Sean Behan — kernel https://seanbehan.ca/posts/tag/kernel Posts tagged “kernel”. en-CA sean@seanbehan.ca (Sean Behan) sean@seanbehan.ca (Sean Behan) Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:32:40 GMT https://seanbehan.ca/posts/8814au <![CDATA[Fedora 8814au Kernel Module Compilation]]> https://seanbehan.ca/posts/8814au Thu, 12 May 2022 19:21:37 GMT developmentkernellinux For my wireless card, the Alfa AC1900, I had to compile the module to get it to

work on Linux since it wasn't already part of the kernel.

Prerequisites

To do this you will need:

  1. make and gcc or clang
  2. kernel-debug-devel package
  3. sudo permission to insmod the compiled module

This[^1] is the only one I found that worked for me on the latest stable linux

kernel, which as of today on Fedora is 5.17.6.

Kernel Header Installation

First you need to install the kernel development header package.

# Fedora
sudo dnf install kernel-debug-devel

# Ubuntu
sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

[^2]

Building and Loading the Module

Next you need to make the module.

git clone https://github.com/morrownr/8814au.git
cd 8814au

Now simply make the module using the make command and use insmod to load

it.

make -j16
sudo sh -c "modprobe cfg80211; insmod /home/codebam/8814au/8814au.ko"

If everything worked successfully, you should now have a loaded 8814au module

that you can use along with your wireless card to connect to WiFi.

[^1]: https://github.com/morrownr/8814au

[^2]: https://www.tecmint.com/install-kernel-headers-in-ubuntu-and-debian

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