On 9 September 2014 12:33, Patrik Flykt <patrik.fl...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > Hi, > > On Tue, 2014-09-09 at 11:33 +0200, Frederik Lotter wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I posted for some assistance on the IRC channel. I did not see any reply. > > Could anyone kindly have a look at my issue have give me a pointers if > > possible? > > Sorry, must have been off the channel when you posted. We're mostly > available during daytime GMT+0 to GMT+2. > > > I am using RTL8188CUS chip. I took a working driver from Raspberry Pi > > kernel and patched it into our 3.14 kernel. The WIFI works fine. I know > > this chip supports tethering using (custom built) hostapd as I have used > in > > on the PI before. Now I am trying to use connman. I had to add kernel > > CONFIG_BRIDGE however, I still get a NOT SUPPORTED dbus error suggesting > > the driver/interface does not support this feature. > > > > What other dependancies exist ? Do I need a special wpa_supplicant? > > Latest and greatest wpa_supplicant should do just fine. wpa_supplicant > 1.x does also work, but not as well. > > The README says that the kernel needs CONFIG_BRIDGE and > CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE, and wpa_supplicant must be compiled with > CONFIG_AP=y. > > Run ConnMan with 'connmand -n -d src/tethering.c,src/bridge.c' and see > what errors it might print out. > > > Apart from the RTL8192 driver (used for RTL8188CUS) I have not changed > any > > other userspace components I used the "enable-tethering" script to test > it. > > Here you can also use 'connmanctl tether <technology> on' as it does not > require python on the device. connmanctl only adds a dependency to > readline in addition to the connman ones. > > > I am using connman 1.20. > > That's somewhat old. In 1.23 there were a few fixes to tethering, but > they are not related to enabling tethering. I'd recommend to upgrade if > possible, all later releases have fixed quite a few issues that will > bite your system at some later point. > > > HTH, > > Patrik > > _______________________________________________ > connman mailing list > connman@connman.net > https://lists.connman.net/mailman/listinfo/connman > Thank you so much for the quick reply. Your suggestions sound very useful. I will try and report back asap. Frederik. _______________________________________________ connman mailing list connman@connman.net https://lists.connman.net/mailman/listinfo/connman
