[Solved] Missing wifi driver or malfunction

Technical Issues
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good day all
i have a serfice pro 5 i have installed mabox on, everything went good except i have no wifi, wifi works with usb wifi device witch i used to update.

lspci

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless

inxi -n this is from mabox

Network:
  Device-1: Marvell 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless driver: mwifiex_pcie
  Device-2: Microsoft RTL8153B GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter] type: USB
    driver: cdc_ether
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: f0:1d:bc:a3:f8:7d

inxi -n this is from crunchbangplusplus11

Network:
  Device-1: Marvell 88W8897 [AVASTAR] 802.11ac Wireless driver: mwifiex_pcie 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: f0:6e:0b:c6:a5:ba 
  Device-2: Marvell Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Composite type: USB 
  driver: btusb 
  Device-3: Microsoft RTL8153B GigE [Surface Ethernet Adapter] type: USB 
  driver: cdc_ether 
  IF: enxf01dbca3f87d state: down mac: f0:1d:bc:a3:f8:7d

new install from:
mabox-linux-22.09-Herbolth-220923-linux515.iso

this computer is triple booted is how i got two inxi -n cbpp11 and opensuse tumbleweed wifi works mabox not so much.
can anyone direct me as what to do or how to reinstall or trouble shoot this driver ?

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Hi.

Open the console, install Marvell’s firmware and restart your device:

sudo pacman -S linux-firmware-marvell

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thank you M0nst3r worked like a charm.