NXP Semiconductors
UM11483
Getting Started with NXP-based Wireless Modules on i.MX 8M Quad EVK Running Linux OS
Command output example:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:9f:06:c5:a5
inet addr:169.254.130.90 Bcast:169.254.255.255
Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::204:9fff:fe06:c5a5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:30164 (29.4 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:458 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:458 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:29156 (28.4 KiB) TX bytes:29156 (28.4 KiB)
mlan0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:66:55:9b:3a:95
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
p2p0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 72:66:55:9b:3a:95
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
uap0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:66:55:9b:3b:95
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
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Get the Wi-Fi driver version
root@imx8mqevk:~# cat /proc/mwlan/adapter0/uap0/info
Command output example
driver_name = "uap"
driver_version =
PCIE8997-w8997o-V4, RF878X, FP68_LINUX, 16.68.10.p16-
MXM5X16215-GPL-(FP92)
interface_name="uap0"
firmware_major_version=16.68.10
media_state="Disconnected"
mac_address="70:66:55:9b:3b:95"
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