I am new to Linux and very green to compiling device drivers and installing kernel modules. I've heard some people have had success getting Wifi drivers installed on their T100TA tablets in Linux. I'm currently running Mint 18 on Linux kernel 4.4.0 and after cloning some repositories and trying a few different things my understanding so far is this:
1. This tablet uses a Broadcom 43241b4 SDIO chipset.
2. I need to find or compile some brcmfmac drivers.
3. In addition to these drivers I need to download or rip firmware in .bin format and NVRAM in .txt format.
I have installed https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs which, as far as I can tell, has been confirmed to work with a similar tablet using a similar chipset, the Chuwi Vi8. These drivers installed successfully on my Transformer T100TA but to no surprise, Mint still didn't find the Wifi controller.
I have also tried the well-known wireless-testing repo but building failed, I literally just cloned it and ran make which stopped at an error. I am not a software developer and literally know nothing about what I need to do with wireless-testing if I can build anything at all from it. Is there currently an easier more straightforward way to get objects/source code for this chipset and the firmware/NVRAM required to make it work? Or am I barking up the wrong tree and should I wait a few months for a more user friendly solution?
1. This tablet uses a Broadcom 43241b4 SDIO chipset.
2. I need to find or compile some brcmfmac drivers.
3. In addition to these drivers I need to download or rip firmware in .bin format and NVRAM in .txt format.
I have installed https://github.com/hadess/rtl8723bs which, as far as I can tell, has been confirmed to work with a similar tablet using a similar chipset, the Chuwi Vi8. These drivers installed successfully on my Transformer T100TA but to no surprise, Mint still didn't find the Wifi controller.
I have also tried the well-known wireless-testing repo but building failed, I literally just cloned it and ran make which stopped at an error. I am not a software developer and literally know nothing about what I need to do with wireless-testing if I can build anything at all from it. Is there currently an easier more straightforward way to get objects/source code for this chipset and the firmware/NVRAM required to make it work? Or am I barking up the wrong tree and should I wait a few months for a more user friendly solution?
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