Re: linux-next: Tree for November 2 (wireless/wl1271)

[John W. Linville]

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 10:01:35AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Changes since 20091030:
> 
> 
> wl1271 build fails when CONFIG_INET=n.
> Should this driver depend on INET?
> 
> Why does this driver, unlike all other wireless drivers,
> want to use register_inetaddr_notifier()?
> 
> wl1271_main.c:(.text+0x271052): undefined reference to `unregister_inetaddr_notifier'
> wl1271_main.c:(.text+0x2714d7): undefined reference to `register_inetaddr_notifier'

Yeah, that driver is doing some filtering based on IPv4.

Luca, is that necessary?  If so, then we need a patch like the one below...?

John