ifconfig(8) and WPA functionality

[Fehmi Noyan ISI]

hiya,

I have been studying OpenBSD's implementation of ifconfig utility and realized that many of the WPA functionality is provided by the OpenBSD's ifconfig utility.

Functionality is implemented as ioctl calls (SIOCS80211WPAPARMS / SIOGS80211WPAPARMS)

and, as far as I have been told, is enough to provide basic wifi connectivity and likes.

Has something similar (embedding WPA functionality into ifconfig(8)) been considered for FreeBSD before? This, of course, is a design matter than being a coding issue.

Thanks