> On Jan 26, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Chris Tapp <opensou...@keylevel.com> wrote: > > > On 26 Jan 2015, at 19:31, James Abernathy <jfaberna...@outlook.com > <mailto: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. >
Well you are right! All I added was: CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += “ packagegroup-base-wifi kernel-modules linux-firmware” After booting this image via USB on a NUC, I had all the drivers for LAN and WiFi devices and the 80211 firmware so I should be able to make it work now. Thanks all, Jim A >> >> Jim A >> >>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 11:09 AM, James Abernathy <jfaberna...@outlook.com >>> <mailto:jfaberna...@outlook.com>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:52 AM, Gary Thomas <g...@mlbassoc.com >>>> <mailto: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> <mailto: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> <mailto: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 <mailto:yocto@yoctoproject.org> >>>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >>>> <https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto> >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> yocto mailing list >>> yocto@yoctoproject.org <mailto:yocto@yoctoproject.org> >>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto >>> <https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> yocto mailing list >> yocto@yoctoproject.org <mailto:yocto@yoctoproject.org> >> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > > -- > > Chris Tapp > opensou...@keylevel.com <mailto:opensou...@keylevel.com> > www.keylevel.com <http://www.keylevel.com/> > > ---- > You can tell you're getting older when your car insurance gets real cheap!
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