USB Wifi drivers avail in new kernel (3.10.101-0-pine64-longsleep)
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(05-07-2016, 07:37 AM)rahlquist Wrote: Ok quick guide with some of the basics. I am using longlseeps kernel on debian. 
(Lots of words)

Thanks, man.

I tinkered around a bit with this, but as I don't have the wifi/bt board available yet, I tested with an USB Wifi-dongle I've had lying around (a Netgear WNA-3100M). After the updates, my kernel actually replied that WTF-message and prompted me to install realtek-firmware package. 
I DuckDuckWent there from Midori and found this realtek-firmware install howto which worked wonders. I unplugged and replugged the device after the package was installed (sudo apt-get install realtek-firmware) and woop-de-doo! WiFi!

dmesg output:
Code:
[  226.242969] ehci_irq: highspeed device connect
[  226.459751] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using sunxi-ehci
[  226.610842] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x11
[  226.723156] rtl8192cu: MAC address: a4:2b:8c:5e:33:e1
[  226.723181] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
[  226.723505] rtlwifi: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
[  226.723652] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
[  226.770856] rtlwifi: Loading alternative firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw.bin
[  226.770871] rtlwifi: Firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin not available
Installed driver, unplugged and replugged:
Code:
[  490.072514] ehci_irq: highspeed device disconnect
[  490.072642] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 3
[  491.817477] ehci_irq: highspeed device connect
[  492.042864] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 4 using sunxi-ehci
[  492.195924] rtl8192cu: Chip version 0x11
[  492.308508] rtl8192cu: MAC address: a4:2b:8c:5e:33:e1
[  492.308535] rtl8192cu: Board Type 0
[  492.308833] rtlwifi: rx_max_size 15360, rx_urb_num 8, in_ep 1
[  492.308978] rtl8192cu: Loading firmware rtlwifi/rtl8192cufw_TMSC.bin
[  492.344507] ieee80211 phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'rtl_rc'
[  492.346360] rtlwifi: wireless switch is on
[  493.435815] rtl8192cu: MAC auto ON okay!
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RE: USB Wifi drivers avail in new kernel (3.10.101-0-pine64-longsleep) - by CaptainZalo - 05-08-2016, 03:16 PM

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