netdev - [RFC][PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: No parent is better than an illegimate one.

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Date:	Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:37:43 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH] mac80211_hwsim: No parent is better than an illegimate one.


Don't call SET_IEEE80211_DEV.  This weakens the connections between
the phy files in sysfs slightly but otherwise it makes the driver work
in the face of tagged sysfs support.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
---

Johannes does this change look usable?

 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 6f8cb3e..b387222 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -1282,7 +1282,6 @@ static int __init init_mac80211_hwsim(void)
 		}
 		data->dev->driver = &mac80211_hwsim_driver;
 
-		SET_IEEE80211_DEV(hw, data->dev);
 		addr[3] = i >> 8;
 		addr[4] = i;
 		memcpy(data->addresses[0].addr, addr, ETH_ALEN);
-- 
1.6.5.2.143.g8cc62

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