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

[Lukas Märdian]

Released as of 0.104

** Changed in: netplan
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  netplan type wifis needs a device option

Status in netplan:
  Fix Released
Status in netplan.io package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

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

  The netplan yaml spec doesn't currently support an optional driver
  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 driver 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..

    driver: "drivername"

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

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