Re: [poky] [PATCH 2/3] netbase: automatically bring up usb0 on beagleboard

[Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>]

On 04/15/2011 10:00 AM, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> From: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
> 
> Avoids manual configuration of the BeagleBoard xM's ethernet port (which
> shows up as usb0).
> 
> Fixes [YOCTO #930]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  .../netbase/netbase-4.45/beagleboard/interfaces    |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-core/netbase/netbase-4.45/beagleboard/interfaces
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/netbase/netbase-4.45/beagleboard/interfaces b/meta/recipes-core/netbase/netbase-4.45/beagleboard/interfaces
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b6935c1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/netbase/netbase-4.45/beagleboard/interfaces
> @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> +# /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8)
> + 
> +# The loopback interface
> +auto lo
> +iface lo inet loopback
> +
> +# Wireless interfaces
> +iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> +	wireless_mode managed
> +	wireless_essid any
> +	wpa-driver wext
> +	wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> +
> +iface atml0 inet dhcp
> +
> +# Wired or wireless interfaces
> +auto eth0
> +iface eth0 inet dhcp
> +iface eth1 inet dhcp

Since we're adding a this specifically for the beagleboard, I don't see
the value of adding eth0 or eth1. I'm not sure about wifi and bluetooth,
I believe there are modules out there.

I suppose it doesn't hurt to have them there as examples.

> +
> +# Ethernet/RNDIS gadget (g_ether) or LAN9514 on BeagleBoard xM
> +auto usb0
> +iface usb0 inet dhcp
> +
> +# Bluetooth networking
> +iface bnep0 inet dhcp
> +

-- 
Darren Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center
Yocto Project - Linux Kernel