Re: [PATCH 5/7] wireless: update WIRELESS_EXT kconfig entry

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>]

Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Provide more documentation as to why its being deprecated.
> 
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
> ---
>  net/wireless/Kconfig |   12 ++++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
> index 08f6733..521ef6a 100644
> --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
> @@ -98,8 +98,16 @@ config WIRELESS_EXT
>  	bool "Wireless extensions"
>  	default y
>  	---help---
> -	  This option enables the legacy wireless extensions
> -	  (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.)
> +	  This option enables the legacy wireless extensions.
> +	  Wireless extensions was the first 802.11 wireless configuration
> +	  API used by the networking subsystem. You will not need this unless
> +	  you have old userspace utilities or old wireless devices which
> +	  have not yet been ported to cfg80211.

I would like this to read "You will need this if you have old
userspace utilities or old wireless devices that have not yet been
ported to cfg80211."

Larry