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Date:   Fri, 7 Apr 2023 15:41:45 -0600
From:   Aaron Dewell <acd@woods.net>
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Subject: Re: ax204/Intel NUC13 i9
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On Apr 7 2023, at 3:08 pm, James <bjlockie@lockie.ca> wrote:

>  
> On 2023-04-07 15:28, Aaron Dewell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>  
>> I've just received the new NUC13 and it's quite nice. However, the
>> wireless chip appears to be too new to have mainline support.  To that
>> end, I've been ... messing with it.  :)
>>  
>> I believe the marketing term is an AX204.  I know for certain it's
>> 0x7AF0 0x1692.  I am using kernel source 6.3-rc4 and attempting to
>> add a
>> line to iwlwifi/pcie/drv.c that looks like this:
>>  
>> IWL_DEV_INFO(0x7AF0, 0x1692, something?, iwl_ax204_name),
>>  
>> I have looked at:
>> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005511/wireless.html￼
>> However, this product isn't listed.
>>  
>> I know I'm missing the "something?" above and possibly on the wrong path
>> on other things.  I've had a couple of guesses that didn't work out
>> (stabbing in the dark), so asking here.  Any assistance appreciated!
>>  
>> Thanks!
>>  
>> 00:14.3 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-S PCH
>> CNVi WiFi [8086:7af0] (rev 11)
>>          Subsystem: Rivet Networks Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi [1a56:1692]
>  
>  
> Intel bought Rivet Networks in 2020.
>  
> The card should be supported:
>  
> https://www.intel.ca/content/www/ca/en/support/articles/000088040/wireless.html
>  
> Have you installed the Intel wireless drivers?
>  
> I think Intel drivers are in kernel but they should be installed by
> most  
> distros.

It's Debian Bookworm (testing) which comes with 6.1.20, however, the
card is not recognized, thus why I started messing with it.  I tried the
latest Xanmod kernel as well before I started diving into source in
6.3-rc4 (which also didn't recognize the card as shipped). I couldn't
find any reference to the PCI ID in the source either, which made sense
as to why it wouldn't be recognized.