linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wireless: make WEXT_SPY and WEXT_PRIV select WEXT

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Date:	Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:34:02 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wireless: make WEXT_SPY and WEXT_PRIV select WEXT_CORE

On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 14:55 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> John W. Linville wrote:
> > Should prevent this build error reported by Randy...
> > 
> > net/wireless/wext-priv.c:206: error: implicit declaration of function 'call_commit_handler'
> > make[3]: *** [net/wireless/wext-priv.o] Error 1
> > 
> > Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
> 
> Sorry, it did not work for me.

> linux-next-20091007/net/wireless/wext-priv.c:206: error: implicit declaration of function 'call_commit_handler'
> make[3]: *** [net/wireless/wext-priv.o] Error 1
> 
> Drivers like hostap and orinoco (hermes) select WEXT_PRIV regardless
> of the setting of WEXT_CORE.  oh, and staging/ drivers do that also.

But they also select WIRELESS_EXT, which should cause WEXT_CORE to be
turned on. Is it possible that is failing?

johannes

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