NXP Semiconductors UM11483 - Bring up the Wi-Fi Interface

NXP Semiconductors
UM11483
Getting Started with NXP-based Wireless Modules on i.MX 8M Quad EVK Running Linux OS
5.3 Bring up the Wi-Fi interface
Use the following steps to bring up the Wi-Fi interfaces
• Invoke the command to initialize mlan0 interface
root@imx8mqevk:~# ifconfig mlan0 up
root@imx8mqevk:~# ifconfig mlan0
mlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:43:24:83:c4
UP 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)
• Invoke the command to initialize the uap0 interface
root@imx8mqevk:~# ifconfig uap0 up
root@imx8mqevk:~# ifconfig uap0
uap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:43:24:84:c4
UP 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)
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User manual Rev. 2 — 21 January 2021
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