[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 0/2] introduce label_mac into hostname and SSID

[Piotr Dymacz]

Hi Adrian,

On 08.11.2019 12:48, Adrian Schmutzler wrote:
> This patchset will introduce the label MAC address into the _default_
> hostname and SSID of OpenWrt devices. Devices installed after these
> commits (or upgraded with sysupgrade -n) will have their hostname and
> SSID set to
> OpenWrt-ddeeff
> where "ddeeff" is the EUI of the label MAC address aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff.

As this is something which touches essential system setting 
(identification), I would really like other team members to join the 
discussion before it sneaks in again. Especially because this was 
already merged and reverted later, after short discussion on IRC.

 From my point of view, I'm only worried about all the consequences we 
don't know about, so I would prefer to have this one _optional_.

On the other hand, I'm fine with the SSID change but I see it's not 
going to be that straightforward to implement.
Also, what I'm thinking about here is which one MAC should be used for 
the SSID name. The 'label' one which is not available on all devices or 
maybe the 'phy' one?

> For devices where no label MAC address has been specified, hostname
> and SSIDs will use the former default "OpenWrt".

And this is probably the biggest issue I have with the whole idea behind 
'label_mac'. As I understand the motivation, I don't like the fact it's 
not specified (and probably would never be) for all devices so we will 
have here inconsistency (in essential system settings!) and might end up 
with confusion. Maybe that's something which should be handled by 
downstream users/projects (and AFAIK, it is already).

-- 
Cheers,
Piotr

> 
> Implementing the EUI is intended to make identification of a
> particular OpenWrt device easier. The label MAC address qualifies
> for this as it is easily visible on the case and thus apparent to
> both educated and uneducated users.
> 
> Adrian Schmutzler (1):
>    base-files: rename SSID with EUI of mac address
> 
> Rosy Song (1):
>    base-files: rename hostname with EUI of mac address
> 
>   package/base-files/files/bin/config_generate  | 16 +++++++++++++-
>   .../etc/uci-defaults/15_wifi-ssid-mac-address | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>   create mode 100644 package/base-files/files/etc/uci-defaults/15_wifi-ssid-mac-address
> 


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