From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Baruch Siach Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 06:56:04 +0300 Subject: [Buildroot] configure HOSTAPD build to enable nl80211 driver support In-Reply-To: References: <53D9AC46.9000704@zacarias.com.ar> <20140731035151.GG2480@tarshish> <20140731041325.GH2480@tarshish> Message-ID: <20140801035604.GO2480@tarshish> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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 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 -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch at tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il -