WiFi Doesn't Work in Mainline

[CyberManifest]

WiFi Doesn't Work for the Khadas VIM2 Max in Mainline U-Boot With Debian Stretch XFCE yet driver blobs are clearly in place: https://github.com/khadas/fenix/tree/master/archives/hwpacks/wlan-firmware/brcm

I tried as suggested from: https://forum.khadas.com/t/armbian-kodi-ubuntu-debian-for-sd-usb-emmc/825

sudo modprobe dhd
But I get: modprobe: FATAL: Module dhd not found in directory /lib/modules/5.0.4

And then I tried:

sudo modprobe wifi_dummy
But I get: modprobe: FATAL: Module wifi_dummy not found in directory /lib/modules/5.0.4

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190329141512.29867-1-jbrunet@baylibre.com/T/#u
See: u200 (S905D2)

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.txt
See: - "khadas,vim2" (Meson gxm s912)

http://linux-meson.com/doku.php?id=hardware
See: Meson-GXM / S912
See: Khadas VIM2 (arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxm-khadas-vim2.dts)

http://openlinux.amlogic.com:8000/download/doc/Linux_BSP_Kernel4.9_Buildroot_OpenLinux_Release_Notes_V20180330.pdf
See: U200(S905D2)

[numbqq]

WiFi Doesn't Work for the Khadas VIM2 Max in Mainline U-Boot With Debian Stretch XFCE yet driver > blobs are clearly in place: https://github.com/khadas/fenix/tree/master/archives/hwpacks/wlan-> firmware/brcm

Mainline kernel doesn't support AP6359SA.

I tried as suggested from: https://forum.khadas.com/t/armbian-kodi-ubuntu-debian-for-sd-usb-emmc/825

sudo modprobe dhd
But I get: modprobe: FATAL: Module dhd not found in directory /lib/modules/5.0.4
And then I tried:
sudo modprobe wifi_dummy
But I get: modprobe: FATAL: Module wifi_dummy not found in directory /lib/modules/5.0.4

It's for legacy kernel not mainline kernel.

[CyberManifest]

Who needs to be talked to, to get AP6359SA into mainline kernel support?
Why were things working in legacy but not pushed into mainline?

[CyberManifest]

@numbqq

Mainline kernel doesn't support AP6359SA.

Vendor is AMPAK and the chipset is Broadcom:
AP6359SA: BCM4359
Source: https://forum.khadas.com/t/vim2-wifi-driver/1139

https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx
https://wiki.debian.org/bcm43xx#supported-b43

from
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/brcm80211
do search for "BCM4359"
"Queued for 4.5+"

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/solved-broadcom-bcm4359-wifi-not-working/40425/13
or https://forum.manjaro.org/t/solved-broadcom-bcm4359-wifi-not-working/40425

Also, see the posts below, I think you have related issue. You do not want to use the broadcom-wl drivers, you should be using the b43 drivers.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=217813

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/i-have-problems-connecting-to-a-wi-fi-network/40405

IRC Discussion: irc://irc.freenode.net/bcm-users

[DRIVERS]

It SHOULD be supported in mainline from…

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxm-khadas-vim2.dts <= LINUS TORVALDS Master Branch
compatible = "khadas,vim2", "amlogic,s912", "amlogic,meson-gxm";
model = "Khadas VIM2";

http://linux-meson.com/doku.php?id=hardware
“ Khadas VIM2 (arch/arm64/boot/dts/amlogic/meson-gxm-khadas-vim2.dts) “

And from https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/amlogic.txt

• "khadas,vim2" (Meson gxm s912)

[FIRMWARE]

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/brcm/
https://github.com/khadas/fenix/tree/master/archives/hwpacks/wlan-firmware/brcm
nvram_ap6398s.txt
fw_bcm4359c0_ag_apsta_ap6398s.bin
fw_bcm4359c0_ag_ap6398s.bin
BCM4359C0_ap6398s.hcd

[numbqq]

already supported. closed.