Looking for wireless chipset drivers on Debian

Mar 06, 2022, 07:15 AM

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I installed Debian on my Surface and have to use an external network interface rather than the internal wi-fi chipset. Anyone know how to get the drivers for it?

log: https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=d8ea22eff5

Comments: 2

1) Re: Looking for wireless chipset drivers on Debian

Comment by linuxhw on Mar 24, 2022, 04:33 PM

According to the database entry, your WiFi module is supported in all probes from all other users on Ubuntu, Mint, Zorin, etc.: https://linux-hardware.org/?id=pci:11ab-2b38-0002-045e

In your case the device has failed to initialize due to missed firmware. See dmesg:

[ 9.901339] mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for mrvl/pcie8897_uapsta.bin failed with error -2
[ 9.901359] mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: Failed to get firmware mrvl/pcie8897_uapsta.bin
[ 9.901363] mwifiex_pcie 0000:01:00.0: info: _mwifiex_fw_dpc: unregister device

BTW please move your post to Forum: https://forum.linux-hardware.org/index.php?action=forum

2) Re: Looking for wireless chipset drivers on Debian

Comment by on Apr 17, 2022, 05:45 AM

Just saw this, will be moving

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