Don Fry | 3c607d2 | 2011-09-30 11:40:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config IWLWIFI |
| 2 | tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) " |
Stanislaw Gruszka | 05f5b97 | 2012-03-07 09:52:26 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | depends on PCI && MAC80211 && HAS_IOMEM |
Reinette Chatre | 80bc539 | 2009-02-13 11:51:19 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | select FW_LOADER |
Wey-Yi Guy | be663ab | 2011-02-21 11:27:26 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | ---help--- |
| 6 | Select to build the driver supporting the: |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Intel Wireless WiFi Link Next-Gen AGN |
| 9 | |
| 10 | This option enables support for use with the following hardware: |
| 11 | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6250AGN Adapter |
| 12 | Intel 6000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (6200AGN and 6300AGN) |
| 13 | Intel WiFi Link 1000BGN |
| 14 | Intel Wireless WiFi 5150AGN |
| 15 | Intel Wireless WiFi 5100AGN, 5300AGN, and 5350AGN |
| 16 | Intel 6005 Series Wi-Fi Adapters |
| 17 | Intel 6030 Series Wi-Fi Adapters |
| 18 | Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6150BGN 2 Adapter |
| 19 | Intel 100 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (100BGN and 130BGN) |
| 20 | Intel 2000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters |
Luciano Coelho | 3b1995a | 2013-08-12 21:58:36 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | Intel 7260 Wi-Fi Adapter |
| 22 | Intel 3160 Wi-Fi Adapter |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | Intel 7265 Wi-Fi Adapter |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ed65918 | 2015-04-30 09:29:06 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | Intel 3165 Wi-Fi Adapter |
Wey-Yi Guy | be663ab | 2011-02-21 11:27:26 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 27 | This driver uses the kernel's mac80211 subsystem. |
| 28 | |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware |
Wey-Yi Guy | be663ab | 2011-02-21 11:27:26 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | image for it. You can obtain the microcode from: |
| 31 | |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi>. |
Wey-Yi Guy | be663ab | 2011-02-21 11:27:26 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | The firmware is typically installed in /lib/firmware. You can |
Wey-Yi Guy | be663ab | 2011-02-21 11:27:26 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | look in the hotplug script /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent to |
| 36 | determine which directory FIRMWARE_DIR is set to when the script |
| 37 | runs. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be |
| 40 | inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), |
| 41 | say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The |
Don Fry | 3c607d2 | 2011-09-30 11:40:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | module will be called iwlwifi. |
Mohamed Abbas | ab53d8a | 2008-03-25 16:33:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | if IWLWIFI |
| 45 | |
Johannes Berg | c43e933 | 2014-04-24 16:31:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | config IWLWIFI_LEDS |
| 47 | bool |
Johannes Berg | af7c603 | 2014-05-13 15:25:28 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | depends on LEDS_CLASS=y || LEDS_CLASS=IWLWIFI |
Johannes Berg | c43e933 | 2014-04-24 16:31:08 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | select LEDS_TRIGGERS |
| 50 | select MAC80211_LEDS |
| 51 | default y |
| 52 | |
Don Fry | cc5f7e3 | 2012-05-16 22:54:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | config IWLDVM |
Johannes Berg | 8ca151b | 2013-01-24 14:25:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi DVM Firmware support" |
Johannes Berg | 1218206 | 2013-03-01 00:05:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | default IWLWIFI |
Johannes Berg | 8ca151b | 2013-01-24 14:25:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | help |
Luciano Coelho | 3b1995a | 2013-08-12 21:58:36 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | This is the driver that supports the DVM firmware which is |
| 58 | used by most existing devices (with the exception of 7260 |
| 59 | and 3160). |
Johannes Berg | 8ca151b | 2013-01-24 14:25:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | |
| 61 | config IWLMVM |
| 62 | tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support" |
Emmanuel Grumbach | 3e4b1b4 | 2014-10-31 13:08:50 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | select WANT_DEV_COREDUMP |
Johannes Berg | 8ca151b | 2013-01-24 14:25:36 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | help |
Luciano Coelho | 3b1995a | 2013-08-12 21:58:36 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | This is the driver that supports the MVM firmware which is |
| 66 | currently only available for 7260 and 3160 devices. |
Don Fry | cc5f7e3 | 2012-05-16 22:54:27 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | |
Johannes Berg | 48e2934 | 2013-03-01 00:13:33 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | # don't call it _MODULE -- will confuse Kconfig/fixdep/... |
| 69 | config IWLWIFI_OPMODE_MODULAR |
| 70 | bool |
| 71 | default y if IWLDVM=m |
| 72 | default y if IWLMVM=m |
| 73 | |
Johannes Berg | 1218206 | 2013-03-01 00:05:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | comment "WARNING: iwlwifi is useless without IWLDVM or IWLMVM" |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | depends on IWLDVM=n && IWLMVM=n |
