The iwlwifi configs were hidden because they depend on pci config which are not enabled by default in the 4.4x branch. Once I enabled the pci options I was able to select the intel configs and the modules were built.
Here's the article I used to select the appropriate pci configs http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Linux_Core_PCIe_Driver_User's_Guide I'm still having problems bringing the iwlwifi device's wlan0 interface up but that might be a firmware issue. <http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Linux_Core_PCIe_Driver_User's_Guide> On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 3:06:57 PM UTC-4, Custom AM5718 wrote: > > I have a custom am57x board that uses the x15 prebuilt images and I > noticed that the iwlwifi module is not included. This prevents me from > loading my intel 3160 attached to pci > > I built the 4.4x ti bsp kernel but the config does not have entries for > the Intel Wireless Modules (Device Drivers > Network device support > > Wireless LAN > Intel... are all missing.) > > If I build the mainline 4.4x, it does have the Intel Wireless config in > there and builds the iwlwifi, mvm and dvm modules just fine but I would > like to use the TI kernel. I did try to load the mainline iwlwifi module > but when using the ti kernel - (modprobe: ERROR: could not insert > 'iwlwifi': Exec format error) > > > Any suggestions on getting the ti-linux-kernel-dev to build and include > the Intel WiFi modules ? > > > ------------------- > References: > > https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard-X15#BeagleBoard-X15-TIBSP > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Iwlwifi > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/eb84dfe2-f938-4bd4-981c-d30b5b670179%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
