RFC: shell: split WLAN/WPAN specific options into own command

[miri64]

ifconfig is starting to get really complicated and I'm thinking about splitting some radio specific options into their own command (similar to Linux' iwconfig and iwpan). Opinions?

[jfischer-no]

iwpan for 802.15.4 and iwconfig for 802.11 ?

[OlegHahm]

iwconfig was deprecated alredy 5 years ago - we should rather go for iw then.

[jfischer-no]

then iwpan for 802.15.4 and iw for 802.11

[miri64]

Yes, for example.

[jfischer-no]

What about not ieee std devices like cc110x?

[OlegHahm]

Do we really need to split this up for different radio technologies? Most properties (channel, TX power, network identifier) should be rather similar for most technologies.

[miri64]

Yes most, but as #5469 already shows, there are some that can even be very specific for vendors.

[OlegHahm]

But that's (as you wrote yourself) vendor specific, not specific to the technology and would prefer to keep the number of shell commands small. Even for 802.11 chips on Linux you'll find a broad variety of available options, but (fortunately) only one tool.

[jfischer-no]

I am on iwpan, will add it to #5485

[miri64]

@jfischer-phytec-iot can you please introduce it in a seperate PR and just adapt it in #5485? It will make the review more focused this way.

[miri64]

Also, when push comes to shove I'm for iw instead of iwpan ;-).