AP6181 nvram config for Banana Pro

wigyori · Post time Jan 05, 2015 02:58

Hi,

Can someone provide an nvram config file for the AP6181 on the Banana Pro? AFAIK that's needed to get the brcmfmac module up on a 3.18 kernel - the file is along the lines of http://dl.cubieboard.org/public/ ... 10/nvram_ap6210.txt .

Thanks,
-w-

tony_zhang · Post time Jan 05, 2015 19:23

We modified the ap6210 driver for Pro to make it work for ap6181, because ap6210 has the same wifi configuration with ap6181, so we can add bluetooth easily.

Attachment is the firmware for ap6181 (ap6210) we used on Pro.

ap6210.zip (434.24 KB, Downloads: 501)

wigyori · Post time Jan 06, 2015 02:34

Thanks Tony. Can you please also upload a schematic of the Banana Pro board to see how the AMPAK module is hooked up, and the code changes to the original ap6210 driver ?

Thanks,
-w-

hotice · Post time Feb 05, 2015 08:05

tony_zhang replied at Mon Jan 5, 2015 19:23
We modified the ap6210 driver for Pro to make it work for ap6181, because ap6210 has the same wifi c ...

Is it right to upgrade firmware by putting xxxx.bin file into /lib/firmware (openwrt)?

Thanks.

Mr_Blonde · Post time Feb 10, 2015 03:46

Did you get the brcmfmac driver to work? Do I have to rename the firmware somehow? I put it in /lib/firmware (even renaming the files to brcmfmac-sdio.bin/txt) but the driver won't load. :-(

a1d3s · Post time Feb 11, 2015 00:27

Mr_Blonde use dmesg ti will show you something like brmfac48364-sdio.bin not found , if you got the right name then rename the nvram.txt and the bin without p2p/ap to brfmac*-sdio.bin

Mr_Blonde · Post time Feb 11, 2015 01:48

Edited by Mr_Blonde at Wed Feb 11, 2015 02:00

a1d3s replied at Wed Feb 11, 2015 00:27
Mr_Blonde use dmesg ti will show you something like brmfac48364-sdio.bin not found , if you got the ...

Thanks for your reply. But it's kind of my problem that nothing is showing up in dmesg. When I load the module, it loads without any error. The wlan0 interface, however, isn't coming up.

Is there another way to check whats going on?

Here is the output and dmesg:

root@bananapi:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
bnep 9169 -2
cpufreq_userspace 1075 -2
hidp 11926 -2
rfcomm 30244 -2
hci_uart 13962 -2
bluetooth 282486 -2
root@bananapi:~# modprobe brcmfmac
root@bananapi:~# lsmod
Module Size Used by
brcmfmac 185800 -2
brcmutil 4680 -2
bnep 9169 -2
cpufreq_userspace 1075 -2
hidp 11926 -2
rfcomm 30244 -2
hci_uart 13962 -2
bluetooth 282486 -2
root@bananapi:~# dmesg | grep brcm
[ 426.898764] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
root@bananapi:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
bond0 no wireless extensions.
tunl0 no wireless extensions.
root@bananapi:~#

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PS: I am using a Banana Pro. So the Wifi Chip is present. :-) When using the current (15.1) Bananian image, wlan0 shows up and is usable.

EDIT: Even hwinfo gives no hint about the Wifi chip..

root@bananapi:~# hwinfo | grep brcm
<6>[ 426.898764] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
brcmfmac: module = brcmfmac
brcmfmac_sdio: module = brcmfmac
brcmfmac 185800 - - Live 0xbf083000
brcmutil 4680 - - Live 0xbf07e000
root@bananapi:~# hwinfo | grep BCM
root@bananapi:~# hwinfo | grep 0xA962
root@bananapi:~#

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(device id taken from this page: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211)

viljar.rooda · Post time Apr 01, 2015 07:16

How do i add theres drivers i tryed few options and it seems it didnt work correctly

Arne.F · Post time May 06, 2015 03:31

To use the brcmfmac driver you need also a matching dtb file for bananapro because in this file is the sdhci port with the ap6181 defined.
http://git.ipfire.org/?p=people/ ... ac3560f9e9b8d0a845f (line 48-66) must be present...

The nvram.txt must be copied to lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43362-sdio.txt

I have not got it really stable and Hans de Goede has similar Problems on cubieboard. (also with newest kernel + patches)

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