Re: [PATCH] backport: remove wext warning

On 4/16/21 11:56 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
> 
> wireless extensions are being used less, so remove the
> warning about them not working - most people probably
> won't ever see any failures, and even if not see the
> warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]>
> ---

Thank you, I fixed it and applied. The offset in the patch was not changed.

>   .../0010-add-wext-handlers-to-netdev/net_wireless_core.patch | 5 -----
>   1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/patches/0010-add-wext-handlers-to-netdev/net_wireless_core.patch b/patches/0010-add-wext-handlers-to-netdev/net_wireless_core.patch
> index 18b50f12601b..6397a04e1e40 100644
> --- a/patches/0010-add-wext-handlers-to-netdev/net_wireless_core.patch
> +++ b/patches/0010-add-wext-handlers-to-netdev/net_wireless_core.patch
> @@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
>   +#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
>   +	if (!wdev->netdev->wireless_handlers)
>   +		wdev->netdev->wireless_handlers = &cfg80211_wext_handler;
> -+#else
> -+	printk_once(KERN_WARNING "cfg80211: wext will not work because "
> -+		    "kernel was compiled with CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT=n. "
> -+		    "Tools using wext interface, like iwconfig will "
> -+		    "not work.\n");
>   +#endif
>    	wdev->wext.default_key = -1;
>    	wdev->wext.default_mgmt_key = -1;
> 

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