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How would you go about getting blobless WiFi on a Framework laptop? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/framework@lemmy.ml
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My goal is a blobless Linux Framework laptop, but AFAIK there are no open source drivers for the included AMD RZ616 WiFi card. What would you do, replace that it a different M.2 card? Do any blobless ones exist? Any recommendations?

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[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've had bad experiences with that m.2 module under both Windows 10/11 and Fedora. I know the Intel AX200 isn't without its own faults but I swapped that into my notebook and haven't looked back.

[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I've had the same bad experiences, it connects fine to my home wifi, but my uni wifi will take forever to connect, and then randomly disconnect every few minutes.

I did manually set the wifi country (in wpa_supplicant) today, and it seemed stable so far, but I'll probably just end up swapping it with an Intel one like you did.

[–] kfaie_djslfke@infosec.pub 2 points 11 months ago

I've had very similar problems with Uni wifi on Linux as well (eduroam), but this guy's solution fixed it. I don't think it's specific to the wifi adapter, since I've had this issue on an intel wifi card.

[–] vikingtons@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

From what I understand, the AMD WLAN modules are provided by mediatek. They've actually gotten a bit better with Linux support over time but procuring Windows drivers for them is bizarre.

Not to blame MT here. AMD should probably do a better job of supporting these modules since they're branded as such.