OSD335x with WL1835 WiFi

[anewcomb]

We have a custom board utilizing the OSD3358-512M-BAS-MOD that is based on the Beaglebone Black Wireless.  We have followed the app notes and forum posts on here to successfully write to the EEPROM and the device successfully boots thinking it is a BBBW.  The problem we are having is getting it to instantiate the Wifi.  We are using the TI WL1835MOD and have connected it to MII1 just as it is on the BBBW.  However, when the board boots, WLAN0 does not become available as it does using the same image on a BBBW.  What process happens during the boot that makes the processor decide a WLAN0 is present?

[Eshtaartha Basu]

Hello anewcomb,

Sorry for the delay in response. The delay was due to the July 4th holiday.

The Device Tree Bindings in your Device Tree will help the Linux Kernel recognize all the available hardware on your board. Hence, it is important to make sure your device tree bindings are correct.

Please send the output of dmesg command and also the Kernel log ( /var/log/kern.log ) to help us debug the problem.

[anewcomb]

Thanks for your response Eshtaartha.  Our issue turned out to be in hardware.  We connected the level shifter wrong.  With a bit of clever jumpering the Wifi now operates properly.

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