hmm, on Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 02:21:06PM -0400, Brad Smith said that > On 13/07/14 2:16 PM, frantisek holop wrote: > >hmm, on Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 05:37:51PM +0200, Denis Fondras said that > >>> > >>>from the user's PoV, there shouldn't be more needed than > >>> ifconfig <if> inet autoconf > >>> ifconfig <if> inet6 autoconf > >>>aka inet/inet6 autoconf in hostname.if. > >>> > >> > >>I'm curious to see what will come out of it as I cannot envision any > >>added value of these autoconf compared to dhclient. > > > >sounds like a great place to deal with wifi networks. > > That comment doesn't even make any sense. Wifi networks > are not magic unicorns.
that "little userland daemon, let's call it autoconfd" could have a privsepped part doing scans and could make a decision how to set up the wifi interface before dhclient is called. i can dream, can't i? -f -- there is never sunshine without shadow.
