The plot thickens. The Pi doesn't support 802.11s but 'batman-adv' (https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/open-mesh/wiki) works. A 'short install guide' (https://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/comments/68s6jp/how_to_configure_batmanadv_on_the_raspberry_pi_3/) for Raspbian was posted on Reddit.
I've added the batman-adv module to pcp 3.22 (it's not available from the GUI I think, but I found it in the 4.9.50-pcpCore_v7_modules.tar.gz archive on SF.net) Then I compiled batctl (see the Reddit post; optional), and could create and manage my first bat0 interfaces. I attach these 2 files, compiled for the "normal" pcpCore 4.9.50 on Pi 3: Code: -------------------- tc@clt3:/mnt/nfs/tce/optional$ md5sum batctl.tcz 71f77ddd67e5f4ca0ff16a8e3d6f0ef4 batctl.tcz tc@clt3:/mnt/nfs/tce/optional$ md5sum batman-adv.tcz 9a06abf2d1380d82a3408037fb227cb3 batman-adv.tcz -------------------- Attached file: batctl+batman-adv.zip 24564 >From there, you can create batman mesh wireless interfaces on PCP 3.22 "non-Audio" version, and try your luck synching players. I have synched 3 players: one has bat0 bridged with eth0, so it can reach LMS; the 2 others are only using the mesh network. I am not testing in the ideal conditions (and with analog out on the Pi 3s) but for CD-resolution music (<1Mbps) the 3 players did sync quite well. On HD tracks things went downhill, but this was a test with 0 optimization to say the least. The mesh network somewhat reminds me of syncing with hardware SBs: when sync break they all stop at the same time. With the mesh when a node in the middle can't keep up, its peers stop as well :) It's not better than good wifi coverage from an AP. But it might be better than bad wifi coverage. Overall this seems encouraging, perhaps others will care to try and report their findings. PS: some extra information that will probably confuse the hell out of you. - Just in case, my current onboot.lst. Quite a mess: Code: -------------------- pcp.tcz flac.tcz ipv6-4.9.50-pcpCore_v7.tcz #git.tcz #tcl-dev.tcz #compiletc.tcz #bc.tcz nano.tcz #autoconf.tcz squashfs-tools.tcz batman-adv.tcz batctl.tcz libnl-dev.tcz netfilter-4.9.50-pcpCore_v7.tcz iproute2.tcz net-bridging-4.9.50-pcpCore_v7.tcz bridge-utils.tcz firmware-atheros.tcz firmware-brcmwifi.tcz firmware-rpi3-wireless.tcz firmware-ralinkwifi.tcz firmware-rtlwifi.tcz wifi.tcz -------------------- - You need wifi.tcz (iwconfig and firmware for your adapter) for batman to work, but the idea was to make a player work without an AP. The pCP GUI wipes out the firmware and wifi-related tcz packages from onboot.lst if you don't activate wifi. So the trick here is to activate wifi from the GUI, save, then edit /usr/local/sbin/config.cfg and set WIFI="off" instead of "on". Don't forget to "pcp bu" after that. Or do the deed by hand with "tce-load -w -i <pacakge>" until you have enough packages to fulfill the dependencies. - Because I am short of SDs and expected to crash a lot, I decided to revive my attempt at netbooting, so the the pCP installs would be on a server and easier to access even when a player is stranded. The SD-free netboot seems slightly better than it was, but still not up to snuff. Since netbooting works only over ethernet, I added insult to injury and bridged the ethernet link with the batman interface created later at boot. After boot I can unplug the ethernet cord on 2 players out of 3 (one must be able to reach LMS on the ethernet LAN) These are the scripts I've been using: - /opt/bootlocal.sh (the NFS boot part is incidental) Code: -------------------- #!