On 26 Jan 2015, at 19:31, James Abernathy <jfaberna...@outlook.com> wrote:
> I get a clean build when I add: CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += " > packagegroup-base-wifi” > > However, I have no wireless drivers. I must have to add something to add the > drivers and firmware to the kernel. Not sure what though. I'm not an expert here, but I think that adding kernel-modules and linux-firmware to your extra_install should give you what you need. > > Jim A > >> On Jan 26, 2015, at 11:09 AM, James Abernathy <jfaberna...@outlook.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 2015-01-26 08:26, James Abernathy wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 8:49 AM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com >>>>> <mailto:g...@mlbassoc.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 2015-01-26 06:29, James Abernathy wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jan 23, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com >>>>>>> <mailto:g...@mlbassoc.com>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 2015-01-23 10:24, Jim Abernathy wrote: >>>>>>>> I'm starting a project mostly for self-education. I have already done >>>>>>>> the project using Ubuntu Server 14.04 using a Intel NUC and a >>>>>>>> Pandaboard as targets. Now I want to see how >>>>>>>> easy it is to move it to Yocto. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Starting with the NUC, I can boot Dizzy 1.7.1 core-image-minimal and >>>>>>>> core-image-sato, both built with bitbake and not the prebuilt images. >>>>>>>> However, core-image-minimal doesn't have >>>>>>>> WiFi and core-image-sato does, but I don't need all the GUI stuff. >>>>>>>> It's a headless application. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So what is recommended; eliminating the GUI from sato or adding wifi >>>>>>>> and wpa-supplicant, etc to minimal?? Also any pointers to how to do >>>>>>>> the adding/subtracting would be most >>>>>>>> helpful. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Once this is working all I have to do is put apache-tomcat, and >>>>>>>> openjdk-7-jre, then my application. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We use just iw & wpa-supplicant and set up the configuration >>>>>>> files manually (e.g. the wpa-supplicant configurations). >>>>>> >>>>>> Could you help with a little more details. What I envision is adding an >>>>>> append statement of some kind to local.conf to load in the wireless >>>>>> related files to core-image-minimal, >>>>>> same with openjdk-7-jre and tomcat7, but my first efforts have generated >>>>>> some unintelligible error for me. So that’s why I’m looking for >>>>>> direction on where to start with this. >>>>> >>>>> What was the error you got? I'll bet it was for 'iw' which >>>>> is a package from meta-oe, so you'll need to add that layer >>>>> >>>>> Once you've added the meta-oe layer, you should be able to >>>>> put this line in your local.conf: >>>>> CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += " iw wpa-supplicant” >>>>> >>>> Okay, what I don’t get is the fact that without any additional layers, >>>> bitbake core-image-sato builds all the WiFi features I need. bitbake >>>> core-image-minimal does not. So I’m >>>> thinking that there is some CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL statement that can >>>> just add what is needed without extra layers. >>>> >>>> I guess it just doesn’t make sense to me right now. >>> >>> Try using >>> CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += " packagegroup-base-wifi" >>> which will bring in 'wireless-tools' and 'wpa-supplicant'. >>> >>> I prefer 'iw' to 'wireless-tools' as it is newer and [IMO] >>> simpler to use. >>> >> Thanks, I found that I can clean build with just the wpa-supplicant added >> and I’m hoping that will bring in the wifi drivers. If it does, all I want >> to do is edit the /etc/interfaces file with the Static IP of the wlan0, the >> static IP of the eth0 and the wpa-xxx for the WKPA2_PSK information. >> >> Do I really need the tools? I don’t need CLI commands to change any network >> parameters later. >> >> Jim A >> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Gary Thomas | Consulting for the >>> MLB Associates | Embedded world >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yocto mailing list >>> yocto@yoctoproject.org >>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> yocto mailing list >> yocto@yoctoproject.org >> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto -- Chris Tapp opensou...@keylevel.com www.keylevel.com ---- You can tell you're getting older when your car insurance gets real cheap!
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