Hi Stanislaw, > 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);
NAK. We want to auto-load cfg80211 when userspace asked for nl80211 netlink family. Regards Marcel -- 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
