Johannes Berg | 3d23e34 | 2009-09-29 23:27:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config WIRELESS_EXT |
| 2 | bool |
| 3 | |
| 4 | config WEXT_CORE |
| 5 | def_bool y |
| 6 | depends on CFG80211_WEXT || WIRELESS_EXT |
| 7 | |
| 8 | config WEXT_PROC |
| 9 | def_bool y |
| 10 | depends on PROC_FS |
| 11 | depends on WEXT_CORE |
| 12 | |
| 13 | config WEXT_SPY |
| 14 | bool |
| 15 | |
| 16 | config WEXT_PRIV |
| 17 | bool |
| 18 | |
Johannes Berg | 704232c | 2007-04-23 12:20:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | config CFG80211 |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b275f28 | 2009-09-01 08:53:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | tristate "cfg80211 - wireless configuration API" |
Johannes Berg | 1f87f7d | 2009-06-02 13:01:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | depends on RFKILL || !RFKILL |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b275f28 | 2009-09-01 08:53:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | ---help--- |
| 23 | cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API. |
| 24 | Enable this if you have a wireless device. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | For more information refer to documentation on the wireless wiki: |
| 27 | |
| 28 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/cfg80211 |
| 29 | |
| 30 | When built as a module it will be called cfg80211. |
Johannes Berg | 704232c | 2007-04-23 12:20:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | |
Johannes Berg | aff89a9 | 2009-07-01 21:26:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | config NL80211_TESTMODE |
| 33 | bool "nl80211 testmode command" |
| 34 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 35 | help |
| 36 | The nl80211 testmode command helps implementing things like |
| 37 | factory calibration or validation tools for wireless chips. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Select this option ONLY for kernels that are specifically |
| 40 | built for such purposes. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Debugging tools that are supposed to end up in the hands of |
| 43 | users should better be implemented with debugfs. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Say N. |
| 46 | |
Johannes Berg | f796996 | 2009-08-21 12:23:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | config CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS |
| 48 | bool "enable developer warnings" |
| 49 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 50 | default n |
| 51 | help |
| 52 | This option enables some additional warnings that help |
| 53 | cfg80211 developers and driver developers, but that can |
| 54 | trigger due to races with userspace. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | For example, when a driver reports that it was disconnected |
| 57 | from the AP, but the user disconnects manually at the same |
| 58 | time, the warning might trigger spuriously due to races. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Say Y only if you are developing cfg80211 or a driver based |
| 61 | on it (or mac80211). |
| 62 | |
| 63 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 3f2355c | 2008-11-12 14:22:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | config CFG80211_REG_DEBUG |
| 65 | bool "cfg80211 regulatory debugging" |
| 66 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 67 | default n |
| 68 | ---help--- |
| 69 | You can enable this if you want to debug regulatory changes. |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 253850c | 2009-09-01 08:22:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | For more information on cfg80211 regulatory refer to the wireless |
| 71 | wiki: |
| 72 | |
| 73 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 3f2355c | 2008-11-12 14:22:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | |
| 75 | If unsure, say N. |
| 76 | |
Johannes Berg | bc92afd | 2009-07-01 21:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | config CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS |
| 78 | bool "enable powersave by default" |
| 79 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 80 | default y |
| 81 | help |
| 82 | This option enables powersave mode by default. |
| 83 | |
| 84 | If this causes your applications to misbehave you should fix your |
| 85 | applications instead -- they need to register their network |
| 86 | latency requirement, see Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt. |
| 87 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 1ac6130 | 2009-05-02 00:37:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | config CFG80211_DEBUGFS |
| 89 | bool "cfg80211 DebugFS entries" |
Johannes Berg | 3d23e34 | 2009-09-29 23:27:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 91 | depends on DEBUG_FS |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 1ac6130 | 2009-05-02 00:37:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | ---help--- |
| 93 | You can enable this if you want to debugfs entries for cfg80211. |
| 94 | |
| 95 | If unsure, say N. |
| 96 | |
John W. Linville | 3b377ea | 2009-12-18 17:59:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | config CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB |
David Rientjes | 6a108a1 | 2011-01-20 14:44:16 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 98 | bool "use statically compiled regulatory rules database" if EXPERT |
John W. Linville | 3b377ea | 2009-12-18 17:59:01 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | default n |
| 100 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 101 | ---help--- |
| 102 | This option generates an internal data structure representing |
| 103 | the wireless regulatory rules described in net/wireless/db.txt |
| 104 | and includes code to query that database. This is an alternative |
| 105 | to using CRDA for defining regulatory rules for the kernel. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | For details see: |
| 108 | |
| 109 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory |
| 110 | |
| 111 | Most distributions have a CRDA package. So if unsure, say N. |
| 112 | |
Johannes Berg | 3d23e34 | 2009-09-29 23:27:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | config CFG80211_WEXT |
| 114 | bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility" |
| 115 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 116 | select WEXT_CORE |
Johannes Berg | 8983240 | 2009-07-01 21:26:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | default y |
Johannes Berg | 3d23e34 | 2009-09-29 23:27:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | help |
| 119 | Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless |
| 120 | extensions with cfg80211-based drivers. |
Johannes Berg | 22bb1be | 2008-07-10 11:16:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | |
| 122 | config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS |
| 123 | bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files" |
Johannes Berg | 3d23e34 | 2009-09-29 23:27:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | depends on WEXT_CORE && SYSFS |
Johannes Berg | 22bb1be | 2008-07-10 11:16:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | help |
| 126 | This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics |
| 127 | files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information |
| 128 | is available via the ioctls as well. |
| 129 | |
Johannes Berg | 0052d81 | 2011-12-06 20:45:37 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | Say N. If you know you have ancient tools requiring it, |
| 131 | like very old versions of hal (prior to 0.5.12 release), |
| 132 | say Y and update the tools as soon as possible as this |
| 133 | option will be removed soon. |
John W. Linville | 7e272fc | 2008-09-24 18:13:14 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | |
| 135 | config LIB80211 |
| 136 | tristate "Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers" |
| 137 | default n |
| 138 | help |
| 139 | This options enables a library of common routines used |
| 140 | by IEEE802.11 wireless LAN drivers. |
| 141 | |
| 142 | Drivers should select this themselves if needed. Say Y if |
| 143 | you want this built into your kernel. |
John W. Linville | 274bfb8 | 2008-10-29 11:35:05 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | |
| 145 | config LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP |
| 146 | tristate |
| 147 | |
| 148 | config LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP |
| 149 | tristate |
| 150 | |
| 151 | config LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP |
| 152 | tristate |
John W. Linville | 6f16bf3 | 2009-03-11 11:05:25 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | |
| 154 | config LIB80211_DEBUG |
| 155 | bool "lib80211 debugging messages" |
| 156 | depends on LIB80211 |
| 157 | default n |
| 158 | ---help--- |
| 159 | You can enable this if you want verbose debugging messages |
| 160 | from lib80211. |
| 161 | |
| 162 | If unsure, say N. |