TI Wl1837 support with imx6 3.10.17 kernel

[ganesank]

Hi,

We were using TiWi5 (wilink6) WLAN chipset from LSR with IMX6 dual core processor. The Yocto kernel version is 3.10.17. I didn't have to build outside the kernel tree as instructed by TI. It worked straightway with device tree changes for WLAN interface.

We are trying to use WL1837 (Wilink8 module). I assume that I don't need any additional patches for WL1837. Everything seems to be fine, SDIO communication is happening WL_IRQ is okay, able to disable/enable WL_EN but no access points could be scanned. The output of "iw wlan0 scan" is always empty.

Has anyone in the community got it working with 3.10.17 kernel? Are there any more patches

Regards,

Ganesan. K

[weidong_sun]

Hello Ganesan,

     The following is my suggestions:

1. Check if WIFI antenna was connected to your board, if not, connect it , please!

2. you should use the following commands to debug your WIFI

At first, configure your AP & wpa_supplicant.conf file

(1)using iwconfig

---iwconfig wlan0  : check your WIFI

---iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed: configure AP mode

---iwconfig wlan0 key 123567890 ( note: set password)

---iwconfig wlan0 key open

---iwconfig wlan0 essid TP-LINK_432F1A(note: my AP name)

(2)iwlist wlan0 scan

search all APs near your WIFI

(3) dhcpcd wlan0

get IP address from AP

In addition, you can also use wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli to debug WIFI , on how to use them, you can get more messages from internet.

Regards,

Weidong