From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B111EECAAD4 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:51:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp2.axis.com (smtp2.axis.com [195.60.68.18]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web12.69477.1661773908683588549 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2022 04:51:49 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@axis.com header.s=axis-central1 header.b=oHicXHbU; spf=pass (domain: axis.com, ip: 195.60.68.18, mailfrom: peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=axis.com; q=dns/txt; s=axis-central1; t=1661773909; x=1693309909; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:references:in-reply-to: content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=XNbhz0llGBnqmj2XEScqQsyZfNFfkanqXW5WSOF4DqE=; b=oHicXHbU/6l2aJtb1aYZMN/ZidsiuJ9SVViWlgk91JWO1fTFhy5ScBp4 IQuQQaMZXfh2wMO7qn9tboeql2Ne0a/Ae2D4I1ZCc6pANrq9K5kg8yLzs V6SCSBev2ZpDgbaIoc2mGGnau95SBst2SDGRkuPGVXBse8ubpVk/e9sl/ mQJ6twbpRVpFIirqDb158LDihAHl/BNvP0I9QqwxvAzjCrw9LBnYDUu66 BpV/SyNForzDu9e0BsoachI9ukORwsjYt1MNX3UV76kSUZ0ttJXxxPTeO oqnfQvNbbJAsBiat4XICiS0D9Ddwr91lu0xFvhX3ZBY0rdAyv6H2etHNQ w==; From: Peter Kjellerstedt To: Markus Volk , "openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org" Subject: RE: [oe-core][PATCHv2] packagegroup-base.bb: remove wpa_supplicant preset from packagegroup-base-wifi Thread-Topic: [oe-core][PATCHv2] packagegroup-base.bb: remove wpa_supplicant preset from packagegroup-base-wifi Thread-Index: AQHYuv9xPV8Ds77K/EmEy8FtY6Crmq3FxFRg Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:51:45 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20220828165830.12594-1-f_l_k@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: <20220828165830.12594-1-f_l_k@t-online.de> Accept-Language: en-US, sv-SE Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.0.5.60] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:51:55 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/170012 > -----Original Message----- > From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org On Behalf Of Markus Volk > Sent: den 28 augusti 2022 18:59 > To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > Cc: Markus Volk > Subject: [oe-core][PATCHv2] packagegroup-base.bb: remove wpa_supplicant p= reset from packagegroup-base-wifi >=20 > This removes wpa_supplicant from packagegroup-base-wifi so that the > decision of which wireless daemon to use can be made within the recipes. > Possible choices would be wpa_supplicant or iwd. >=20 > iwd is a wireless daemon written by intel and supported by all major netw= ork managers. > It can be run in standalone mode and configured with 'iwctl' from the ter= minal, and > with 'iwgtk' or 'iwdgui' from the gui. It can also work as a wpa_supplica= nt drop-in > replacement for network-manager, connman or systemd-networkd. >=20 > iwd makes heavy use of the kernel api, so it is not portable but does not= need > additional external libraries like openssl. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Markus Volk > --- > meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >=20 > diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb b/meta/= recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb > index 7489ef61b0..a70a107dac 100644 > --- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb > +++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-base.bb > @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ SUMMARY:packagegroup-base-wifi =3D "WiFi support" > RDEPENDS:packagegroup-base-wifi =3D "\ > iw \ > wireless-regdb-static \ > - wpa-supplicant" > +" Rather than removing wpa-supplicant, which breaks backwards=20 compatibility and expectations, wouldn't it make more sense to introduce a variable for the wireless service, and default it=20 to wpa-supplicant. Then there is no breakage for those who=20 expect packagegroup-base-wifi to pull in wpa-supplicant, but=20 those who want to use iwd can easily change the configuration=20 in their distros.=20 >=20 > RRECOMMENDS:packagegroup-base-wifi =3D "\ > ${@bb.utils.contains('COMBINED_FEATURES', 'usbhost', 'kernel-module-= zd1211rw', '',d)} \ > -- > 2.34.1 //Peter