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

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

On 04/15/2011 04:37 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
>
>
> 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.

eth1 yes, but doesn't the BeagleBoard xM have eth0?

>
> 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
>> +
>

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