[pkg-wpa-devel] Re: Patch: Support for mapping scripts, e.g. guessnet

[Kel Modderman]

On Monday 07 August 2006 20:47, Felix Homann wrote:
> One could also think of trying the mapping script first and then falling
> back to id_str matching. But I can't imagine a scenario in which this would
> be useful, so I don't think we should support it.

Okay, seems like we are in agreement with this behaviour. Great.

>
> > Yes, I would like 'none' too, but this still may cause disruption.
> >
> > Maybe for a release or two, we should check if the user has a 'default'
> > interface setup first and use it. At the same time, document the usage of
> > wpa-roam-default-iface and 'none' while deprecating the usage of
> > the 'default' interface, with a _big_fat_warning_ that it will be removed
> > soon.
> >
> > Comments on that approach?
>
> I like it. Let's do it that way!

I've been thinking about this for quite some time today, and discussed it 
briefly with a friend of mine.

I think I'll keep the fallback, and it will remain as 'default'. It can be 
changed via wpa-roam-default-iface.

Thanks, Kel.