netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "ipw2200: select CFG80211

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Date:	Sat, 3 Jan 2015 10:02:00 -0800
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@...il.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "ipw2200: select CFG80211_WEXT"

Hi Paul,

> This reverts commit dddd60220f41775e634258efd1b54c6fa81ce706.
> 
> The raison d'être of commit dddd60220f41 ("ipw2200: select
> CFG80211_WEXT") was reverted in commit 2d36e008739e ("Revert "cfg80211:
> make WEXT compatibility unselectable""). So revert this commit too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig
> index 21de4fe6cf2d..91c0cb3c368e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/Kconfig
> @@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ config IPW2100_DEBUG
> 
> config IPW2200
> 	tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection"
> -	depends on PCI && CFG80211
> -	select CFG80211_WEXT
> +	depends on PCI && CFG80211 && CFG80211_WEXT
> 	select WIRELESS_EXT
> 	select WEXT_SPY
> 	select WEXT_PRIV

why would you revert this? It is obviously the correct change to actually select CFG80211_WEXT.

Regards

Marcel

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