On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 12:34 AM Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Interesting observation. > > With the latest uboot (2018.09) and Fedora 29-beta-Xfce > > No wifi. Nothing shows when I do 'ip a' > > BUT... > > Same uboot, but the Centos7 image: > > CentOS-Userland-7-armv7hl-generic-GNOME-1804-sda > > There is the wifi interface. The Gnome install asks me if I want to > connect to any of the visible SSIDs. > > How did the Centos arm team get this to work and not Fedora? :) > > Really not so important RIGHT now, as my CT is for a Centos server. I am > only planning on running Fedora on Cubieboard2 which do not have their > own embedded wifi. > > Just a data point for now. We don't ship it because 1) it's not upstream in the Linux kernel or linux-firmware 2) the information currently can't be redistributed legally, for a couple of reasons. This is the same issue on the Raspberry Pi and a number of other devices with broadcom chips. The file that CentOS has now doubt chosen to ship is device specific but linux currently deals with it generically so if another device has the same wifi model with things like clocks/crystals and other settings that are device or regional specific. This could cause random things like actual wifi that shows up but doesn't work, it could actually break the user's device or get the user in trouble for using power/frequencies that are out of range. So the general stance of Fedora is not do things like that and I'd much sooner a user not having working wifi than cooking their device or getting them in trouble with authorities. All of the above being said I am working with a number of individuals both within Red Hat and other organisations (this has literally taken 3+ years) to get this problem resolved and we're nearing the end game. I don't have a specific timeframe but "Real Soon Now" is what I'm hoping, the Raspberry Pi will be fist in the list to be resolved and the rest should follow on not far behind, people's time pending. Peter _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
