[coreboot] ThinkPad X201/X230 and COMPEX WLE900VX-7A wifi module

Marek Behun kabel at blackhole.sk
Thu Apr 13 19:53:17 CEST 2017


Alexander,
on the X230 I am putting the card into the slot for the WiFi card. I
took out another 802.11ac WiFi card and put in this one (COMPLEX
WLE900VX-7A). So if I remove port 47 and it will work on X201, it must
also work on X230.

On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:46:14 +0200
Alexander Couzens <lynxis at fe80.eu> wrote:

> Hi Marek,
> 
> I guess it's pin 47 which is the problem. All other pins look ok for
> the x201 (even the MCI_ pins). So you could try to cut the line on the
> card or remove the copper of this pin.
> 
> In your x201, the card should work in the WWAN slot well, except the
> MCI_pins are connector to the sim slock, but no idea if this is a
> problem ;).
> 
> The other solution would be, try to put the (x201)
> CL_DATA_WLAN/CL_DATA1 (me link) in tri state on the chipset side, but
> no idea if this is even possible on the chipset.
> 
> Best,
> lynxis
> 
> ps. x230 doesnt have a pcie capable wwan port

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