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I may have finally found a clean solution to the issues[1][2][3] with the automatic discovery of wireless network interfaces. [1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/101963 [2]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/23196 [3]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/125917#issuecomment-856000426 Currently the start script fails right away if no interface is available by the time it's running, possibly leaving the system without network. This happens when running a little early in the boot. A solution is to instead wait for at least one interface to appear before scanning the /sys/class/net/ directory. This is done here by listening for the right udev events (from the net/wlan subsystem) using the `udevadm monitor` command and grep to match its output. This methods guarantees the availability of at least one interface to wpa_supplicant, but won't add additional interfaces once it has started. However, if the current interface is lost, say unplugged, the service is automatically stopped and will be restarted as soon as a one (not necessarily the same) is detected. It would be possible make this fully dynamic by running another service that continously listen for udev events and manages the main wpa_supplicant daemon, but this is probably overkill. I tested the following cases: - one interface, starting at boot, w/o predictable naming scheme - two interfaces, starting at boot (intel wireless and a usb adapter), w/o predictable naming scheme - one interface after the system booted, w/o predictable naming scheme - two interfaces after the system booted, w/o predictable naming scheme - unplugging and plugging back the current interface |
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