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Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -07001config MAC80211
2 tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)"
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -07003 select CRYPTO
4 select CRYPTO_ECB
5 select CRYPTO_ARC4
6 select CRYPTO_AES
7 select CRC32
8 select WIRELESS_EXT
9 select CFG80211
10 select NET_SCH_FIFO
11 ---help---
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -050012 This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
13 networking stack.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070014
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010015menu "Rate control algorithm selection"
16 depends on MAC80211 != n
Johannes Bergac71c692007-10-28 14:17:44 +010017
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010018choice
19 prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
20 default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010021 ---help---
22 This option selects the default rate control algorithm
23 mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
24 overriden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010025 parameter if different algorithms are available.
Johannes Bergac71c692007-10-28 14:17:44 +010026
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010027config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
28 bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
29 select MAC80211_RC_PID
30 ---help---
31 Select the PID controller based rate control as the
32 default rate control algorithm. You should choose
33 this unless you know what you are doing.
34
35config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
36 bool "Simple rate control algorithm"
37 select MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
38 ---help---
39 Select the simple rate control as the default rate
40 control algorithm. Note that this is a non-responsive,
41 dumb algorithm. You should choose the PID rate control
42 instead.
43
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010044config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_NONE
45 bool "No default algorithm"
46 depends on EMBEDDED
47 help
48 Selecting this option will select no default algorithm
49 and allow you to not build any. Do not choose this
50 option unless you know your driver comes with another
51 suitable algorithm.
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010052endchoice
53
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010054comment "Selecting 'y' for an algorithm will"
55comment "build the algorithm into mac80211."
56
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010057config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
58 string
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010059 default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
60 default "simple" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
61 default ""
62
63config MAC80211_RC_PID
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010064 tristate "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010065 ---help---
Mattias Nisslerad018372007-12-19 01:25:57 +010066 This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
67 mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
68 rate.
69
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010070 Say Y or M unless you're sure you want to use a
71 different rate control algorithm.
72
73config MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010074 tristate "Simple rate control algorithm (DEPRECATED)"
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010075 ---help---
76 This option enables a very simple, non-responsive TX
77 rate control algorithm. This algorithm is deprecated
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010078 and will be removed from the kernel in the near future.
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010079 It has been replaced by the PID algorithm.
80
81 Say N unless you know what you are doing.
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010082endmenu
Mattias Nisslerad018372007-12-19 01:25:57 +010083
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +010084config MAC80211_MESH
85 bool "Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support"
86 depends on MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
87 ---help---
88 This options enables support of pre-802.11s mesh interfaces.
89 For more information visit http://o11s.org
90
91
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070092config MAC80211_LEDS
93 bool "Enable LED triggers"
94 depends on MAC80211 && LEDS_TRIGGERS
95 ---help---
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -050096 This option enables a few LED triggers for different
97 packet receive/transmit events.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070098
Jiri Bence9f207f2007-05-05 11:46:38 -070099config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
100 bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
101 depends on MAC80211 && DEBUG_FS
102 ---help---
103 Select this to see extensive information about
104 the internal state of mac80211 in debugfs.
105
106 Say N unless you know you need this.
107
Johannes Berg6feeb8a2008-01-29 16:57:51 +0100108config MAC80211_DEBUG_PACKET_ALIGNMENT
109 bool "Enable packet alignment debugging"
110 depends on MAC80211
111 help
112 This option is recommended for driver authors and strongly
113 discouraged for everybody else, it will trigger a warning
114 when a driver hands mac80211 a buffer that is aligned in
115 a way that will cause problems with the IP stack on some
116 architectures.
117
118 Say N unless you're writing a mac80211 based driver.
119
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700120config MAC80211_DEBUG
121 bool "Enable debugging output"
122 depends on MAC80211
123 ---help---
124 This option will enable debug tracing output for the
125 ieee80211 network stack.
126
127 If you are not trying to debug or develop the ieee80211
128 subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
129
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800130config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -0500131 bool "Enable HT debugging output"
132 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
133 ---help---
134 This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
135 debug tracing output.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800136
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -0500137 If you are not trying to debug of develop the ieee80211
138 subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800139
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700140config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
141 bool "Verbose debugging output"
142 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
143
144config MAC80211_LOWTX_FRAME_DUMP
145 bool "Debug frame dumping"
146 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
147 ---help---
148 Selecting this option will cause the stack to
149 print a message for each frame that is handed
150 to the lowlevel driver for transmission. This
151 message includes all MAC addresses and the
152 frame control field.
153
154 If unsure, say N and insert the debugging code
155 you require into the driver you are debugging.
156
157config TKIP_DEBUG
158 bool "TKIP debugging"
159 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
160
161config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
162 bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
163 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
164
165config MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
166 bool "Support for IBSS testing"
167 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
168 ---help---
169 Say Y here if you intend to debug the IBSS code.
170
171config MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
172 bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging"
173 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
174 ---help---
175 Say Y here to print out verbose powersave
176 mode debug messages.
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +0100177
178config MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPL_DEBUG
179 bool "Verbose mesh peer link debugging"
180 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG && MAC80211_MESH
181 ---help---
182 Say Y here to print out verbose mesh peer link
183 debug messages.