Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config B43 |
| 2 | tristate "Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack)" |
John W. Linville | 133d7c6 | 2009-10-28 16:29:30 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | depends on SSB_POSSIBLE && MAC80211 && HAS_DMA |
Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | select SSB |
| 5 | select FW_LOADER |
Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | ---help--- |
| 7 | b43 is a driver for the Broadcom 43xx series wireless devices. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Check "lspci" for something like |
| 10 | "Broadcom Corporation BCM43XX 802.11 Wireless LAN Controller" |
| 11 | to determine whether you own such a device. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | This driver supports the new BCM43xx IEEE 802.11G devices, but not |
| 14 | the old IEEE 802.11B devices. Old devices are supported by |
| 15 | the b43legacy driver. |
| 16 | Note that this has nothing to do with the standard that your AccessPoint |
| 17 | supports (A, B, G or a combination). |
| 18 | IEEE 802.11G devices can talk to IEEE 802.11B AccessPoints. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | It is safe to include both b43 and b43legacy as the underlying glue |
| 21 | layer will automatically load the correct version for your device. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | This driver uses V4 firmware, which must be installed separately using |
| 24 | b43-fwcutter. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | This driver can be built as a module (recommended) that will be called "b43". |
| 27 | If unsure, say M. |
| 28 | |
Rafał Miłecki | 3c65ab6 | 2011-06-02 09:56:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | config B43_BCMA |
| 30 | bool "Support for BCMA bus" |
Rafał Miłecki | 6f89062 | 2011-07-22 13:11:05 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | depends on B43 && BCMA |
Rafał Miłecki | 3c65ab6 | 2011-06-02 09:56:04 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | default y |
| 33 | |
John W. Linville | 4f3d09d | 2012-01-11 15:50:15 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | config B43_BCMA_EXTRA |
| 35 | bool "Hardware support that overlaps with the brcmsmac driver" |
| 36 | depends on B43_BCMA |
| 37 | default n if BRCMSMAC || BRCMSMAC_MODULE |
| 38 | default y |
| 39 | |
Rafał Miłecki | aec7ffd | 2011-06-14 08:18:59 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | config B43_SSB |
| 41 | bool |
| 42 | depends on B43 && SSB |
| 43 | default y |
| 44 | |
Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible |
| 46 | config B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT |
| 47 | bool |
| 48 | depends on B43 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE |
| 49 | select SSB_PCIHOST |
Alexey Zaytsev | c708453 | 2008-02-23 12:59:26 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | select SSB_B43_PCI_BRIDGE |
Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | default y |
| 52 | |
| 53 | # Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible |
| 54 | config B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT |
| 55 | bool |
| 56 | depends on B43 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE |
| 57 | select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE |
| 58 | default y |
| 59 | |
| 60 | config B43_PCMCIA |
Michael Buesch | fd413da | 2009-09-06 14:49:43 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | bool "Broadcom 43xx PCMCIA device support" |
| 62 | depends on B43 && SSB_PCMCIAHOST_POSSIBLE |
Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | select SSB_PCMCIAHOST |
| 64 | ---help--- |
| 65 | Broadcom 43xx PCMCIA device support. |
| 66 | |
| 67 | Support for 16bit PCMCIA devices. |
| 68 | Please note that most PC-CARD devices are _NOT_ 16bit PCMCIA |
| 69 | devices, but 32bit CardBUS devices. CardBUS devices are supported |
| 70 | out of the box by b43. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | With this config option you can drive b43 cards in |
| 73 | CompactFlash formfactor in a PCMCIA adaptor. |
| 74 | CF b43 cards can sometimes be found in handheld PCs. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | It's safe to select Y here, even if you don't have a B43 PCMCIA device. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | If unsure, say N. |
| 79 | |
Albert Herranz | 3dbba8e2 | 2009-09-10 19:34:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | config B43_SDIO |
| 81 | bool "Broadcom 43xx SDIO device support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
Michael Buesch | 4963cce | 2009-09-16 01:13:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | depends on B43 && SSB_SDIOHOST_POSSIBLE && EXPERIMENTAL |
Albert Herranz | 3dbba8e2 | 2009-09-10 19:34:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | select SSB_SDIOHOST |
| 84 | ---help--- |
| 85 | Broadcom 43xx device support for Soft-MAC SDIO devices. |
| 86 | |
| 87 | With this config option you can drive Soft-MAC b43 cards with a |
| 88 | Secure Digital I/O interface. |
| 89 | This includes the WLAN daughter card found on the Nintendo Wii |
| 90 | video game console. |
| 91 | Note that this does not support Broadcom 43xx Full-MAC devices. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | It's safe to select Y here, even if you don't have a B43 SDIO device. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | If unsure, say N. |
| 96 | |
Linus Torvalds | 9e3bd91 | 2010-02-26 10:34:27 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | #Data transfers to the device via PIO. We want it as a fallback even |
| 98 | # if we can do DMA. |
Rafał Miłecki | 8c8b964 | 2011-07-06 18:05:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | config B43_BCMA_PIO |
| 100 | bool |
