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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> | 2007-04-23 21:19:12 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net> | 2007-04-26 07:29:40 +0200 |
| commit | 2a5e1c0eb9efe26eed1dd072fe08de5797a7efd5 (patch) | |
| tree | 1afe58737da901f6610e38c5a0db889d098f6e2a /net/wireless/Kconfig | |
| parent | [WIRELESS]: Update MAINTAINERS for wireless mailing list. (diff) | |
| download | linux-2a5e1c0eb9efe26eed1dd072fe08de5797a7efd5.tar.xz linux-2a5e1c0eb9efe26eed1dd072fe08de5797a7efd5.zip | |
[WIRELESS]: Refactor wireless Kconfig.
This patch refactors the wireless Kconfig all over and already
introduces net/wireless/Kconfig with just the WEXT bit for now,
the cfg80211 patch will add to that as well.
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 | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ca2f05c29760 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +config WIRELESS_EXT + bool "Wireless extensions" + default n + ---help--- + This option enables the legacy wireless extensions + (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) + + Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and + will be required only by legacy drivers that implement + wireless extension handlers. + + Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless + extensions for external modules. + +config NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK + bool "Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink" + depends on WIRELESS_EXT + ---help--- + Support the Wireless Extension API over the RtNetlink socket + in addition to the traditional ioctl interface (selected above). + + For now, few tools use this facility, but it might grow in the + future. The only downside is that it adds 4.5 kB to your kernel. |