Hi On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:36:17PM +0900, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > 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.
Could you elaborate more why? Stanislaw -- 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
