Support for iwpriv options in /etc/network/interfaces

[Alex Hudson]

I would like to be able to configure my prism54 wireless card to enable Prism
Nitro. This is accomplished by executing:

iwpriv eth0 s_profile 3; iwpriv eth0 s_frameburst 4500

... at a cli. I would like to build this information into the
/etc/network/interfaces configuration, but wireless-tools only knows about
iwconfig (i.e., generic options). I was thinking of hacking it so that the
following would work:

iface eth0 ....
  wireless-private-option1 s_profile 3
  wireless-private-option2 s_frameburst 4500

Does that sound like a way forward, and would you be interested in a patch? Or
is there a better way to set this information?

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

It's just as easy to set this information using "up" or "pre-up" (depending on
when you need it set on your card) commands. See the interfaces(5) manpage for
more info.

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

Closing as this is not a bug.