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[PATCH] services: connman: Add iwd backend support.

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From: Declan Tsien <declantsien <at> riseup.net>
To: 60752 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [Declan Tsien] Re: [bug#60752] [PATCH] services: connman: Add
 option to disable wpa-supplicant.
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 09:17:02 +0800

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From: Declan Tsien <declantsien <at> riseup.net>
To: Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>
Subject: Re: [bug#60752] [PATCH] services: connman: Add option to disable
 wpa-supplicant.
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 09:13:50 +0800

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Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu> 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

Hi,
what about this.

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This way, connman service can let users disable wireless adapters or hook
in a another implementation like iwd.

Cheers,
Declan

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