BeagleBone Black Networking (wifi and/or wired)

[Christian Mauderer]

On 07/06/2019 11:16, Chris Johns wrote:
> On 7/6/19 6:34 pm, Christian Mauderer wrote:
>> On 07/06/2019 10:23, Chris Johns wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am looking for some information on doing either but I cannot find out what I
>>> need. I have run a few libbsd examples and some run and some crash. I am
>>> wondering if I need an device tree installed but I cannot find out which one and
>>> from where.
>>>
>>> Any hints would be most welcome.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Chris
>>
>> Hello Chris,
>>
>> for wired network, you should be able to add libbsd and start the
>> network similar like for all other boards.
> 
> Nice. Do I need u-boot to load an FDT? I am not currently doing that.

Yes. The libbsd drivers use the FDT.

> 
>>
>> Wireless is still some more effort. Note that you will need the
>> everything buildset of libbsd for that.
>>
>> If you want you can have a look at the example application that I used
>> during the last GSoC projects:
>>
>>     https://gitlab.com/c-mauderer/rtems-bbb/tree/master/apps/wifi-sample
>>
>> That application starts a wpa_supplicant. It expects a RT8188EU based
>> WLAN dongle. There should be a wpa_supplicant.conf on the root of your
>> SD card. If I remember correctly it even routes between the networks. So
>> you could basically use the BBB as a Ethernet to WLAN adapter.
> 
> Nice.
> 
> Thanks
> Chris
> 

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