| Message ID | 1251818566-9264-6-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com (mailing list archive) |
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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 -- 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
On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 10:53 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > > @@ -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." Don't those "select WIRELESS_EXT" anyway so you don't have a choice? johannes
On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 05:54:43PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 10:53 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > > > > @@ -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." > > Don't those "select WIRELESS_EXT" anyway so you don't have a choice? Old userland won't do that. John
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. + + Wireless extensions is being deprecated in favor for cfg80211. For + information regarding why see the wireless wiki: + + http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/Wireless-Extensions Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use nl80211 instead of wireless extensions.
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(-)