In previous post we already cover about how we can Enable the Wi-Fi. Until then, we still unable to use them in our linux. In this part, we shall cover how to configure and connect to Wi-Fi hotspot using some tools we will enable and configure these tools using configuration file. Here we go: $ […]
Category: buildroot
Using rootfs overlay in buildroot [buildroot part-4]
If we wanted buildroot to automatically copy some file in root file system in our target, we can use feature called “rootfs overlay”. This feature of buildroot enable us automate copying some file into root file system, usually it’s a configuration file. $ make menuconfig System configuration – () Root filesystem overlay we should fill […]
Enabling Wi-Fi USB Dongle in buildroot [buildroot part-3]
In this post we will talk about how to enable two kind chipset of Wi-Fi USB dongle in buildroot. 1. Atheros in TP-Link 722 We will start from kernel configuration:$ make linux-menuconfig 1 cfg80211 Networking support – Wireless – – [*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility – – <*> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) 2 […]
Writing image in sd-card and connecting to serial terminal in BBB [buildroot part-2]
Writing image to sd-card:For convenience i create a shell script:$ vi writesd.sh #!/usr/binsudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 conv=fsync You need to verify the of=/dev/mmcblk0 to match the sd card in your computer, since running dd will erase the of=/dev/mmcblk0 disk completely. After that change writesd.sh permission to enable it to execute:$ chmod +x After we write […]
Introduction to Buildroot and enabling USB in BeagleBone Black (BBB) [buildroot part-1]
Buildroot is a build system made by bootlin, formerly known as free electron. With buildroot you can build a minimized linux from source and choose which package and service is running in depth and detail. Edit 25 May 2019: to correcting workflow. Initially we configuring kernel first then buildroot. Apparently it’s better to configure the […]