Device Network API: Wifi connect

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The hi-fi hub for the audiophile http://www.hiphonix.com

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Device Network API: Wifi connect #13

Open dermidgen opened 7 years ago

dermidgen commented 7 years ago

API support for joining a wireless network via command: NET_CONNECT

dermidgen commented 7 years ago

@ziswiler and @dermidgen have investigated various approaches.

connman via shell - fails due to requiring interactive mode + agent; also requires writing multiple config files to the fs & cleanup.
connman via dbus - blocked; require dbus wiring support
wpa_supplicant via shell - fails due to permissions; also requires writing multiple config files to the fs & cleanup
wpa_supplicant va dbus - blocked; require dbus wiring support

dermidgen commented 7 years ago

Final approach: Dbus to rule them all.

After a great deal of research it is decided: Dbus is the way to go. We can use it to communicate with wpa_supplicant in the same way that connman does.

Refs:

@ziswiler @jgaud16 - I am awaiting your help on setting up the dbus stuff I need and hooking it into my mainloop in hiphonix.c