Problem with kernel 6.18.6 and Mediatek 7961

[itrukrakso]

Hi,

I am currently updating my Acer Aspire 5 to the latest
Porteus 5.01 iso with kernel 6.18.6.
I noticed that the WiFi device is not loading
because the kernel modules are not available.

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lspci -vv | grep Network
04:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7961

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ll /lib/modules/6.18.6-porteus/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/

insgesamt 380
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 232313 Jan 18 13:45 mt76.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     60 Jan 18 13:45 mt7603/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     80 Jan 18 13:45 mt76x0/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 151633 Jan 18 13:45 mt76x02-lib.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     80 Jan 18 13:45 mt76x2/

So I have to go back to 6.15.3 for now.

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ll /lib/modules/6.15.3-porteus/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/
insgesamt 580
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134384 Jun 21  2025 mt76-connac-lib.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210960 Jun 21  2025 mt76.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     60 Jun 21  2025 mt7603/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 144192 Jun 21  2025 mt76x02-lib.ko
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     80 Jun 21  2025 mt76x2/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     80 Jun 21  2025 mt7921/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  97512 Jun 21  2025 mt792x-lib.ko

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lsmod |grep mt7

mt7921e                20480  0
mt7921_common          65536  1 mt7921e
mt792x_lib             40960  2 mt7921e,mt7921_common
mt76_connac_lib        61440  3 mt792x_lib,mt7921e,mt7921_common
mt76                   94208  4 mt792x_lib,mt7921e,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
mac80211              679936  4 mt792x_lib,mt76,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
cfg80211              462848  4 mt76,mac80211,mt7921_common,mt76_connac_lib
rfkill                 32768  8 acer_wmi,mt7921e,bluetooth,cfg80211

My question: is there a reason for the missing modules,
or is it an oversight?
I would be happy if they were included in the current ISO again.

Thank you in advance

[ncmprhnsbl]

My question: is there a reason for the missing modules,
or is it an oversight?

comparing the configs:
6.15.3:

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CONFIG_MT7921_COMMON=m
CONFIG_MT7921E=m

6.18.6

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#CONFIG_MT7921E is not set

would be half the reason, Blaze might know more about why this is..

[Blaze]

CONFIG_MT7921E is not set coz I have error compilation in Porteus 5.01 on kernel 6.18.x but with Porteus 5.1 version I do not have it.
I'll look into solving this problem in the future.

[itrukrakso]

Hi.

I'll look into solving this problem in the future.

OK, thanks for the answers.
I'll wait and hope for a better future.