Re: [PATCH] hostap: procfs fix for hostap_fw.c

["John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 07:43:46AM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 17:23 +0200, Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer wrote:
> 
> > Problem is local->proc has now been overwritten by hostap_init_proc
> > meaning "registers" isn't removed.  When you reload the module you get
> > an error telling you "registers" already exists (and you then get
> > duplicate "registers" files in /proc).
> 
> I've seen it many times.  Thanks for tracking it down!  I've tested the
> patch with PCI and PCMCIA devices, and everything appears to be
> correct.  /proc/registers is not created, "registers" is created
> under /proc/net/hostap/wlan0/, no more warnings.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <mchouque@free.fr>
> 
> Acked-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
> 
> If a more concise description needs to be written, I can do it.

If you don't mind, I would appreciate a more concise description.
I appreciate the full description of the bug, but I think it is a
bit much for the changelog as-is.

Thanks!

John
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John W. Linville
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