| Christian Lamparter | 1d7e1e6 | 2010-09-06 01:10:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config CARL9170 |
| 2 | tristate "Linux Community AR9170 802.11n USB support" |
| Kees Cook | 49f8216 | 2013-01-22 10:30:37 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | depends on USB && MAC80211 |
| Vladimir Kondratiev | 23c1d7f | 2012-11-28 18:57:19 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | select ATH_COMMON |
| Christian Lamparter | 1d7e1e6 | 2010-09-06 01:10:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | select FW_LOADER |
| 6 | select CRC32 |
| 7 | help |
| Lauri Kasanen | 83e41e7 | 2016-04-16 17:18:56 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | This is the mainline driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. |
| Christian Lamparter | 1d7e1e6 | 2010-09-06 01:10:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | |
| Lauri Kasanen | 83e41e7 | 2016-04-16 17:18:56 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | It needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw), which can be downloaded |
| 11 | from our wiki here: |
| Christian Lamparter | b4c85d4 | 2010-09-26 21:40:40 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170> |
| Christian Lamparter | 1d7e1e6 | 2010-09-06 01:10:25 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | |
| 14 | If you choose to build a module, it'll be called carl9170. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | config CARL9170_LEDS |
| 17 | bool "SoftLED Support" |
| 18 | depends on CARL9170 |
| 19 | select MAC80211_LEDS |
| 20 | select LEDS_CLASS |
| 21 | select NEW_LEDS |
| 22 | default y |
| 23 | help |
| 24 | This option is necessary, if you want your device' LEDs to blink |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Say Y, unless you need the LEDs for firmware debugging. |
| 27 | |
| 28 | config CARL9170_DEBUGFS |
| 29 | bool "DebugFS Support" |
| 30 | depends on CARL9170 && DEBUG_FS && MAC80211_DEBUGFS |
| 31 | default n |
| 32 | help |
| 33 | Export several driver and device internals to user space. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | Say N. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | config CARL9170_WPC |
| 38 | bool |
| 39 | depends on CARL9170 && (INPUT = y || INPUT = CARL9170) |
| 40 | default y |
| Christian Lamparter | 00044f1 | 2011-08-15 20:09:54 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | |
| 42 | config CARL9170_HWRNG |
| 43 | bool "Random number generator" |
| 44 | depends on CARL9170 && (HW_RANDOM = y || HW_RANDOM = CARL9170) |
| 45 | default n |
| 46 | help |
| 47 | Provides a hardware random number generator to the kernel. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | SECURITY WARNING: It's relatively easy to eavesdrop all |
| 50 | generated random numbers from the transport stream with |
| 51 | usbmon [software] or special usb sniffer hardware. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Say N, unless your setup[i.e.: embedded system] has no |
| 54 | other rng source and you can afford to take the risk. |