Support for MediaTek MT7927

Hi, is there any way to get w MediaTek Wifi 7 MT7927 to work? I have “Gigabyte Auros Elite 7 Wifi 7” Z790 mainboard. Everything is working fine but the Wifi… Maybe Kernel 6.7 will support it ? Thanks…

System:
Kernel: 6.6.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=f8a4b7fb-d791-4428-b227-164e22925800 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2
dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z790 AORUS ELITE X WIFI7 v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z790 AORUS ELITE X WIFI7 v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F5g
date: 12/08/2023
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x11D
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 24 smt: enabled
cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB
L2: 24 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 2x4 MiB L3: 30 MiB desc: 1x30 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1991 high: 4914 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1599 2: 4914 3: 2537
4: 3616 5: 1690 6: 800 7: 1583 8: 3620 9: 1530 10: 4258 11: 3322 12: 4515
13: 1352 14: 1631 15: 2159 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800
22: 2268 23: 800 24: 800 bogomips: 164044
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-13 process: Intel 7 (10nm) built: 2022+
ports: active: none empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-3,HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:a780 class-ID: 0380
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 545.29.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-2
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2487
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 602x342mm (23.70x13.46")
s-diag: 692mm (27.26")
Monitor-1: DP-2 note: disabled model: Asus PA279 serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 545.29.06
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 11.72 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 4 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 driver: nvidia v: 545.29.06
device-ID: 10de:2487 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 23.3.3-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:a780 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.3.3-arch1.1 (LLVM
16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Loupedeck Loupedeck+ driver: cdc_acm,snd-usb-audio type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7.1:12
chip-ID: 2ec2:0002 class-ID: 0103 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.6.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK vendor: Foxconn driver: N/A pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7927 class-ID: 0280
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-14:10
chip-ID: 0489:e10f class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.34 TiB used: 517.5 GiB (11.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 38.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:6 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVL2512HCJQ-00BL7 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: CL2QGXA7 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 41.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/nvme3n1 maj-min: 259:9 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLB256HAHQ-000L7 size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1L2QEXD7 temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 204.96 GiB (43.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 27.2 MiB (9.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:7
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 204.96 GiB (43.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 204.96 GiB (43.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 476.64 GiB (100.00%)
used: 204.96 GiB (43.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:8
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.56 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 24 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: 30.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 478 Uptime: 46m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est.
available: 62.56 GiB used: 5.18 GiB (8.3%) Init: systemd v: 255
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages: 1502
pm: pacman pkgs: 1493 libs: 422 tools: octopi,pamac,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 9
Shell: fish v: 3.7.0 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.22-1):
System install date:     2023-12-24
Last full system update: 2024-01-13 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:

You could try the lts kernel

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From looking around online It seems mediatek is considered a problematic card in linux world. I tried to look for its drivers online and it seems linux doesn’t have any support for it right now neither in 6.6.y nor in 6.7.y kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree I would assume this might take a while to arrive.

Also the same searches tell me that there was a recent wifi regression bug in kernels so there might be a longer delay. MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7927 - Network - Manjaro Linux Forum

Yup it seems they merged support for mt7925 News: Firmware for the mt7925 (WiFi 7) Chipset Posted · Issue #359 · morrownr/USB-WiFi · GitHub last week something that started development in august last year and lwn.net doesn’t even have any mentions of mt7927 so I believe it is certainly a while away.

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If you dual boot, make sure to fully shutdown Windows, and disable fast startup there.

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Yeah… I did also search the web without luck, widows is shut down correctly, no fast boot/hibernation. Feels hopeless for now :frowning:

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