OttawaHacker Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I know this driver should be part of the recent kernel releases (and definitely avail for 5.10) but I am not sure how/why/where this driver would be in the armbian release. I also did install the firmware files but I don't see the module in the /usr/lib/module section. Any suggestions to build or enable this driver? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royk Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 (edited) https://github.com/armbian/build#getting-started Build the kernel with the MT76x2U driver, it's disabled by default. Edited January 20 by royk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaHacker Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 2 hours ago, royk said: Build the kernel with the MT76x2U driver, it's disabled by default. Ah thank you - so I started looking into the build. My understanding is that the armbian build generates a new custom image. The tool is quite amazing and straightforward but few questions: - For any updates, would I need to re-build and re-install a new image? - Is there a way I could update my current build using a generated image? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royk Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 You could install the kernel from the debs folder, output/debs/linux-image... Mr Hacker😀 When you update the kernel from the apt repository you will loose the WiFi driver again. To build only the kernel as in the manual: ./compile.sh BUILD_ONLY=kernel KERNEL_CONFIGURE=yes BOARD=orangepi5 BRANCH=legacy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaHacker Posted Sunday at 06:04 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 06:04 AM On 1/20/2023 at 1:31 PM, royk said: To build only the kernel as in the manual: ./compile.sh BUILD_ONLY=kernel KERNEL_CONFIGURE=yes BOARD=orangepi5 BRANCH=legacy Thank you!! I rebuilt the whole image - I can't believe how easy the armbian build system is. Couple questions: 1) Any particular reason many modules are completly disabled from kernel? 2) Would it be worth doing a PR to build the MediaTek drivers as modules? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted Sunday at 07:25 AM Share Posted Sunday at 07:25 AM 1 hour ago, OttawaHacker said: 1) Any particular reason many modules are completly disabled from kernel? No reason. In this particular case however it might been the influence of the BSP. 1 hour ago, OttawaHacker said: 2) Would it be worth doing a PR to build the MediaTek drivers as modules? Well there is no warranty that it gets accepted, however if it is well documented and enabled across all configurations so people/maintainer have a chance to test I don't see a reason against. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaHacker Posted Sunday at 06:32 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 06:32 PM (edited) 11 hours ago, Werner said: Well there is no warranty that it gets accepted, however if it is well documented and enabled across all configurations so people/maintainer have a chance to test I don't see a reason against. PR was accepted 🙂 so for anyone stumbling on this issue - it should be something of the past https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4727 Edited Sunday at 06:32 PM by OttawaHacker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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