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WL1835MOD: R8.8 from 8.7

Part Number: WL1835MOD

 I am trying to update a WiLink driver to R8.8 from R8.7.  I did the original port for R8.7 which used the backports project.  It looks like the new R8.8 has moved away from this and is patching a 4.19 kernel from the TI SDK.  The problem is the client is using a 3.18 kernel that they can't easily move away from.  The following link

 

https://software-dl.ti.com/ecs/WiLink8/R8_8/WiLink8_R8.8_manifest.html

Manifest File - Texas Instruments

Software Name : The name of the application or file Version: Version of the application or file License Type: Type of license(s) under which TI will be providing software to the licensee (e.g. BSD-3-Clause, GPL-2.0, TI TSPA License, TI Commercial License).

software-dl.ti.com

states that the backports project should have an R8.8 branch

wilink8-wlan/backports - WiLink8 WLAN development project.

Texas Instruments Git Open Source Repositories

git.ti.com

 

But the link is invalid

https://git.ti.com/wilink8-wlan/backports/trees/R8.8

 

I've checked the project and there is no R8.8 branch.  Is there going to be an R8.8 branch released in the future? If not is there another way that I could update to R8.8?

 

  • Hi,

    You are correct , R8.8 does not support backports. We will be sure to remove the link you referred to from our manifest

    Customer is running a very old version of linux kernel. They may try updating just WiLink8 firmware and check if it meets their requirements or do the backports themselves to port R8.8 driver

    Regards

    Saurabh