[S912] Missing wifi for Tanix tx9s under Libreelec 11

  • Hi everyone,

    Thank you for supporting S912 devices under Libreelec 11.

    I could run it on my ancient Tanix tx9s device.

    Using the q200.dtb I have working ethernet, but I could not get wifi to work with any of the .dtb versions I tried (q201, etc.).

    Is the wifi chip supported at all?

    Thank you and best regards,

  • Is the wifi chip supported at all?

    The upstream device-trees for Amlogic reference boards describe a Broadcom WiFi module and your box probably has something else inside. QCA9377 would be my guess for an S912 box, but others are possible.

    The "box" image here: https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/ includes a patch that removes the Broadcom specifics to allow other WiFi modules to probe and work. If that's the case, please report back and share the log URL from "dmesg | paste" - You can wget the image to /storage/.update and reboot to udpate.

    If that image doesn't work you'll need to share a log from the original Android kernel or other working Linux distro or share photo's of the board so we can understand what chip/module is inside.

    For context, here's the patch (sent to kernel mailing lists this morning by random coincidence): https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-…[email protected]/

  • The upstream device-trees for Amlogic reference boards describe a Broadcom WiFi module and your box probably has something else inside. QCA9377 would be my guess for an S912 box, but others are possible.

    The "box" image here: https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/ includes a patch that removes the Broadcom specifics to allow other WiFi modules to probe and work. If that's the case, please report back and share the log URL from "dmesg | paste" - You can wget the image to /storage/.update and reboot to udpate.

    If that image doesn't work you'll need to share a log from the original Android kernel or other working Linux distro or share photo's of the board so we can understand what chip/module is inside.

    For context, here's the patch (sent to kernel mailing lists this morning by random coincidence): https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-…[email protected]/

    Thank you for the detailed answer.

    Can I use the update that you linked even if the Libreelec 11 is only running from the sd card and not installed to the eMMC?

  • Nevermind, I managed to save the image to /storage/.update and after reboot the update installed successfully and now the wifi works.

    Thanks once again!