July 29, 20242 yr Dear all, I have recently acquired an ODROID M1 board and flashed Armbian 24.5.3 on it to replace my old XU4 running Armbian 24.5.1. I've managed to port everything from the old XU4 to the new M1 except for two WiFi dongles. They worked just fine on the XU4 but the M1 just doesn't want to recognize them, I can see them when I run `lsusb` Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0bda:0811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8812AU/8821AU 802.11ac WLAN Adapter [USB Wireless Dual-Band Adapter 2.4/5Ghz] Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2T2R DB WLAN Adapter Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub but I get no wifi interfaces. Does anybody know what the problem could be? Thanks in advance!
July 29, 20242 yr Author Yes armbian-firmware-full is already the newest version (24.5.1) though I am not sure whether I need to do something specific after having installed that.
July 30, 20242 yr Author Flashing https://armbian.hosthatch.com/archive/odroidm1/archive/Armbian_23.11.2_Odroidm1_jammy_current_6.1.68.img.xz did solve the issue. However, running apt update && apt upgrade reintroduced the problem. Therefore, it would appear that some updated packages breaks compatibility with these WiFi dongles.
July 30, 20242 yr 6 minutes ago, Nicola Zilio said: Therefore, it would appear that some updated packages breaks compatibility with these WiFi dongles. https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/main/config/kernel/linux-rockchip64-current.config#L3541 It seems they got disabled here https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/6202 Size reason? Perhaps they don't compile? I have open a PR and lets see what others say about.
July 30, 20242 yr Author Ok, so that means that, for now, I could simple hold that one package back (apt-mark hold linux-dtb-current-rockchip64 and/or linux-image-current-rockchip64) and in theory I should be good?
July 30, 20242 yr 4 hours ago, Nicola Zilio said: in theory I should be good? Yes. Or update, install headers and try to build this driver via DKMS. But it might be challenging ...
April 4, 20251 yr Author @Igor, sorry to bother again about this, I am confused as to whether the drivers are actually included in the latest kernels or not? I checked your PR but it says that it says it's closed with unmerged commits https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/7012. Thanks a lot again!
April 4, 20251 yr We were not united at which driver to include and eventually nothing was made as kernel deprecation kicked in. This kernel is not used anymore, we have 6.12.y where same procedure has to be made once again. Since this is a public project and anyone can contribute to fixing it for everyone, I’m already pushing the limits of what’s possible.
April 5, 20251 yr Author @Igor that's fair. So the same, i.e. lack of support for the drivers, applies to more recent kernels too? If so, could you maybe have tips on how to integrate them myself? Thank you very much!
April 5, 20251 yr 6 hours ago, Nicola Zilio said: could you maybe have tips on how to integrate them myself? This is just 2-3x more expensive for time then just doing it However, I can give you few tips: - AFAIK driver currently present is not very stable. Our tests (on kernel 6.12.y are failing): - driver provided by Hardkernel is better but might need adjustements for recent kernel (perhaps 1h of work) - general information on USB drivers, perhaps a solution via DKMS https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi?tab=readme-ov-file
April 5, 20251 yr The RTW88 driver was included for this; https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/7634 Prob needs to be ticked on in the defconfig for RK. Unless RK opted out of RTW88. patrick@potato:~$ uname -a Linux potato 6.12.21 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 5 10:17:54 EDT 2025 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux patrick@potato:~$ lsmod | grep rtw88 rtw88_8821au 12288 0 rtw88_8821a 40960 1 rtw88_8821au rtw88_88xxa 32768 1 rtw88_8821a rtw88_usb 28672 1 rtw88_8821au rtw88_core 172032 3 rtw88_88xxa,rtw88_8821a,rtw88_usb mac80211 655360 2 rtw88_core,rtw88_usb cfg80211 438272 2 rtw88_core,mac80211 patrick@potato:~$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) Bus 001 Device 005: ID 31b2:0010 Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:a811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8811AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
April 6, 20251 yr Author @Igor, I totally get that . Then, perhaps, there is even a simpler and quicker solution: getting a new WiFi dongle. From what I see from https://www.armbian.com/compatible/?_search=wifi, the AC 8811au and AC 8812BU should be supported. Is that still the case? Which chip would you recommend getting, keeping future compatibility in mind?
April 6, 20251 yr The Odroid 5BK/rtl8822 should work with 6.12+, without DKMS (tested and used with 6.13): https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi/blob/main/home/USB_WiFi_Chipsets.md PS The Odroid 5A/rtl8811 seems to be supported from 6.14+ (checked the table and tested if it got recognized). PPS In general, don't buy what's available or cheap, buy what is supported. Test what you have or buy MT7921 if you can find it (and don't buy Realtek). Edited April 6, 20251 yr by specs
April 6, 20251 yr Enabling remaining with https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/8051 9 hours ago, specs said: don't buy what's available or cheap, buy what is supported. 👍
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