/bin/sh # put other system startup commands here GREEN="$(echo -e '\033[1;32m')" echo echo "${GREEN}Running bootlocal.sh..." #pCPstart------ /home/tc/www/cgi-bin/do_rebootstuff.sh 2>&1 | tee -a /var/log/pcp_boot.log #pCPstop------ # Wireless stuff /home/tc/batman.sh # NFS mounting. See http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=19913.0 for i in `cat /proc/cmdline`; do case $i in nfsboot*) # Allows to update pCP boot config over NFS NFSBOOT=${i#*=} BOOTMNT="/mnt/mmcblk0p1" SERVER=$(echo $NFSBOOT | awk -F: '{ print $1 }') DIR=$(echo $NFSBOOT | awk -F: '{ print $2 }') OPTS=$(echo $NFSBOOT | awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | tr ',' ' ') OPTS=$(echo defaults noauto nolock addr=${SERVER} ${OPTS} | tr ' ' ',') echo "Creating directory ${BOOTMNT}" sudo mkdir ${BOOTMNT} >/dev/null 2>&1 # pCP checks in fstab for device /dev/mmcblk itself so mounts fail... # echo "Creating /etc/fstab entry for ${BOOTMNT} over NFS" # ME="$0" # sudo sh -c "cat << EOF >> /etc/fstab ## Added by $ME #${SERVER}:${DIR} ${BOOTMNT} nfs ${OPTS} 0 0 #EOF #" # ... so instead we mount permanently as pCP won't mount/unmount # if mounted already. echo "Mounting ${SERVER}:${DIR} to ${BOOTMNT}" sudo mount -t nfs -o ${OPTS} ${SERVER}:${DIR} ${BOOTMNT} ;; nfsmount*) # Keep pCP happy with a normal-looking SD mount NFSMOUNT="/mnt/nfs" TCEMNT="/mnt/mmcblk0p2" echo "Creating directory ${TCEMNT}" sudo mkdir ${TCEMNT} >/dev/null 2>&1 echo "Adding bind mount for ${TCEMNT}" sudo mount -o bind ${NFSMOUNT} ${TCEMNT} >/dev/null 2>&1 ;; esac done -------------------- - /home/tc/batman.sh (slight variations in the end from player to player. Basically copied from the Reddit post) Code: -------------------- #!/bin/sh # Activate batman-adv modprobe batman-adv # Disable and configure wlan0 ip link set wlan0 down ifconfig wlan0 mtu 1532 iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc iwconfig wlan0 essid mesh #RPi built-in doesn't seem to support a MAC instead of any iwconfig wlan0 ap any iwconfig wlan0 channel 8 sleep 1 ip link set wlan0 up sleep 1 batctl if add wlan0 sleep 1 ifconfig bat0 up # Using DHCP and bridging, make sure br0 will use the MAC of eth0 # Otherwise we change of IP address and the previous NFS mount goes stale. No good. ip link set dev bat0 address fe:12:3c:4e:5f:6a sleep 1 #bridge brctl addbr br0 brctl setfd br0 2 # Kill the lease on eth0 killall udhcpc ifconfig br0 0.0.0.0 up ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up ifconfig bat0 0.0.0.0 up brctl addif br0 eth0 brctl addif br0 bat0 /sbin/udhcpc -b -i br0 -x hostname clt3 -p /var/run/udhcpc.br0.pid -------------------- I really don't think bridging is a good idea; I needed it due to NFS booting. The bridge has to have an address on the LAN, when a wireless mesh with ipv4ll addresses would be much more suited (assuming LMS uses an ipv4ll address too). The bridges in mesh nodes hold all the MACs in the LAN, something tells me that might not be completely necessary... - cmdline.txt (nothing specific to wireless, only NFS-related) Code: -------------------- cmdline.txt host=clt3 nfsmount=172.17.71.1:/export/01234abcd/TCE nfsboot=172.17.71.1:/export/01234abcd/BOOT:udp,vers=3,noatime tz=CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3 dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_mask=0xF dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=/dev/ram0 elevator=deadline rootwait quiet nortc loglevel=3 noembed smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N noswap cron consoleblank=0 waitusb=2 -------------------- 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108670
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