On Wed Jul 29, 2026 at 3:02 AM CEST, Hangtian Zhu wrote:
>
>
> On 7/28/2026 20:06, Yoann Congal wrote:
>> On Tue Jul 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM CEST, Hangtian Zhu via 
>> lists.openembedded.org wrote:
>>> Add optional PACKAGECONFIG entries for suiteb, wnm, and mbo and map
>>> these to the corresponding upstream build flags:
>>>
>>> - suiteb: enable CONFIG_SUITEB and CONFIG_SUITEB192 for
>>>    WPA-EAP-SUITE-B/WPA-EAP-SUITE-B-192 enterprise modes
>>> - wnm: enable CONFIG_WNM for IEEE 802.11v Wireless Network Management
>>> - mbo: enable CONFIG_MBO for Multi Band Operation extensions used with
>>>    BSS Transition Management
>>>
>>> Upstream hostap configuration keeps these as optional capabilities.
>>> Exposing them as PACKAGECONFIG options lets distros opt in for
>>> enterprise and roaming use cases without changing the default oe-core
>>> feature set.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hangtian Zhu <[email protected]>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <[email protected]>
>>> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <[email protected]>
>>> (cherry picked from commit 38860938302e6167b1c890b75e808f3a4ff08805)
>>> ---
>>>   .../wpa-supplicant/wpa-supplicant_2.11.bb        | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm sorry but PACKAGECONFIG adding new features are not acceptable per
>> stable policy. I recommend doing this in downstream layers.
> it's a cherry-pick commit from master branch, by adding PACKAGECONFIG, 
> distros can opt in to enabling these features.

Again, I'm sorry but, while this is required, this is not a sufficient
reason for stable branches. Other conditions apply:
See the "Stable/LTS Patch Acceptance Policies":
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Stable_Release_and_LTS#Stable/LTS_Patch_Acceptance_Policies
> Unacceptable:
>  * New features

And this is a new feature. So I can't accept this patch.

Regards,
-- 
Yoann Congal
Smile ECS

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