Messages in this thread | | | From | Kalle Valo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] ipw2200: select CFG80211_WEXT | Date | Tue, 23 Dec 2014 12:55:11 +0200 |
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Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> writes:
> On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 19:10 +0100, Paul Bolle wrote: >> Commit 24a0aa212ee2 ("cfg80211: make WEXT compatibility unselectable") >> made it impossible to depend on CFG80211_WEXT. It does still allow to >> select that symbol. (Yes, the commit summary is confusing.) >> >> So make IPW2200 select CFG80211_WEXT, so that the ipw2200 driver can be >> built again. >> >> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> >> --- >> Johannes, >> >> Building v3.19-rc1 for an outdated ThinkPad X41 left me without the >> ipw2200 driver. It turns out this trivial patch is all that's needed to >> make ipw2200 buildable again. >> >> (A similar patch would be needed for the drivers behind Kconfig symbol >> HERMES. Ie, orinico and friends.) > > Yeah, config HERMES needs the same change. > > Kalle, do you want to take those through your tree, or should I fix it > seeing that I introduced the bug in a sense?
To keep things simple I would prefer to take this through wireless-drivers.git, if it's ok for you.
-- Kalle Valo
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