From patchwork Tue Sep 1 15:22:44 2009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Luis Rodriguez X-Patchwork-Id: 45085 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.176.167]) by demeter.kernel.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n81FMugG001619 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:22:57 GMT Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754321AbZIAPWw (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:22:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754320AbZIAPWw (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:22:52 -0400 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([12.36.123.2]:10865 "EHLO mail.atheros.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754314AbZIAPWv (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:22:51 -0400 Received: from mail.atheros.com ([10.10.20.105]) by sidewinder.atheros.com for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:22:55 -0700 Received: from smtp.atheros.com (10.10.18.125) by SC1EXHC-01.global.atheros.com (10.10.20.106) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 8.0.751.0; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 08:22:53 -0700 Received: by smtp.atheros.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:22:53 -0700 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: CC: , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Johannes Berg Subject: [PATCH 5/7] wireless: update WIRELESS_EXT kconfig entry Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 08:22:44 -0700 Message-ID: <1251818566-9264-6-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.3.3 In-Reply-To: <1251818566-9264-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> References: <1251818566-9264-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Provide more documentation as to why its being deprecated. Cc: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez --- 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. + + 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.