James Rayner wrote:
1) 0001-add-some-useful-error-messages-to-wireless-code.patch
Makes the wireless code in rc.d/network output some useful errors and
a tad more robust, rather than failing and giving no useful error at
all.
Not tested yet, I don't have an insecure or WEP network to try it on,
and the family won't be impressed if I start messing with dd-wrt. I'll
try tomorrow morning when they're sleeping.
2) 0002-Added-connection-state-info-to-rc.d-network.patch
Makes rc.d/network create a file for an interface if it manages to
connect. Useful for scripts.
Also needs the directory /var/run/network/interfaces/ created in the
initscripts PKGBUILD.
Scripts should use ifconfig or other networking tools that directly read from the
kernel's configuration for network interface information. What if a user manually
modifies his configuration without using the initscripts? Or does some advanced
networking configuration in rc.local? The information in "/var/run/network"
will not be correct.
I'm going to be blunt, it's a stupid idea.
Glenn
(patches are not dependent)
Cheers,
James
