3 Buildroot Modifications

The user must perform the following modifications to enable packages of the buildroot.

1. Go to the directory of the buildroot, then enter the $ make menuconfig command.
2. Enable dynamic/dev management using udev. Move to System configuration > dev management, then select Dynamic using udev.

   

3. Enable wpa_supplicant from Target package->Networking applications, then select wpa_supplicant.

   

4. Enable WPA3 Support for wpa_supplicant from Target package->Networking applications->wpa_supplicant, then select Enable WPA3 Support.
   Note:

   • For wpa_supplicant version 2.9 or earlier, two patch changes that are related to SAE handling are required to merge with wpa_supplicant (below). These patches are already included in wpa_supplicant official version 2.10.
     • https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=9bd9434108871108a2988bb9ec7694890060b406
     • https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=d046f2a9f93691215ed112080abd0954557cd90c
   • The patch files must be copied in the folder: /buildroot-at91/package/wpa_supplicant or buildroot-external-microchip/patches/wpa_supplicant/2.9/.
   • On the linux4sam buildroot system, the patches are kept in the buildroot-external-microchip repo at “patches/wpa_supplicant/2.9” path. The patch files in the github repo are located at: https://github.com/linux4sam/buildroot-external-microchip/commits/master/patches/wpa_supplicant.
5. Enable hostapd from Target package > Networking applications, then select hostapd.

   

6. Enable WPA3 Support for hostapd from Target package->Networking applications->hostapd, then select Enable WPA3 Support.

1. Allocate IP addresses between the server and client. Move to Target package > Networking applications, then select dhcp.

   

2. Move to Target package > Libraries > Networking, then select libnl.

   

3. Connect to a secured AP. Move to Target packages > Libraries, then select Crypto.