[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH v2] axs10x: initilaze network for wireless access-point

[Alexey Brodkin]

Hi Felix,

On Mon, 2015-12-07 at 18:01 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2015-12-07 17:57, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> > Hi Felix,
> > 
> > On Mon, 2015-12-07 at 17:49 +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> > > On 2015-12-07 17:45, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> > > > ARC SDP board sports only 1 network interface - eth0,
> > > > so to operate as an access point it requires at least
> > > > another interface (preferably wireless),
> > > > so USB Wi-Fi dongle is what we want.
> > > > 
> > > > And with USB Wi-Fi dongle attached ARC SDP board could be
> > > > used as a "dumb" wireless access point.
> > > > 
> > > > Now with modified network setup script it is only required
> > > > to enable wireless radio on the first boot with
> > > > -------------->8------------
> > > > uci set wireless.radio0.disabled=0
> > > > uci commit wireless
> > > > wifi
> > > > -------------->8------------
> > > > 
> > > > Note if by the time initscripts are executed USB Wi-Fi
> > > > dongle not yet recognized and set up by Linux kernel
> > > > its autodetection by "wifi" tool may not happen
> > > > automatically. In that case before issuing command above
> > > > one needs to populate /etc/config/wireless config:
> > > > -------------->8------------
> > > > wifi detect > /etc/config/wireless
> > > > -------------->8------------
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin at synopsys.com>
> > > > Cc: Felix Fietkau <nbd at openwrt.org>
> > > > Cc: Jo-Philipp Wich <jow at openwrt.org>
> > > > Cc: Jonas Gorski <jogo at openwrt.org>
> > > > ---
> > > > 
> > > > Changes compared to v1:
> > > >  * Rebased on top of current master
> > > > 
> > > >  target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network | 1 +
> > > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/arc770/base
> > > > -files/etc/board.d/02_network
> > > > index cd5ad2d..7c74d2d 100755
> > > > --- a/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> > > > +++ b/target/linux/arc770/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> > > > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ board_config_update
> > > >  case "$( arc_board_name )" in
> > > >  "arc-sdp"*)
> > > >  	ucidef_set_interface_lan "eth0" "dhcp"
> > > > +	uci set network.lan.type='bridge'
> > > board.d files should not be calling uci, and I don't think this line
> > > even works. By the way, I don't think such a change is needed anymore,
> > > did you test the current code as-is?
> > 
> > Frankly I havent's tested it yet.
> > From that patch http://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt.git;a=commitdiff;h=d0c35cbea6d55ddf2bff16e909ddf4feb6779aa5
> > I was under impression that this is only a matter of where init scripts
> > were moved.
> Not quite. The new files use a different implementation of a similar API
> which doesn't generate any uci calls directly anymore. Instead, an
> intermediate file - /etc/board.json - is emitted, which gets used to
> generate the default config in a generic way.

Thanks for explanation.

> > BTW I should have named that patch v3, because v2 was sitting in patchwork
> > for about 2 weeks already. And since "real" v2 patch does work, see http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/548641/
> > (which is tested many times as of today) I floated "v3" right after rebase of my local repo.
> > 
> > Any thoughts how I may setup a bridge on eth0 in init scripts in board.d?
> Please test the current code, it should have a bridge automatically
> without any changes to the existing scripts.

Sure, let me try it on my board and if I still see any issues
I'll let you know.

-Alexey
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