You should be able to use the simulator for testing that if you are using Linux. There is Windows and macOS support as well but I am not familiar with using it.
http://nuttx.apache.org/docs/latest/guides/simulator.html#accessing-the-network Even without setting up the host network side you should be able to verify your fix. --Brennan On Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 9:48 AM Subhra Sankha Sarkar <rurtle.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Alan and Brennan for welcoming me to the community and for your > prompt response. Sure, I shall get in touch with Petro to understand the > current state of development of the Ethernet driver on BBB and if I can > help in any way. > > I specifically asked for ifconfig because I wanted to test my changes for > https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/issues/1883. Is there any other > way to build and/or test my changes for the issue # 1883 as I don't have > necessary hardware platform(s)? > > Sincerely, > Subhra Sankha Sarkar > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 9:38 PM Alan Carvalho de Assis <acas...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Subhra, > > > > Welcome to the NuttX community! > > > > Unfortunately we selected a board that doesn't have Ethernet driver, > > see inside this directory: nuttx/arch/arm/src/am335x/ and you will > > realize which peripherals are supported to this board. > > > > I'm CC Mr. Petro, he is the guy who ported NuttX to BBB, maybe he say > > if there are plans to add Ethernet. > > > > If you want a board with Ethernet support, you can figure out it > > searching for "netnsh" configuration files inside nuttx/boards/ > > directory. > > > > BR, > > > > Alan > > > > On 10/26/20, Subhra Sankha Sarkar <rurtle.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I just got started with NuttX and was able to build (using the default > > > beaglebone-black:nsh configuration) & run the OS on my Beaglebone Black > > > (BBB). However, when I checked for the list of commands available on > it, > > I > > > am only seeing a limited subset of what NuttX offers. > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-9.1.0 > > > nsh> ? > > > help usage: help [-v] [<cmd>] > > > > > > . cat echo hexdump mkfatfs mw source > > > umount > > > [ cp exec kill mkrd rm test > > > unset > > > ? cmp exit ls mh rmdir time > > > usleep > > > basename dirname false mb mount set true > > xd > > > > > > break dd help mkdir mv sleep uname > > > > > > Builtin Apps: > > > sh nsh > > > nsh> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > In particular, I am interested in the ifconfig command. However, just > > > setting CONFIG_NET=y and CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y (per nshlib README) results > > in > > > build failure. Obviously, I'll have to enable a few other CONFIG > options > > > through Kconfig. The board specific README file didn't provide much > > detail > > > on this matter. > > > > > > Could someone please provide me with some pointers or a list of configs > > to > > > enable so I can run the ifconfig (or other networking commands) on my > > BBB? > > > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Subhra Sankha Sarkar > > > > > >
