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summersab

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Registered: 2015-10-12

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iwlwifi-7260 - really new card, works in Tiny CorePlus

I just got a new laptop with an intel 7260 card in it. It's freaky new, so it comes as no surprise that it doesn't work OOTB. However, I'm pretty new at Slitaz and fiddling with kernel modules to begin with.

I managed to find the iwlwifi-7260-xx.ucode files and place them in /lib/firmware, but this didn't get the card working or recognized. I haven't done anything different to the kernel module, and I wonder if that needs to be updated/modified.

It is worth noting that this card works well in Tiny CorePlus with wifi extensions and firmware enabled, but I can't get it to work in Slitaz. Do I need to do something to the module to get it to see the ucode files?

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: iwlwifi-7260 - really new card, works in Tiny CorePlus

Iwlwifi kernel modules required by Intel 7260 are available as compile option for linux kernel 3.10+.

The package is iwlwifi compiled from linux kernel backports 3.10.19-1 source code using slitaz-toolchain-5.0

Installed files by "iwlwifi"

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/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/updates/compat/compat.ko

/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/iwldvm.ko

/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlwifi.ko

/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/updates/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/mvm/iwlmvm.ko

/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/updates/net/mac80211/mac80211.ko

/lib/modules/3.2.71-slitaz/updates/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko

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6 files

[c]# tazpkg install iwlwifi-3.2.71.tazpkg[/c]

Driver for 3.10+ kernel requires this version firmware:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/_media/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi-7260-ucode-22.1.7.0.tgz

Reference: https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi

summersab

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Registered: 2015-10-12

Posts: 2

Re: iwlwifi-7260 - really new card, works in Tiny CorePlus

Hmm... I tried installing this package (thank you for taking the time to build that, BTW) and the linked driver, but no luck. I made sure to add the module to rc.S, but lsmod lists the driver as not being used by any devices. Just for kicks, I downloaded the iwlwifi package from the Debian Wheezy backports, but it resulted in the same. I probably won't spend too long on this if I can find a friend with a card to spare, but any thoughts?

Also, what is the projected timeframe for releasing Slitaz with a more recent kernel? I understand that size, stability, and speed are key (and that takes a lot of tweaking from the devs), but it would simplify support for newer hardware, for sure.