This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: r8188eu: Set device type to wlan
to my staging git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
in the staging-next branch.
The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree
(usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)
The patch will also be merged in the next major kernel release
during the merge window.
If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.
>From 0d1206be229697f897f00822bc142e66da731417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:15:05 -0500
Subject: staging: r8188eu: Set device type to wlan
The latest version of NetworkManager does not recognize the device as wireless
without this change.
Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # [3.12+]
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index da9f0d5f..17659bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ int rtw_init_netdev_name(struct net_device *pnetdev, const char *ifname)
return 0;
}
+static const struct device_type wlan_type = {
+ .name = "wlan",
+};
+
struct net_device *rtw_init_netdev(struct adapter *old_padapter)
{
struct adapter *padapter;
@@ -722,6 +726,7 @@ struct net_device *rtw_init_netdev(struct adapter *old_padapter)
if (!pnetdev)
return NULL;
+ pnetdev->dev.type = &wlan_type;
padapter = rtw_netdev_priv(pnetdev);
padapter->pnetdev = pnetdev;
DBG_88E("register rtw_netdev_ops to netdev_ops\n");
--
1.8.4.3.gca3854a
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