Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 22bb1be4d27... breaks hal (and NM) | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:22:04 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 05:11 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:57:11 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 13:38 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 11:58 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote: > > > > From commit 22bb1be4d27...: > > > > > > > > "The /sys/class/net/*/wireless/ direcory is, as far as I know, not used > > > > by anyone." > > > > > > > > Can't have been much of an investigation as HAL uses these to determine > > > > if a card is a wireless one. Without this option, you cannot get > > > > wireless support in NetworkManager, stranding most laptops. > > > > > > Bzzzzt. You suck. Go check again. Hint: try hal's git tree. > > err, > > a) don't be rude > > b) what's in various git trees is unuseful for making decisions > about production kernel features. > > otoh the patch seems reasonable.
> So if you've enabled CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS (and it correctly has > default y) then things should continue to work OK. And the deprecation > date of 2010 sounds reasonable. In fact generous, for us... > > So where's the problem?
Your two previous points, a and b.
That help text should really have mentioned current software, not future software. And the tone of the reply.
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