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Probably we should need to power WiFi in u-boot ...

 

This might be related. So maybe just wait how she solves it and then 'port' the fix back to BSP driver the next days? I also wonder whether this xradio thingie needs special module load options to work in AP mode? And does anyone already have a clue whether monitor mode should also work?

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Wireless driver works now out of the box.

 

I let an image build an hour ago and there firmware wasn't included which prevented loading of driver and also new firstrun workaround. Since someone asked for 'iw list' output:

 

 

root@orangepizero:~# iw list
Wiphy phy1
        Band 1:
                Capabilities: 0x110
                        HT20
                        Static SM Power Save
                        RX Greenfield
                        RX STBC 1-stream
                        Max AMSDU length: 3839 bytes
                        No DSSS/CCK HT40
                Maximum RX AMPDU length 32767 bytes (exponent: 0x002)
                Minimum RX AMPDU time spacing: No restriction (0x00)
                HT TX/RX MCS rate indexes supported: 0-7
                Frequencies:
                        * 2412 MHz [1] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2417 MHz [2] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2422 MHz [3] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2427 MHz [4] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2432 MHz [5] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2437 MHz [6] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2442 MHz [7] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2447 MHz [8] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2452 MHz [9] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2457 MHz [10] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2462 MHz [11] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2467 MHz [12] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
                        * 2472 MHz [13] (20.0 dBm)
                        * 2484 MHz [14] (20.0 dBm) (no IR)
                Bitrates (non-HT):
                        * 1.0 Mbps
                        * 2.0 Mbps
                        * 5.5 Mbps
                        * 11.0 Mbps
                        * 6.0 Mbps
                        * 9.0 Mbps
                        * 12.0 Mbps
                        * 18.0 Mbps
                        * 24.0 Mbps
                        * 36.0 Mbps
                        * 48.0 Mbps
                        * 54.0 Mbps
        max # scan SSIDs: 2
        max scan IEs length: 2257 bytes
        Retry short limit: 7
        Retry long limit: 4
        Coverage class: 0 (up to 0m)
        Supported Ciphers:
                * WEP40 (00-0f-ac:1)
                * WEP104 (00-0f-ac:5)
                * TKIP (00-0f-ac:2)
                * CCMP (00-0f-ac:4)
        Available Antennas: TX 0 RX 0
        Supported interface modes:
                 * IBSS
                 * managed
                 * AP
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
                 * mesh point
                 * P2P-client
                 * P2P-GO
        software interface modes (can always be added):
                 * AP/VLAN
                 * monitor
        valid interface combinations:
                 * #{ managed } <= 2, #{ AP } <= 1,
                   total <= 3, #channels <= 1
                 * #{ managed } <= 3,
                   total <= 3, #channels <= 1
                 * #{ managed } <= 2, #{ P2P-client, P2P-GO } <= 1,
                   total <= 3, #channels <= 1
        Supported commands:
                 * new_interface
                 * set_interface
                 * new_key
                 * start_ap
                 * new_station
                 * new_mpath
                 * set_mesh_config
                 * set_bss
                 * authenticate
                 * associate
                 * deauthenticate
                 * disassociate
                 * join_ibss
                 * join_mesh
                 * remain_on_channel
                 * set_tx_bitrate_mask
                 * frame
                 * frame_wait_cancel
                 * set_wiphy_netns
                 * set_channel
                 * set_wds_peer
                 * probe_client
                 * set_noack_map
                 * register_beacons
                 * connect
                 * disconnect
        Supported TX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * managed: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * mesh point: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-client: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70 0x80 0x90 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0 0xe0 0xf0
        Supported RX frame types:
                 * IBSS: 0xd0
                 * managed: 0x40 0xd0
                 * AP: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * AP/VLAN: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * mesh point: 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
                 * P2P-client: 0x40 0xd0
                 * P2P-GO: 0x00 0x20 0x40 0xa0 0xb0 0xc0 0xd0
        WoWLAN support:
                 * wake up on anything (device continues operating normally)
                 * wake up on disconnect
        Device supports AP-side u-APSD.
        HT Capability overrides:
                 * MCS: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
                 * maximum A-MSDU length
                 * supported channel width
                 * short GI for 40 MHz
                 * max A-MPDU length exponent
                 * min MPDU start spacing
        Device supports TX status socket option.
        Device supports HT-IBSS. 

 

 

 

Has anyone tested if Wiring-OPI works with this board? Thanks!

 

Why should anyone test? WiringOP for H3 will work but requires pin adjustments. Simply compare pins on the header here with the 40 pin Oranges.

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cool! where can I download the 4.9 kernel image? In http://image.armbian.com/betaimages/, there is only kernel 3.4 version. 

