No wifi driver for RT5370 Wireless Adapter in 22.04

Question

Ubuntu 22.04 on Orange Pi 5 board. There is no wireless interface after I insert WiFi USB adapter. The output:

$ lsusb 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 005: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 13ba:0018 PCPlay Barcode PCP-BCG4209
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

$ modinfo rt2800usb | grep 5370

$ uname -a
Linux user-desktop 5.10.160-rockchip #26 SMP Thu Dec 21 14:15:31 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release:    22.04
Codename:   jammy

But it was there according to Debian wiki. Why the support of RT5370 was dropped and how to enable it?

Answer 1

There was issue in kernel. It was fixed by Joshua Riek in kernel 6.1.0-1017.

$ uname -a
Linux user-desktop 6.1.0-1017-rockchip #17-Ubuntu SMP Sun Jun 23 19:14:56 UTC 2024 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux      

$ modinfo rt2800usb | grep 5370
alias:          usb:vF201p5370d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*
alias:          usb:v148Fp5370d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in*