[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] recipes-connectivity: Add hostapd configuration for enabling Marvell 8897 WiFi feature

[Richard Purdie]

On Thu, 2015-07-09 at 13:10 +0800, wei.tee.ng at intel.com wrote:
> From: Ng Shui Lei <shui.lei.ng at intel.com>
> 
> Hostapd features was created in the recipes-connectivity
> layer to enable Marvell 8897 module in AP mode and STA mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ng Shui Lei <shui.lei.ng at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ng Wei Tee <wei.tee.ng at intel.com>
> ---
>  .../hostapd/hostapd-2.2/defconfig                  |  145 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  .../hostapd/hostapd-2.2/hostapd.service            |   11 ++
>  meta/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd-2.2/init |   58 ++++++++
>  meta/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd_2.2.bb   |   48 +++++++
>  4 files changed, 262 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd-2.2/defconfig
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd-2.2/hostapd.service
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd-2.2/init
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-connectivity/hostapd/hostapd_2.2.bb

I'm by no means a comms expert which is one of the reasons I've not
replied to this, I'd hoped someone with more knowledge would. Part of
the issue here is that hostapd and connmand have overlapping
functionality, conflicting in some cases.

So the question is why do we need hostapd if we have connman (which is
already in OE-Core)?

Cheers,

Richard