I am finally trying to be build an image of Bullseye that we can use for our systems development. My first task is to add the ability to have a wifi access point (AP) like I just finally got working on Buster. The full output of Beagle-Version is at then end of this post but here are the basics.
root@BeagleBone:~# beagle-version
eeprom:[A335BNLT00C02411SBB02285]
model:[TI_AM335x_BeagleBone_Black]
dogtag:[BeagleBoard.org Debian Bullseye IoT Image 2023-09-02]
bootloader:[microSD-(push-button)]:[/dev/mmcblk0]:[U-Boot SPL 2022.04-ge0d31da5 (Aug 04 2023 - 18:48:26 +0000)]:[location: dd MBR]
bootloader:[eMMC-(default)]:[/dev/mmcblk1]:[U-Boot SPL 2019.04-00002-gc9b3922522 (Aug 24 2020 - 16:42:18 -0500)]:[location: dd MBR]
bootloader:[eMMC-(default)]:[/dev/mmcblk1]:[U-Boot 2019.04-00002-gc9b3922522]:[location: dd MBR]
UBOOT: Booted Device-Tree:[am335x-boneblack-uboot-univ.dts]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-19-TI-00A0]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-ADC-00A0.kernel]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-BONE-eMMC1-01-00A0.kernel]
UBOOT: Loaded Overlay:[BB-I2C2-RTC-DS3231]
kernel:[5.10.168-ti-r71]
nodejs:[v12.22.12]
/boot/uEnv.txt Settings:
uboot_overlay_options:[enable_uboot_overlays=1]
uboot_overlay_options:[uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/BB-W1_P9.12-00A0.dtbo]
uboot_overlay_options:[uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/BB-I2C2-RTC-DS3231.dtbo]
uboot_overlay_options:[disable_uboot_overlay_video=1]
uboot_overlay_options:[disable_uboot_overlay_audio=1]
uboot_overlay_options:[uboot_overlay_pru=AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-19-TI-00A0.dtbo]
uboot_overlay_options:[enable_uboot_cape_universal=1]
pkg check: to individually upgrade run: [sudo apt install --only-upgrade <pkg>]
pkg:[bb-cape-overlays]:[4.14.20210821.0-0~bullseye+20210821]
pkg:[bb-customizations]:[1.20230720.1-0~bullseye+20230720]
pkg:[bb-usb-gadgets]:[1.20230414.0-0~bullseye+20230414]
pkg:[bb-wl18xx-firmware]:[1.20230414.0-0~bullseye+20230414]
pkg:[kmod]:[28-1]
WARNING:pkg:[librobotcontrol]:[NOT_INSTALLED]
pkg:[firmware-ti-connectivity]:[20210315-3]
output of lsusb is
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0846:9030 NetGear, Inc. WNA1100 Wireless-N 150 [Atheros AR9271]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
output of hostapd.conf is
#interface=SoftAp0
interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=BBB_Dev1
wpa_passphrase=BeagleBone
hw_mode=g
channel=6
auth_algs=1
wpa=2
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=CCMP
#rsn_pairwise=CCMP
##
##
##macaddr_acl=0
##ignore_broadcast_ssid=0
##
##logger_syslog=-1
##logger_syslog_level=2
output of rc.local is
sleep 10
ip link set wlan0 up
ip addr add 192.168.50.1/24 dev wlan0
systemctl restart hostapd
systemctl restart systemd-networkd
systemctl restart ssh
exit 0
The AP come up and I can see it and connect to it from my WIndows 10 machine and from and iPad.