it seems the driver is available, detected, and bound to the hardware
The network manager gui does not show that WiFi is enabled and will not scan for an AP. I hope I don’t have to go all of the way back to the Grinch kernel.
sudo nm-connection-editor brings up the same UI as pressing the network GUI on the top banner. It does not have a + button, but does have an add button.
I have added a wifi connection for this adapter.
On the network dropdown, it has all of the wired connection stuff like Enable Networking but no Wi-Fi Networks and no Enable Wi-Fi.
Connection Information shows the wired connection.