Cannot find wlan0 device in RPi 400 when using branch rpi-4.19.y

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, linux

Research direction

Start by comparing the rpi-4.19.y branch with upstream commit e3062e05e1cfe378bb9b3fa0bef46711372bcf13. Check whether the commit applies cleanly and addresses the missing wlan0 device on an RPi 400; done means the branch includes the needed fix and wlan0 is available.

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Description

When using branch rpi-4.19.y in RPi 400, the wlan0 device is missing.

This problem can be solved by applying this patch: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=e3062e05e1cfe378bb9b3fa0bef46711372bcf13. So, shall we apply this patch to rpi-4.19-y branch?

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