Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:25:55 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> To: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: supporting multiple hostap instances in /etc/rc.conf Message-ID: <BANLkTimFRR2TE%2BH5Vop%2BTYms8mP4p4FPBg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201104170909.44508.bschmidt@freebsd.org> References: <BANLkTikGsV7AMYG7GaJ5BN7yUKgugN%2BfBg@mail.gmail.com> <201104170909.44508.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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On 17 April 2011 15:09, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> wrote: > Given that hostapd needs to be started with a configuration file as an > argument and not an interface like wpa_supplicant you need to add a way > to add multiple configuration files. The conf_file variable is > currently hard-coded to /etc/hostapd.conf, if you add another one like > hostapd_conf_files="" and iterate over it, that should do the trick. > > But I'm not sure how to handle the pidfile, or how to name it.. > > I was thinking of say: hostapd_instances="a b c" hostapd_a_conf="/etc/hostapd.wlan0.conf" hostapd_a_flags="-B -p /var/run/hostapd.wlan0.pid" hostapd_a_cmd="/usr/sbin/hostapd" hostapd_b_conf="/etc/hostapd.wlan1.conf" hostapd_b_flags="-B -p /var/run/hostapd.wlan1.pid" hostapd_b_cmd="/usr/sbin/hostapd" It's not terribly automagic, but it'll work well enough to run multiple hostapds. How's that sound? Adrian > What do people think? I'm happy to script it up and get it committed to > > -HEAD, but I'd rather sort out the 'what' first before I spend time doing > rc > > script hackery. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > adrian > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- > Bernhard >
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