 

 

Beta images is for us getting valuable feedback from users. We're currently only interested in legacy builds, vanilla will follow (there not even Wi-Fi is working now). In case you want to use 4.9 in a reasonable way you would have to use our build system. But I switched the kernel repo for my tests (see here for details) and also my image is made not with ext4 but a fixed size btrfs rootfs (4 GB in size). So any feedback on this is useless. But in case you want to give it a try: https://transfer.sh/dck4H/armbian-5.24-orangepizero-ubuntu-xenial-4.9.0.7z

 

Known problem: cpufreq scaling is working, throttling not. Using a heatsink is mandatory!

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So are you saying it should be plug and play and work out of the box, no messing with the code, I should just know which pin I should connect to?

 

 

 

Why should anyone test? WiringOP for H3 will work but requires pin adjustments. Simply compare pins on the header here with the 40 pin Oranges.

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So are you saying it should be plug and play and work out of the box

 

Quite the opposite, I think you would have to tweak code to be able to use WiringOP with this board. Please have a look through

$Someone with all the H3 boards on his desk could maybe provide an universal WiringOP lib?

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It seems that Icenowy is working to port the XRadio WiFi driver into mainline.

 

 

True, but currently she struggles a bit: https://irclog.whitequark.org/linux-sunxi/2016-11-13#18161915;

 

So in case anyone can provide help... (me not being able to help any more with WiFi since it seems I damaged my Zero somehow yesterday when trying to test out several antennas with XR819, doing mean overheating tests or glueing a heatsink on H2+)

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I ordered the OPi Zero as well and will do my best to help out the community wherever I can once I receive the board. I have an USB-TTL adapter ready so debugging will also be an option.

 

My goal is to have a small, low power, server able to give me access to remote networks over SSH. Low power will be key.

 

I also ordered a OPi PC 2, which I will use for development/testing/etc. 

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Hi,

 

My Orange Pi Zero arrived this morning and I was very happy to find an Armbian image ready to play with, so thank you!

 

I wanted to try and install some Ubuntu snaps but there are some AppArmor kernel patches needed, the message is:

 

Kernel needs AppArmor 2.4 compatibility patch.

 

I haven't done any digging to find exactly what these patches are, but if I find them is there any chance of them making their way in to the Armbian kernel?

 

Cheers, Will

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@willcooke Apparmor is not on our 2do list but if you do the work, we will add patch. I made some Google search and found one success on Odroid c1, kernel 3.10 ...

 

Wrote on mobile phone

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I added some kind of AppArmor patches and enabled it in kernel config. Testing now to confirm that it doesn't break the compilation. After that (if all is OK) it needs to be tested on newer beta images since patches are for newer AppArmor version and I have no idea if they are backwards compatible.

 

Wow! Thanks!

 

More than happy to test.

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Offtopic:

How much days until the package arrived?

 

I'm expecting atleast 15-20 for me.

 

Feels like a crap shoot. 

 

I ordered a 512MB OPi Zero and OPI PC+case+powersupply on the 4th of November, it arrived in the US on the 13th, and still in transit to my location.

 

I ordered a 256MB OPi Zero on the 2nd of November, and tracking information says it has not yet left China as of the 12th.  

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Please let's keep this thread focused on OPi Zero. There's absolutely no need to build an OS image yourself, simply use the one we provide now! https://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-zero/

 

This helps both you and us since we can focus on real problems.

 

So you're saying that reporting build problems with the toolchain for the OPi Zero is off-topic for the subject of OPi Zero?

 

Thptptptpt.

 

Wow, I guess I had better find some "real problems" then, whatever they might be.

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So you're saying that reporting build problems with the toolchain for the OPi Zero is off-topic for the subject of OPi Zero?

 

@haiqu

 

Yes, this should go into development section. In most cases build problems are not related to a single board and are on different level than using the board.

https://forum.armbian.com/index.php/forum/4-development/

 

No offence. We only try to keep forum readable.

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Offtopic:

How much days until the package arrived?

 

I'm expecting atleast 15-20 for me.

 

I ordered mine from Ali Express on the 5th November (a Saturday) and it arrived yesterday - so 10 days total. 

 

It was shipped from a UK fulfilment centre by registered post, 48hour.

 

This was *much* quicker than I was expecting.

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No, he did a lot more work that Icenowy has not done yet.

 

 

Yes, you're right. In the meantime the MAC address change has been reverted and now the driver sets an absolutely random address. I would prefer that it's implemented just like with 8189FTV now. Use the SID based information from u-boot and generate MAC addresses for both Ethernet and Wi-Fi based on that:

root@orangepipcplus:~# ifconfig | grep HWaddr
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d6:06:6c:2f:a1:85  
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d6:06:6c:2f:a1:84  

Both addresses valid locally administered ones and Wi-Fi is like Ethernet - 1.

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