With the alias cfg80211 module is loaded on systems without the wireless
hardware when user-space use nl80211 to discover if there are wireless
devices, what is considered as resources wastage. On systems with
wireless hardware cfg80211 module will be loaded anyway.
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/core.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index a4d2792..badcabe 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("wireless configuration support");
-MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(NL80211_GENL_NAME);
/* RCU-protected (and RTNL for writers) */
LIST_HEAD(cfg80211_rdev_list);
--
1.8.3.1
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