Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: labeas on December 07, 2019, 12:51:00 PM

Title: MINIMAL wifi ?
Post by: labeas on December 07, 2019, 12:51:00 PM

In other fora where users who've discovered the elCheapo quadcoreAtom laptps,
some say they'll just buy plug-in-dongles to get wifi capabilities.
After overcome-ing the UEFI <WinTel lockout> problem,
there are multiple other quirks.
Trying to integrate a complex GUI wifi facility is not practical.
What is needed is a script which confirms each stage of the chain.
In old-fashion-TV-diagnoses terms:
 confirm mains-light on > confirm signal output RF-stage, per tuning >
 confirm output IF-stage ..>.. confirm output Audio-stage ...>
This could/should be able to run on the least complex TC <model>.
Is it true that <rtl7823bs> wifi drivers were no available at the date
of Ver7.2 TC ?

Title: Re: MINIMAL wifi ?
Post by: Juanito on December 08, 2019, 01:34:51 AM

Quote from: labeas on December 07, 2019, 12:51:00 PM

Is it true that <rtl7823bs> wifi drivers were no available at the date

Do you mean rtl7823bs or rtl8723bs?

There's an rtl8723bs driver in staging in 4.19 (tc-10.x)

Title: Re: MINIMAL wifi ?
Post by: labeas on December 09, 2019, 09:07:46 AM

Juanito wrote:
> There's an rtl8723bs driver in staging in 4.19 (tc-10.x)
--
I don't undersatnd what that means.
Please provide a URL to `wget`.

Title: Re: MINIMAL wifi ?
Post by: Juanito on December 09, 2019, 09:12:54 AM

Staging means testing, so it was not compiled for tinycore.