BeagleV Ahead & Lichee Pi 4a RISC-V Boards To See Working WiFi With Linux 7.2

Written by Michael Larabel in RISC-V on 8 June 2026 at 06:24 AM EDT. Add A Comment
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In addition to the SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V SoC Device Tree updates sent out last week, the RISC-V T-HEAD Device Tree "DT" changes were also sent out last week ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel merge window.

The RISC-V T-HEAD DT changes for this next kernel release aren't too notable unless you use the BeagleV Ahead and/or Lichee Pi 4a RISC-V single board computers. What's notable for the BeagleV Ahead and Lichee Pi 4a is that the WiFi on both boards should be working with the mainline Linux 7.2 kernel.

BeagleV Ahead


The BeagleV Ahead relies on an AP6203BM WiFi module while the Lichee Pi 4A has an RTL8723DS WiFi module. The Device Tree changes for Linux 7.2 will enable the WiFi to finally work nicely off mainline kernel builds.

Lichee Pi4 A


This pull request is what gets that support into order for Linux 7.2.
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