Armbian on S905W TVBOX (A95X F1) | WIFI Chip SV6051P

[hannah]

Hello,

 

Issue: No WIFI in my TV Box

 

My BOX:

A95X F1 Amlogic S905W Quad core 2GB DDR3 16GB eMMC 2.4G WIFI Chip SV6051P

hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL-bbD_X0v0

 

Note I have thoroughly reviewed this thread and still unable to get wifi in this box.

 

Here are the details:

 

- Image used:

https://mega.nz/folder/j9QSDQSQ#6WpasOlbZYIInfw6yo4phQ/file/78xiBbga
Image Name: Armbian_20.10_Arm-64_focal_current_5.9.0_desktop.img.xz

 

- dtb used = meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb

root@arm-64:/boot/extlinux# less extlinux.conf

# aml s9xxx
FDT /dtb/amlogic/meson-gxl-s905w-p281.dtb
APPEND root=LABEL=ROOTFS rootflags=data=writeback rw console=ttyAML0,115200n8 console=tty0 no_console_suspend consoleblank=0 fsck.fix=yes fsck.repair=yes net.ifnames=0

 

- armbian info:

```

root@arm-64:/boot/extlinux# cat /etc/armbian-release
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=arm-64
BOARD_NAME="ARM-64"
BOARDFAMILY=arm-64
BUILD_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/150balbes/Build-Armbian.git
BUILD_REPOSITORY_COMMIT=62b8c07-dirty
DISTRIBUTION_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIBUTION_STATUS=supported
VERSION=20.10
LINUXFAMILY=arm-64
BRANCH=current
ARCH=arm64
IMAGE_TYPE=user-built
BOARD_TYPE=conf
INITRD_ARCH=arm64
KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=Image

 

root@arm-64:/boot/extlinux# uname -a
Linux arm-64 5.9.0-arm-64 #20.10 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 14 12:04:42 MSK 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

```

- no wlan0 interface

```

root@arm-64:~# nmcli device show | grep -i general.device
GENERAL.DEVICE:                         eth0
GENERAL.DEVICE:                         lo

```

- I see ssv* files in firmware folder

 

```

root@arm-64:/boot/extlinux# ls -l /lib/firmware/ssv*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 81176 Nov 20 19:21 /lib/firmware/ssv6051-sw.bin
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  2494 Nov 20 19:21 /lib/firmware/ssv6051-wifi.cfg
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 39808 Nov 20 19:21 /lib/firmware/ssv6x5x-sw.bin
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root  3373 Nov 20 19:21 /lib/firmware/ssv6x5x-wifi.cfg

root@arm-64:/boot/extlinux# ls -l /usr/lib/firmware/ssv*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 81176 Nov 20 19:21 /usr/lib/firmware/ssv6051-sw.bin
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  2494 Nov 20 19:21 /usr/lib/firmware/ssv6051-wifi.cfg
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 39808 Nov 20 19:21 /usr/lib/firmware/ssv6x5x-sw.bin
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root  3373 Nov 20 19:21 /usr/lib/firmware/ssv6x5x-wifi.cfg

```

 

- I created this file ssv6051.conf

 

```

root@arm-64:/etc/modprobe.d# cat ssv6051.conf
options ssv6051 stacfgpath=/lib/firmware/ssv6051-wifi.cfg

```

 

At this time I do not see any wlan0 interface and thus WIFI is NOT available.

 

Kindly assist and guide me.

 

Regards

Hannah

 

Edited December 5, 2020 by hannah

[hannah]

I also have thoroughly reviewed this earlier topic and still unable to resolve this WIFI issue. Please assist.

 

```

Armbian on S905W TVBOX (COOLEME / W95T )
https://forum.armbian.com/topic/6849-armbian-on-s905w-tvbox-cooleme-w95t/

```

 

[hannah]

Hello All,

 

May I please get some help here?

 

Thank you

Hannah

 

[TRS-80]

You probably should read this (all of it) but especially #7.

 

Cheers.

Edited December 13, 2020 by TRS-80

[jock]

@hannah

no way to get ssv6051 wifi on mainline kernel, not until someone writes a proper driver for it.

ssv6051 driver exists on rockchip 4.4 kernel, but it is so poorly written that nobody never cared to rewrite it.

That's a bit of a pity, because that wifi chip and its bigger brother (the ssv6256p) have quite reasonable performance.

[hannah]

Okay sure I now understand why it's NOT possible.

Appreciate response from @TRS-80 & @jock

 

Perhaps admin can CLOSE this topic.