depends on NETDEVICES
config NET_RADIO
- bool "Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions"
+ bool "Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio)"
+ select WIRELESS_EXT
---help---
Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio,
but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting.
the tools from
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
+config NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK
+ bool "Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink"
+ depends on NET_RADIO
+ ---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.
+
# Note : the cards are obsolete (can't buy them anymore), but the drivers
# are not, as people are still using them...
comment "Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)"
config IPW2100
tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection"
- depends on NET_RADIO && PCI && IEEE80211
+ depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
select FW_LOADER
+ select IEEE80211
---help---
A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter.
config IPW2200
tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection"
- depends on NET_RADIO && IEEE80211 && PCI
+ depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
select FW_LOADER
+ select IEEE80211
---help---
A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
Connection adapters.
In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
You can obtain the firmware from
<http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200
- for information on where to install the firmare images.
+ for information on where to install the firmware images.
You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
configure your card:
say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
will be called ipw2200.ko.
+config IPW2200_MONITOR
+ bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
+ depends on IPW2200
+ ---help---
+ Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver.
+ With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
+ promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this
+ mode, no packets can be sent.
+
+config IPW_QOS
+ bool "Enable QoS support"
+ depends on IPW2200 && EXPERIMENTAL
+
config IPW2200_DEBUG
bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
depends on IPW2200
config AIRO
tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
- depends on NET_RADIO && ISA_DMA_API && CRYPTO && (PCI || BROKEN)
+ depends on NET_RADIO && ISA_DMA_API && (PCI || BROKEN)
+ select CRYPTO
---help---
This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and
PCI 802.11 wireless cards.
It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
- with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
- aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
+ acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware
built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based
Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with
- a non-standard interface
+ a non-standard interface.
+
+ This driver does not support the Airport Extreme (802.11b/g). Use
+ the BCM43xx driver for Airport Extreme cards.
config PLX_HERMES
tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.)"
config ATMEL
tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset 802.11b support"
- depends on NET_RADIO
+ depends on NET_RADIO && (PCI || PCMCIA)
select FW_LOADER
select CRC32
---help---
config PCMCIA_SPECTRUM
tristate "Symbol Spectrum24 Trilogy PCMCIA card support"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
+ select FW_LOADER
---help---
This is a driver for 802.11b cards using RAM-loadable Symbol
config AIRO_CS
tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && (BROKEN || !M32R)
+ select CRYPTO
---help---
This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
802.11 wireless cards. This driver is the same as the Aironet
driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
- with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
- aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
+ acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
802.11b cards.
will be called prism54.ko.
source "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig"
+source "drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig"
# yes, this works even when no drivers are selected
config NET_WIRELESS
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