[oe] [meta-oe] task-basic: include wireless-tools for distros featuring wifi
Andreas Müller
schnitzeltony at gmx.de
Mon Oct 31 18:45:06 UTC 2011
On Monday, October 31, 2011 12:17:28 PM Andreas Müller wrote:
> On Monday, October 31, 2011 12:10:28 PM Andreas Müller wrote:
> > On Monday, October 31, 2011 11:42:40 AM Koen Kooi wrote:
> > > Op 30-10-11 11:01, Andreas Müller schreef:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony at gmx.de> ---
> > > > meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1
> > > > insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb
> > > > b/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb index 34aa7e1..9b9385e
> > > > 100644 --- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb +++
> > > > b/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
> > > > RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\ ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES",
> > > > "usbgadget", "kernel-module-g-ether kernel-module-g-serial
> > > > kernel-module-g-mass-storage", "", d)} \ \
> > > > ${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "bluetooth", "bluez4", "", d)} \
> > > > - ${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "wifi", "iw wpa-supplicant",
> > > > "", d)} \ + ${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "wifi", "iw
> > > > wireless-tools wpa-supplicant", "", d)} \
> > >
> > > I have to NAK this one, 'iw' has replaced wireless in the
> > > linux-wireless world and having both doesn't make sense.
> >
> > I had the feeling (am not 100% sure), that adding wireless-tools to image
> > made my wlan work under networkmanger control - will do some tests on
> > that.
> >
> > FYI: networkmanager has wireless-tools in DEPENDS but that is not enough
> > to make wireless-tools into the image.
> >
> > How about wireless-tools in RDEPENDS for networkmanager?
>
> I took a look at networkmanager configure.ac:
> | AC_MSG_ERROR(wireless-tools or libiw development headers >= 28pre9 not
>
> installed or not functional)
>
> I seems better to have iw in dependencies there instead of wireless-tools.
> Will give that one a try.
>
For maiden image wlan works without change / wireless-tools. Sorry for the
noise.
Andreas
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