Hi Luxonis team and community,
I’m using OAK4 devices running Luxonis OS and trying to enable Wi‑Fi connectivity via a USB‑C Wi‑Fi dongle (OAK4 WiFi deployment). According to the official documentation, OAK4 currently ships with preinstalled drivers for rtl881cu and mt7601u, and mt7601‑based dongles are recommended.
I’m based in Japan, and for Wi‑Fi products used in Japan, devices generally need to carry the Japanese radio certification mark (“Giteki” / 技適). The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) describes that using wireless devices without the required conformity marking can be a violation of Japan’s Radio Act, and recommends confirming the presence of the certification mark.
However, in my procurement search, I cannot find mt7601u USB dongles that are clearly sold with valid Japanese Giteki certification (and many low-cost dongles on global marketplaces have unclear certification status). That makes it very hard to follow the current “mt7601u recommended” approach in a legally compliant way in Japan.
As a result, I’m trying to use MediaTek mt76 family dongles (e.g., MT7612U-class) because they are widely supported by Linux and often available in reputable/region-compliant variants. The mt76 driver in the Linux wireless stack supports multiple MediaTek chipsets including MT7612/MT7602/MT7662 families.
Additionally, MT7612U support has been available in-kernel for years (e.g., since Linux kernel 4.19), so this is not an exotic out-of-tree driver request.
Question : Can we enable/install mt76 drivers on Luxonis OS ourselves?
Luxonis OS documentation describes Luxonis OS as a custom Linux distribution based on Yocto.
Given that, is there any supported method to:
Enable mt76 (and related modules such as mt76_usb / mt76x2u) if it’s already in the kernel build, or
Install additional kernel modules / firmware packages on-device?
If the answer is no (due to read-only rootfs, missing build tools, signed modules, etc.), that’s understandable—but then I think we need an official path forward.
Request: Please add mt76 support to Luxonis OS images (or provide an official add-on)
Could you consider adding mt76 driver support to Luxonis OS (or providing an official “extra Wi‑Fi drivers” package/image option) so OAK4 users can choose regionally compliant dongles?
Thank you for considering this—mt76 support would significantly improve real-world deployability of OAK4 in Japan and other regulated markets.
