嵌入式linux 系统支持usb wifi BL-R8723BT1

目前，在消费电子或商业电子领域，许多产品跑的是Android系统;而在工控等行业，应用linux，Ubuntu系统，也是十分普遍;当前很多主流的开发平台，如全志，瑞星微，三星，官方提供的多是Android系统;若产品需要跑linux或Ubuntu，则需要用户在官方提供的已有的支持之上，进行相应的移植支持;

比如linux，用户使用具体平台提供的uboot和kernel，然后把linux文件系统(一般是通过移植buildroot)移植到所需平台中;

下面的书写，作为工作的一个记录，与各位分享;

以下主要描述的是如何在linux中支持usb wifi RTL8723，即支持RTL8723BU的移植过程，而对于buildroot的移植过程，这里暂不表;

平台： 三星 S5P4418 (4核 A9)

开发板：G4418 (有兴趣的可查看这网站： http://www.graperain.cn/s5p4418/s5p4418-Development/)

内核： 3.4.39

(uboot，kernel，buildroot，RTL8723BU驱动源码，及交叉编译工具，开发板供应商都有提供)

以下为移植过程：

1、编译RTL8723BU源码，生成驱动文件

这里主要改动源码Makefile，指定用到的交叉编译工具和内核源码(这两者都是开发板供应商提供);

生成8723bu.ko文件;

2、重新配置内核，让其支持80211 wext

内核的配置项为：CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT

若此项不做配置，会出现类似的错误：用wireless工具列举时，报错

iwlist wlan0 scanning

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

3、buildroot中，配置支持wpa，wireless tools;重新生成linux的映像;

这样后，文件系统中就有wireless tools，wpa_supplicant等工具，无需另外添加;

4、经过1,2,3步骤后，重新更新kernel和linux文件系统，然后把生成的wlan.ko也放到开发板中;(可通过u盘，tf卡方式)

接着进行测试：

首先，手动加载wlan驱动： insmod 8723bu.ko

/lib/modules]# insmod 8723bu.ko

[ 121.643000] RTL871X: module init start

[ 121.647000] RTL871X: rtl8723bu v4.3.6.11_12942.20141204_BTCOEX20140507-4E40

[ 121.654000] RTL871X: build time: May 13 2015 17:19:00

[ 121.659000] RTL871X: rtl8723bu BT-Coex version = BTCOEX20140507-4E40

[ 121.815000]

[ 121.817000] 29 81 03 7C 01 08 21 00 40 07 05 35 10 00 00 00

[ 121.823000] 26 26 26 26 26 26 28 28 28 28 28 02 FF FF FF FF

[ 121.830000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

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[ 121.870000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

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[ 121.922000] DA 0B 20 B7 E7 47 03 34 C3 D2 BE C2 18 09 03 52

[ 121.929000] 65 61 6C 74 65 6B 16 03 38 30 32 2E 31 31 6E 20

[ 121.936000] 57 4C 41 4E 20 41 64 61 70 74 65 72 00 FF FF FF

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[ 121.955000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

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[ 121.969000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

[ 121.975000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

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[ 121.989000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

[ 121.995000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

[ 122.002000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

[ 122.008000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

[ 122.015000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

[ 122.022000] FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

[ 122.031000] RTL871X: rtw_ndev_init(wlan0)

[ 122.035000] RTL871X: rtw_ndev_init(wlan1)

[ 122.040000] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8723bu

[ 122.047000] RTL871X: module init ret=0

查看网络情况：

/lib/modules]# ifconfig -a

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 72:F4:6C:A0:00:16

inet6 addr: fe80::70f4:6cff:fea0:16/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:580 (580.0 B)

Interrupt:48

ip6tnl0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00

NOARP MTU:1452 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4

NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 34:C3:D2:BE:C2:18

BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 36:C3:D2:BE:C2:18

BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

上电wlan0，ifconfig wlan0 up

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 34:C3:D2:BE:C2:18

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:76 errors:0 dropped:16 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

然后查看能搜索到的周边的wifi源：

iwlist wlan0 scanning

Cell 02 - Address: A0:63:91:DB:B6:AB

Channel:1

Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)

Quality=65/70 Signal level=-45 dBm

Encryption key:on

ESSID:"abc"

Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s

24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s

Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

Mode:Master

Extra:tsf=000000000ffa9085

Extra: Last beacon: 34ms ago

IE: Unknown: 0003747978

IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C

IE: Unknown: 030101

IE: Unknown: 2A0104

IE: Unknown: 2F0104

IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1

Group Cipher : CCMP

Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP

Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

IE: Unknown: 32040C121860

IE: Unknown: 0B050B00560000

IE: Unknown: 2D1AAD1917FFFFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000000000

