[Bug 1814012] Re: netplan type wifis needs a device option

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

That's not quite the device, but a driver value though. I wonder if it
wouldn't be best to either always set -Dnl80211 on wireless (and -Dwired
for 802.1x on ethernet...), or to make it possible to use an alternative
value if matching by driver.

For example:

wifis:
  wlan1:
    match:
      driver: wext
      name: wlan1
    access-points:
       [...]
    dhcp4: yes

** Changed in: netplan
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: netplan
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Also affects: netplan.io (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: netplan.io (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: netplan.io (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  netplan type wifis needs a device option

Status in netplan:
  Triaged
Status in netplan.io package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Some wifi adaptors need to use the -Ddevicename argument for
  wpa_supplicant to successfully associate with an AP.

  The netplan yaml spec doesn't currently support an optional device
  property for the wifis type.

  For instance, here's my 01-netcfg.yaml:

  network:
    version: 2
    renderer: networkd
    ethernets:
      ens32:
        dhcp4: no
        dhcp6: no
        addresses: [192.168.0.222/24]
        gateway4: 192.168.0.1
        nameservers:
          addresses: [8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4]
    wifis:
      wlx4cedfb37602e:
        optional: true
        dhcp4: no
        dhcp6: no
        addresses: [192.168.1.222/24]
        access-points:
          "myssid":
            password: "mywpapsk"

  This isn't currently enough to get the wifi interface to associate.  I
  have to hand-edit:

  /run/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/netplan-
  wpa at wlx4cedfb37602e.service

  ..to include the proper device name.  E.g.:

  [Service]
  Type=simple
  ExecStart=/sbin/wpa_supplicant -c /run/netplan/wpa-%I.conf -i%I -Dnl80211

  Once that edit has been made and systemctl daemon-reload run, the wifi
  interface associates.

  It would be nice if netplan included a..

    device: "devicename"

  ..option for the yaml file that would add the -Ddevicename to the unit
  file.

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