Gentoo approach with interfaces configuration and activation

[zirgo]

Is there a gentoo way to only configure an interface without bringing it up?

I need to configure my wireless interface ath0 with a static IP. But i cannot use gentoo's facility /etc/conf.d/net and issue /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start
becouse hostapd needs ath0 not being up.

Actually i've managed the problem by putting in local.start the the configuration i need (just the command "ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.1"), but i found it a little "dirty" and not very gentooish.
I'd like to use /etc/conf.d/net (and possibly /etc/conf.d/wireless) only for configure my interfaces, and not others files or script. I'd like to do it the gentoo way

Probably /etc/init.d/net.ath0 config should do the trick, but at the moment there isn't such a command in the init script provided by gentoo.

Please, any comment or suggests?

[syouth]

Why can't you use /etc/conf.d/net? You can configure your ath0 there but just don't tell rc-update to bring it up.
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