From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:4504 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752404Ab3D2IJA (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:09:00 -0400 Message-ID: <517E2A96.7080006@broadcom.com> (sfid-20130429_100904_380828_D37C446A) Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:08:54 +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> <517E2A04.5050209@broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <517E2A04.5050209@broadcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 04/29/2013 10:06 AM, Arend van Spriel wrote: > 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? > Yikes, the answer is probably in the commit message: "To support auto-loading of wireless modules from netlink users" Sorry for the noise. Gr. AvS