Gadget mode on pi zero

Help and Support
1

Hello all i have pi zero and also wifi adapter TL-WN725N V2

on raspbian i use this tutorial Raspberry Pi Zero USB/Ethernet Gadget Tutorial - Circuit Basics
to connect my pi to my pc and to install driver i use (UPDATE) Drivers for TL-WN725N V2 - 3.6.11+ -> 4.xx.xx+ - Raspberry Pi Forums
and its work perfect so on osmc i can make it work

can somebody help how can i install this drive in situation when i dont have any hub and cant compile kernel and add driver i only want use method

2

Unfortunately support for many Realtek based wifi adapters have been dropped.

3

That seems to use the Realtek 8188eu driver. I can’t speak for the Pi Zero, but the r8188eu driver has reappeared on my Pi 3.

osmc@osmc:~$ modinfo r8188eu
filename:       /lib/modules/4.19.122-1-osmc/kernel/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/r8188eu.ko
version:        v4.1.4_6773.20130222
author:         Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
description:    Realtek Wireless Lan Driver
license:        GPL
srcversion:     337F9C883F2FCAFC0D7F09D
alias:          usb:v0BDApFFEFd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0DF6p0076d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v2C4Ep0102d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v2357p0111d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v2357p010Cd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v2001p331Bd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v2001p3311d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v2001p3310d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v2001p330Fd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0B05p18F0d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v07B8p8179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v056Ep4008d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0BDAp0179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v0BDAp8179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
depends:        cfg80211,lib80211
staging:        Y
intree:         Y
name:           r8188eu
vermagic:       4.19.122-1-osmc SMP preempt mod_unload modversions ARMv7 p2v8 
< the rest snipped >

The reference to staging is interesting, but I’m definitely on the (latest) stable build.

4

Staging refers to drivers in the Linux kernel that aren’t quite considered stable yet. They are then eventually moved to the appropriate subsystem.

1 Like