Enabling wifi driver

[ArifKhan]

Hi, I am working on SABRE TABLET board, I am able to bring up the board and boot from the SD card, I compiled the wifi driver as Module and loaded the module as below root@freescale ~$ cd /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless/<.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko root@freescale ~$ cd /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless/kernel/net/ root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net$ ls wireless root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net$ cd wireless/ root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless$ ls cfg80211.ko root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless$ modpro</2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless$ modprobe cfg80211.ko cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless$ root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless$ root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless$ cd ../</2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/net/wireless$ cd ../../drivers/net/wireless/ <35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath$ modprobe ath.ko <35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath$ <35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath$ <35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath$ cd ../../../staging/ root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging$ ls ath6kl root@freescale /lib/modules/2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging$ cd </2.6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging$ cd ath6kl/ <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ ls ath6kl.ko <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ modprobe ath6kl.ko ath6kl: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ AR6000: Unsupported configuration opcode: 3 AR6000: Unsupported configuration opcode: 3 HIF Interrupt processing is SYNC ONLY AR6000: Unsupported configuration opcode: 7 AR6000: Unsupported configuration opcode: 5 In aggr_init.. going out of aggr_init..status OK Unknown firmware revision: 805307778 ar6000_avail: ar6000_sysfs_bmi_get_config failed <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart Running sysctl Setting up networking on loopback device: Warning: no IPADDR is set, please set this from the ltib config screen, or directly in /etc/rc.d/rc.conf. IP address setup bypassed <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:9F:01:C3:2D BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Base address:0x6000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. <6.35.3-998-ga1cd8a7/kernel/drivers/staging/ath6kl$ I am not able to see any wifi interface, Plz let me know if I missed anything on wifi driver configuration Regards Arif

[Niranjan]

Hi,

Can any one please describe step by step procedure to enable wifi  driver  on i.MX53 SMD SABRE Tablet.

Best regards

Niranjan

[waltera_mayorga]

Any updates? I'm having the same problem and I need a step by step description of the process. I´ll really appreciate

[waterzhou]

How to support new WiFi card in Android

Here is a reference document. You can see.

[Swamy]

Please update if there is any solution found for this issue.

[JackyHuang]

I am facing the same issue,  Hopeing help

[richard1094]

hi ,

my kernel & rootfs is build from ltib 11.05

I build ar6000.ko  from atheros-wifi-11.09.01.tar

when I insmod ar6000.ko , I can't get eth1 or wlan interface

is any  step or config miss??

Thanks advance.

[JackyHuang]

hi Arif 

I follow your comment to build the ar6000.ko, but after I insmod the ar6000.ko ,  I can't get the eth1 by ifconfig 

Is there any configuration about the wireless in the kernel? 

Thanks advance

[ArifKhan]

yes Kirill, its built in chip.I din used any atheros script, just insmod ar6000.ko and got eth1 enterface.

[Kirill]

I meant buildin chip. And one more question, you launch driver insmod ar6000.ko and you got wlan interface or you launch some  Atheros's scripts? 

[ArifKhan]

atheros-wifi-11.09.01.tar is the package name available in L2.6.35_11.09.01_ER_source bsp wich worked for me. this is not a built in driver and u need to compile it separately and have to used ar6000.ko module generated after compile. I din used builtin driver AR6003.

[Kirill]

Thanks Arif for replies! You worked with SABRE's build-in Atheros AR6003? And I did not  recognize your last post line "atheros-wifi-11.09.01.tar"

[ArifKhan]

yes its working for me ... atheros-wifi-11.09.01.tar

[Kirill]

Did you get it worked? 

[ArifKhan]

Hi Kirill, Driver availabe with L2.6.35_11.05.01_ER_source bsp package is of wifi chip with h/w rev 2.0, whereas chip in tablet is of 2.2.1 version. I used another bsp L2.6.35_11.09.01_ER_source, which has latest driver given as separate package rather than part of kernel, I suggest you to use this latest bsp as it has all patch update. you can download bsp from here http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=IMX53QSB&fpsp=1&tab=Design_Tools_Tab Regards Arif

[Kirill]

I have the same message, did you solve it?

[ArifKhan]

Has anyone tried building the wifi driver, I am using L2.6.35_11.05.01_ER_source bsp package.