netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] ipw2200: select CFG80211

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Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:52:48 +0200
From:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
	Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@...il.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] ipw2200: select CFG80211_WEXT

Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> writes:

> Commit 24a0aa212ee2 ("cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility unselectable")
> made it impossible to depend on CFG80211_WEXT. It does still allow to
> select that symbol. (Yes, the commit summary is confusing.)
>
> So make IPW2200 select CFG80211_WEXT, so that the ipw2200 driver can be
> built again.

I think the last sentence is a bit misleading (this isn't a compilation
error, right?) and I would like to clarify it like this:

"So make IPW2200 select CFG80211_WEXT, so that the ipw2200 driver can be
enabled in config again."

Does that look ok?

-- 
Kalle Valo
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