Chroot supported?

[Bargemanos]

Was wondering if running in chroot is supported?
In my particular case a (rooted) mi9t running nethunter on miui11. Android 10.

[Ragnt]

In theory, yes. But nethunter is mostly untested so YMMV and I can't provide too much help if you start running into issues (although I will try!).

As you run through testing, I would appreciate if you could update this issue with your findings for others in the future who may follow in your footsteps!

[Bargemanos]

Thanks for the fast reply.

I'll update when i run into issues

[Bargemanos]

Sooo, my personal my annual update reminded me to this.
Sorry for my very late reply.

These were my notes from later in 2025. Though i recommend verifying them before taking any actions on them.

My notes:

It Seems to me the error originates from the hopper. When a switch occures the set channel is verified, but the method for checking, the set itself, or the value is not supported by driver(? or other involved methods.

Icnss driver does not include NL80211_ATTR_WIPHY_FREQ in GET_INTERFACE response.
The Frequency.channel is therefore None, causing unwrap panic.

This is a driver limit. Icnss monitor mode works via a private con_mode parameter (echo 4 > /sys/module/wlan/parameters/con_mode)
rather than the standard nl80211 mode-switching path, and it does not includes the current frequency through the standard nl80211 interface query.

Environment

• Device: Xiaomi Mi 9T (codename: davinci), Snapdragon 730
• OS: Android (rooted, Magisk), NetHunter installed
• Kernel driver: icnss — Qualcomm's in-kernel WLAN driver
• Interface: wlan0, phy#0, single physical radio
• Monitor mode method: Qualcomm-specific con_mode kernel parameter (echo 4 > /sys/module/wlan/parameters/con_mode)
• Root: Yes (required)