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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
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070084config MAC80211_LEDS
85 bool "Enable LED triggers"
86 depends on MAC80211 && LEDS_TRIGGERS
87 ---help---
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -050088 This option enables a few LED triggers for different
89 packet receive/transmit events.
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -070090
Jiri Bence9f207f2007-05-05 11:46:38 -070091config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
92 bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
93 depends on MAC80211 && DEBUG_FS
94 ---help---
95 Select this to see extensive information about
96 the internal state of mac80211 in debugfs.
97
98 Say N unless you know you need this.
99
Johannes Berg6feeb8a2008-01-29 16:57:51 +0100100config MAC80211_DEBUG_PACKET_ALIGNMENT
101 bool "Enable packet alignment debugging"
102 depends on MAC80211
103 help
104 This option is recommended for driver authors and strongly
105 discouraged for everybody else, it will trigger a warning
106 when a driver hands mac80211 a buffer that is aligned in
107 a way that will cause problems with the IP stack on some
108 architectures.
109
110 Say N unless you're writing a mac80211 based driver.
111
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700112config MAC80211_DEBUG
113 bool "Enable debugging output"
114 depends on MAC80211
115 ---help---
116 This option will enable debug tracing output for the
117 ieee80211 network stack.
118
119 If you are not trying to debug or develop the ieee80211
120 subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
121
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800122config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -0500123 bool "Enable HT debugging output"
124 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
125 ---help---
126 This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
127 debug tracing output.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800128
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -0500129 If you are not trying to debug of develop the ieee80211
130 subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800131
Jiri Bencf0706e82007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700132config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
133 bool "Verbose debugging output"
134 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
135
136config MAC80211_LOWTX_FRAME_DUMP
137 bool "Debug frame dumping"
138 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
139 ---help---
140 Selecting this option will cause the stack to
141 print a message for each frame that is handed
142 to the lowlevel driver for transmission. This
143 message includes all MAC addresses and the
144 frame control field.
145
146 If unsure, say N and insert the debugging code
147 you require into the driver you are debugging.
148
149config TKIP_DEBUG
150 bool "TKIP debugging"
151 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
152
153config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
154 bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
155 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
156
157config MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
158 bool "Support for IBSS testing"
159 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
160 ---help---
161 Say Y here if you intend to debug the IBSS code.
162
163config MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
164 bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging"
165 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
166 ---help---
167 Say Y here to print out verbose powersave
168 mode debug messages.