bes2600 driver

[genobraker]

I just redid the procedure accordingly on mobian and it worked flawlessly.

Code:

root@mobian:~# uname -a
Linux mobian 6.6-rockchip #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Oct 30 09:10:41 UTC 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux
root@mobian:~# lsmod | grep bes
bes2600               253952  0
mac80211              888832  1 bes2600
cfg80211              835584  2 bes2600,mac80211

Wifi speed is the same as on arch. And on mobian it did not even hang on shutdown, i.e. clean shutdown. I am keeping my fingers crossed this is persistent and if so, I will surely include the module in the proper kernel module locations to be loaded normally during boot.

I wrote down a few notes on the differences to arch. I will prepare a MR on https://gitlab.com/arjanvlek/bes2600/-/b.../README.md with the Debian infrastructure approach to this. Like deb-src packages.

Hi, I'm interested for mobian. At the part clone "1.3 Setup kernel...-" which repository you cloned and what kernel did you use? Outside of these, the steps are same, i guess

Hello genobraker,

you may find my adaptation for Debian / Mobian here: https://gitlab.com/459below-pine64/bes2600/-/tree/test

You will find that I used the Debian source package of Mobian kernel, i.e. the exact same files and patches the Mobian kernel has been built with.
Additionally I have described how I integrated the bes2600 Wi-Fi driver into DKMS, which provides autoload on boot and also automatic rebuilding on kernel upgrades. So my PineTab2 boots up to full Wi-Fi and when powering off it cleanly shuts down completely. That is nice. However, it cannot suspend or disable the Wi-Fi on the GUI, i.e. soft disabling.

I am open to annotations on the documentation.

Hi 459below, I confirmed it, Wireless works now. I upgraded the kernel without DKMS part, as long as remains the 6.6.x version the builder driver works okay. It's a really plus that you added rebuild by DKMS and auto load Wi-Fi driver. Thank you.