netdev - [RFC 03/12] 6lowpan: remove ipv6 module request

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Date:	Mon, 23 May 2016 21:21:59 +0200
From:	Alexander Aring <aar@...gutronix.de>
To:	linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kernel@...gutronix.de, marcel@...tmann.org,
	jukka.rissanen@...ux.intel.com, hannes@...essinduktion.org,
	stefan@....samsung.com, mcr@...delman.ca, werner@...esberger.net,
	linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Aring <aar@...gutronix.de>
Subject: [RFC 03/12] 6lowpan: remove ipv6 module request

Since we use exported function from ipv6 kernel module we don't need to
request the module anymore to have ipv6 functionality.

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@....samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aar@...gutronix.de>
---
 net/6lowpan/core.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/6lowpan/core.c b/net/6lowpan/core.c
index fbae31e..824d1bc 100644
--- a/net/6lowpan/core.c
+++ b/net/6lowpan/core.c
@@ -158,8 +158,6 @@ static int __init lowpan_module_init(void)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	request_module_nowait("ipv6");
-
 	request_module_nowait("nhc_dest");
 	request_module_nowait("nhc_fragment");
 	request_module_nowait("nhc_hop");
-- 
2.8.2