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

[Stanislav Brabec]

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

OT: I have no experience with connman. Does it have the same "one
network active at a time" constraint like NetworkManager has? And does
connman automatically handle "association lost" case for wireless?

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Stanislav Brabec
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