[Buildroot] configure HOSTAPD build to enable nl80211 driver support

[Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>]

Hi Rohit,

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 01:16:57PM +0900, Rohit Kumar wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 01:07:08PM +0900, Rohit Kumar wrote:
> > > but "CONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT" parameter does not exist in the file.
> > > how do i do it?
> >
> > You can just add it. Not all driver options appear in this file.
>
> i will try it
> do i need "make clean" after changes or i can just do "make" ?

I'm not sure about that. Just try out.

> > > i also have the source for wifi driver which i am using, can i change
> > > something in driver to make it support new API?
> >
> > As far as I know this is not a trivial change, but you should better ask at
> > the linux-wireless mailing list.
> >
> > What hardware do you use? Maybe your device already has a nl80211 driver.
> > Most
> > commercially available devices have.
>
> i am using IPtime USB wifi  dongle it uses realtek 8188 chipset

You are out of luck, it seems. There is a driver for this chipset in the 
staging area of the kernel but its TODO file (drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/TODO) 
contains:

- switch to use LIB80211
- switch to use MAC80211

baruch

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