Re: [PATCH] Select WIRELESS_EXT for the rndis_wlan driver tocompile

[Jussi Kivilinna]

Hi,

Thanks for reporting. Correct way to fix this is to replace  
wireless_send_event() with cfg80211_disconnect(). I'll post patch soon.

-Jussi

Quoting "RogÃrio Brito" <rbrito@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> The rndis_wlan.ko module needs the function wireless_send_event, which
> is not included if the option WIRELESS_EXT is not selected by the
> driver.  Otherwise, the user gets compilation problems like:
>
> ,----
> | (...)
> | Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready  (#3)
> |   Building modules, stage 2.
> |   MODPOST 427 modules
> | ERROR: "wireless_send_event" [drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.ko]  
> undefined!
> | make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> | make: *** [modules] Error 2
> `----
> ---
>
> I don't know if this is a proper fix, but I would love to know a better
> solution to the problem.
>
>  drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
> index 5889436..0d5fff4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
> @@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ config USB_NET_RNDIS_WLAN
>  	tristate "Wireless RNDIS USB support"
>  	depends on USB && EXPERIMENTAL
>  	depends on CFG80211
> +	select WIRELESS_EXT
>  	select USB_USBNET
>  	select USB_NET_CDCETHER
>  	select USB_NET_RNDIS_HOST
> --
> 1.7.1


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