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Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -07001config MAC80211
2 tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)"
Johannes Berg0aa82042009-06-03 18:30:31 +02003 depends on CFG80211
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -07004 select CRYPTO
5 select CRYPTO_ECB
6 select CRYPTO_ARC4
7 select CRYPTO_AES
8 select CRC32
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -07009 ---help---
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -050010 This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
11 networking stack.
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -070012
Johannes Berg0aa82042009-06-03 18:30:31 +020013comment "CFG80211 needs to be enabled for MAC80211"
14 depends on CFG80211=n
15
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010016menu "Rate control algorithm selection"
17 depends on MAC80211 != n
Johannes Bergac71c692007-10-28 14:17:44 +010018
Adrian Bunke5f5e732008-06-26 13:38:13 +030019config MAC80211_RC_PID
20 bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm" if EMBEDDED
Adrian Bunke5f5e732008-06-26 13:38:13 +030021 ---help---
22 This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
23 mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
24 rate.
25
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020026config MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
Luis R. Rodriguez8eb41c92008-11-14 17:44:53 -080027 bool "Minstrel" if EMBEDDED
28 default y
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020029 ---help---
30 This option enables the 'minstrel' TX rate control algorithm
31
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010032choice
33 prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
Luis R. Rodriguez8eb41c92008-11-14 17:44:53 -080034 default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010035 ---help---
36 This option selects the default rate control algorithm
37 mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
Matt LaPlante692105b2009-01-26 11:12:25 +010038 overridden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010039 parameter if different algorithms are available.
Johannes Bergac71c692007-10-28 14:17:44 +010040
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010041config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
42 bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
Adrian Bunke5f5e732008-06-26 13:38:13 +030043 depends on MAC80211_RC_PID
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010044 ---help---
45 Select the PID controller based rate control as the
46 default rate control algorithm. You should choose
47 this unless you know what you are doing.
48
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020049config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
50 bool "Minstrel"
51 depends on MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
52 ---help---
53 Select Minstrel as the default rate control algorithm.
54
55
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010056endchoice
57
58config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
59 string
Felix Fietkaucccf1292008-10-05 18:07:45 +020060 default "minstrel" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
Luis R. Rodriguez8eb41c92008-11-14 17:44:53 -080061 default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
Stefano Brivioc21b39a2007-12-19 01:26:16 +010062 default ""
63
Johannes Berg4b475892008-01-02 15:17:03 +010064endmenu
Mattias Nisslerad018372007-12-19 01:25:57 +010065
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +010066config MAC80211_MESH
67 bool "Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support"
Luis Carlos Cobo37659ff2008-02-29 12:13:38 -080068 depends on MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +010069 ---help---
Johannes Berg5c142e82008-02-25 10:13:31 +010070 This options enables support of Draft 802.11s mesh networking.
Javier Cardona18889232009-08-10 12:15:52 -070071 The implementation is based on Draft 2.08 of the Mesh Networking
72 amendment. However, no compliance with that draft is claimed or even
73 possible, as drafts leave a number of identifiers to be defined after
74 ratification. For more information visit http://o11s.org/.
Johannes Berg2f5ce792008-02-23 15:17:21 +010075
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -070076config MAC80211_LEDS
77 bool "Enable LED triggers"
Luca Tettamantibd8fd212008-04-27 15:34:55 -070078 depends on MAC80211
79 select NEW_LEDS
80 select LEDS_TRIGGERS
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -070081 ---help---
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -050082 This option enables a few LED triggers for different
83 packet receive/transmit events.
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -070084
Jiri Bence9f207f2007-05-05 11:46:38 -070085config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
86 bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
87 depends on MAC80211 && DEBUG_FS
88 ---help---
89 Select this to see extensive information about
90 the internal state of mac80211 in debugfs.
91
92 Say N unless you know you need this.
93
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +020094menuconfig MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
95 bool "Select mac80211 debugging features"
96 depends on MAC80211
97 ---help---
98 This option collects various mac80211 debug settings.
99
Johannes Berg6feeb8a2008-01-29 16:57:51 +0100100config MAC80211_DEBUG_PACKET_ALIGNMENT
101 bool "Enable packet alignment debugging"
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200102 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
103 ---help---
Johannes Berg6feeb8a2008-01-29 16:57:51 +0100104 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
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200112config MAC80211_NOINLINE
113 bool "Do not inline TX/RX handlers"
114 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700115 ---help---
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200116 This option affects code generation in mac80211, when
117 selected some functions are marked "noinline" to allow
118 easier debugging of problems in the transmit and receive
119 paths.
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700120
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200121 This option increases code size a bit and inserts a lot
122 of function calls in the code, but is otherwise safe to
123 enable.
124
125 If unsure, say N unless you expect to be finding problems
126 in mac80211.
127
128config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
129 bool "Verbose debugging output"
130 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
131 ---help---
132 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
133 many debugging messages. It should not be selected
134 on production systems as some of the messages are
135 remotely triggerable.
136
137 Do not select this option.
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700138
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800139config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200140 bool "Verbose HT debugging"
141 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
John W. Linvillec40896d2007-12-21 00:44:59 -0500142 ---help---
143 This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
144 debug tracing output.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800145
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200146 It should not be selected on production systems as some
147 of the messages are remotely triggerable.
Ron Rindjunsky82b3cad2007-12-16 16:09:26 -0800148
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200149 Do not select this option.
150
151config MAC80211_TKIP_DEBUG
152 bool "Verbose TKIP debugging"
153 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
154 ---help---
155 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
156 very verbose TKIP debugging messages. It should not
157 be selected on production systems as those messages
158 are remotely triggerable.
159
160 Do not select this option.
161
162config MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
163 bool "Verbose IBSS debugging"
164 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
165 ---help---
166 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
167 very verbose IBSS debugging messages. It should not
168 be selected on production systems as those messages
169 are remotely triggerable.
170
171 Do not select this option.
172
173config MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
174 bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging"
175 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
176 ---help---
177 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
178 verbose power save mode debugging messages (when mac80211
179 is an AP and has power saving stations.)
180 It should not be selected on production systems as those
181 messages are remotely triggerable.
182
183 Do not select this option.
184
185config MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPL_DEBUG
186 bool "Verbose mesh peer link debugging"
187 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
188 depends on MAC80211_MESH
189 ---help---
190 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
191 verbose mesh peer link debugging messages (when mac80211
192 is taking part in a mesh network).
193 It should not be selected on production systems as those
194 messages are remotely triggerable.
195
196 Do not select this option.
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700197
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700198config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
199 bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200200 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
201 depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700202 ---help---
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200203 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to keep additional
204 and very verbose statistics about TX and RX handler use
205 and show them in debugfs.
Jiri Bencf0706e822007-05-05 11:45:53 -0700206
Johannes Bergf4ea83d2008-06-30 15:10:46 +0200207 If unsure, say N.
Johannes Berg0a2b8bb2009-07-07 13:46:22 +0200208
209config MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER
210 bool "Driver API tracer"
211 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
212 depends on EVENT_TRACING
213 help
214 Say Y here to make mac80211 register with the ftrace
215 framework for the driver API -- you can see which
216 driver methods it is calling then by looking at the
217 trace.
218
219 If unsure, say N.