[arch-projects] [netctl][PATCH 1/2] Factor out DHCP client support

[Leonid Isaev]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:32:03 +0100
Tom Gundersen <teg at jklm.no> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Leonid Isaev <lisaev at umail.iu.edu> wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:03:27 -0500
> > Dave Reisner <d at falconindy.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:56:02PM -0500, Leonid Isaev wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:25:15 +0100
> >> > Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Support for additional DHCP clients is now easy to add.
> >> >
> >> > Just a quick question: are there any plans to use networkd as a DHCP
> >> > backend? Yes, it is config-file-driven, but one can probably generate
> >> > the .network files in /run on the fly...
> >>
> >> This sounds like pointless masturbation. Just use networkd directly.
> >
> > That's what I originally thought, and (in a nutshell) this is what I am
> > currently using.
> >
> > However, networkd config is based on an interface name, not a profile.
> > Hence there are special cases when e.g. 2 wireless networks use different
> > settings (dynamic/static IP, different DNS, etc.). In these scenarios one
> > needs wpa_actiond. As long as the correct profile is selected, one can
> > make use of networkd instead of dhcpcd.
> 
> We probably want to improve networkd's [Match] logic, to also work in
> this case. I.e., to match on SSID. Not on my immediate TODO though,
> but patches welcome ;-)

So, the SSID is supposed to be exposed by wpa_supplicant via dbus? 

> 
> In general though, I quite like the idea of using networkd as a
> glorified dhcp client. We probably still lack some features in
> networkd before to make it support a bit of dynamic configuration
> before this really makes sense though.

Yes, but hopefully it won't become another NetworkManager :)

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom

Thanks,
-- 
Leonid Isaev
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