From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03/20 v4] wext: default to y
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:26:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090701193418.831843658@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20090701192641.072258140@sipsolutions.net
The way I initially thought we could do wireless extensions
is by making all the compat code in cfg80211 be independent
of CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT, but this is turning out to not be
feasible. Therefore, fix the Kconfig help text and make the
option default to yes, so people won't get a nasty surprise
when mac80211 will get rid of its 'select WIRELESS_EXT' any
time now.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
---
net/wireless/Kconfig | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/Kconfig 2009-07-01 08:55:08.000000000 +0200
+++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/Kconfig 2009-07-01 08:59:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -35,19 +35,13 @@ config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY
config WIRELESS_EXT
bool "Wireless extensions"
- default n
+ default y
---help---
This option enables the legacy wireless extensions
(wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.)
- Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and
- will be required only by legacy drivers that implement
- wireless extension handlers. This option does not
- affect the wireless-extension backward compatibility
- code in cfg80211.
-
- Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless
- extensions for external modules.
+ Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use
+ nl80211 instead of wireless extensions.
config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files"
--
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-01 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-01 19:26 [PATCH 00/20 v4] wireless patch dump Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 01/20 v4] wext: allow returning NULL stats Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 02/20 v4] mac80211: fix todo lock Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 04/20 v4] cfg80211: move break statement to correct place Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 05/20 v4] nl80211: clean up function definitions Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 06/20 v4] cfg80211: use proper allocation flags Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 07/20 v4] cfg80211: remove wireless_dev->bssid Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 08/20 v4] mac80211: tell SME about real auth state Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 09/20 v4] wext: constify extra argument to wireless_send_event Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 10/20 v4] cfg80211: introduce nl80211 testmode command Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 11/20 v4] mac80211: remove an unused function declaration Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 12/20 v4] wireless: define AKM suites Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 13/20 v4] cfg80211: connect/disconnect API Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 14/20 v4] cfg80211: emulate connect with auth/assoc Johannes Berg
2009-07-02 7:13 ` [PATCH 14/20 v4.1] " Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 15/20 v4] cfg80211: managed mode wext compatibility Johannes Berg
2009-07-02 23:55 ` [PATCH] iwmc3200wifi: cfg80211 managed mode port Samuel Ortiz
2009-07-03 8:02 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-03 13:10 ` Samuel Ortiz
2009-07-05 1:37 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-03 0:00 ` [PATCH] cfg80211: check for current_bss from giwrate Samuel Ortiz
2009-07-03 8:01 ` Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 16/20 v4] cfg80211: implement iwpower Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 17/20 v4] cfg80211: implement IWAP for WDS Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:26 ` [PATCH 18/20 v4] cfg80211: implement IWRATE Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:27 ` [PATCH 19/20 v4] cfg80211: implement get_wireless_stats Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:27 ` [PATCH 20/20 v4] mac80211: re-add HT disabling Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:40 ` [PATCH 21/20 v4] mac80211: remove auth algorithm retry Johannes Berg
2009-07-01 19:41 ` [PATCH 22/20 v4] mac80211: remove dead code, clean up Johannes Berg
2009-07-02 7:58 ` [PATCH] cfg80211: send events for userspace SME Johannes Berg
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