How to add ModemManager and NetworkManager to the st-image-core?

[PGros.3]

I have an STM32MP157A-DK1 dev board and I have successfully build and flashed the st-image-core (Distribution-Package) and flashed to sdcard.

I want to add ModemManager and NetworkManager to the build.

I see that meta-oe layer appears to be included and within meta-oe is a recipes-connectivity which contains ModemManager. How can I enable this in the build?

Additionally, I don't see NetworkManager in any layers. Is thare an equivalent functionality within another package?

Thank you

[Olivier GALLIEN · Accepted solution]

Hi @PGros.3​ ,

NetworkManager is part of meta-networking, already present in our delivery.

So I guess following this https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/How_to_add_a_customer_application#Adding_an_application_already_present_in_layers

Might be suffisant.

Keep me posted

Thx

Olivier

[Olivier GALLIEN]

Also, since using DK1 you can directly try apt-get service to get the package on target :

https://wiki.st.com/stm32mpu/wiki/Package_repository_for_OpenSTLinux_distribution

Might be enabled on st-image-core ( not 100% sure)

Olivier

[PGros.3]

Hi Olivier,

Thanks for the help.

I have followed the instruction from the wiki link you posted and have been able to build modemmanager.

(NOTE: in section 4, there is the instruction to 'cd .../meta-st-openstlinux/recipes-st/images/' but this should read 'cd ../layers/meta-st/meta-st-openstlinux/recipes-st/images/'. Perhaps the wiki can be updated)

So far I have built and flashed the image to sdcard.

The wiki says to modprobe the kernel module but I wasn't sure what module that would be for modem manager, or if that is necessary in this case?

However, mmcli results in:

root@stm32mp1:~# mmcli -B

ModemManager daemon 1.12.8 running

So I guess this is a pretty good indication the build worked!

Thanks,

Paul