Linux driver for nRF7002

[kaushalyasat]

Hi,

I am evaluating the nRF7002 to be used as a host based WiFi MAC/PHY. My host is TI AM3358. The Linux version we use is 4.1.15. 

1. Is it possible to use the nRF7002 for this purpose?

2. I couldn't find any Linux drivers for this except https://github.com/NordicPlayground/nrf70-linux-driver. I tried building this but west fails.

Cheers,

Kaushalya

[Amanda Hsieh]

Hi, 

https://github.com/NordicPlayground/nrf70-linux-driver is the reference Linux driver for the nRF70 series. This is not released yet (the release is underway as I type this). Have you followed the README here (https://github.com/NordicPlayground/nrf70-linux-driver/blob/main/README.md) for building the driver?

In case you have downloaded a zipped version of the driver, please try using west init -l . in the unzipped folder before you run west update

Regards,
Amanda H.

[kaushalyasat]

Hi Amanda,

Many thanks for your reply. Does the Ubuntu build environment is supposed to be native on RPi 4 or cross compile on a x86 machine? 

Can it be build on a windows machine?

Cheers,

Kaushalya