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fixes #2: WLAN now working on RPi3
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Michael Franzl committed May 5, 2018
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Or use the red PWR LED as heartbeat indicator:

echo heartbeat > /sys/class/leds/PWR/trigger


#### WLAN (RPi3 only)

If `ENABLE_WIRELESS` was set to `true` during install, the WLAN interface should be detected. Inspect if `lsmod` lists the module `brcmfmac`. Also check if `networkctl` lists `wlan0`. It *should* be straighrforward from here to set up a wireless network connection.



#### Notes about systemd
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Allow the installation of non-free Debian packages that do not comply with the DFSG. This is required to install closed-source firmware binary blobs.

##### `ENABLE_WIRELESS`=false
Download and install the [closed-source firmware binary blob](https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/tree/master/brcm80211/brcm) that is required to run the internal wireless interface of the Raspberry Pi model `3`. This parameter is ignored if the specified `RPI_MODEL` is not `3`.
Download and install the [closed-source firmware binary blob](https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/tree/master/brcm) that is required to run the internal wireless interface of the Raspberry Pi model `3`. This parameter is ignored if the specified `RPI_MODEL` is not `3`.

##### `ENABLE_RSYSLOG`=true
If set to false, disable and uninstall rsyslog (so logs will be available only in journal files)
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RPI_FIRMWARE_DIR="$(pwd)/../raspberry-firmware" \
ENABLE_REDUCE=true \
REDUCE_SSHD=true \
ENABLE_WIRELESS=true \
./rpi23-gen-image.sh
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion rpi23-gen-image.sh
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# URLs
FIRMWARE_URL=${FIRMWARE_URL:=https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot}
WLAN_FIRMWARE_URL=${WLAN_FIRMWARE_URL:=https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/raw/master/brcm80211/brcm}
WLAN_FIRMWARE_URL=${WLAN_FIRMWARE_URL:=https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/raw/master/brcm}

# Build directories
BASEDIR="$(pwd)/images/${DEBIAN_RELEASE}"
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