00:42 <hanetzer> JohnDoe2: c201's wifi?

00:42 <JohnDoe2> yea

00:42 <JohnDoe2> in the process of trying https://github.com/atopuzov/RockMyy

00:42 <hanetzer> some specific firmware is needed, if you check out archlinux-arm's veyron-firmware or veyron-firmware you can see what files you need

00:43 <JohnDoe2> well the problem is I have no idea how to install drivers on *nix

00:43 <JohnDoe2> but thank you I'll look into that

00:43 <hanetzer> the firmware needs to be dropped in /lib/firmware/{???}

00:43 <JohnDoe2> oh yeah I did that using chromium's own /lib/firmware

00:43 <hanetzer> most drivers are available in the linux kernel packages by default

00:44 <hanetzer> you may need to install a specific kmod package

00:44 <JohnDoe2> yeah that's why I'm hoping that RockMyy will build a newer kernel

10:54 <EmilKarlson> IIRC the driver was brcmfullmac

10:55 <EmilKarlson> should be in linux-4.9, if enabled

10:56 <EmilKarlson> CONFIG_BRCMFMAC

10:57 <EmilKarlson> I guess you should see in kernel log, if it's not finding the fw.

14:48 <sphalerite> I have a SuzyQable and connecting it to my gru-bob chromebook does make several serial devices show up in /dev, but the chromebook's kernel doesn't seem to talk to ttyS1 as I expect it to. None of the ttyS* on the chromebook seem to be connected to that either.

14:49 <sphalerite> Is there a kernel parameter or something that I need to set to get a serial console?

16:06 <hanetzer> sphalerite: yeah, prolly either a kparam or using whatever distro you have's agetty starting thing

16:06 <hanetzer> eg, inittab, /etc/init.d/agetty.ttyN, or that systemd service I forget

16:07 <sphalerite> hanetzer: none of the /dev/tty* things on the chromebook seem to connect to it

17:37 <mmind00> sphalerite: shipping kernels and bootloaders do no do serial (for performance reasons I guess)

17:38 <sphalerite> mmind00: hmm ok, which config parameter would it be?

17:38 <sphalerite> (it's not a chromeos kernel, but who knows, maybe the relevant option is disabled)

17:39 <mmind00> sphalerite: don't really know for the kernel side ... I just know for coreboot it requires actually flashing a dev-image

17:39 <mmind00> sphalerite: hmm, if it isn't a chromeos kernel, then it should just work with serial though

17:40 <mmind00> sphalerite: your kernel commandline should of course contain something like a console=ttyS2,115200 or so

17:41 <mmind00> hmm, or that could also be covered by the stdout-path in the dt ... I somehow don't look at that too often

17:41 <sphalerite> mmind00: well, echo hello > /dev/ttyS2 also doesn't show anything (that's what I meant by "None of the ttyS* on the chromebook seem to be connected to that either.")

22:25 <JohnDoe2> come on man it can't be that damn hard. This pisses all over linux being friendly. How do you install a wifi driver? Nothing works, I've compiled kernels, flashed every image I could find, no wifi detected on this POC c201

23:08 <vagrantc> i've only ever used the c201 with a usb wifi adapter ... or maybe i did install the firmware for it. been so long since it worked at all.

23:09 <JohnDoe2> well this is not so much about the c201 as much as it is finding info on how to install a driver in linux

23:09 <JohnDoe2> that would be a basic thing for any os. I've built hackintoshes in 1/3 of the time I spent on this guy getting it to boot something :)

23:10 <JohnDoe2> I don't get it

23:11 <hanetzer> JohnDoe2: honestly I don't know what your problem is with the c201. It 'just worked' for me

23:12 <JohnDoe2> I'm happy to hear that but my experience has been 2+ days of trying to understand *HOW* to install a wifi driver

23:12 <vagrantc> well, there's the driver and the firmware, for one thing

23:12 <JohnDoe2> yes, so I've been reading but when it comes down to HOW to get them installed, it's a dead end

23:13 <JohnDoe2> chromium already has its firmware so in my mind I could simply copy that from there

23:13 <JohnDoe2> which I did. I copied everything in fact, not just the wifi firmware

23:14 <JohnDoe2> but I have no idea how to get it to scan for stuff. lspci is blank, lsusb doesn't list a network adapter

23:15 <JohnDoe2> I also tried devsus but that's abandoned, it fails to download whatever it needs. dead end.

23:24 <JohnDoe2> alright well thanks for your help guys