Buildroot - Integrating MM81008 USB drivers / firmware for Buildroot Raspberry Pi based OS Compiling

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Has anyone been successful with incorporating a MorseMicro WiFi HaLow USB dongle into a buildroot OS compile for Raspberry Pi?

Ideally the MM8108 chipset.

Thank you!

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Hi @OffGridTechClub

Would you believe that a Buildroot on Raspberry Pi 4s is actually the primary test and development platform for the Morse driver :wink:
Unfortunately this test platform is not something we intend to make public.

We do also have a buildroot external repository (see BR2_EXTERNAL) which was put together recently. I will discuss with the team a plan for releasing this so you can benefit :), it is likely to be done so with no guarantees/YMMV.

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That’s Wonderful news :grinning_face: I figured it was the best base to start with. I’m actively compiling and adding libs / drivers etc. Hoping to get something working by the time my USB dongles arrive

Thank you

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Note that the most supported Linux system we have is OpenWrt, so if you don’t have a particular preference for buildroot that may be the easier path.

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Thank you James, I will give that one a try as well. Just to establish some baseline speed / range testing. Ultimately I would like to develop my own BuildROOT OS focused around the MM8108 USB dongle.

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Just seconding here I am planning to use Morse on an existing project built off a BR2_EXTERNAL tree. So, if possible, anything published would be great help in getting that up and running quicker. Especially curious the best way to re-build hostap with your fork, whether you just provide your own patches or create a new hostap_s1g package.

Thank you!

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Has anyone successfully built either the MorseMicro OpenWRT / or BuildROOT in general for the raspberry pi 5 ? Very interested in working on this goal.

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I am working on a SPI+queticel+CM5 buildroot, I can certainly link it when I am done as it is open source. My guess its a matter of running custom hostapd, custom wpa_supplicant, correct kernel version, then adding in morse as a kernel module.

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That’s awesome ! I would love to get it running on my uConsole with upgraded CM5

Thank you