Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9 RESENT] staging: r8188eu: Set device type to wlan

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 01:58:41 +0400

Hello.

On 10/19/2013 01:32 AM, Larry Finger wrote:

> The latest version of NetworkManager does not recognize the device as wireless
> without this change.

> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   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 da9f0d5..17659bb 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 = {

    Hm, a space got added before +, so the patch was somehow broken.

> +    .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;

    Here too.

WBR, Sergei