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| author | Johannes Berg | 2007-09-20 13:09:35 -0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller | 2007-10-10 16:52:14 -0700 |
| commit | 556829657397b9b05baec6691ead4e22ee8d1567 (patch) | |
| tree | 44242431553e5e22c0bceaab7a06d9d7bf0dd2f6 /net/wireless/Kconfig | |
| parent | 0800f170263d19b882e519441156c5f6ed190fc1 (diff) | |
[NL80211]: add netlink interface to cfg80211
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/wireless/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index a228d56a91b8..6291f13bba09 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,19 @@ config CFG80211 tristate "Improved wireless configuration API" +config NL80211 + bool "nl80211 new netlink interface support" + depends CFG80211 + default y + ---help--- + This option turns on the new netlink interface + (nl80211) support in cfg80211. + + If =n, drivers using mac80211 will be configured via + wireless extension support provided by that subsystem. + + If unsure, say Y. + config WIRELESS_EXT bool "Wireless extensions" default n @@ -10,7 +23,9 @@ config WIRELESS_EXT Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and will be required only by legacy drivers that implement - wireless extension handlers. + wireless extension handlers. This option does not + affect the wireless-extension backward compatibility + code in cfg80211. Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless extensions for external modules. |