Support of Intel AX200 WiFi card

    Hello,

    I've changed my HTPC after an hardware crash. My new HTPC is based on ASROCK J3455-ITX motherboard and I've added a WiFi card based on Intel AX200 chipset.

    The Release 9.2 (Kernel 5.1.16) doesn't support this card. I recently hear that Intel has just released a new driver for Linux kernel to support this new model.

    Do you know in which release of LibreElec this card will be supported or do you know how I can introduce the new driver directly in my LibreElec application?


    Thanks in advance.


    Best regards.

    Maybe only the firmware is missing:

    Code
    mkdir -p /storage/.config/firmware
wget -P /storage/.config/firmware https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/plain/iwlwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode

    Reboot.

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention. The iwlwifi-cc-a0-46.ucode firmware appeared after 5.1-rc7 but before 5.1.0, and we missed it when preparing the 5.1.0 bump (my fault - I didn't sync the firmwares after 5.1-rc7). We'll make sure it's in the next LibreELEC 9.2.x release.

    In fact, I need to put the firmware file in the "usr/lib/kernel-overlays/base/lib/firmware" folder. Hewever, this folder is in read-only and impossible to copy the file....

    Into /var/lib/firmware, there are only links and the file is removed after reboot.

    Another solution?

    I have this same setup, J3455-ITX with the wifi 6 ax200 (LE 10.0.1). On startup the wifi works properlly but whenever I reboot libreelec the wifi module stops working, it´s like it is not detected.. Any ideas on this?

    Ferty00

    what means "wifi module stops working" and "it´s like it is not detected" exactly ?

    on my desktop (Fedora 35) running an AX201

    dmesg |grep -i wifi

    shows this:

    [ 0.000000] DMI: ASUS System Product Name/ROG STRIX B560-G GAMING WIFI, BIOS 1201 10/26/2021

    [ 3.193852] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux

    [ 3.193916] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

    [ 3.232785] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver

    [ 3.232798] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 89.3.35.37

    [ 3.233048] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 67.8f59b80b.0 QuZ-a0-hr-b0-67.ucode op_mode iwlmvm

    [ 3.257898] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz, REV=0x354

    [ 3.383179] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected RF HR B3, rfid=0x10a100

    [ 3.448181] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: base HW address: 28:d0:ea:2b:cf:fa

    [ 3.467272] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3 wlo1: renamed from wlan0

    do you see similar after your reboot ?

    After a reboot the command dmesg |grep -i wifi dosent produce any results.

    after a normal boot:

    [ 5.284236] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux

    [ 5.284329] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

    [ 5.315467] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver

    [ 5.315494] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 89.3.35.22

    [ 5.316270] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: loaded firmware version 59.601f3a66.0 cc-a0-59.ucode op_mode iwlmvm

    [ 5.350581] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, REV=0x340

    [ 5.552514] iwlwifi 0000:02:00.0: base HW address: 60:a5:e2:83:f9:b9

    Quote from Ferty00

    After a reboot the command dmesg |grep -i wifi dosent produce any results.

    weird !

    1. anything in the user panels of the board ?

    2. bios setting regarding wifi correct ?

    reset to bios defaults and back to your favorite settings

    3. newer bios available ?

    maybe a reflash with the last one ?

    and reset to bios defaults and back to your favorite settings

    4. is the wifi hardware proper fitted ?

    pull and replug it

    surfing the support page (Asus) turns out the board seems to be somewhat elder:

    5. I ask myself if the CMOS battery is still fresh enough ?

    usually elder then 5 years needs a exchange and usually mentioned during boot (time/date is weird) if "Fast boot", "Full screen Logo" are OFF (manual: page 40 ff)

    6. f-u-xx-ing "secure boot" prevents wifi module get loaded sometimes ?

    my favorite is 5. ! 8)

    Edited 4 times, last by GDPR-7 (February 7, 2022 at 7:33 PM).