From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from senator.holtmann.net ([87.106.208.187]:56107 "EHLO mail.holtmann.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752914AbZDWIjj (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:39:39 -0400 Subject: Re: Using wpa_supplicant in D-Bus mode with nl80211 driver From: Marcel Holtmann To: Dan Williams Cc: Jouni Malinen , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1240441752.14995.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1240419177.12282.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090422170852.GA7298@jm.kir.nu> <1240426517.12282.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1240441752.14995.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:39:33 +0100 Message-Id: <1240475973.30504.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> (sfid-20090423_103942_718490_7042FFD0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Dan, > > > > I am trying to use wpa_supplicant in D-Bus mode with the nl80211 driver > > > > instead of WEXT. I don't seem to be able to control the from the command > > > > line and the -D option doesn't take. > > > > > > I would assume you are doing this with NM. You could either change it to > > > register the interface (this is not from -D option, but from the D-Bus > > > message) with the nl80211 driver or try to build wpa_supplicant without > > > WEXT support (which would make the nl80211 wrapper the default one). I > > > don't think either of these are yet acceptable as a generic solution, > > > but making NM request driver "nl80211,wext" could be a suitable first > > > step when moving to wpa_supplicant 0.7.x (this makes wpa_supplicant > > > first try with nl80211 and if needed, fall back to WEXT). > > > > I am doing manual testing and with ConnMan. However I would prefer to > > have a global driver setting "nl80211,wext" that I can give on the > > command line and that will then chosen as default if the addInterface > > method doesn't give a driver. I really don't need a per interface > > setting here. > > Um, you can specify a driver for the interface you add in the dbus call > for addInterface. Add a "driver" key to your dict with the driver you > want in the value. Is there a bug with that? I know that I can do that. I was just looking for a global configuration switch to default to nl80211,wext via D-Bus system activation and not via changing the code. Regards Marcel