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Package Overview

The Devicescape™ Universal Wireless Platform provides a set of runtime packages that includes both Devicescape proprietary and open source packages.

This Package Guide presents a Quick View of All Packages (including licensing information for open source packages) and detailed information on these Devicescape specialized packages:

atheros-drv package
broadcom-cdc package
broadcom-wl-drv package
broadcom-wl package
BusyBox package
client_bridge package
conexant-drv package
dropbear package
hello package
hostapd package
ieee80211 package
ieee80211-tools package
ipkg package
uClibc package
wireless-tools package
wpa_supplicant package

Quick View of All Packages

This section presents a summary of all packages included with the Devicescape™ Universal Wireless Platform. Information is included on licensing requirements with regard to open source packages. Devicescape packages and open source packages for which there is Devicescape specific information are shown in bold.

Most packages are runtime packages for the target. If a package is not a runtime package, it is indicated.

Package	Description	License
atheros-drv package	Devicescape proprietary Atheros driver used by the IEEE80211 package. See atheros-drv package.	Atheros
basesystem	N/A	Public Domain
bash	Bourne again shell (common sh replacement)	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
bcm947xx-eth	Broadcom ethernet driver module..	Broadcom
beecrypt	Cryptography toolkit	LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)
bridge-utils	Linux bridging utilities	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
broadcom-cdc package	Broadcom CDC driver (4320) See broadcom-cdc package.	Broadcom
broadcom-wl package	Wireless tools to support the Broadcom driver (broadcom-drv). See broadcom-wl package.	Broadcom
broadcom-wl-drv package	Devicescape proprietary Broadcom monolithic driver required by the IEEE80211 package. See broadcom-wl-drv package.	Broadcom
BusyBox package	BusyBox multicall binary that provides UNIX environment. For more information, see BusyBox package.	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
bzip2	bzip2 binary.	BSD
bzip2-libs	bzip2 libs.	BSD
client_bridge package	Devicescape client bridge module	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
conexant-drv package	Conexant monolithic driver. See conexant-drv package.	Conexant
dnsmasq	A DNS forwarder for NAT firewalls.	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
dropbear package	Small footprint SSH server and client See dropbear package..	Dropbear License
ds-config-ar531x	Devicescape AR531X-specific configuration files.	Public Domain
ds-config-bcm947xx	Devicescape BCM947xx-specific configuration files.	Public Domain
ds-config-ixdpg425	Devicescape IXDPG425-specific configuration files.	Public Domain
ds-config-x86pc	Devicescape X86PC-specific configuration files.	Public Domain
ds-filesystem	Devicescape skeleton filesystem	Public Domain
ds-init	Devicescape core initialization scripts	Public Domain
ds-init-dropbear	Devicescape initialization script for dropbear	Public Domain
ds-init-httpd	Devicescape initialization script for httpd	Public Domain
ds-init-telnetd	Devicescape initialization script for telnetd	Public Domain
ds-sample-webui	Devicescape sample web pages for httpd	Public Domain
ds-setup	Devicescape core system files	Public Domain
ds-wireless-ap	Devicescape wireless access point profile.	Public Domain
ds-wireless-client	Devicescape wireless client profile.	Public Domain
ds-wireless-client-bridge	Devicescape wireless client bridge profile.	Public Domain
ebtables	A filtering tool for a bridging firewall	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
ethtool	Ethernet diagnostic and tuning tool	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
gdbserver	Remote server for the GNU Debugger on the runtime side	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
hello package	Example application package. See hello package.	Devicescape Software, Inc.
hostapd package	Access Point daemon. See hostapd package.	BSD Devicescape Software, Inc.
hwdata	Hardware identification and configuration data	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2) MIT
ieee80211 package	Devicescape 802.11 stack. See ieee80211 package.	Devicescape Software, Inc.
ieee80211-tools package	Wireless test and manufacturing tools. See ieee80211-tools package.	Devicescape Software, Inc.
iperf	The TCP/UDP Bandwidth Measurement Tool	University of Illinois
ipkg package	The Itsy Package Manager, a lightweight package manager for installing, uninstalling, and upgrading packages See ipkg package.	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
iproute	IP routing utilities	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
iptables	Linux IP packet filtering tools	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
ixp425	IXP4xx access library and Ethernet driver to support Intel IXP4xx chip package.	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2) Intel
libpcap	User-level packet capture library	BSD
libevent	An event notification library	BSD
libgcc	Compiler runtime library	GPL + Linking Exception
libstdc++	GNU C++ runtime library	GPL + Linking Exception
libtermcap	Termcap database access library	LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)
libusb	Userspace USB library	LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)
mtd	Linux memory technology device utilities (flash management tools)	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
ncurses	Free curses clone.	Thomas E. Dickey
netperf	Network performance benchmark
ntpclient	An Network Time Protocol client (RFC-1305)	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
openssl-libs	The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS	OpenSSL
pciutils	Portable PCI utilities	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
ppp	Linux PPP	PPP License
pptp-linux	Linux PPTP	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
rate-control-<Driver>	Rate control functionality for the driver	Atheros
rsync	Incremental file transfer utility	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
strace	System call trace tool	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
sysstat	System performance tools for Linux	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
tcpdump	Dump traffic on a network.	BSD
termcap	Terminal capability database	Public Domain
timesys-fixup-busybox-dynamic-uclibc	Dummy package to satisfy busybox-dynamic-uclibc dependencies.	Public Domain
tinyproxy	A lightweight HTTP/HTTPS proxy	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
uClibc package	Small footprint C library See uClibc package.	LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)
usbutils	USB console utilities	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
wireless-tools package	Wireless Tools for Linux. See wireless-tools package	GPL2 (GNU General Public License, v.2)
wpa_supplicant package	Wireless client supplicant. See wpa_supplicant package.	BSD Devicescape Software, Inc.
wu-ftpd	An FTP daemon	BSD
zlib	Compression library	BSD

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