From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mms2.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.18]:2507 "EHLO mms2.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752580Ab3D2IGp (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:06:45 -0400 Message-ID: <517E2A04.5050209@broadcom.com> (sfid-20130429_100650_914634_4EA0DF14) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:06:28 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marcel Holtmann" cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] nl80211: Add generic netlink module alias for cfg80211/nl80211 References: <1367191326-30078-1-git-send-email-marcel@holtmann.org> In-Reply-To: <1367191326-30078-1-git-send-email-marcel@holtmann.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/29/2013 01:22 AM, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c > index 84c9ad7..68f0c96 100644 > --- a/net/wireless/core.c > +++ b/net/wireless/core.c > @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ > MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg"); > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("wireless configuration support"); > +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(NL80211_GENL_NAME); Just being curious here (might learn something). What does this macro provide? Is it intended to help user-space tools identify the netlink API/family it provides? > /* RCU-protected (and cfg80211_mutex for writers) */ > LIST_HEAD(cfg80211_rdev_list); Regards, Arend