Evaluation images only: WiFi firmware for Qualcomm not included
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Description
UPDATED 09/Oct/2019
The Wi-Fi firmware binaries supplied by Qualcomm and NXP are not included in the evaluation binaries due to licensing considerations at this time, this affects the following boards:
- PICO-PI with PICO-IMX7D SoM
- PICO-PI with PICO-IMX6UL SoM
- NXP IMX8M mini EVK
You instead have to perform a run-time installation of the firmware after booting - see the documentation section:
- v0.6: Install Wi-Fi firmware on PICO-PI with PICO-IMX7D SoM devices.
- v0.8: Install Wi-Fi firmware on PICO-PI with PICO-IMX7D, PICO-IMX6UL SoM, and NXP 8M Mini EVK devices
Workaround:
From mbl-os-0.7 - building from source (instead of using an evaluation image) will solve this issue, as the resulting built images will include the Wi-Fi firmware already installed.
Related issue: #524
Issue request type
[ ] Question
[ ] Enhancement
[x] Bug
Internal Jira reference: https://jira.arm.com/browse/MBOCUSTRIA-1171
UPDATE: In mbl-os-0.7 the WiFi firmware is included in the images built from source, so that a root-filesystem upgrade will contain the WiFi firmware.
The evaluation binaries still do not contain WiFi firmware and it needs to be installed.
Also note, that this problem now affects IMX8M mini EVK since mbl-os-0.7.0 as we have now released evaluation binaries for that board.
UPDATE: Updated main text with all the updates so far and included imx6ul.