xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
Hi all, Is there a way to tweak the os300 build so that it brings up the Libertas device just as eth0 (and doesn't enable the 802.11s features in the firmware)? cheers, m --  martin.langh...@gmail.com  mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect  - ask interesting questions  - don't get distr

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-12 Thread Paul Fox
martin wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to tweak the os300 build so that it brings up the > Libertas device just as eth0 (and doesn't enable the 802.11s features > in the firmware)? was there a way to do that in 802? paul =- paul fox, p...@laptop.org

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Paul Fox wrote: >  > Is there a way to tweak the os300 build so that it brings up the >  > Libertas device just as eth0 (and doesn't enable the 802.11s features >  > in the firmware)? > > was there a way to do that in 802? Good question -- no there wasn't. But t

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-13 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
> Is there a way to tweak the os300 build so that it brings up the > Libertas device just as eth0 I presume you are asking about installing a distribution which embodies that definition - I myself do not understand how to modify the "build process". But if the question refers only to "hacking" an

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-13 Thread Daniel Drake
On 12 July 2010 17:59, Martin Langhoff wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to tweak the os300 build so that it brings up the > Libertas device just as eth0 (and doesn't enable the 802.11s features > in the firmware)? Just curious, why? The usual NetworkManager methods (if any?) should work, goo

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-13 Thread John Watlington
On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:03 PM, Martin Langhoff wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Paul Fox wrote: >> > Is there a way to tweak the os300 build so that it brings up the >> > Libertas device just as eth0 (and doesn't enable the 802.11s features >> > in the firmware)? >> >> was there a w

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-13 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:22 AM, John Watlington wrote: > As far as I know, there is NO way to completely disable mesh > support on XO-1 without holding the WLAN card in reset. Boo. Ok. > Even if you don't support it at the OS level, the firmware will > still behave badly if it receives a mesh

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-13 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Reuben K. Caron wrote: > Um, I think this should send a mesh stop command to the firmware. > > echo 0 > /sys/class/net/eth1/lbs_mesh > > From: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5144 I like hearing from people who know stuff :-) Excellent, so adding that to an init-sc

Re: xo-1 os300 -- switch off mesh?

2010-07-14 Thread Frantisek Dufka
martin wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a way to tweak the os300 build so that it brings up the > Libertas device just as eth0 (and doesn't enable the 802.11s features > in the firmware)? echo 0 >/sys/class/net/eth0/lbs_mesh as per http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details#Disabling