IE: Unknown: 3D1601001700000000000000000000000000000000000000

IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900

IE: Unknown: 7F080100080000000040

IE: Unknown: DD810050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010C1ADAADF8324644B14524BA52E1A59731021000D4E4554474541522C20496E632E10230007523633303076321024000752363330307632104200033637

IE: Unknown: DD09001018020B001C0000

IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101880003A4000027A400004243BC0062326600

至此，可以看到wifi模块已经是工作起来，可以搜到周围的wifif源;

5、接下来，进行wifi的连接操作

首先，在开发板文件系统的/etc下，创建配置文件：

/etc]# cat wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

ap_scan=1

network={

ssid="abc" (备注，此处的abc，即为需要连接的wifi的名称)

scan_ssid=1

key_mgmt=WPA-EAP WPA-PSK IEEE8021X NONE

pairwise=TKIP CCMP

group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40

psk="abc@@" (备注，此处的字符，即可要连接的wifi的密码)

}

然后在/run下，创建文件夹：

/run]# mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant

接着用以下命令，进行wifi的连接：

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf &

/]# Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant

rfkill: Cannot open RFKILL control device

[ 758.237000] RTL871X: RTW_ADAPTIVITY_EN_AUTO, chplan:0x20, Regulation:3,3

[ 758.244000] RTL871X: RTW_ADAPTIVITY_MODE_NORMAL

[ 758.770000] RTL871X: nolinked power save leave

wlan0: Trying to associate with a0:63:91:db:b6:ab (SSID='tyx' freq=2412 [ 760.899000] RTL871X: rtw_set_802_11_connect(wlan0) fw_state=0x00000008

MHz)

[ 761.005000] RTL871X: start auth

[ 761.010000] RTL871X: auth success, start assoc

[ 761.018000] RTL871X: assoc success

[ 761.022000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready

wlan0: Associated with a0:63:91:db:b6:ab[ 761.030000] RTL871X: send eapol packet

[ 761.124000] RTL871X: send eapol packet

wlan0: WPA: Key negotiation completed with a0:63:91:db:b6:ab [PTK=CCMP GTK=CCMP]

wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to a0:63:91:db:b6:ab completed [id=0 id_str=]

[ 761.162000] RTL871X: set pairwise key camid:4, addr:a0:63:91:db:b6:ab, kid:0, type:AES

[ 761.173000] RTL871X: set group key camid:5, addr:a0:63:91:db:b6:ab, kid:1, type:AES

从打印看到，连接成功;

6、获取ip，让开发板能够通过wifi上网;

方法1：手动设置

ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.30

route add default gw 192.168.1.1(添加网关)

echo "nameserver 192.168.1.1" >>/etc/resolv.conf (改动resolv.conf文件)

以上操作后，尝试ping 网关和外网(www.baidu.com)，都能成功;

方法2：自动获取ip

udhcpc -i wlan0 (这样操作后，开发板获取都ip，可以连接外网)

至此，wifi的移植和测试已经完成;

而为了方便，我们可以把以上的连接wifi的那部分操作，做成一个脚本，省去一些麻烦;如下：

在开发板文件系统中，创建脚本文件wapstart，内容如下：

#!/bin/sh

wldevname=$1

wlessidname=$2

wlkeyvar=$3

insmod /lib/modules/wlan.ko

mkdir -p /var/run/wpa_supplicant

echo "ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant" >/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

echo "network={" >>/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

echo "ssid=\"$wlessidname\"" >>/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

echo "key_mgmt=WPA-EAP WPA-PSK IEEE8021X NONE" >>/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

echo "pairwise=CCMP TKIP" >>/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

echo "group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40" >>/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

echo "psk=\"$wlkeyvar\"" >>/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

echo "}" >>/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -i$wldevname -c/tmp/wpa_supplicant.conf &

运行此脚本的命令为：

wpastart wlan0 abc abc@@ (备注，abc为wifi名称，abc@@为wifi密码)

这样即可完成wifi的连接操作;

接下来就可以ping114.114.114.144测试了，测试OK。

以上所用的wifi模块为usb接口，所用开发板的平台为G4418; 若需要在其它平台支持，如全志，瑞星微等，移植的过程也是类似的;有需要的可以自行尝试;