Installation#

  1. Download and unzip the release package.

  2. Install the driver without loading the firmware using the following steps:

    1. Search for the following line in Makefile and uncomment it:

      EXTRA_CFLAGS += -DNO_FIRMWARE_LOAD_SUPPORT

      Uncomment lineUncomment line

    2. Save the changes made in Makefile and compile the driver using the make command:

      #make clean;make

    3. After successful compilation, install all the dependencies.

    4. Insert the modules using the following arguments:

      1. modprobe mac80211

      2. modprobe cfg80211

      3. modprobe Bluetooth

    5. Insert the kernel modules rsi_91x.ko and rsi_sdio.ko using the following commands:

      1. insmod rsi_91x.ko dev_oper_mode=1 rsi_zone_enabled=0x601 skip_fw_load=1

      2. insmod rsi_sdio.ko

  3. Ensure that the driver is inserted correctly using dmesg. Use dmesg command to observe the prints.

  4. The print should show "FIRMWARE LOADING SKIPPED", indicating that the driver did not load any firmware.

    Firmware loading skippedFirmware loading skipped

  5. Once the driver is installed, download the Simplicity Commander onto your host.

  6. Unzip the commander to the directory of your choice.

  7. Navigate to the release directory (driver path) where the mfg application is present after using the make command (for example, SiWT917.x.x.x.x/release/).

  8. Open a terminal and run the application using ./mfg. The output should be as shown below:

    ./mfg output./mfg output

  9. Open another terminal and navigate to the path where the commander-cli was previously extracted as per step 6.

    Navigate to commander-cliNavigate to commander-cli

  10. Type the commands described in section 5 to perform read or write operations for the different memory regions from the commander-cli path.