Gumstix Overo Fire!!!

But it is not only for overo issue. I never think ANTENNA is so much important in very close range.
When I try check wifi chip RT2870, It is still not work completely.
Anyway Fire:88W8686 needs ANTENNA even 30cm radius from AP.

And headache cross compile RT2870.
Change Makefile like that,Hope it will help for another too.
I used bitbake, So better use that tool chain for cross compile. Because bitbake already gitted kernel headers and build tool chain.
For example, little change RT2870's Makefile.
in ~/tmp/work dir there is source for build and ~/tmp/cross dir there is Tool chain.
But end of line should be "arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-", compiler will attach on that end.

ifeq ($(PLATFORM),PC)
# Linux 2.6
LINUX_SRC = ~/overo-oe/tmp/work/overo-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/linux-omap3-2.6.31-r51/image/lib/modules/2.6.31-omap1/build
LINUX_SRC_MODULE = ~/overo-oe/tmp/work/overo-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/linux-omap3-2.6.31-r51/image/lib/modules/2.6.31-omap1/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
CROSS_COMPILE = /home/tknv/overo-oe/tmp/cross/armv7a/bin/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-
endif

'HAS_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y' and 'HAS_NATIVE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_SUPPORT=n'
that version doesn't work in arm... still I am testing.

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Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings.


Some of Wicd's features include:

No Gnome dependencies (although it does require GTK), so it is easy to use in XFCE, Fluxbox, Openbox, Enlightenment, etc.
Ability to connect to wired and wireless networks
Profiles for each wireless network and wired network
Many encryption schemes, some of which include WEP/WPA/WPA2 (and you can add your own)
Remains compatible with wireless-tools
Tray icon showing network activity and signal strength
A full-featured console interface

There are instructions for installing Wicd on Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Fedora, Slackware, and Gentoo on the downloads page, although it should work on any Linux distro.

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