From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
To: Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Cannot easily set CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT in kernel 3.0 build
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:09:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E414DA7.7020406@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAG1a4rtHedO66ot4B7TWmKG5_mrnSS78O74_xxmgXk7UeoX_gA@mail.gmail.com>
On 9.8.2011 17:04, Pavel Ivanov wrote:
> I'd think that such behavior is a bug, although I don't know on which
> side. Either on the side of wireless drivers which all have to have
> 'select WIRELESS_EXT' in their Kconfig files or on the side of kbuild
> system which doesn't allow me to set CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT unless some
> driver requires it. Interestingly enough requiring WIRELESS_EXT works
> only with drivers, because I've tried to add CONFIG_LIBIPW (it
> requires WIRELESS_EXT too)
Both WIRELESS_EXT and LIBIPW are symbols without prompt, so they cannot
be selected by the user directly. Drivers that need CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
have to select it.
Michal
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-09 15:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-09 15:04 Cannot easily set CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT in kernel 3.0 build Pavel Ivanov
2011-08-09 15:09 ` Michal Marek [this message]
2011-08-09 15:52 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-08-09 15:52 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-08-09 16:14 ` Pavel Ivanov
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