Reinhard Tartler wrote:
On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 05:26:40AM +0200, Jacobo221 wrote:
init_wpa_supplicant() in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant should
not default to "wired" when $IFACE isn't in /proc/net/wireless'
contents because the first time the interface is set up after a boot
$IFACE might not yet be in /proc/net/wireless since the wpasupplicant
script is run from if-pre-up.d and, therefore, the interface has never
yet been set up.
Which network driver is this? I'd like to report a bug about this. Why
shouldn't a driver not advertise that it handles a wireless device until
it is 'up'?
The current result here is taht, when booting uo, the first time i set
up the interface, it gets driver "wired". From then on, it gets "wext"
(which is what should always be expected).
And that this behavior breaks tools like network-manager as well.
The solution, of course, is to set "wpa-driver wext", but since the
docs say "the default is wext", either the docs are fixed, or the
script has to be slightly modified.
No, the solution is to fix the driver.
I agree about fixing drivers reporting their stuff to userspace.
FYI, I could easily reproduce this when activating a madwifi VAP from
within an interfaces stanza (the interface does not have to exist before
hand).
Plus, the grep of /proc/net/wireless is not _really_ that useful.
Kel.
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