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• First we need to have the OEM or SOC provider driver and firmware available with us so that we can integrate with our platform.
• There are Generic linux wireless packages need to be integrated with the platform.
• Most importantly, all the compatibility issues regarding Wifi driver and platform need to be addressed before hand, so that there is no issues regarding performance or connection glitches.
• We will need build support files for integration.
• A new HAL has to be written for the platform.

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RDK Wifi Specification mentions, all communication from network manager to the Wifi Driver has to be through WPA supplicant. So the basic requirement is to add WPA supplicant and its related packages such as netlink library and wireless tools. When all the dependency are added to the platform, we have to write a Wi-Fi HAL customized in our platform. Then we have to add the Wifi support in build framework via adding appropriate packages in image recipe as well as machine configuration file.

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