On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Bruno Prémont <bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > The commit ae7486a2b734ee03 (iwlwifi: fix Kconfig issues) in 3.17-rc1 > breaks iwlwifi for kernels built without support for modules > (CONFIG_MODULES=n). > > It changes the dependencies of IWLDVM and IWLMVM from > depends on IWLWIFI > to > depends on m > (while enclosing the whole set of options in 'if IWLWIFI'). > > > Why that dependency on 'm' for apparently mandatory feature of the driver > (without DVM and MVM, Kconfig comment says > "WARNING: iwlwifi is useless without IWLDVM or IWLMVM" > > > Up until 3.16 it was very well possible to operate iwlwifi built-in > in a kernel without support for modules, either by building firmware > into the kernel, or as needed re-binding the driver to the PCI device > once filesystems were mounted. > > Removing those two 'depend on m' iwlwifi works fine for a 7260 > wireless card. > I know - you are not the first to report that - I have already 2 versions of the exact same patch fixing this. But I am currently travelling and I'll handle later. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
