With the alias cfg80211 module is loaded on systems without the wireless hardware when user-space use nl80211 to discover if there are wireless devices, what is considered as resources wastage. On systems with wireless hardware cfg80211 module will be loaded anyway.
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <[email protected]> --- net/wireless/core.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c index a4d2792..badcabe 100644 --- a/net/wireless/core.c +++ b/net/wireless/core.c @@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_DESCRIPTION("wireless configuration support"); -MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(NL80211_GENL_NAME); /* RCU-protected (and RTNL for writers) */ LIST_HEAD(cfg80211_rdev_list); -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
