Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 12:33:32 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net> Cc: clutton <clutton@zoho.com>, "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: service netif restart [iface] runs a wpa_supplicant twice Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonRPHaYAKTm8V5Rj2Uc_ONqbTu2wxZrTM%2Buwpkc7RpLTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAgh0_aq7Mw-4JA6sEa2MoaqjivSNTKkRnfJwuct%2B=v-o4U2kg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1382572583.1862.39.camel@eva02.mbsd> <CAJ-VmonD%2B0rEAYm0Zk5HviciJEngTQ2j5xcKPzuNXBH8CWNA7g@mail.gmail.com> <1382589020.1846.36.camel@eva02.mbsd> <CAJ-Vmok=-bWq-eohdJt%2BwcTrJ43cak_sQu_hxO%2Bzt7HauGgg5g@mail.gmail.com> <1383331203.12614.1.camel@eva02.mbsd> <CAAgh0_aq7Mw-4JA6sEa2MoaqjivSNTKkRnfJwuct%2B=v-o4U2kg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1 November 2013 12:16, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net> wrote: > That actually is a design question I once wrapped my head around > unsuccessfully. The lines above are responsible for configuring wlan0 > if it is created, eg. > ifconfig wlan0 destroy > ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 > will invoke above code which will then invoke pccard_ether. Changing > the code as you intent to will prevent this. > > Someone should step up an decide what is supposed to happen, should > wlan0 in that case be configured as stated in rc.conf, or not? > > The actual issue though, is in wpa_supplicant itself. It has code to > prevent it being started twice, but that doesn't kick in because the > instances are started to fast and we loose (have not yet setup enough) > information in our net code. Uhm, I'm confused by this. Would you mind explaining it in a bit more detail? -a
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