SWRU575 December   2020 WL1801MOD , WL1805MOD , WL1807MOD , WL1831MOD , WL1835MOD , WL1837MOD

 

  1.   Trademarks
  2. 1Acquire WL18xx Firmware Version
  3. 2Enable wlcore Driver Kernel Message
    1. 2.1 Debug Parameter Options
    2. 2.2 Activation of Debug Printout
    3. 2.3 Additional Examples to Enable Debug Message Groups
  4. 3Enable Dynamic Debug for wl18xx, mac80211, cfg80211
    1. 3.1 Checking for the Dynamic Debug Compile Switch
    2. 3.2 Enabling Dynamic Debug
  5. 4Enabling and Disabling WiLink8 Features
    1. 4.1 DFS Channel Related Commands
    2. 4.2 Enhanced Low Power Enable/Disable Commands

1 Acquire WL18xx Firmware Version

In many cases it helps to know the version of the firmware being used to provide the needed input to debug an issue. The below command prints the firmware version 

root@am335x-evm:~# ifconfig wlan0 down 
root@am335x-evm:/usr/share/wl18xx# ifconfig wlan0 up
[ 2077.084115] wlcore: PHY firmware version: Rev 8.2.0.0.245
[ 2077.180632] wlcore: firmware booted (Rev 8.9.0.0.85)