likely the device tree file needs to have the wif device added for it to show up. Dennis On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 9:19 PM brm <brm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all. OS is 5.7.8-200.fc32.aarch64 Fedora Server running headless on Pine64 > sbc. The system works well. Currently eth0 is the main network device, but I > have another use for this cable and wish to implement the wifi. This is > proving problematic as it seems to use the rtl8723bs module. Despite a lot of > googling there is no sign of wlan0. > > Here I load the realtek module. > > r8723bs: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you > have been warned. > [34784.402732] RTL8723BS: module init start > [34784.406673] RTL8723BS: rtl8723bs > v4.3.5.5_12290.20140916_BTCOEX20140507-4E40 > [34784.413770] RTL8723BS: rtl8723bs BT-Coex version = BTCOEX20140507-4E40 > [34784.420437] RTL8723BS: module init ret =0 > > If I go to /usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi - these files are present. > > │-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20886 Jun 20 02:37 rtl8723bs_ap_wowlan.bin > │ > │-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9120 Jun 20 02:37 rtl8723bs_bt.bin > │ > │-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32108 Jun 20 02:37 rtl8723bs_nic.bin > │ > │-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26398 Jun 20 02:37 rtl8723bs_wowlan.bin > > I am not sure how to use these. I was hoping that modprobe would activate the > device and wlan0 would appear. But this is not the case. Any ideas? > _______________________________________________ > arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
