From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Apr 18 11:37:40 2011
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0134610656EF
	for <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:37:40 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl)
Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (unknown [IPv6:2001:7b8:30f:e0::5059:ee8a])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 533A48FC1A
	for <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:37:36 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (psc11.adsl.iaf.nl [80.89.238.138])
	by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p3IBbT79077933
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO)
	for <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>;
	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:34 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl)
Received: (from paul@localhost)
	by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p3IBbTPm077932
	for freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:29 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl)
X-Authentication-Warning: mx1.psconsult.nl: paul set sender to
	freebsd@psconsult.nl using -f
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:29 +0200
From: Paul Schenkeveld <freebsd@psconsult.nl>
To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <20110418113729.GA77340@psconsult.nl>
References: <BANLkTikGsV7AMYG7GaJ5BN7yUKgugN+fBg@mail.gmail.com>
	<201104170909.44508.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
	<BANLkTimFRR2TE+H5Vop+TYms8mP4p4FPBg@mail.gmail.com>
	<201104171605.59340.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
	<BANLkTiku1MPd=n91c7CoiF2CuN1qOW_pAg@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTiku1MPd=n91c7CoiF2CuN1qOW_pAg@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
Subject: Re: RFC: supporting multiple hostap instances in /etc/rc.conf
X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack,
	tools device driver development." <freebsd-wireless.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-wireless-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-wireless>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-wireless-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-wireless-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:37:40 -0000

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:19:21PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 17 April 2011 22:05, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Way to complex for my taste :)
> >
> > How about
> >
> > hostapd_enable="YES"
> > hostapd_interfaces="wlan0 wlan1 .." # defaults to empty
> >
> > and then
> >
> > if [ -n $hostapd_interfaces ]; then
> >        for interface in $interface; do
> >                pidfile=/var/run/hostapd/$interface.pid
> >                conffile=/etc/hostapd-$interface.conf
> >                ..
> >        done
> > else
> >        pidfile=/var/run/hostapd.pid
> >        conffile=/etc/hostapd.conf
> > fi
> >
> >
> That sounds fine. Shall we submit a patch to the hostapd rc.d script to
> implement that functionality?

Please go for it!  I had something cooked up here locally but not nearly
as nice :(

I like the idea of just specifying the interface and let the script
derive hostapd_<instance>_pidfile and hostapd_<instance>_conffile from
the interface but perhaps you could create these intermediate variables
and allow them to be overruled in /etc/rc.conf{,.local}.

Paul Schenkeveld