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Date:   Fri, 7 Apr 2023 15:52:29 -0600
From:   Aaron Dewell <aaron.dewell@woods.net>
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Subject: Re: ax204/Intel NUC13 i9
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On Apr 7 2023, at 3:41 pm, Aaron Dewell <acd@woods.net> wrote:

>  
> 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.

Here are the errors from the shipping Debian kernel (unmodified):

[    2.664162] Intel(R) Wireless WiFi driver for Linux
[    2.664207] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[    2.667274] AVX2 version of gcm_enc/dec engaged.
[    2.667327] AES CTR mode by8 optimization enabled
[    2.668601] iwlwifi: No config found for PCI dev 7af0/1692,
rev=0x430, rfid=0x3010d000
[    2.668628] iwlwifi: probe of 0000:00:14.3 failed with error -22