FS#50660 - [wpa_supplicant] Add service file forcing wext driver

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Eric (zebulon) - Monday, 05 September 2016, 07:38 GMT
Last edited by Jonathan Roemer (pid1) - Thursday, 08 September 2016, 20:55 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Bartłomiej Piotrowski (Barthalion)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: wpa_supplicant provides service files for systemd-networkd. In some case scenarios, it is necessary to force a driver for hardware compatibility reason. wpa_supplicant@.service uses nl80211 driver by default, but there is wpa_supplicant-nl80211@.service that forces nl80211. Unfortunately, many hardware need wext as the driver, and there is no service file that forces -Dwext. It would be useful to add a wpa_supplicant-wext@.service for those users.
The attached file provides an example.

Additionally it would be useful to have -Dnl80211,wext in the wpa_supplicant@.service to have both nl80211 and a fallback to wext.
   wpa_supplicant-wext@.service (0.4 KiB)
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Closed by  Jonathan Roemer (pid1)
Thursday, 08 September 2016, 20:55 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  Upstream issue.
Comment by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 05 September 2016, 14:28 GMT
The files you're talking about all come from upstream. You'll want to talk to them.

Most/all of this can be done by overriding parts of the service file.
Comment by Eric (zebulon) - Monday, 05 September 2016, 20:17 GMT
You are right, I will need to discuss this with wpa_supplicant developers.

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