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Re: [PATCH 2.6.33] cfg80211: fix refcount imbalance when wext is disabled

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On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Johannes Berg wrote:

> When CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT is not set, there is
> a refcount imbalance with rdev->opencount, fix
> that by moving it out of the ifdef.
> 
> Reported-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I confirm that this fixes hang in rmmod.  And enabling 
CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT fixes the issue about the wireless card not 
working.

Tested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Alan Stern


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