Re: [PATCH] new interface is already up but udev must call ifup anyway

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

On 20-04-09 13:33, Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> Koen Kooi wrote:
>
>>> Proposed solution:
>>> Either:
>>> wpa_wupplicant should perform (or trigger somehow) wlan network hotplug
>>> completely (i. e. call ifup after network association instead of udev
>>> device addition)
>>> or:
>>> Revert previous behavior - "passive" wpa_supplicant.
>>> or:
>>> Apply mentioned patch. Ugly, it fixes only symptom, not the cause.
>>
>> With my distro hat on: shouldn't something like connman take care of
>> wireless? Which would probably mean going back to a passive wpa_supplicant.
>
> Yes, at least on distro build conf level (but probably also on runtime
> or package selection level) there should a way to select networking
> concept:
>
> - ifup/ifdown with /etc/network/interfaces, udev hotplugging and
>    wpa_supplicant handling lost association
>
> - connman handling everything
>
> - NetworkManager handling everything

There's a fourth option:

  - connman handling everything that isn't in /etc/network/interfaces, 
which is the option I like best :)

> OT: I have no experience with connman. Does it have the same "one
> network active at a time" constraint like NetworkManager has?

Nope :)

> And does connman automatically handle "association lost" case for wireless?

It does seem to do that for me with my wep network.

regards,

Koen