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driver and firmware version

jags vg
Intellectual 865 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: WL1283

i have wl12xx driver in kernel. i have downloaded firmware wl128x-fw* from https://github.com/TI-OpenLink.

How can we know the driver version and firmware version?

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    TI__Genius 12935 points

    Hi Jags,

    After you clone the entire wl12xx project, you may do a git reset to a specific version you desire. The current up-to-date version is ol_R5.SP5.01

    We do not recommend replacing the firmware files because each firmware corresponds to a specific driver version.

  • 0 in reply to Victor_Lin
    Intellectual 865 points

    Hi Victor,

    actually i want to use wl1283 in my custom board based on samsung processor. i am going to use android jb-4.1 for it.

    so i have some questions regarding that.

    is it necessary to build compat-drivers or we can simply use the wl12xx driver which are available in the kernel under drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx?

    how can i know  what is the version of my available driver and which firmware version should i use?

    how can i get the specific firmware version?

    somewhere i read that i need to do calibration after porting driver to android.so what is calibration?

    from where can i get information about what should i do with android source tree so that it supports wl1283?

    thanks......

    regards,

    jags gediya

  • 0 in reply to jags vg
    TI__Genius 12935 points

    Hi Jags,

    1. Yes, the wl12xx driver inside the official Linux is outdated. Therefore we always recommend developers to use our driver in github.
    2. Please refer to this page for how to check the driver and firmware version: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/WL12xx_NLCP_Driver_Debug
    3. In wl128x, yes, you'll need to run calibration. Please refer to this page: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/WL12xx_NLCP_Calibration_Proccess
    4. Please refer to the WL12xx build instruction page. If you want to modify the content to support android and your Samsung host processor, you'll need to check with Android's developer page and Samsung for instruction.