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Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -07001config MAC80211
2 tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)"
Johannes Berg0aa82042009-06-03 18:30:31 +02003 depends on CFG80211
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -07004 select CRYPTO
5 select CRYPTO_ECB
6 select CRYPTO_ARC4
7 select CRYPTO_AES
8 select CRC32
9 select WIRELESS_EXT
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070010 ---help---
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -050011 This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
12 networking stack.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070013
Johannes Berg0aa82042009-06-03 18:30:31 +020014comment "CFG80211 needs to be enabled for MAC80211"
15 depends on CFG80211=n
16
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010017menu "Rate control algorithm selection"
18 depends on MAC80211 != n
Johannes Bergac71c692007-10-28 14:17:44 +010019
Adrian Bunke5f5e732008-06-26 13:38:13 +030020config MAC80211_RC_PID
21 bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm" if EMBEDDED
Adrian Bunke5f5e732008-06-26 13:38:13 +030022 ---help---
23 This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
24 mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
25 rate.
26
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020027config MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
Luis R. Rodriguez8eb41c92008-11-14 17:44:53 -080028 bool "Minstrel" if EMBEDDED
29 default y
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020030 ---help---
31 This option enables the 'minstrel' TX rate control algorithm
32
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010033choice
34 prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
Luis R. Rodriguez8eb41c92008-11-14 17:44:53 -080035 default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010036 ---help---
37 This option selects the default rate control algorithm
38 mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +010039 overridden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010040 parameter if different algorithms are available.
Johannes Bergac71c692007-10-28 14:17:44 +010041
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010042config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
43 bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
Adrian Bunke5f5e732008-06-26 13:38:13 +030044 depends on MAC80211_RC_PID
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010045 ---help---
46 Select the PID controller based rate control as the
47 default rate control algorithm. You should choose
48 this unless you know what you are doing.
49
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020050config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
51 bool "Minstrel"
52 depends on MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
53 ---help---
54 Select Minstrel as the default rate control algorithm.
55
56
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010057endchoice
58
59config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
60 string
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020061 default "minstrel" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
Luis R. Rodriguez8eb41c92008-11-14 17:44:53 -080062 default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010063 default ""
64
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010065endmenu
Mattias Nisslerad018372007-12-19 01:25:57 +010066
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +010067config MAC80211_MESH
68 bool "Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support"
Luis Carlos Cobo37659ff2008-02-29 12:13:38 -080069 depends on MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
Johannes Berge2e414d2009-07-10 11:38:14 +020070 depends on BROKEN
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +010071 ---help---
Johannes Berg5c142e82008-02-25 10:13:31 +010072 This options enables support of Draft 802.11s mesh networking.
73 The implementation is based on Draft 1.08 of the Mesh Networking
74 amendment. For more information visit http://o11s.org/.
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +010075
76
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070077config MAC80211_LEDS
78 bool "Enable LED triggers"
Luca Tettamantibd8fd212008-04-27 15:34:55 -070079 depends on MAC80211
80 select NEW_LEDS
81 select LEDS_TRIGGERS
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070082 ---help---
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -050083 This option enables a few LED triggers for different
84 packet receive/transmit events.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070085
Jiri Bence9f207f2007-05-05 11:46:38 -070086config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
87 bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
88 depends on MAC80211 && DEBUG_FS
89 ---help---
90 Select this to see extensive information about
91 the internal state of mac80211 in debugfs.
92
93 Say N unless you know you need this.
94
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +020095menuconfig MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
96 bool "Select mac80211 debugging features"
97 depends on MAC80211
98 ---help---
99 This option collects various mac80211 debug settings.
100
Johannes Berg6feeb8a2008-01-29 16:57:51 +0100101config MAC80211_DEBUG_PACKET_ALIGNMENT
102 bool "Enable packet alignment debugging"
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200103 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
104 ---help---
Johannes Berg6feeb8a2008-01-29 16:57:51 +0100105 This option is recommended for driver authors and strongly
106 discouraged for everybody else, it will trigger a warning
107 when a driver hands mac80211 a buffer that is aligned in
108 a way that will cause problems with the IP stack on some
109 architectures.
110
111 Say N unless you're writing a mac80211 based driver.
112
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200113config MAC80211_NOINLINE
114 bool "Do not inline TX/RX handlers"
115 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700116 ---help---
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200117 This option affects code generation in mac80211, when
118 selected some functions are marked "noinline" to allow
119 easier debugging of problems in the transmit and receive
120 paths.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700121
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200122 This option increases code size a bit and inserts a lot
123 of function calls in the code, but is otherwise safe to
124 enable.
125
126 If unsure, say N unless you expect to be finding problems
127 in mac80211.
128
129config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
130 bool "Verbose debugging output"
131 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
132 ---help---
133 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
134 many debugging messages. It should not be selected
135 on production systems as some of the messages are
136 remotely triggerable.
137
138 Do not select this option.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700139
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800140config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200141 bool "Verbose HT debugging"
142 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -0500143 ---help---
144 This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
145 debug tracing output.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800146
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200147 It should not be selected on production systems as some
148 of the messages are remotely triggerable.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800149
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200150 Do not select this option.
151
152config MAC80211_TKIP_DEBUG
153 bool "Verbose TKIP debugging"
154 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
155 ---help---
156 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
157 very verbose TKIP debugging messages. It should not
158 be selected on production systems as those messages
159 are remotely triggerable.
160
161 Do not select this option.
162
163config MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
164 bool "Verbose IBSS debugging"
165 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
166 ---help---
167 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
168 very verbose IBSS debugging messages. It should not
169 be selected on production systems as those messages
170 are remotely triggerable.
171
172 Do not select this option.
173
174config MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
175 bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging"
176 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
177 ---help---
178 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
179 verbose power save mode debugging messages (when mac80211
180 is an AP and has power saving stations.)
181 It should not be selected on production systems as those
182 messages are remotely triggerable.
183
184 Do not select this option.
185
186config MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPL_DEBUG
187 bool "Verbose mesh peer link debugging"
188 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
189 depends on MAC80211_MESH
190 ---help---
191 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
192 verbose mesh peer link debugging messages (when mac80211
193 is taking part in a mesh network).
194 It should not be selected on production systems as those
195 messages are remotely triggerable.
196
197 Do not select this option.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700198
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700199config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
200 bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200201 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
202 depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700203 ---help---
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200204 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to keep additional
205 and very verbose statistics about TX and RX handler use
206 and show them in debugfs.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700207
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200208 If unsure, say N.
Johannes Berg0a2b8bb2009-07-07 13:46:22 +0200209
210config MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER
211 bool "Driver API tracer"
212 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
213 depends on EVENT_TRACING
214 help
215 Say Y here to make mac80211 register with the ftrace
216 framework for the driver API -- you can see which
217 driver methods it is calling then by looking at the
218 trace.
219
220 If unsure, say N.