tests: Document rfkill workaround for systemd for hwsim tests

Signed-off-by: Michael Braun <michael-dev@fami-braun.de>
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Michael Braun 2017-03-23 12:57:17 +01:00 committed by Jouni Malinen
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With that version, ibss_rsn is failing due to a known cfg80211 With that version, ibss_rsn is failing due to a known cfg80211
regression in the specific snapshot build. All other test cases passed regression in the specific snapshot build. All other test cases passed
at least on retry or were skipped due to missing testing capability. at least on retry or were skipped due to missing testing capability.
With systemd based distros, e.g., Ubuntu 16.04, systemd-rfkill.service might
block the mac80211_hwsim network devices.
The tests will fail with
Exception: Failed to enable hostapd interface wlan3
In the *.hostapd log, would will read
nl80211: Could not yet enable interface 'wlan3' due to rfkill
Your syslog will read
systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status...
This can be fixed by
systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service