netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] cfg80211: fix wireless handlers assignment

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:29:39 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cfg80211: fix wireless handlers assignment

On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 10:21 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> The point we assign dev->wireless_handlers at is too
> late, we need to do that before netdev_register_kobject()
> gets called, so use the new NETDEV_PRE_INIT notifier.
> The result of adding wireless_handlers too late is the
> disappearance of /sys/class/net/wlan0/wireless which a
> bunch of distro scripts still require.

Ignore please, I have a better, self-contained fix.

johannes

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