From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 22 00:47:00 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D69492FC; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:47:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "funkthat.com", Issuer "funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B13EB2366; Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:47:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s5M0kxn3006648 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:47:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@h2.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id s5M0kxGu006647; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:46:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:46:59 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: conflict between netif and pccard_ether... 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X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (h2.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Rui Paulo , "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:47:01 -0000 Adrian Chadd wrote this message on Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 07:36 -0700: > Why'd you remove these: > > -DCONFIG_GAS \ > -DPKCS12_FUNCS Hun? I didn't... I think your mail client is broken and ate the white space at the begining of the line... > On 21 June 2014 03:40, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > John Baldwin wrote this message on Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 09:17 -0400: > >> On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 7:13:18 pm John-Mark Gurney wrote: > >> > So, I recently was trying to figure out why wireless on my notebook > >> > wouldn't work.. I would boot up the machine w/o the wireless > >> > configured, uncomment the lines in rc.conf, and then run > >> > "service netif start"... > >> > > >> > Wireless would associate, but when disconnect... After some > >> > investigation, it turns out that two copies of wpa_supplicant are > >> > being launched... I believe one from netif, and another from > >> > pccard_ether launched by devd... > >> > > >> > The issue is that both netif and pccard_ether "claim" ownership of > >> > them. pccard_ether will ignore the ifconfig_ line if NOAUTO is > >> > specified. IMO, we need to make one or the other "own" configuring > >> > and launching the interface... > >> > > >> > There is also the issue that wpa_sup doesn't use proper locking on > >> > the pidfile and allows two copies to be launched... My thoughts > >> > is to convert it to pidfile to fix this issue the easiest... > >> > >> I think this is actually the best fix. dhclient handles this correctly for > >> this reason. > >> > >> > Comments? Suggestions? > >> > >> We had a thread a few months ago about this very topic and I committed changes > >> to the rc.d scripts that I then had to revert because it broke other use > >> cases. Having the redundant start be harmless is the simplest way to handle > >> this. > > > > Ok, I converted wpa_supplicant to use pidfile(3), and it successfully > > fixes the issue I had... I get the error that wpa_supplicant is already > > running... It looks like in my case, devd was beating out netif in > > launching wpa_sup... > > > > I've attached the patch... > > > > -- > > John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 > > > > "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not." > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."