+config CFG80211
+ tristate "Improved wireless configuration API"
+
+config NL80211
+ bool "nl80211 new netlink interface support"
+ depends on 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
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.
-
-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.