Re: wpa_supplicant before dhcpcd

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 09:12:22PM +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> I must be being dense, but I don't see the difference or why sockets
> have anything to do with it :)

For dhcpcd we have one instance per interface. They don't share any
state.

For wpa_supplicant you normally have only one instance and that can be
controlled via wpa_cli using a local socket. Multiple instances are more
difficult to manage for that reason.

Joerg