Re: RPI02W wifi driver?

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%welche.eu@localhost>]

On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 03:11:02PM -0400, Jim Spath wrote:
> I installed NetBSD 10 BETA on a Raspberry Pi 3B, which finds a wifi
> driver (bwfm). This has been working fine for me with
> dhcpcd/wpa_supplicant for 10+ days of testing,
> > Apr 14 19:18:43 arm64 dhcpcd[718]: bwfm0: soliciting a DHCP lease
> 
> But a Pi 02W with 10 BETA installed shows no sign of the bwfm configuration.
>
> Is there a kernel that would include that driver if it is not in GENERIC?

I don't know about the 02W - your experiment suggests not.

> If I need to build my own, cross-compiling on a more powerful system will be
> faster; any tips beyond "edit KERNEL file/make depend/make"?

e.g., edit kernel
  cd /usr/src
  sh build.sh -m evbarm -a earmv6hf -j8 tools kernel=KERNEL

> Or, if only the Pi *0W* flavor wifi driver works, I'll get on those
> supply waiting lists.

The "0W" version works for me.


Cheers,

Patrick