WE866C3 Wi-Fi Network Interface Card (NIC) User Guide
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NOTE:
By default, "make menuconfig" command reads the configuration file
used by the current booted kernel and uses it to create the new
configuration (.config) file.
User is requested to enable the platform specific drivers and
configurations, that are needed for the host system functionalities.
Enable the following settings in the kernel:
CFG80211
– To enable Wireless configuration APIs
CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE=y
– To support commands in test mode
MMC - To enable MMC/SD/SDIO card support
MMC_DEBUG
– To enable MMC debugging (If debugging is required)
CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB
– To use the statically compiled
regulatory rule data base
7. Build and install the Linux kernel with the required modules
make -j8
make modules
make modules_install
make headers_install
make install
8. After installation, reboot the host to boot with kernel v4.9.11. If the newly built
kernel v4.9.11 is not the latest in the host machine (i.e., the host machine is already
running with a kernel version higher than v4.9.11), then while rebooting hold the
“SHIFT” key to enter inside GRUB and select the desired kernel v4.9.11. After
rebooting, check the current kernel version using the below command.
uname -a
