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Re: [PATCH 9/9] net_device: dont include wext bits if not required

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On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 08:07:41PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> This patch makes the wext bits in struct net_device depend on
> CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

	I personally would not do that. Having conditional fields in
"struct net_device" is very bad, it's a sure way to crash on modules
in some cases. If I remember well, Jeff Garzik has been fighting those
over the years.

	Jean
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