This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
staging: r8712u: 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 3a21f00a5002b14e4aab52aef59d33ed28468a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:22:54 -0600
Subject: staging: r8712u: 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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
index dbefa43e4c2c..bbd5888e316b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ static void disable_ht_for_spec_devid(const struct usb_device_id *pdid,
}
}
+static const struct device_type wlan_type = {
+ .name = "wlan",
+};
+
/*
* drv_init() - a device potentially for us
*
@@ -388,6 +392,7 @@ static int r871xu_drv_init(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf,
padapter->pusb_intf = pusb_intf;
usb_set_intfdata(pusb_intf, pnetdev);
SET_NETDEV_DEV(pnetdev, &pusb_intf->dev);
+ pnetdev->dev.type = &wlan_type;
/* step 2. */
padapter->dvobj_init = &r8712_usb_dvobj_init;
padapter->dvobj_deinit = &r8712_usb_dvobj_deinit;
--
1.8.5.1.163.gd7aced9
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