LILY-W1 series - System integration manual
UBX-15027600 - R09
Software
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Listing 4: Kernel log after inserting the SDIO card
Table 22 shows the new network interfaces that are displayed in response to
ifconfig
-a
,
iw dev
, or similar commands.
Interface
Function
mlan0
Wi-Fi station mode
uap0
Wi-Fi micro access point mode
wfd0
Wi-Fi Direct
Table 22: Network interfaces
The version of the loaded firmware can be verified for example, by using one of the following
commands:
3.6.2
USB driver
The USB driver can be loaded by issuing the following command, which will load the
usb8801
kernel
module and all its dependencies such as
mlan
or
cfg80211
:
For a full description of the available module parameters refer to the README files and also to
the output of the “
modinfo usb8801
” command. If the drivers are successfully loaded, you should see
them in the list of loaded modules as shown below (via
lsmod
command):
☞
The internal name for the usb8801 module is usb8xxx.
When the module is detected on the USB interface, the driver will automatically download the
firmware to it, initialize the hardware, and register the network interfaces.
wlan: Loading MWLAN driver
wlan: Driver loaded successfully
mmc1: new high speed SDIO card at address 0001
vendor=0x02DF device=0x9139 class=0 function=1
rx_work=0 cpu_num=1
Request f
irmware: mrvl/sd8801_uapsta_sdio.bin
Wlan: FW download over, firmwarelen=234524 downloaded 234524
WLAN FW is active
fw_cap_info=0xba3, dev_cap_mask=0xffffffff
wlan: version = SD8801
-14.85.36.p101-C3X14C160-GPL-
(FP85)
$ mlanutl mlan0 version
Version string received:
SD8801-14.85.36.p101-C3X14C160-GPL-
(FP85)
$ iwpriv mlan0 version
mlan0 version:
SD8801-14.85.36.p101-C3X14C160-GPL-
(FP85)
modprobe usb8801 cfg80211_wext=0xf
Module Size Used by
usb8xxx 349149 0
mlan 243114 1 usb8xxx