allow help/version without having nl80211 in kernel

diff --git a/iw.c b/iw.c
index bbaba4d87186e6010f774b5e257e20a8ae20d627..ce8240ce6b5fc0ed5d1925cc14bb421b70d6c9e5 100644 (file)
--- a/iw.c
+++ b/iw.c
@@ -258,10 +258,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
        int err;
        const char *argv0;
 
-       err = nl80211_init(&nlstate);
-       if (err)
-               return 1;
-
        /* strip off self */
        argc--;
        argv0 = *argv++;
@@ -282,6 +278,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                goto out;
        }
 
+       err = nl80211_init(&nlstate);
+       if (err)
+               return 1;
+
        if (strcmp(*argv, "dev") == 0) {
                argc--;
                argv++;