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

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Date:	Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:14:16 +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 15:54 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:

> > But they also select WIRELESS_EXT, which should cause WEXT_CORE to be
> > turned on. Is it possible that is failing?
> 
> # CONFIG_WIRELESS is not set
> CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=y
> CONFIG_WEXT_SPY=y
> CONFIG_WEXT_PRIV=y
> 
> WEXT_CORE is not enabled.  I haven't found the culprit, but I suspect "select".

Interesting.

> but what in WIRELESS_EXT would also cause WEXT_CORE to be enabled?

Well, the way WEXT_CORE is defined as def_bool y ought to, no?

johannes

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