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No AWDL interface: AirDrop, Sidecar and Continuity Camera cannot work #2

openarea:wifiseverity:mediumfound-by:featuretestkind:feature
watchthelight 2026-10-18

ifconfig awdl0 finds no interface. macOS uses AWDL (Apple Wireless Direct Link) for AirDrop, Sidecar, Continuity Camera over Wi-Fi and Universal Control. The native front end provides only the infrastructure interface.

The feasibility spike for AWDL on the MT7925 is phase C of the Wi-Fi plan. This issue tracks the missing capability; the guided part of the feature test records which Continuity features fail because of it.

Tested on Lenovo Legion 5 15IAX10, MT7925, macOS 26.7.1 (25G241). Evidence: project-legion evidence/native/featuretest-2026-10-18/A/net.awdl.txt.

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