From: mentor <mentor@0192ed92-7a03-0410-a25b-9323aeb14dbd>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:46:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Remove long lingering references to wlan_auth and wlan_radius.
X-Git-Url: http://git.ozo.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=78670fc2602043398d415dfdaa168628cbad7be6;p=madwifi%2F.git

Remove long lingering references to wlan_auth and wlan_radius.

Ticket: #467


git-svn-id: http://madwifi-project.org/svn/madwifi/trunk@3067 0192ed92-7a03-0410-a25b-9323aeb14dbd
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 11fc1b9..6fc9a86 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ support needed by any 802.11 device.  This code is derived from work
 that first appeared in NetBSD and then FreeBSD.  The wlan module may
 also force the loading of additional modules for crypto support
 (wlan_wep, wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp, etc.), for MAC-based ACL support
-(wlan_acl), and for 802.1x authenticator support (wlan_auth,
-wlan_radius).  The latter modules are only used when operating as an AP. 
-The crypto modules are loaded when keys of that type are created.
+(wlan_acl), and for 802.1x authenticator support (wlan_xauth).  The 
+latter modules are only used when operating as an AP.  The crypto 
+modules are loaded when keys of that type are created.
 
 The ath_hal module contains the Atheros Hardware Access Layer (HAL).
 This code manages much of the chip-specific operation of the driver. 
diff --git a/contrib/madwifi.spec.in b/contrib/madwifi.spec.in
index e58721b..95868c1 100644
--- a/contrib/madwifi.spec.in
+++ b/contrib/madwifi.spec.in
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ This code is derived from work that first appeared in NetBSD and
 then FreeBSD.  The wlan module may also force the loading of
 additional modules for crypto support (wlan_wep, wlan_tkip, wlan_ccmp,
 etc.), for MAC-based ACL support (wlan_acl), and for 802.1x
-authenticator support (wlan_auth, wlan_radius)).  The latter modules
-are only used when operating as an AP.  The crypto modules are
-loaded when keys of that type are created.
+authenticator support (wlan_xauth).  The latter modules are only 
+used when operating as an AP.  The crypto modules are loaded when 
+keys of that type are created.
 
 %prep 
 #%setup -q 
diff --git a/net80211/Makefile b/net80211/Makefile
index 0040c69..bdbdf99 100644
--- a/net80211/Makefile
+++ b/net80211/Makefile
@@ -45,14 +45,9 @@ endif
 
 TOP = $(obj)/..
 #
-# There are two authenticator mechanisms: an in-kernel implementation
-# (wlan_auth+wlan_radius) and an external implementation (wlan_xauth) that
-# requires a user process to manage the authentication process.  By default
-# the external authenticator is used.  ieee80211_proto.c has a table of module
-# names that defines the default module to auto-load for each authentication
-# scheme; to get the in-kernel authenticator by default modify it to load
-# wlan_auth instead of wlan_xauth or manually load wlan_auth prior to use.
-# 
+# There is one authenticator mechanism: an in-kernel implementation
+# (wlan_xauth). 
+#
 MOD_AUTH	:= wlan_xauth.o
 #
 # Scanning policy is split into modules.  The default policy modules
diff --git a/net80211/Makefile.kernel b/net80211/Makefile.kernel
index 88160ba..b19a158 100644
--- a/net80211/Makefile.kernel
+++ b/net80211/Makefile.kernel
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@ INCS += -I$(TOP) -I$(ATH_HAL) -I$(HAL)
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(INCS) $(COPTS) -DOPT_AH_H=\"public/$(TARGET).opt_ah.h\"
 
 #
-# There are two authenticator mechanisms: an in-kernel implementation
-# (wlan_auth+wlan_radius) and an external implementation (wlan_xauth) that
-# requires a user process to manage the authentication process.  By default
-# the external authenticator is used.  ieee80211_proto.c has a table of module
-# names that defines the default module to auto-load for each authentication
-# scheme; to get the in-kernel authenticator by default modify it to load
-# wlan_auth instead of wlan_xauth or manually load wlan_auth prior to use.
+# There is one authenticator mechanism: an in-kernel implementation
+# (wlan_xauth). 
 #
 MOD_AUTH	:= wlan_xauth.o
 #
diff --git a/net80211/ieee80211_proto.c b/net80211/ieee80211_proto.c
index 106166e..0cfef94 100644
--- a/net80211/ieee80211_proto.c
+++ b/net80211/ieee80211_proto.c
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_authenticator_backend_unregister);
 const struct ieee80211_authenticator_backend *
 ieee80211_authenticator_backend_get(const char *name)
 {
-	if (backend == NULL)
-		ieee80211_load_module("wlan_radius");
 	return backend && strcmp(backend->iab_name, name) == 0 ? backend : NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_authenticator_backend_get);