I am starting a new thread and will close the old one, since the subject changed. Not sure this is the right way. This is a follow-up of https://issues.guix.gnu.org/60752 As Bruno Victal writes: > Hi, > > Does connman absolutely require a wireless adapter backend? > IMO if that's not the case, neither iwd nor wpa-supplicant backends should be pulled by connman. (or at least they should be required only if they are present among the services field) > This is because not every machine comes or wants to use a wireless adapter. > > > Cheers, > Bruno This patch allows users to disable wireless adapters or hook in a another implementation like iwd, without breaking existing installations.