[arch-projects] [PATCH] Allow override of default wpa_supplicant priority

[Dan McGee]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org> wrote:
> When using the net-auto-wireless profile, it can be very helpful to
> prefer certain connections over others.

Ping?

> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org>
> ---
>  docs/wireless |    4 +++-
>  src/8021x     |    5 ++++-
>  src/network   |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/wireless b/docs/wireless
> index 2e466c7..8bda63b 100644
> --- a/docs/wireless
> +++ b/docs/wireless
> @@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ ESSID (this or AP is required)
>  AP (this or ESSID is required)
>  :   AP (BSSID) of the network to connect to.
>  HIDDEN (optional)
> -:   Define this to connect to hidden ESSIDs.
> +:   Assume the SSID of this network might not be broadcast and probe for it instead. Can be 'yes' or 'no', defaults to 'no'.
>  ADHOC (optional)
>  :   Define this to use ad-hoc mode for wireless.
>  TIMEOUT (optional)
>  :   Time to wait for association. Defaults to 15 seconds.
>  SCAN (optional)
>  :   yes/no Scan for a wireless network rather than blindly attempting to connect. Hidden SSID networks do not appear in a scan.
> +PRIORITY (optional)
> +:   Integer value to use as the wpa_supplicant priority value for this network. The default is '0'. This will override the default internal preferences of wpa_supplicant.
>  IWCONFIG (optional, deprecated)
>  :   Run iwconfig with these options before attempting to configure the connection.
>
> diff --git a/src/8021x b/src/8021x
> index 267a358..a371ff8 100644
> --- a/src/8021x
> +++ b/src/8021x
> @@ -222,7 +222,10 @@ make_wpa_config() {
>     if checkyesno ${HIDDEN:-no}; then
>       echo "scan_ssid=1"
>     fi
> +
> +    if (( $PRIORITY > 0 )); then
> +        echo "priority=$PRIORITY"
> +    fi
>  }
>
>  # vim: ft=sh ts=4 et sw=4 tw=0:
> -
> diff --git a/src/network b/src/network
> index 316183e..953e502 100644
> --- a/src/network
> +++ b/src/network
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ load_profile()
>  {
>     unset ADDR AP AUTH8021X CONNECTION DESCRIPTION
>     unset DHCP_OPTIONS DHCP_TIMEOUT DHCLIENT DNS DNS1 DNS2 DOMAIN
> -    unset ESSID GATEWAY HIDDEN IFOPTS INTERFACE IP IPCFG
> +    unset ESSID GATEWAY HIDDEN IFOPTS INTERFACE IP IPCFG PRIORITY
>     unset IWCONFIG
>     unset KEY NETMASK RFKILL RFKILL_NAME SCAN SEARCH TIMEOUT
>     unset VLAN_ID VLAN_PHYS_DEV
> --
> 1.7.5.2
>
>