Connect ​MiniPini ​card to your device via Mini PCie interface ​and startup your device.

• Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS & above.
• OpenWrt 23.05.

General rule: OS kernel needs to be >= 5.19 or use wireless backports >= 6.1.

First of all firmware with Pine chipset support must be flashed into the Mango. An example firmware with Pine support can be downloaded from here: Example firmware. OpenWRT will contain its default BDF files. Correct BDF files made specificaly for MiniPini are provided by our company, you can download them here: BDF. Please select correct BDFs (2x2 or 4x4 depending on what Minipini model you are using) and put them into the host device and follow the commands on how to change BDF files and active either 2.4GHz or 5GHz radio:

cd /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCN9074

mv board-2.bin board-2.bin.orig

To activate 2G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_2G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

To activate 5G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_5G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

Firmware will contain its default BDF files. File board-2.bin must be removed. Correct BDF files made specificaly for MiniPini are provided by our company, you can download them here: BDF. Please select correct BDFs (2x2 or 4x4 depending on what Minipini model you are using) and put them into the host device and follow the commands on how to change BDF files and active either 2.4GHz or 5GHz radio:

sudo su; cd /lib/firmware/ath11k/hw1.0/QCN9074

rm -f board-2.bin

To activate 2G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_2G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

To activate 5G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_5G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

With default setting your device will be available with tools such as iw, ip, ifconfig, tcpdump and ready to use. For more tools, configure your own .config on buildroot.