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request to enable ath10k driver to support Atheros QCA9x based mPCIe wifi chipset #135

Closed npatil-boosterfuels closed 1 year ago

npatil-boosterfuels commented 1 year ago

Hello,

Requesting to include kernel options CONFIG_ATH10K and CONFIG_ATH10K_PCI along with linux-firmware-ath10k package in default image. We have successfully tested mPCI wifi cards with QCA9984/QCA9880 chipset with ath10k driver on iot-gate-imx8. Driver also supports few other Atheros chipset as well.

Currently, iot-gate-imx8's built-in Intel ax200 wifi card fails to provide sufficient range for our field operations. So we want to revert to tried and tested wifi cards that worked for us in the past.

Regards, -Npatil

npatil-boosterfuels commented 1 year ago

Just wanted to check if there are any concerns/comments on this request. It will greatly help avoid maintaining custom Yocto and open-up up possibility of handful of Atheros wifi chips for any future users.

npatil-boosterfuels commented 1 year ago

Hello,

I see ath10k driver added by pr https://github.com/balena-os/balena-iot-gate-imx8/pull/161. Thank you for addressing this request. It's a huge help! When this change will be available for official image download via fleet dashboard?

Regards, -Niranjan

acostach commented 1 year ago

Hi @npatil-boosterfuels, the image v2.108.1 has been released in the production cloud and it includes this change.