config MAC80211
tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)"
+ depends on CFG80211
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_ECB
select CRYPTO_ARC4
select CRYPTO_AES
select CRC32
- select WIRELESS_EXT
- select CFG80211
- select NET_SCH_FIFO
---help---
This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
networking stack.
-menu "Rate control algorithm selection"
- depends on MAC80211 != n
+comment "CFG80211 needs to be enabled for MAC80211"
+ depends on CFG80211=n
+
+if MAC80211 != n
+
+config MAC80211_RC_PID
+ bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm" if EMBEDDED
+ ---help---
+ This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
+ mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
+ rate.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
+ bool "Minstrel" if EMBEDDED
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ This option enables the 'minstrel' TX rate control algorithm
choice
prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
- default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
+ default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
---help---
This option selects the default rate control algorithm
mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
- overriden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
+ overridden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
parameter if different algorithms are available.
config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
- select MAC80211_RC_PID
+ depends on MAC80211_RC_PID
---help---
Select the PID controller based rate control as the
default rate control algorithm. You should choose
this unless you know what you are doing.
-config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
- bool "Simple rate control algorithm"
- select MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
+ bool "Minstrel"
+ depends on MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
---help---
- Select the simple rate control as the default rate
- control algorithm. Note that this is a non-responsive,
- dumb algorithm. You should choose the PID rate control
- instead.
+ Select Minstrel as the default rate control algorithm.
-config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_NONE
- bool "No default algorithm"
- depends on EMBEDDED
- help
- Selecting this option will select no default algorithm
- and allow you to not build any. Do not choose this
- option unless you know your driver comes with another
- suitable algorithm.
-endchoice
-comment "Selecting 'y' for an algorithm will"
-comment "build the algorithm into mac80211."
+endchoice
config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
string
+ default "minstrel" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
- default "simple" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
default ""
-config MAC80211_RC_PID
- tristate "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
- ---help---
- This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
- mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
- rate.
-
- Say Y or M unless you're sure you want to use a
- different rate control algorithm.
-
-config MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
- tristate "Simple rate control algorithm (DEPRECATED)"
- ---help---
- This option enables a very simple, non-responsive TX
- rate control algorithm. This algorithm is deprecated
- and will be removed from the kernel in the near future.
- It has been replaced by the PID algorithm.
-
- Say N unless you know what you are doing.
-endmenu
+endif
config MAC80211_MESH
bool "Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support"
- depends on MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
+ depends on MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
---help---
- This options enables support of pre-802.11s mesh interfaces.
- For more information visit http://o11s.org
-
+ This options enables support of Draft 802.11s mesh networking.
+ The implementation is based on Draft 2.08 of the Mesh Networking
+ amendment. However, no compliance with that draft is claimed or even
+ possible, as drafts leave a number of identifiers to be defined after
+ ratification. For more information visit http://o11s.org/.
config MAC80211_LEDS
bool "Enable LED triggers"
- depends on MAC80211 && LEDS_TRIGGERS
+ depends on MAC80211
+ select NEW_LEDS
+ select LEDS_TRIGGERS
---help---
This option enables a few LED triggers for different
packet receive/transmit events.
Say N unless you know you need this.
+menuconfig MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
+ bool "Select mac80211 debugging features"
+ depends on MAC80211
+ ---help---
+ This option collects various mac80211 debug settings.
+
config MAC80211_DEBUG_PACKET_ALIGNMENT
bool "Enable packet alignment debugging"
- depends on MAC80211
- help
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
+ ---help---
This option is recommended for driver authors and strongly
discouraged for everybody else, it will trigger a warning
when a driver hands mac80211 a buffer that is aligned in
Say N unless you're writing a mac80211 based driver.
-config MAC80211_DEBUG
- bool "Enable debugging output"
- depends on MAC80211
+config MAC80211_NOINLINE
+ bool "Do not inline TX/RX handlers"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
---help---
- This option will enable debug tracing output for the
- ieee80211 network stack.
+ This option affects code generation in mac80211, when
+ selected some functions are marked "noinline" to allow
+ easier debugging of problems in the transmit and receive
+ paths.
+
+ This option increases code size a bit and inserts a lot
+ of function calls in the code, but is otherwise safe to
+ enable.
- If you are not trying to debug or develop the ieee80211
- subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
+ If unsure, say N unless you expect to be finding problems
+ in mac80211.
+
+config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
+ bool "Verbose debugging output"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
+ ---help---
+ Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
+ many debugging messages. It should not be selected
+ on production systems as some of the messages are
+ remotely triggerable.
+
+ Do not select this option.
config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
- bool "Enable HT debugging output"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+ bool "Verbose HT debugging"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
---help---
This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
debug tracing output.
- If you are not trying to debug of develop the ieee80211
- subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
+ It should not be selected on production systems as some
+ of the messages are remotely triggerable.
-config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
- bool "Verbose debugging output"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+ Do not select this option.
-config MAC80211_LOWTX_FRAME_DUMP
- bool "Debug frame dumping"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+config MAC80211_TKIP_DEBUG
+ bool "Verbose TKIP debugging"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
---help---
- Selecting this option will cause the stack to
- print a message for each frame that is handed
- to the lowlevel driver for transmission. This
- message includes all MAC addresses and the
- frame control field.
-
- If unsure, say N and insert the debugging code
- you require into the driver you are debugging.
-
-config TKIP_DEBUG
- bool "TKIP debugging"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+ Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
+ very verbose TKIP debugging messages. It should not
+ be selected on production systems as those messages
+ are remotely triggerable.
-config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
- bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+ Do not select this option.
config MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
- bool "Support for IBSS testing"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+ bool "Verbose IBSS debugging"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
---help---
- Say Y here if you intend to debug the IBSS code.
+ Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
+ very verbose IBSS debugging messages. It should not
+ be selected on production systems as those messages
+ are remotely triggerable.
+
+ Do not select this option.
config MAC80211_VERBOSE_PS_DEBUG
bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
---help---
- Say Y here to print out verbose powersave
- mode debug messages.
+ Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
+ verbose power save mode debugging messages (when mac80211
+ is an AP and has power saving stations.)
+ It should not be selected on production systems as those
+ messages are remotely triggerable.
+
+ Do not select this option.
config MAC80211_VERBOSE_MPL_DEBUG
bool "Verbose mesh peer link debugging"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUG && MAC80211_MESH
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
+ depends on MAC80211_MESH
---help---
- Say Y here to print out verbose mesh peer link
- debug messages.
+ Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
+ verbose mesh peer link debugging messages (when mac80211
+ is taking part in a mesh network).
+ It should not be selected on production systems as those
+ messages are remotely triggerable.
+
+ Do not select this option.
+
+config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
+ bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS
+ ---help---
+ Selecting this option causes mac80211 to keep additional
+ and very verbose statistics about TX and RX handler use
+ and show them in debugfs.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config MAC80211_DRIVER_API_TRACER
+ bool "Driver API tracer"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
+ depends on EVENT_TRACING
+ help
+ Say Y here to make mac80211 register with the ftrace
+ framework for the driver API -- you can see which
+ driver methods it is calling then by looking at the
+ trace.
+
+ If unsure, say N.