software:
error in Torizon 6.0.0-devel-202210+build.2 (2022-10-11)
error in Torizon 5.7.0-devel-202206+build.24 (2022-06-07)
OK in the old version Torizon 5.6.0-devel-202203+build.22 (2022-03-08)
OK in Linux builds Linux 6.0 build.1 2022-10-06 minimal image
error message :
in “dmesg”:
[ 7.589860] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: Direct firmware load for mrvl/sdiouart8997_combo_v4.bin failed with error -2
[ 7.589885] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: Failed to get firmware mrvl/sdiouart8997_combo_v4.bin
[ 7.589890] mwifiex_sdio mmc0:0001:1: info: _mwifiex_fw_dpc: unregister device
Thank you for the information. With this and with the dmesg message you sent there are some interesting points to consider:
On the Verdin iMX8M Plus Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are provided by the same module
(AW-CM276NF, which is based on the Marvell 88W8997 chipset);
In V1.1A the Bluetooth host controller interface changed from SDIO to UART.
This recent Bluetooth configuration change requires a different firmware to be loaded on the chipset compared to the V1.0 revisions.
Early investigations on my side suggest that in V1.1A TorizonCore 5.6 or below will load the usual firmware (sdsd8997_combo_v4.bin). TorizonCore 5.7 or higher will try to load the different one named sdiouart8997_combo_v4.bin, only to fail as TorizonCore doesn’t have it by default at the moment.
Searching for sdiouart8997_combo_v4.bin in our BSP layers reveals that it is only installed on the reference images via package linux-firmware-nxp89xx, so this explains why you didn’t see this error on the minimal image.
Thanks Lucas. I agree currently “build from source with Yocto” is the only solution. However “TorizonCore does not have sdiouart8997_combo_v4.bin” is a little confusing, since the Toradex’s wifi document does not mention anything related:
Do we have a schedule to include the sdiouart8997_combo_v4.bin in a TorizonCore image ?
We recently became aware of the firmware not being present on TorizonCore a few weeks ago, and until your issue came up we had no reports of it causing Wi-Fi problems. So it had been treated as an error related to Bluetooth, which isn’t officially supported on TorizonCore at the moment.
Although my previous answer had some early suggestions on the possible cause of the problem, we still need to further investigate it before updating our public TorizonCore releases.
We are planning to include the firmware on a future release of TorizonCore 6, however I don’t have a specific timeline to share at this time.
Just letting you know that our nightly builds of TorizonCore 6 now have the needed firmware. So Wi-Fi should be working on the Verdin iMX8M Plus 1.1A for these builds.
I appear to have a similar problem. I have a Mallow board that I just took out of the box and provisioned with TorizonCore 5.7.2+build.20 (dunfell) aarch64 using EasyInstall “TorizonCore with development containers.” The mallow board has a Verdin iMX8M Plus with Wifi and BT. After the install, there is no WiFi adapter visible. Is there something that I can do to fix this issue without building an image?
Could you please try a newer version of Torizon OS rather than 5.7.2. This version is rather old and is now considered end-of-life. You most likely have a more recent hardware revision of the Verdin i.MX8M Plus, in which case the older software versions may not have full functionality/support for it. The issue you’re describing should be fixed in newer versions of Torizon OS, so please check again here.
If you have further issues please create a new thread as this one is fairly old now.
I know this thread is old, but I wanted close it out. I upgraded to Torizon OS 7.1.0+build.4 (scarthgap) and I can now see the WiFi adapter. The OS version was in fact the problem. Thanks for the help @jeremias.tx.
