[pkg-wpa-devel] Wpasupplicant udeb

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Glenn,

On Sunday 25 May 2008 16:14:17 Glenn Saberton wrote:
> Hello,
>     I am working on getting wpasupplicant support in d-i/netcfg. I
> have this mostly working and am now at the stage of getting a patch
> ready for a wpasupplicant udeb. At the moment, to save size, and due
> to the fact that it will usually be home users on personal networks
> using this, EAP support is not needed. This means a separate config
> file for the udeb is required to allow it to be built as small as
> possible. Before I start on the patch I was wondering if the team has
> any suggestions on how to best implement this or requirements that you
> might have.

I don't think there are any special requirements on our side; we would be happy
to conform with whatever the D-I team require.

I note and understand that while we may be working on such a patch now, it is
not to be uploaded until everyone, including D-I team agree[0].

[0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/05/msg00859.html

After reading the above mentioned thread, I had a look at how busybox handles
build configuration for different build targets.

I think, to start helping you, the build config you desire could be provided,
and any initial changes (ie. debian/control udeb description etc) that you may
have made. Then I would be happy to spend some time learning how providing a
udeb works and co-operate to make this goal happen. I have for a while wanted
to help integrate wpa support into debian-installer, but lacked the motivation
and skill to do it, so very very glad you started this task ;-)

We can catch up on IRC too some time.

Thanks, Kel.