No wireless interface on x86 hardware

[moussa854]

I am trying to install OpenWrt on a small PC. I downloaded the latest x86 image and burned it to a hard drive. I was able to get to the web interface but I can not see the wireless interface under network. I found this post https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=64756 and I did the following:

# opkg update
# opkg install pciutils
# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 510 (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Q170/Q150/B150/H170/H110/Z170/CM236 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
00:1d.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #10 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H110 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus (rev 31)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V (rev 31)
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
# opkg install kmod-ath10k
# wifi config
# ls /etc/config/
dhcp      dropbear  firewall  luci      network   rpcd      system    ucitrack  uhttpd    wireless
# reboot
# cat /etc/config/wireless
#

The wireless file seems empty. Not sure what to do from here? Appreciate some help.

[mk24]

The chip also needs firmware, likely that in the package ath10k-firmware-qca6174. The x86 builds include none of the wireless stack, so you also need iw, iwinfo, kmod-cfg80211, kmod-mac80211, wireless-regdb, wpad, etc.

Then reboot and check the log for messages from the driver.