Re: RPI02W wifi driver?

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%talktalk.net@localhost>]

On Thu, May 04, 2023 at 07:48:57AM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote:
> 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

Dave Tyson's email shows the 02W is 64 bit - the above is for the OW, so
should be changed

    sh build.sh -m evbarm -a aarch64 -j8 tools kernel=KERNEL

Sorry for confusing matters.


Cheers,

Patrick