Group: Hardware/History/brcm47xx WiFi Access points
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*chose hostapd | *chose hostapd | ||
*chose the additional packages you want | *chose the additional packages you want | ||
+ | *if you want the 2.6.30 kernel you need to modify a Makefile(which one?) | ||
then type: | then type: | ||
make | make | ||
and wait a lot of time until completion | and wait a lot of time until completion |
Revision as of 19:19, 25 June 2009
The router made with Broadcom 47xx card usually run a 2.4 kenrel with a Proprietary kernel module and a proprietary firmware for the wifi driver by default. But:
- the 2.6 kernel has support for the bcm47xx in 2 drivers:
- b43
- b43-legacy for older cards.
- there is a free firmware called openfwwf for some broadcom cards
- openwrt build system supports both(the free firmware and the free driver)
So all what we have to do is to:
- build a rootfs with support for both
- customize our rootfs to make it act like a router(the init scripts etc...)
Howto create a free rootfs
checkout the svn of openwrt
svn co svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk
then type:
make menuconfig
and chose your options:
- chose bcm47xx as target
- chose wifi if you need the wifi
- chose the free firmware as wifi firmware
- chose hostapd
- chose the additional packages you want
- if you want the 2.6.30 kernel you need to modify a Makefile(which one?)
then type:
make
and wait a lot of time until completion