CONFIG_RTW88 not set, please activate

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Hello Toradex

I have a wifi usb stick Netgear A6150 and want to have it as Access Point AP with hostapd. The proper Kernel driver should be included with:
#CONFIG_RTW88 is not set

Could you please bring it into Torizon OS?
tdx-info

Software summary

Bootloader: U-Boot

Kernel version: 5.15.148-6.8.0+git.8c5c2dcbf6ba #1-TorizonCore SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 6 10:01:59 UTC 2024
Kernel command line: root=LABEL=otaroot rootfstype=ext4 quiet logo.nologo vt.global_cursor_default=0 plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles splash fbcon=map:3 ostree=/ostree/boot.0/torizon/4ce5201e7c4599e052b0e0311db6a4875e04be881fa94b115c316d1ff169bc2a/0
Distro name: NAME=“TorizonCore”
Distro version: VERSION_ID=6.8.0-build.22
Distro variant: VARIANT=“Docker”
Hostname: verdin-imx8mm-15437271

Hardware info

HW model: Toradex Verdin iMX8M Mini

Toradex version: 0086 V1.1#26
Serial number: 15437271
Processor arch: aarch64

Thanks.
Br.

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Greetings @pitschen,

I see you are on Torizon OS 6.X, which is in a LTS state. Typically we do not enable new features (including kernel configs) once a version reaches LTS. We can enable this kernel config on Torizon OS 7.X, which is in active development.

Would that be acceptable for you, or do you really require this on Torizon OS 6.X specifically?

Best Regards,
Jeremias

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Hello Jeremias

We will switch to Torizon OS 7 later. We really need this in Torizon OS 6 because we have no alternative USB Wifi stick for AP running out of the box (there are, but not available several hundreds of pieces),
So this would really help us to have it in OS6. Do you think it is possible?
Br.

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So this would really help us to have it in OS6. Do you think it is possible?

I will bring this up internally for discussion in our team. We will let you know once we have something to respond with.

Best Regards,
Jeremias

5

Hello Jeremias
Thank you for considering this.
Br.

6

After much discussion internally the following was decided upon.

We greatly prefer not to break our policy on this matter by adding this to an already established LTS release.

However, we can offer a professional service, wherein we do a one-time custom build for you with this kernel configuration enabled. That way you have a Torizon OS with the driver you need, and we don’t break our policy on our standard releases.

Alternatively, we could provide some instructions on how to perform such a custom build yourself and then you do the build on your end.

Either way our team will be in touch with you, regarding proceeding with next steps.

Thank you for your patience on this matter.

Best Regards,
Jeremias

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Hello Jeremias

I fully understand that.
But could you please activate config RTW88 in Torizon OS7? I need the Driver for USB Wifi devices.
So could you activate all USB drivers there? At least I need:

config RTW88_8822BU
tristate “Realtek 8822BU USB wireless network adapter”
depends on USB
select RTW88_CORE
select RTW88_USB
select RTW88_8822B
help
Select this option will enable support for 8822BU chipset
802.11ac USB wireless network adapter

But as mentioned above: It would be nice to have all USB drivers activated for more flexibility, meaning:
config RTW88_8822BU
config RTW88_8822CU
config RTW88_8723DU
config RTW88_8821CU

Br.