The following commit has been merged in the master branch: commit 2c0c06ff442313c639018d97a8212dd825cb7b4c Author: Sven Eckelmann &lt;sven(a)narfation.org&gt; Date: Sat Oct 29 13:56:23 2016 +0200 batman-adv: Add module alias for batadv netlink family The batman-adv module has to be loaded to fulfill genl request by the userspace. When it is not loaded then requests will fail. It is therefore useful to get the module automatically loaded when such a request is made. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann &lt;sven(a)narfation.org&gt; Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich &lt;sw(a)simonwunderlich.de&gt; diff --git a/net/batman-adv/main.c b/net/batman-adv/main.c index 6b5dae6..d46415e 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/main.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/main.c @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ #include <linux/crc32c.h> #include <linux/errno.h> #include <linux/fs.h> +#include <linux/genetlink.h> #include <linux/if_ether.h> #include <linux/if_vlan.h> #include <linux/init.h> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ #include <linux/workqueue.h> #include <net/dsfield.h> #include <net/rtnetlink.h> +#include <uapi/linux/batman_adv.h> #include "bat_algo.h" #include "bat_iv_ogm.h" @@ -648,3 +650,4 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION(BATADV_DRIVER_DESC); MODULE_SUPPORTED_DEVICE(BATADV_DRIVER_DEVICE); MODULE_VERSION(BATADV_SOURCE_VERSION); MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("batadv"); +MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(BATADV_NL_NAME); -- LinuxNextTracking