Linux/AM5718: Arago/Yocto wpa-supplicant version question

Tavi

Intellectual 410 points

Part Number: AM5718

Tool/software: Linux

Hello,

I'm trying to build a custom image based on the arago distribution corresponding to SDK 05.02.00.10.

My project will use an USB wifi dongle and I need to include the wpa-supplicant package.

However, if I put IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " wpa-supplicant" in my image recipe the build process pulls in wpa-supplicant-wl18xx from the meta-arago layer, which seems to be a custom version for the TI WL18XX modules.

How can override this behavior and use the recipe from oe-core/meta layer? I tried setting PREFERRED_VERSION_wpa-supplicant="2.6" but did not make any difference. The only thing that seems to work is removing the wpa-supplicant-wl18xx.bb recipe from meta-arago, but I'm thinking there has to be a better way.

Please advise,

--Tavi

over 6 years ago

0 Kemal R. Shakir over 6 years ago

TI__Guru 55345 points

Hello Tavi,

You need to change the PREFERRED_PROVIDER_wpa-supplicant_omap-a15 = "wpa-supplicant-wl18xx" to PREFERRED_PROVIDER_wpa-supplicant_omap-a15 = "wpa-supplicant" in <tisdk>/sources/meta-arago/meta-arago-distro/conf/distro/include/arago-prefs.inc to have the wpa-suplicant from oe-core/meta layer included in your image.

Best regards,
Kemal

0 Tavi over 6 years ago in reply to Kemal R. Shakir

Intellectual 410 points

Is there any way to make this change without modifying the meta-arago layer?
I created my meta-custom layer and I would like to keep changes confined there for maintainability.

0 Kemal R. Shakir over 6 years ago in reply to Tavi

TI__Guru 55345 points

You can add these two lines into your layer.

PREFERRED_PROVIDER_wpa-supplicant_omap-a15_remove = "wpa-supplicant-wl18xx"
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_wpa-supplicant_omap-a15_append += "wpa-supplicant"

0 Tavi over 6 years ago in reply to Kemal R. Shakir

Intellectual 410 points

This seems to work if I put it in build/conf/local.conf

But if I put them in the in meta-custom/recipes-custom/images/image.bb layer they don't take effect. This is what I have in my my image.bb recipe:

PREFERRED_PROVIDER_wpa-supplicant_omap-a15_remove = "wpa-supplicant-wl18xx"
PREFERRED_PROVIDER_wpa-supplicant_omap-a15_append += "wpa-supplicant"
IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " wpa-supplicant"

The meta-custom priority is set to 20 which is higher than meta-arago layers.
Is there anything else I need to do to override this from my layer?

0 Kemal R. Shakir over 6 years ago in reply to Tavi

TI__Guru 55345 points

Please, see this mail thread.

0 Tavi over 6 years ago in reply to Kemal R. Shakir

Intellectual 410 points

Thanks.
I managed to make those settings work from my layer by creating a custom distro based on arago

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