From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Cc: <lrodriguez@atheros.com>, <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
<mcgrof@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] compat-wireless: Add warning if wext is deactivated
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:20:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aaefd6f9a498968940884abef19c81bf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1284221913-22455-8-git-send-email-hauke@hauke-m.de>
On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:18:31 +0200, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
wrote:
> ++#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
> + if (!dev->wireless_handlers)
> + dev->wireless_handlers = &cfg80211_wext_handler;
> ++#else
> ++ printk(KERN_WARNING "cfg80211: wext will not work because "
> ++ "kernel was compiled with CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=n. Tools "
> ++ "using wext interface like iwconfig will not work.\n");
> ++#endif
This could use printk_once :-)
Also, if the kernel you're compiling against is new enough and was built
with cfg80211, this isn't necessary, but the normal code could be used
(which I believe this patch currently removes, rather than ifdeffing it)
johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-12 20:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-11 16:18 [PATCH 0/8 v2] compat-wireless: ath9kl and compat_autoconf.h fixes Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 1/8] compat-wireless: handle depending on something build as module Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 2/8] compat-wireless: make atk6kl build with older kernels Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 3/8] compat-wireless: fix for CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=n Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 4/8] compat-wireless: build if kernel does not have mac80211 Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 5/8] compat-wireless: add conditions form config into compat_autoconf.h Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 6/8] compat-wireless: Add warning if wext is deactivated Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-12 20:20 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2010-09-12 20:35 ` Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-12 21:09 ` Hauke Mehrtens
2010-10-02 16:55 ` [PATCH] compat-wireless: introduce driver-select group for atlxx Walter Goldens
[not found] ` <362796.1111.qm@web56806.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
2010-10-05 19:11 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2010-10-05 19:14 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2010-09-12 21:11 ` [PATCH 6/8 v2] compat-wireless: Add warning if wext is deactivated Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 7/8] compat-wireless: remove special handling for CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-11 16:18 ` [PATCH 8/8] compat-wireless: add brcm80211 driver Hauke Mehrtens
2010-09-12 17:16 ` Gábor Stefanik
2010-09-12 17:29 ` Michael Büsch
2010-09-12 17:36 ` Gábor Stefanik
2010-09-12 21:34 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2010-09-14 4:18 ` Henry Ptasinski
2010-09-13 18:27 ` [PATCH 0/8 v2] compat-wireless: ath9kl and compat_autoconf.h fixes Luis R. Rodriguez
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