From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:39421 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932841AbZHNU3a (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:29:30 -0400 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: linville@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Johannes Berg Subject: [PATCH v4 28/34] wireless: update cfg80211 kconfig entry Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:25:53 -0400 Message-Id: <1250281559-13041-29-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> In-Reply-To: <1250281559-13041-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> References: <1250281559-13041-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez --- net/wireless/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index c6031d5..e060b87 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -1,5 +1,19 @@ config CFG80211 - tristate "Improved wireless configuration API" + tristate "cfg80211 - wireless configuration API" + ---help--- + cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API. + Enable this if you have a wireless device or if you just want + to test the wireless subsystem (see mac80211_hwsim). cfg80211 + allows for device drivers to register themselves with the + networking subsystem and allows for userspace configuration + through a generic netlink family for wireless called nl80211. + + 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.ko + depends on RFKILL || !RFKILL config NL80211_TESTMODE -- 1.6.2.5