wext: default to y
The way I initially thought we could do wireless extensions
is by making all the compat code in cfg80211 be independent
of CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT, but this is turning out to not be
feasible. Therefore, fix the Kconfig help text and make the
option default to yes, so people won't get a nasty surprise
when mac80211 will get rid of its 'select WIRELESS_EXT' any
time now.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index 4428dd5..ec64571c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -35,19 +35,13 @@
config WIRELESS_EXT
bool "Wireless extensions"
- default n
+ default y
---help---
This option enables the legacy wireless extensions
(wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.)
- Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and
- will be required only by legacy drivers that implement
- wireless extension handlers. This option does not
- affect the wireless-extension backward compatibility
- code in cfg80211.
-
- Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless
- extensions for external modules.
+ Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use
+ nl80211 instead of wireless extensions.
config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files"