SSV6051 Wi-Fi for T95M smart TV box - (S905X)

    Hello!

    I've been trying to get Wi-Fi working on my T95M with the SSV6051 chip on LE 9.0.2 (LePotato official build) but I can't get it to work. The problem is that the ssv6501, is not in there, but I can see it in the 9.0.2 git tree (LibreELEC.tv/packages/linux-drivers/amlogic/ssv6xxx-aml at 9.0.2 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub). Probably LePotato does not have this package compiled-in? dunno

    Question is, is there another 905X image with that package installed? If not, I have to compile it on my own. Can I get away with an "additional" package, or I have to rebuild the whole LE from the ground up? And if I do, how do I enable the ssv6501 package?

    Thank you

    UPDATE:

    Was able to build the package and just scp the .ko and firmware using (assuming you are inside the libreelec git repo and on the correct tag/branch):

    Code
    docker run -it -v $(pwd):/le ubuntu:18.04 bash
apt-get update
apt-get install vim gcc g++ make git unzip wget xz-utils libxml-parser-perl gawk sudo lzop bc
useradd -ms /bin/bash ubuntu
sudo -u ubuntu PROJECT=Amlogic DEVICE=LePotato ARCH=arm scripts/build ssv6xxx-aml

    For the module installation (temporary):
    send build.LibreELEC-LePotato.arm-9.0-devel/ssv6xxx-aml-1041e7d/firmware/* to /usr/lib/firmware

    send build.LibreELEC-LePotato.arm-9.0-devel/ssv6xxx-aml-1041e7d/ssv6051.ko to home directory

    and then from libreelec ssh: insmod ssv6051.ko

    Edited once, last by dzervas (October 28, 2020 at 3:18 AM).

    There is no support for SSV6051 chips on a modern Linux kernel. Armbian devs hacked something together for Rockchip boards but the hacking simplified the driver by removing all the code associated with Amlogic hardware, so while it might read like an option in Google results it's not usable; and even on Rockchip hardware the driver is dreadful.

    TL/DR; these days upstream Realtek USB WiFi chip support is decent so lots of good dongles available.