| Message ID | 1251818566-9264-3-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Not Applicable, archived |
| Headers | show |
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 08:22 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > "Wireless" is a misnomer 802.11 as there are plently > of other wireless technologies. Be more specific and refer > people to our good hearty wireless wiki for documentation. > > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> > --- > net/Kconfig | 8 +++++++- > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig > index 041c35e..31c208d 100644 > --- a/net/Kconfig > +++ b/net/Kconfig > @@ -260,9 +260,15 @@ config FIB_RULES > bool > > menuconfig WIRELESS > - bool "Wireless" > + bool "IEEE 802.11 - Wireless LAN" But this also has WEXT under it which supports pre-802.11 technologies, no? Might not matter at this point though. johannes
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 08:31:36AM -0700, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 08:22 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > "Wireless" is a misnomer 802.11 as there are plently > > of other wireless technologies. Be more specific and refer > > people to our good hearty wireless wiki for documentation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> > > --- > > net/Kconfig | 8 +++++++- > > 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig > > index 041c35e..31c208d 100644 > > --- a/net/Kconfig > > +++ b/net/Kconfig > > @@ -260,9 +260,15 @@ config FIB_RULES > > bool > > > > menuconfig WIRELESS > > - bool "Wireless" > > + bool "IEEE 802.11 - Wireless LAN" > > But this also has WEXT under it which supports pre-802.11 technologies, > no? Heh yeah, good point. > Might not matter at this point though. Probably not, its more 802.11 than pre now. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig index 041c35e..31c208d 100644 --- a/net/Kconfig +++ b/net/Kconfig @@ -260,9 +260,15 @@ config FIB_RULES bool menuconfig WIRELESS - bool "Wireless" + bool "IEEE 802.11 - Wireless LAN" depends on !S390 default y + ---help--- + This allows you to enable different parts of the networking subsystem + to support IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN networks. For news and + documentation refer to the wireless wiki: + + http://wireless.kernel.org if WIRELESS
"Wireless" is a misnomer 802.11 as there are plently of other wireless technologies. Be more specific and refer people to our good hearty wireless wiki for documentation. Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> --- net/Kconfig | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)