From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:57683 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932637AbaKMNZv (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:25:51 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:22:53 +0100 From: Stanislaw Gruszka To: Johannes Berg Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Marcel Holtmann Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: remove net-pf-16-proto-16-family-nl80211 module alias Message-ID: <20141113132252.GB1926@redhat.com> (sfid-20141113_142554_506705_35608414) References: <20141113123313.GA1926@redhat.com> <1415882683.2021.3.camel@sipsolutions.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1415882683.2021.3.camel@sipsolutions.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka --- 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); /* RCU-protected (and RTNL for writers) */ LIST_HEAD(cfg80211_rdev_list); -- 1.8.3.1