Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:30:10 +0100 From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant gets points for trying, I suppose.... Message-ID: <AANLkTik=fSknU6LfmAdbh1Lk-idEU7BwKaPmi1qCxnk3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101102155310.GF1506@albert.catwhisker.org> References: <20101101222510.GY1506@albert.catwhisker.org> <AANLkTi=8FvPmT01zJSg6QQ4eiWsQXu9Q%2B-PUnNzZrgSr@mail.gmail.com> <201011020840.54931.bschmidt@freebsd.org> <20101102155310.GF1506@albert.catwhisker.org>
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 16:53, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 08:40:54AM +0100, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: >> .... >> > > I have the switch on this laptop in position to disable the wireless >> > > device (iwn(4)). =A0Is there some way wpa_supplicant (or something) = might >> > > be able to recognize that this is a pointless exercise? >> > >> > Well iwn could bring device down when radio is turned off and >> > bring it up when radio is turned on ??? >> >> Well, that should actually be the case. I don't see how it might differ >> between stable/8 and head. >> >> Can you post the output of >> wpa_supplicant -Dbsd -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -d >> while the RF kill button is in disabled state? >> >> > > I don't recall stable/8 doing this, though I could be wrong. > > Next time I booted stable/8, I checked /var/log/messages, and verified > that wpa_supplicant is also persistent in that environment. > > So I did the above within script(1); I've attached a copy of the > typescript file. =A0This was done while running: > > FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #20 r214672: Tue Nov =A02 04:19:13 PDT 2010 Thanks. I had quick look into that and I currently do not see an easy way to address that issue, as in tell wpa_supplicant about the device's state. This might change though once a newer wpa_supplicant has been imported. For now just add wpa_supplicant_flags=3D"-qqqq" to rc.conf. -- Bernhard
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