Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of expansion/gw16167


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Timestamp:
01/16/2026 08:01:40 PM (7 days ago)
Author:
Ryan Erbstoesser
Comment:

add note about sw support

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    66The GW16167 M.2 E-Key Sub-1GHz 802.11ah radio uses the second-generation !MorseMicro MM8108 chip which offers improvements in range and throughput (up to 43.33Mbps) over the first generation MM6108.
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    8 '''NOTE: The GW16167 requires an M.2 E-Key socket with USB 2.0. This may require an adapter for the Venice SBCs such as the [https://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/expansion/gw1614xminipciem2adapter#GW16151E-Key-USB2.0PCIe GW16151]'''
     8'''* NOTE: The GW16167 has been tested and is supported in software when using a Gateworks Single Board Computer'''
     9'''* NOTE: The GW16167 requires an M.2 E-Key socket with USB 2.0. This may require an adapter for the Venice SBCs such as the [https://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/expansion/gw1614xminipciem2adapter#GW16151E-Key-USB2.0PCIe GW16151]'''
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    9091== Software
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     93''' Note: The GW16167 is designed to be used with a Gateworks Single Board Computer. ''' When using the device on other platforms, Gateworks has limited knowledge and the support offered is being able to point to the Gateworks driver github link here: https://github.com/Gateworks/morse_driver
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    9295=== Pre-Built Software Images
    93 The mm8108 driver is supported in our latest pre-built images:
     96The MM8108 driver from MorseMicro is supported in our latest pre-built images for the Gateworks Single Board Computers:
    9497 * [https://dev.gateworks.com/venice/images/noble-venice.img.gz noble-venice.img.gz] (see [http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/venice/firmware#disk-images compressed-disk-image])
    9598 * [https://dev.gateworks.com/venice/kernel/linux-venice.tar.xz linux-venice.tar.xz Kernel tarball] (see [http://trac.gateworks.com/wiki/linux/kernel#install kernel-tarball install])
     
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    98101=== Driver
    99 The mm8108 on the GW16167 is supported by the open-source out-of-tree Linux kernel driver from !MorseMicro. This driver is included in the Gateworks Ubuntu pre-built images and the below instructions are only for if building is needed.
     102The MM8108 on the GW16167 is supported by the open-source out-of-tree Linux kernel driver from !MorseMicro. This driver is included in the Gateworks Ubuntu pre-built images and the below instructions are only for if building is needed.
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    101105Building with the Gateworks Venice BSP:
    102 Building with the Gateworks Venice BSP:
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    103107  1. Add a 'custom_kernel_mm6108' script
    104108{{{#!bash