[Mele A100] Wifi module?

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[Mele A100] Wifi module?

Postby adam900710 » Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:20 am

Hi,

The Mele A100 works with Archlinux ARM overall, however there are still something missing.
Especially the wifi modules.

In my Arch x86_64 box, the udev detects the hardware and load the necessary modules quiet well.(Like wifi module, usb module, GPU module .etc)
However when things come to the A100 plug, the modules auto-load seems not working for the wifi.

I know it's not a problem for users using Arch to add modules in /etc/modules-load.d, however I even don't know which modules should be loaded.
For example to enable the VGA output, I should load mali,lcd manually.(maybe not right?)
But I don't know which wifi module to load to enable wlan0.
(every modules in wireless directory have been tried but no wlan0 shows up)

So if any advise can be given for the module names?
(I also downloaded the sun4i kernel source to seek any clue in Kconfig, but seems no good)
(or additional udev rules needed?)

Thanks,
Adam
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Re: [Mele A100] Wifi module?

Postby WarheadsSE » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:17 pm

I believe you need the rtl8188, which is supported by the 8192cu module.
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Re: [Mele A100] Wifi module?

Postby adam900710 » Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:43 pm

Thanks a lot. It's working now.

But how to deal with this thing when i am not familiar with the new board?
Is there any thing like the module auto-detection like the one in x86?
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Re: [Mele A100] Wifi module?

Postby WarheadsSE » Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:05 pm

I believe that is a fex change that will cause it to be powered on @ boot, and it should be detecting it. I don't have time at the moment to review which usb's power state it is.
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Re: [Mele A100] Wifi module?

Postby adam900710 » Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:36 pm

Thanks for the clue anyway.
Since the wifi module is clear, the auto detection is not a big problem.
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