usb wifi adapters on TinkerBoadr2 ?

[Eugene 0]

Hi!

Is it possible to run usb wifi adapters (Realteck rtl8187, Ralink) on TinkerBoadr2 ?
Firmfare-realtek utility installed. Adapters are successfully detected with lsusb.

According to WIKI driver modules are built into the kernel. 

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1. Connect the device to your system. The necessary kernel module is automatically loaded for supported devices.

However, they are not on the Tinker board 2.  sudo find /lib/modules -name *ko' only finds rtl88*.

I tried to install drivers from source, but it is for kernel 3.0 -3.2. I have not enough knowledge for it.

Does ASUS plan to add drivers into the kernel? Maybe some manual for compiling/installing/inserting? Or the cross-compilation Is the only way?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

[Eugene 0]

Note: I not shure I did it in right way. And first time I losst even a single default module installed. 

Finnaly I get it working!

I had to compile missing modules from TinkerBoard2 source. 

1. Git clone:

https://github.com/TinkerBoard2/kernel

Then, as per this forum advice:

2. make clean && make distclean && make mrproper
3. make ARCH=arm64 tinker2_defconfig

Then start menu:

4. sudo make ARCH=arm menuconfig

Select nessesary driver rtl8187 as M (module)
select additional driver depence eeprom_93cx6 as M
(and I add "pps for gpio" driver for gps device) as M

 
5. in file "kernel\drivers\net\wireless\rockchip_wlan\rkwifi\bcmdhd\dhd_linux.c" bug

n.6965 It should be like this :"strncpy(drvname, info.driver, sizeof(drvname));"

6. in file "kernel\drivers\net\wireless\rockchip_wlan\rtl8822be\hal\phydm\halrf\rtl8822b\halrf_iqk_8822b.c  bug
n.449 n.453 "report = ~(". (in new gcc comiler)

 I just removed symbol "~" Looks like working.

7. save .config file and
sudo make modules

8. At this stage will be many questiions. I don't now answers, so I just press "Enter".

9. After succesful module complilation, install their
sudo make modules_install

10.sudo insmod /lib/modules/4.4.194/kernel/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93cx6.ko nohwcrypt=0
   sudo insmod /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.194/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187/rtl8187.ko nohwcrypt=0

11.sudo depmod -a

12.sudo lsmod

rtl8187                61440  0
eeprom_93cx6           16384  1 rtl8187
pps_ldisc              16384  2
8822ce               3424256  0