Johannes Berg | 1218206 | 2013-03-01 00:05:26 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | |
Johannes Berg | a34529e | 2014-01-20 22:57:21 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | config IWLWIFI_BCAST_FILTERING |
| 78 | bool "Enable broadcast filtering" |
| 79 | depends on IWLMVM |
| 80 | help |
| 81 | Say Y here to enable default bcast filtering configuration. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Enabling broadcast filtering will drop any incoming wireless |
| 84 | broadcast frames, except some very specific predefined |
| 85 | patterns (e.g. incoming arp requests). |
| 86 | |
| 87 | If unsure, don't enable this option, as some programs might |
| 88 | expect incoming broadcasts for their normal operations. |
| 89 | |
Johannes Berg | d6ca18de | 2014-09-01 11:28:11 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | config IWLWIFI_UAPSD |
| 91 | bool "enable U-APSD by default" |
| 92 | depends on IWLMVM |
| 93 | help |
| 94 | Say Y here to enable U-APSD by default. This may cause |
| 95 | interoperability problems with some APs, manifesting in lower than |
| 96 | expected throughput due to those APs not enabling aggregation |
| 97 | |
| 98 | If unsure, say N. |
| 99 | |
Jay Sternberg | 110ff6db | 2010-08-12 12:15:55 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | menu "Debugging Options" |
Jay Sternberg | 110ff6db | 2010-08-12 12:15:55 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | |
Tomas Winkler | 4fc22b2 | 2008-07-21 18:54:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 102 | config IWLWIFI_DEBUG |
Don Fry | 3c607d2 | 2011-09-30 11:40:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 103 | bool "Enable full debugging output in the iwlwifi driver" |
Tomas Winkler | 4fc22b2 | 2008-07-21 18:54:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | ---help--- |
| 105 | This option will enable debug tracing output for the iwlwifi drivers |
| 106 | |
| 107 | This will result in the kernel module being ~100k larger. You can |
| 108 | control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the |
| 109 | value in |
| 110 | |
Wey-Yi Guy | add6ff1 | 2011-10-10 07:27:07 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/debug |
Tomas Winkler | 4fc22b2 | 2008-07-21 18:54:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 112 | |
| 113 | This entry will only exist if this option is enabled. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | To set a value, simply echo an 8-byte hex value to the same file: |
| 116 | |
Wey-Yi Guy | add6ff1 | 2011-10-10 07:27:07 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 117 | % echo 0x43fff > /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/debug |
Tomas Winkler | 4fc22b2 | 2008-07-21 18:54:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | |
| 119 | You can find the list of debug mask values in: |
| 120 | drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debug.h |
| 121 | |
| 122 | If this is your first time using this driver, you should say Y here |
| 123 | as the debug information can assist others in helping you resolve |
| 124 | any problems you may encounter. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | config IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS |
Don Fry | 3c607d2 | 2011-09-30 11:40:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | bool "iwlwifi debugfs support" |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS |
Tomas Winkler | 4fc22b2 | 2008-07-21 18:54:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 129 | ---help--- |
Johannes Berg | d73e492 | 2010-05-06 12:18:41 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | Enable creation of debugfs files for the iwlwifi drivers. This |
| 131 | is a low-impact option that allows getting insight into the |
| 132 | driver's state at runtime. |
Tomas Winkler | 4fc22b2 | 2008-07-21 18:54:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 133 | |
Jay Sternberg | 3939608 | 2010-08-12 10:24:07 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 134 | config IWLWIFI_DEBUG_EXPERIMENTAL_UCODE |
| 135 | bool "Experimental uCode support" |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | depends on IWLWIFI_DEBUG |
Jay Sternberg | 3939608 | 2010-08-12 10:24:07 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | ---help--- |
| 138 | Enable use of experimental ucode for testing and debugging. |
| 139 | |
Johannes Berg | be1a71a | 2009-10-02 13:44:02 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | config IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING |
| 141 | bool "iwlwifi device access tracing" |
Johannes Berg | be1a71a | 2009-10-02 13:44:02 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | depends on EVENT_TRACING |
| 143 | help |
| 144 | Say Y here to trace all commands, including TX frames and IO |
| 145 | accesses, sent to the device. If you say yes, iwlwifi will |
| 146 | register with the ftrace framework for event tracing and dump |
| 147 | all this information to the ringbuffer, you may need to |
| 148 | increase the ringbuffer size. See the ftrace documentation |
| 149 | for more information. |
| 150 | |
| 151 | When tracing is not enabled, this option still has some |
| 152 | (though rather small) overhead. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | If unsure, say Y so we can help you better when problems |
| 155 | occur. |
Jay Sternberg | 110ff6db | 2010-08-12 12:15:55 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | endmenu |
Emmanuel Grumbach | ae7486a | 2014-07-07 09:25:42 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | |
| 158 | endif |