Johannes Berg | 704232c | 2007-04-23 12:20:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config CFG80211 |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b275f28 | 2009-09-01 08:53:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | tristate "cfg80211 - wireless configuration API" |
Johannes Berg | 1f87f7d | 2009-06-02 13:01:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | depends on RFKILL || !RFKILL |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b275f28 | 2009-09-01 08:53:49 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | ---help--- |
| 5 | cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API. |
| 6 | Enable this if you have a wireless device. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | For more information refer to documentation on the wireless wiki: |
| 9 | |
| 10 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/cfg80211 |
| 11 | |
| 12 | When built as a module it will be called cfg80211. |
Johannes Berg | 704232c | 2007-04-23 12:20:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | |
Johannes Berg | aff89a9 | 2009-07-01 21:26:51 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | config NL80211_TESTMODE |
| 15 | bool "nl80211 testmode command" |
| 16 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 17 | help |
| 18 | The nl80211 testmode command helps implementing things like |
| 19 | factory calibration or validation tools for wireless chips. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Select this option ONLY for kernels that are specifically |
| 22 | built for such purposes. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Debugging tools that are supposed to end up in the hands of |
| 25 | users should better be implemented with debugfs. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Say N. |
| 28 | |
Johannes Berg | f796996 | 2009-08-21 12:23:49 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | config CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS |
| 30 | bool "enable developer warnings" |
| 31 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 32 | default n |
| 33 | help |
| 34 | This option enables some additional warnings that help |
| 35 | cfg80211 developers and driver developers, but that can |
| 36 | trigger due to races with userspace. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | For example, when a driver reports that it was disconnected |
| 39 | from the AP, but the user disconnects manually at the same |
| 40 | time, the warning might trigger spuriously due to races. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Say Y only if you are developing cfg80211 or a driver based |
| 43 | on it (or mac80211). |
| 44 | |
| 45 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 3f2355c | 2008-11-12 14:22:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | config CFG80211_REG_DEBUG |
| 47 | bool "cfg80211 regulatory debugging" |
| 48 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 49 | default n |
| 50 | ---help--- |
| 51 | You can enable this if you want to debug regulatory changes. |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 253850c | 2009-09-01 08:22:43 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | For more information on cfg80211 regulatory refer to the wireless |
| 53 | wiki: |
| 54 | |
| 55 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 3f2355c | 2008-11-12 14:22:02 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | |
| 57 | If unsure, say N. |
| 58 | |
Johannes Berg | bc92afd | 2009-07-01 21:26:57 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | config CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS |
| 60 | bool "enable powersave by default" |
| 61 | depends on CFG80211 |
| 62 | default y |
| 63 | help |
| 64 | This option enables powersave mode by default. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | If this causes your applications to misbehave you should fix your |
| 67 | applications instead -- they need to register their network |
| 68 | latency requirement, see Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | config CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS_VALUE |
| 71 | int |
| 72 | default 1 if CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS |
| 73 | default 0 |
| 74 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 1ac6130 | 2009-05-02 00:37:21 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 75 | config CFG80211_DEBUGFS |
| 76 | bool "cfg80211 DebugFS entries" |
| 77 | depends on CFG80211 && DEBUG_FS |
| 78 | ---help--- |
| 79 | You can enable this if you want to debugfs entries for cfg80211. |
| 80 | |
| 81 | If unsure, say N. |
| 82 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY |
Davide Pesavento | 5d6ffc5 | 2008-09-30 19:56:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | bool "Old wireless static regulatory definitions" |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 8a5117d | 2009-03-24 21:21:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | default n |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | ---help--- |
| 87 | This option enables the old static regulatory information |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 8a5117d | 2009-03-24 21:21:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | and uses it within the new framework. This option is available |
| 89 | for historical reasons and it is advised to leave it off. |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 8a5117d | 2009-03-24 21:21:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | For details see: |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 8a5117d | 2009-03-24 21:21:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | 8a5117d | 2009-03-24 21:21:07 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | Say N and if you say Y, please tell us why. The default is N. |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | |
Johannes Berg | 2a5e1c0 | 2007-04-23 12:19:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | config WIRELESS_EXT |
| 98 | bool "Wireless extensions" |
Johannes Berg | 8983240 | 2009-07-01 21:26:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 99 | default y |
Johannes Berg | 2a5e1c0 | 2007-04-23 12:19:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | ---help--- |
| 101 | This option enables the legacy wireless extensions |
| 102 | (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) |
| 103 | |
Johannes Berg | 8983240 | 2009-07-01 21:26:44 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use |
| 105 | nl80211 instead of wireless extensions. |
Johannes Berg | 22bb1be | 2008-07-10 11:16:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 106 | |
| 107 | config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS |
| 108 | bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files" |
| 109 | default y |
| 110 | depends on WIRELESS_EXT && SYSFS |
| 111 | help |
| 112 | This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics |
| 113 | files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information |
| 114 | is available via the ioctls as well. |
| 115 | |
Florian Mickler | d966474 | 2008-09-02 15:26:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | Say Y if you have programs using it, like old versions of |
| 117 | hal. |
John W. Linville | 7e272fc | 2008-09-24 18:13:14 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | |
| 119 | config LIB80211 |
| 120 | tristate "Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers" |
| 121 | default n |
| 122 | help |
| 123 | This options enables a library of common routines used |
| 124 | by IEEE802.11 wireless LAN drivers. |
| 125 | |
| 126 | Drivers should select this themselves if needed. Say Y if |
| 127 | you want this built into your kernel. |
John W. Linville | 274bfb8 | 2008-10-29 11:35:05 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | |
| 129 | config LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP |
| 130 | tristate |
| 131 | |
| 132 | config LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP |
| 133 | tristate |
| 134 | |
| 135 | config LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP |
| 136 | tristate |
John W. Linville | 6f16bf3 | 2009-03-11 11:05:25 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | |
| 138 | config LIB80211_DEBUG |
| 139 | bool "lib80211 debugging messages" |
| 140 | depends on LIB80211 |
| 141 | default n |
| 142 | ---help--- |
| 143 | You can enable this if you want verbose debugging messages |
| 144 | from lib80211. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | If unsure, say N. |