NXP Semiconductors UM11483 - Bring-Up of Wi-Fi Interfaces; Load the Modules

NXP Semiconductors
UM11483
Getting Started with NXP Wireless Modules for i.MX 8M-Quad Platforms
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User manual Rev. 1 — 28 September 2020
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• Verify the Wi-Fi interfaces
root@imx8mqevk:~# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:9f:06:77:40
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST DYNAMIC MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:90 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:6708 (6.5 KiB) TX bytes:6708 (6.5 KiB)
mlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:43:24:83:c4
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
p2p0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:50:43:24:83:c4
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
uap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:43:24:84:c4
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
• Get the Wi-Fi driver version
root@imx8mqevk:~# cat /proc/mwlan/adapter0/uap0/info
driver_name = "uap"
driver_version = SD8987---w8987o-V0, MXXX, FP92, 16.92.10.p206-
MXM5X16186.p6-GPL-(FP92)
interface_name="uap0"
firmware_major_version=16.92.10
media_state="Disconnected"
mac_address="70:66:55:26:8b:6b"