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The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name. Which is pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented. I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register duplicate sysctl entries. So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future enhancments harder. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
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bcm43xx | ||
hostap | ||
prism54 | ||
zd1211rw | ||
Kconfig | ||
Makefile | ||
README | ||
airo.c | ||
airo.h | ||
airo_cs.c | ||
airport.c | ||
arlan-main.c | ||
arlan-proc.c | ||
arlan.h | ||
atmel.c | ||
atmel.h | ||
atmel_cs.c | ||
atmel_pci.c | ||
hermes.c | ||
hermes.h | ||
hermes_rid.h | ||
i82586.h | ||
i82593.h | ||
ipw2100.c | ||
ipw2100.h | ||
ipw2200.c | ||
ipw2200.h | ||
netwave_cs.c | ||
orinoco.c | ||
orinoco.h | ||
orinoco_cs.c | ||
orinoco_nortel.c | ||
orinoco_pci.c | ||
orinoco_pci.h | ||
orinoco_plx.c | ||
orinoco_tmd.c | ||
ray_cs.c | ||
ray_cs.h | ||
rayctl.h | ||
spectrum_cs.c | ||
strip.c | ||
todo.txt | ||
wavelan.c | ||
wavelan.h | ||
wavelan.p.h | ||
wavelan_cs.c | ||
wavelan_cs.h | ||
wavelan_cs.p.h | ||
wl3501.h | ||
wl3501_cs.c | ||
zd1201.c | ||
zd1201.h |
README
README ------ This directory is mostly for Wireless LAN drivers, in their various incarnations (ISA, PCI, Pcmcia...). This separate directory is needed because a lot of driver work on different bus (typically PCI + Pcmcia) and share 95% of the code. This allow the code and the config options to be in one single place instead of scattered all over the driver tree, which is never 100% satisfactory. Note : if you want more info on the topic of Wireless LANs, you are kindly invited to have a look at the Wireless Howto : http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ Some Wireless LAN drivers, like orinoco_cs, require the use of Wireless Tools to be configured : http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html Special notes for distribution maintainers : 1) wvlan_cs will be discontinued soon in favor of orinoco_cs 2) Please add Wireless Tools support in your scripts Have fun... Jean