From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:60890 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755260AbZHNVMN (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:12:13 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 31/34] wireless: update mac80211 kconfig entry From: Johannes Berg To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, Jouni Malinen In-Reply-To: <1250281559-13041-32-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> References: <1250281559-13041-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1250281559-13041-32-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-+lKreM4dZgLf7Mz4+8IT" Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:12:10 +0200 Message-Id: <1250284330.4411.5.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-+lKreM4dZgLf7Mz4+8IT Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > - This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11 > - networking stack. > + This option enables support for a framework used by IEEE-802.11 > + SoftMAC devices. SoftMAC devices allow for a finer control of the > + hardware, allowing for 802.11 frame management to be done in software > + for them, for both parsing and generation of 802.11 wireless frames. > + Most 802.11 devices today tend to be of this type. > + mac8011 implements the cfg80211 callbacks for SoftMAC devices, mac80211 > + mac80211 then depends on cfg80211 for both registration to the networ= king > + subsystem and for configuration. Configuration is handled by cfg80211= both > + through nl80211 and wireless extensions. > + > + If you have new userspace utitlities which support nl80211 you do not utilities > + need wireless-extensions to support a mac80211 device. And in any case I really don't see a need to explain the wireless configuration stuff in a Kconfig entry. IMHO the text should be short and to the point, your texts give too much background information that doesn't help anyone except people who already know about wireless stuff to make a choice. > + For more information refer the the wireless wiki entry on mac80211: > + > + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/mac80211 > + > + When built as a module mac80211 will be built as mac80211.ko, if not = sure > + you should build this as a module. We do not include the '.ko' in the module name, just say "The module will be named mac80211" or so. johannes --=-+lKreM4dZgLf7Mz4+8IT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKhdMnAAoJEODzc/N7+Qma714QAJpHTqaId9xXuIXb+Zjvys6U 7aZkzLUtspohokd1r3/rMQhgXx3cjqLVQpuDW9VckIomPFN+6vC/XTO7DyN37j4o 6fMHMlHbaC6lIhSKL7lfoLMTtSpzYdn88tUWhY9k6f1WcfBCEX7Y7a40k3NnpBvE KV4rMN2HpoiV9w3cy62Q5SyMmaSCZxn4t236jSEvlH7nIs62y5mMelngfqWEbwLU k0C46SvNB67elj2gMjhYxa5zvQvFwgG6Y0BlOu5iWIzRXUl0kG2t5iU3dPfYARtX 5gFjEg5rfk0C2BUzZ37dyPWzf9z+qPyha07ONVDaTu2Be1CNoVvJ58Ccgxo4ulMi QfDYjmFediqZNA/xUsz8tkpCCK1rDxhOnGwAh34CBheMOCMWby8e7rSHb8xkhfSJ PiRleY5CHEOryxj0JTkXU1bU0X07gk+ZNuAWUHx4OauPlzHmcj/yAJcnfe0RDCYi PN2631F8u60qeyIoMcY3voxubGJ252SgKzPNhhTfmicZ/NyhVLVf0cgLi+KCuRiq UxMJlIJydn/JftgNNYn0YtSLDk0kZ77lHj7X4wAAxOPqeIDf/oPZLzekY5Bt/XEG Ay0AgTLUTJ+dsHLBTiPKJ161vpH/W/lTBHZGZquDOS+nbDLO1PMpQhlL6HvrPFEn SC2jxJsnQJ2MsnrZVkPz =fDqY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-+lKreM4dZgLf7Mz4+8IT--