88W0998: Latest Stable Driver/Firmware for x86_64 platform Linux 5.15+

[kbpanchal005]

Hello NXP Team,

We are using this PCIE-WLAN-UART-BT-9098-U16-X86-17.68.1.p81-17.26.1.p81-MXM5X17277_V0V1-MGPL.zip.

We have integrated this with our BSP with LTS Linux 5.15+.

But observed following two issues

1. Different interface names upon driver load even if fixed names are provided in conf file 

refer https://community.nxp.com/t5/Wireless-Connectivity/PCI-88W9098-Interface-doesn-t-support-scanning-Op...

PCIE9098_0 = {
drv_mode=7
cfg80211_wext=0xf
max_vir_bss=1
max_uap_bss=2
cal_data_cfg=none
ps_mode=2
auto_ds=2
wfd_name=wfd
sta_name=mlan
uap_name=uap
host_mlme=1
fw_name=nxp/pcieuart9098_combo_v1.bin
}

# WiF 5 , 802.11ac
PCIE9098_1 = {
drv_mode=7
cfg80211_wext=0xf
max_vir_bss=1
max_uap_bss=2
cal_data_cfg=none
ps_mode=2
auto_ds=2
wfd_name=mwfd
sta_name=mmlan
uap_name=muap
host_mlme=1
fw_name=nxp/pcieuart9098_combo_v1.bin
}

Current Solution: We have to reload driver again and again to get expected interface names.

2. Hostapd: nl80211 driver initialization failed.

nl80211: Driver does not support authentication/association or connect commands
nl80211: deinit ifname=uap0 disabled_11b_rates=0
nl80211 driver initialization failed.
uap0: interface state UNINITIALIZED->DISABLED
uap0: AP-DISABLED
uap0: CTRL-EVENT-TERMINATING
hostapd_free_hapd_data: Interface uap0 wasn't started

Current Solution: We have to reload driver again and again to get expected behaviour.

So we need stable driver behavior for our product.

Could you please provide solution on above issues OR

provide latest available PCIe driver for 88W9098.

Our system requirement is 

- x86 64 bit

- Linux 5.15+

Thanks,

Kalpesh

[kbpanchal005]

Hello Christine,

I thank you so much for following up on this Topic. 

On NDA process, we have received updated Draft from NXP and now our legal team is working on it.

I am not able to test new drivers yet. I will let you know once I download driver and test on devkits.

Regards,

Kalpesh 

[Christine_Li]

Hi, @kbpanchal005 

Thanks for your feedback.

Yes, please have a try once your NDA is ready.

And I will close this ticket for now, please feel free to re-open it with new comments or create a new thread if it is still not OK on your side.

Best regards,

Christine.

[Christine_Li]

Hi, @kbpanchal005 

I am so sorry to let you know that I will close this ticket for now because we haven't receive any feedback from you for more than 2 weeks.

If you still need our support, please feel free to reopen or create a new one to us.

Appreciated for your understanding.

Have a nice weekend~

Best regards,

Christine.