From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Luis Rodriguez <Luis.Rodriguez@Atheros.com>,
"linville@tuxdriver.com" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] wireless: update cfg80211 kconfig entry
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 08:47:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090901154735.GC8261@mosca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A9D3FA8.9020800@lwfinger.net>
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 08:37:12AM -0700, Larry Finger wrote:
> Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > cfg80211 is now *the* wireless configuration API. Lets also
> > give a little explanation as to what it is and refer people to
> > the wireless wiki for more information.
> >
> > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
> > ---
> > net/wireless/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++++-
> > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
> > index aea7e68..9fd570b 100644
> > --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
> > +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
> > @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
> > config CFG80211
> > - tristate "Improved wireless configuration API"
> > + tristate "cfg80211 - wireless configuration API"
> > depends on RFKILL || !RFKILL
> > + ---help---
> > + cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API.
> > + Enable this if you have a wireless device.
> > +
> > + For more information refer to documentation on the wireless wiki:
> > +
> > + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/cfg80211
> > +
> > + When built as a module cfg80211 will be built as cfg80211
>
> First of all, I think this modest change is much better than the
> previous set of patches, and that the additional info you provide for
> mac80211 and friends will be useful for those who don't live with
> 802.11 wifi all day long.
>
> That said, I find the above statement to be a little clumsy. Perhaps
> it should be "When built as a module, it will be called cfg80211". The
> same comment also applies to patch 6 for mac80211.
Thanks, will resend.
Luis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-01 15:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-01 15:22 [PATCH 0/7] wireless: few kconfig updates Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:22 ` [PATCH 1/7] wireless: update top level wireless driver entry Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:22 ` [PATCH 2/7] wireless: update wireless kconfig description Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:31 ` Johannes Berg
2009-09-01 15:46 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:22 ` [PATCH 3/7] wireless: update cfg80211 kconfig entry Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:37 ` Larry Finger
2009-09-01 15:47 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2009-09-01 15:22 ` [PATCH 4/7] wireless: update reg debug " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:22 ` [PATCH 5/7] wireless: update WIRELESS_EXT " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:53 ` Larry Finger
2009-09-01 15:54 ` Johannes Berg
2009-09-01 16:58 ` John W. Linville
2009-09-01 15:22 ` [PATCH 6/7] wireless: update mac80211 " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-09-01 15:22 ` [PATCH 7/7] wireless: remove mac80211 rate selection extra menu Luis R. Rodriguez
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