211:   (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz),
>>>> (N/A,
>>>> 2000 mBm), (N/A)
>>>> [   28.134837] cfg80211:   (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 80000 KHz,
>>>> 160000
>>>> KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (N/A)
>>>> [   28.134954] cfg80211:   (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 80000 KHz,
>>>> 160000
>>>> KHz AUTO), (N/A, 2000 mBm), (0 s)
>>>> [   28.134961] cfg80211:   (5490000 KHz - 5730000 KHz @ 160000 KHz),
>>>> (N/A,
>>>> 2000 mBm), (0 s)
>>>> [   28.134967] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz),
>>>> (N/A,
>>>> 2000 mBm), (N/A)
>>>> [   28.134973] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz),
>>>> (N/A, 0 mBm), (N/A)
>>>>
>>>> So one might THINK that the WiFi was seen.
>>>>
>>>> But nothing shows for WiFi in NetworkManager.
>>>
>>> Did you add a firmware? At the moment you need to get the firmware
>>> from elsewhere as we don't have the ability to legally redistribute it
>>> directly.
>>
>>
>> ???  For some time, it seemed that Cubietruck working WiFi was based on
>> Hans getting things connected, not also a vendor's firmware. Plus Clive's
>> and Han's messages seem to say that they have gotten the WiFi working with
>> an nvram patch.
>
>
> Right the actual firmware is part of linux-firmware, but you do need
> a board specific nvram file and drop that under /lib/firmware, see
> the dmesg output when the module loads.

Oh god, what does it do? Sounds like a terrible hack.
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