| 101 | depends on B43_BCMA |
| 102 | select BCMA_BLOCKIO |
| 103 | default y |
| 104 | |
Linus Torvalds | 9e3bd91 | 2010-02-26 10:34:27 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | config B43_PIO |
| 106 | bool |
| 107 | depends on B43 |
| 108 | select SSB_BLOCKIO |
| 109 | default y |
| 110 | |
Rafał Miłecki | 692d2c0 | 2010-12-07 21:56:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | config B43_PHY_N |
| 112 | bool "Support for 802.11n (N-PHY) devices (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 113 | depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL |
Michael Buesch | d5c71e4 | 2008-01-04 17:06:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | ---help--- |
Rafał Miłecki | 692d2c0 | 2010-12-07 21:56:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | Support for the N-PHY. |
Michael Buesch | d5c71e4 | 2008-01-04 17:06:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | |
Rafał Miłecki | 2a6672f | 2011-03-07 15:09:19 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | This enables support for devices with N-PHY. |
Michael Buesch | d5c71e4 | 2008-01-04 17:06:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | |
Rafał Miłecki | 692d2c0 | 2010-12-07 21:56:00 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 119 | Say N if you expect high stability and performance. Saying Y will not |
| 120 | affect other devices support and may provide support for basic needs. |
Michael Buesch | d5c71e4 | 2008-01-04 17:06:29 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | |
Michael Buesch | e63e436 | 2008-08-30 10:55:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | config B43_PHY_LP |
Larry Finger | 53dd4b9 | 2011-07-30 11:30:27 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 123 | bool "Support for low-power (LP-PHY) devices" |
| 124 | depends on B43 |
Gábor Stefanik | 867b2ef | 2009-08-27 17:24:23 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | default y |
Michael Buesch | e63e436 | 2008-08-30 10:55:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | ---help--- |
| 127 | Support for the LP-PHY. |
Gábor Stefanik | 86b2892 | 2009-08-16 20:22:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | The LP-PHY is a low-power PHY built into some notebooks |
Larry Finger | 53dd4b9 | 2011-07-30 11:30:27 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | and embedded devices. It supports 802.11a/b/g |
Gábor Stefanik | 86b2892 | 2009-08-16 20:22:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | (802.11a support is optional, and currently disabled). |
Michael Buesch | e63e436 | 2008-08-30 10:55:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | |
Rafał Miłecki | d7520b1 | 2011-06-13 16:20:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | config B43_PHY_HT |
Rafał Miłecki | 5475896 | 2011-08-26 20:41:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | bool "Support for HT-PHY (high throughput) devices (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 134 | depends on B43 && EXPERIMENTAL |
Rafał Miłecki | d7520b1 | 2011-06-13 16:20:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | ---help--- |
| 136 | Support for the HT-PHY. |
| 137 | |
Rafał Miłecki | 5475896 | 2011-08-26 20:41:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | Enables support for BCM4331 and possibly other chipsets with that PHY. |
Rafał Miłecki | d7520b1 | 2011-06-13 16:20:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | |
Rafał Miłecki | 1d738e6 | 2011-07-07 15:25:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | config B43_PHY_LCN |
| 141 | bool "Support for LCN-PHY devices (BROKEN)" |
| 142 | depends on B43 && BROKEN |
| 143 | ---help--- |
| 144 | Support for the LCN-PHY. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | Say N, this is BROKEN and crashes driver. |
| 147 | |
Michael Buesch | bdb3f75 | 2007-11-07 21:24:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | # This config option automatically enables b43 LEDS support, |
| 149 | # if it's possible. |
Michael Buesch | 21954c3 | 2007-09-27 15:31:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | config B43_LEDS |
| 151 | bool |
Michael Buesch | bdb3f75 | 2007-11-07 21:24:07 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 152 | depends on B43 && MAC80211_LEDS && (LEDS_CLASS = y || LEDS_CLASS = B43) |
Michael Buesch | 8e9f752 | 2007-09-27 21:35:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | default y |
| 154 | |
Michael Buesch | 616de35 | 2009-03-29 13:19:31 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | # This config option automatically enables b43 HW-RNG support, |
| 156 | # if the HW-RNG core is enabled. |
| 157 | config B43_HWRNG |
| 158 | bool |
| 159 | depends on B43 && (HW_RANDOM = y || HW_RANDOM = B43) |
| 160 | default y |
| 161 | |
Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | config B43_DEBUG |
| 163 | bool "Broadcom 43xx debugging" |
| 164 | depends on B43 |
| 165 | ---help--- |
Michael Buesch | 060210f | 2009-01-25 15:49:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 166 | Broadcom 43xx debugging. |
Michael Buesch | e4d6b79 | 2007-09-18 15:39:42 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 167 | |
Michael Buesch | 060210f | 2009-01-25 15:49:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | This adds additional runtime sanity checks and statistics to the driver. |
| 169 | These checks and statistics might me expensive and hurt runtime performance |
| 170 | of your system. |
| 171 | This also adds the b43 debugfs interface. |
| 172 | |
| 173 | Do not enable this, unless you are debugging the driver. |
| 174 | |
| 175 | Say N, if you are a distributor or user building a release kernel |
| 176 | for production use. |
| 177 | Only say Y, if you are debugging a problem in the b43 driver sourcecode. |