Re: [PATCH 02/31] netlink: Auto-load af_netlink module when socketopened.

[David Miller]

From: Scott James Remnant <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:44:00 +0000

> The af_netlink module is missing the net-pf-16 alias that would cause it
> to be auto-loaded when a socket of that type is opened.  This patch adds
> the alias.
> 
> While we normally build this module in, some users may choose to
> reconfigure their kernel with this as a module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott James Remnant <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If you can get netlink to be built modular, impressive. :-)

It's always built statically into the kernel so there is no
reason for this patch.
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