Johannes Berg | 704232c | 2007-04-23 12:20:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config CFG80211 |
| 2 | tristate "Improved wireless configuration API" |
| 3 | |
Johannes Berg | 5568296 | 2007-09-20 13:09:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | config NL80211 |
| 5 | bool "nl80211 new netlink interface support" |
Andrew Morton | 0aa4f33 | 2007-09-26 22:21:28 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | depends on CFG80211 |
Johannes Berg | 5568296 | 2007-09-20 13:09:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | default y |
| 8 | ---help--- |
John W. Linville | d6084cb | 2007-12-21 00:43:34 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | This option turns on the new netlink interface |
| 10 | (nl80211) support in cfg80211. |
Johannes Berg | 5568296 | 2007-09-20 13:09:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | |
John W. Linville | d6084cb | 2007-12-21 00:43:34 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | If =n, drivers using mac80211 will be configured via |
| 13 | wireless extension support provided by that subsystem. |
Johannes Berg | 5568296 | 2007-09-20 13:09:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
John W. Linville | d6084cb | 2007-12-21 00:43:34 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | If unsure, say Y. |
Johannes Berg | 5568296 | 2007-09-20 13:09:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY |
Davide Pesavento | 5d6ffc5 | 2008-09-30 19:56:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame^] | 18 | bool "Old wireless static regulatory definitions" |
Luis R. Rodriguez | b2e1b30 | 2008-09-09 23:19:48 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | default n |
| 20 | ---help--- |
| 21 | This option enables the old static regulatory information |
| 22 | and uses it within the new framework. This is available |
| 23 | temporarily as an option to help prevent immediate issues |
| 24 | due to the switch to the new regulatory framework which |
| 25 | does require a new userspace application which has the |
| 26 | database of regulatory information (CRDA) and another for |
| 27 | setting regulatory domains (iw). |
| 28 | |
| 29 | For more information see: |
| 30 | |
| 31 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA |
| 32 | http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw |
| 33 | |
| 34 | It is important to note though that if you *do* have CRDA present |
| 35 | and if this option is enabled CRDA *will* be called to update the |
| 36 | regulatory domain (for US and JP only). Support for letting the user |
| 37 | set the regulatory domain through iw is also supported. This option |
| 38 | mainly exists to leave around for a kernel release some old static |
| 39 | regulatory domains that were defined and to keep around the old |
| 40 | ieee80211_regdom module parameter. This is being phased out and you |
| 41 | should stop using them ASAP. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Say N unless you cannot install a new userspace application |
| 44 | or have one currently depending on the ieee80211_regdom module |
| 45 | parameter and cannot port it to use the new userspace interfaces. |
| 46 | |
| 47 | This is scheduled for removal for 2.6.29. |
| 48 | |
Johannes Berg | 2a5e1c0 | 2007-04-23 12:19:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | config WIRELESS_EXT |
| 50 | bool "Wireless extensions" |
| 51 | default n |
| 52 | ---help--- |
| 53 | This option enables the legacy wireless extensions |
| 54 | (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) |
| 55 | |
| 56 | Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and |
| 57 | will be required only by legacy drivers that implement |
Johannes Berg | 5568296 | 2007-09-20 13:09:35 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 58 | wireless extension handlers. This option does not |
| 59 | affect the wireless-extension backward compatibility |
| 60 | code in cfg80211. |
Johannes Berg | 2a5e1c0 | 2007-04-23 12:19:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | |
| 62 | Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless |
| 63 | extensions for external modules. |
Johannes Berg | 22bb1be | 2008-07-10 11:16:47 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | |
| 65 | config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS |
| 66 | bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files" |
| 67 | default y |
| 68 | depends on WIRELESS_EXT && SYSFS |
| 69 | help |
| 70 | This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics |
| 71 | files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information |
| 72 | is available via the ioctls as well. |
| 73 | |
Florian Mickler | d966474 | 2008-09-02 15:26:34 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | Say Y if you have programs using it, like old versions of |
| 75 | hal. |