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WiFi not working Alpine Linux on DC ROMA Laptop II

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I have [installed Alpine Linux on my DC ROMA Laptop II](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/786071/installing-alpine-on-dc-roma-laptop-ii-risc-v-how-can-i-make-an-image-from-a) successfully and managed since then to get the password to work too. I am piggybacking off of the kernel (and boot stuff) provided by Deepcomputing which is (from my understanding) a modified version of kernel version 6.1.15. I currently have no internet connection (there is no Ethernet port) so I am trying to install WiFi on my computer. I have been installing packages by downloading the apks from [here](https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/main/) and [here](https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.21/community/) on my main computer, dragging them into the root folder on the MicroSD I am loading Alpine Linux from and then running on my DC ROMA Laptop II: apk add --allow-untrusted I have installed all of the linux-firmware-*, linux-firmware, and wpa_supplicant modules this way. I have also been trying to follow [this guide for Wifi](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Wi-Fi) but ip link only returns lo and sit0. I know that I have a wireless adapter because lspci gives: Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller However, the drivers do not appear to be working as lshw -C network gives: *-network UNCLAIMED description: Network controller product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0001:01:00.0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33Mhz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: ioport:1000(size=256) memory:90200000-902fffff Interestingly, the Debian image that came with computer shows a different result for lshw -C network, namely: *-network description: Ethernet Interface product: RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network Controller vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0001:01:00.0 logical name: wlP1p1s0 version: 00 serial: 44:87:63:e4:b0:0f width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8852be driverversion=1.19.11-175-g5130b5e2d.2024042 firmware=N/A latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes resources: irq:101 ioport:1000(size=256) memory:90200000-902fffff From my understanding it should be linux-firmware-rtw89 (which is installed) that provides drivers for the WiFi. Running dmesg | grep firmware does not appear to give anything out of the ordinary: riscv-pmu-sbi: 16 firmware and 18 hardware counters Any guidance on how to continue would be appreciated.
Asked by Dair (143 rep)
Mar 11, 2025, 08:21 PM