wifi on raspberrypi zero2w and rpi4

[mpvader]

Current status is that the wifi doesn’t work there, amd that we have a branch to fix it, but needs some further fixing.

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raspberrypis: update Bluetooth and WiFi Firmwares

• This adds support on Pi Zero 2W and fixes wifi issues on RPI 4.
• In the 2.90 update WiFi firmware did not support for all RPI Zero 2 W board revisions, see posts from early october here: https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/144249/no-wifi-on-pi-zero-2w-venus-os-v29016-and-14.html

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the branch: https://github.com/victronenergy/meta-victronenergy/tree/mbath/RPIZero2W

[mpvader]

The error with that branch is:

ERROR: mc:raspberrypi2:packagegroup-venus-1.0-r0 do_prepare_recipe_sysroot: The file /lib/firmware/brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.clm_blob is installed by both linux-firmware-rpidistro and linux-firmware, aborting
ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: /mnt/ram/venuspublisherbuilds/69ba2b0e/1/mirrors/venus/build/tmp-glibc/work/raspberrypi2-ve-linux-gnueabi/packagegroup-venus/1.0-r0/temp/log.do_prepare_recipe_sysroot.2335047
NOTE: recipe packagegroup-venus-1.0-r0: task do_prepare_recipe_sysroot: Failed
ERROR: Task (mc:raspberrypi2:/mnt/ram/venuspublisherbuilds/69ba2b0e/1/mirrors/venus/sources/meta-victronenergy/meta-venus/recipes-packagegroups/packagegroup-venus.bb:do_prepare_recipe_sysroot) failed with exit code '1'

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Mark will look at it

[henrik242]

In case it's of any help: On my Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Rev 1.0 with v2.90 I had to replace /lib/firmware/brcm with the contents from the Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Legacy) image to get wifi/bt working, as well as symlinking BCM.hcd to BCM43430B0.hcd.

[jhofstee]

Closing this as it should be working, it can always be reopened if it doesn't seem to work.

[henrik242]

@jhofstee Thanks! Is this in v3.10~2?

[nmbath]

Yes this will be in a 3.10 beta release.

[henrik242]

@nmbath Cool. Is it already in 3.10~2 or will it appear in an upcoming beta release?

[nmbath]

It is in an internal build. As there has been nothing posted to the community forums about a 3.1 beta, it is not available yet for testing. The community forum will get a post about the 3.10 beta release, and have release notes stating what has changed.

[henrik242]

Ok, this was posted 5 days ago, but it's not qualified as a beta release I guess? https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/210133/venus-os-v3102-available-for-testing.html

[nmbath]

I missed that post ;) If the build sys it is fixed in 3.10~2 then it must be fixed! I do not see anything in the releases notes however. If you have ea Zero2w then give it a go and see!

[nmbath]

Looking at the change history for the related branch, it is in 3.10~4.

[henrik242]

Thanks!