Code Review for enabling wifi for Pandaboard

[Vishal Bhoj]

Please review the following commits.
http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,175
http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,183
http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,185

On 13 September 2011 01:04, Vishal Bhoj <vishal.bhoj at linaro.org> wrote:

> Please review the following commits instead of #176 and #178
>
> http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,184
> http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,185
>
>
> On 12 September 2011 23:14, Vishal Bhoj <vishal.bhoj at linaro.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> These are the changes to enable wifi on Pandaboard.Please review them.
>>
>> http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,175
>> This enables wpa_supplicant build for pandaboard adds wpa_supplicant.conf
>> file for Pandaboard.
>> http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,176
>> This change was necessary since ctrl_interface as getting created after
>> wifi service tried to access it.
>> http://review.android.git.linaro.org/#change,178
>> This  patch has been derived from
>> https://gitorious.org/picopc-android-gingerbread/external-wpa_supplicant_6/commit/5f5c50d722eedaedd75c1698b79f464310ce6478?format=patch.
>> The change to wpa_supplicant was necessary because android uses a modified
>> wpa_supplicant and wext calls implemented actually uses IOCTL "SIOCSIWPRIV"
>> which is not implemented in the standard wifi drivers.The patch is a
>> workaround to get wifi working on panda .I have tested the change and works
>> on panda BUT I am not sure if the devices using the original implementation
>> still work.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Vishal
>>
>
>
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