Embedded Linux Projects | WIFI Driver Porting
WI-FI Driver Porting
Project Brief
Bring-up the Wi-Fi interface in an ARM Embedded System by porting and loading the Wireless driver.
About this project
| TYPE | Individual project |
| DIFFICULTY | Advanced |
| ESTIMATED TIME | 80 hours |
| CONTACT | training@emertxe.com |
Introduction
In custom Embedded systems not all the interfaces would be working by default. This requires bringing-up specific interfaces either by writing a device driver from the scratch or compiling pre-existing drive module gets compiled into the custom Kernel, after which applications can be successfully ported.
The goal of this wifi driver porting project is to compile a WiFi driver into the custom Kernel and port any standard TCP/IP based network applications on to the ARM target. Post porting target should be able to successfully do data exchange with host.
Requirement Details
- Implement or port a wifi driver for a existing wifi dongle so that is works with Beaglebone Black
Skeleton Code
The skeleton code is a very interesting concept used in Emertxe. By looking into the skeleton code, you will get a clear picture of converting the given requirement into a working wifi driver porting solution. This will also take care of important aspects like modularity, clean coding practices, reusability, etc.