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1#
2# Wireless LAN device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)"
6	depends on NETDEVICES
7
8config NET_RADIO
9	bool "Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio)"
10	select WIRELESS_EXT
11	---help---
12	  Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio,
13	  but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting.
14
15	  Saying Y here also enables the Wireless Extensions (creates
16	  /proc/net/wireless and enables iwconfig access). The Wireless
17	  Extension is a generic API allowing a driver to expose to the user
18	  space configuration and statistics specific to common Wireless LANs.
19	  The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the
20	  variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type (as long as
21	  the driver supports Wireless Extension). Another advantage is that
22	  these parameters may be changed on the fly without restarting the
23	  driver (or Linux). If you wish to use Wireless Extensions with
24	  wireless PCMCIA (PC-) cards, you need to say Y here; you can fetch
25	  the tools from
26	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
27
28config NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK
29	bool "Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink"
30	depends on NET_RADIO
31	---help---
32	  Support the Wireless Extension API over the RtNetlink socket
33	  in addition to the traditional ioctl interface (selected above).
34
35	  For now, few tools use this facility, but it might grow in the
36	  future. The only downside is that it adds 4.5 kB to your kernel.
37
38# Note : the cards are obsolete (can't buy them anymore), but the drivers
39# are not, as people are still using them...
40comment "Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)"
41	depends on NET_RADIO && (INET || ISA || PCMCIA)
42
43config STRIP
44	tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
45	depends on NET_RADIO && INET
46	---help---
47	  Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
48	  IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
49	  (on the WWW at <http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/>) to send Internet
50	  traffic using Metricom radios.  Metricom radios are small, battery
51	  powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about the size and
52	  weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard them called
53	  "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because it misleads
54	  many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom modem into a
55	  phone line and use it as a modem.)
56
57	  You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
58	  it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
59	  think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
60	  in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
61	  bigger.
62
63	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
64	  called strip.
65
66config ARLAN
67	tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support"
68	depends on NET_RADIO && ISA && !64BIT
69	---help---
70	  Aironet makes Arlan, a class of wireless LAN adapters. These use the
71	  www.Telxon.com chip, which is also used on several similar cards.
72	  This driver is tested on the 655 and IC2200 series cards. Look at
73	  <http://www.ylenurme.ee/~elmer/655/> for the latest information.
74
75	  The driver is built as two modules, arlan and arlan-proc. The latter
76	  is the /proc interface and is not needed most of time.
77
78	  On some computers the card ends up in non-valid state after some
79	  time. Use a ping-reset script to clear it.
80
81config WAVELAN
82	tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support"
83	depends on NET_RADIO && ISA
84	---help---
85	  The Lucent WaveLAN (formerly NCR and AT&T; or DEC RoamAbout DS) is
86	  a Radio LAN (wireless Ethernet-like Local Area Network) using the
87	  radio frequencies 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
88
89	  This driver support the ISA version of the WaveLAN card.  A separate
90	  driver for the PCMCIA (PC-card) hardware is available in David
91	  Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
92	  for location).
93
94	  If you want to use an ISA WaveLAN card under Linux, say Y and read
95	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
96	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some more specific
97	  information is contained in
98	  <file:Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt> and in the source code
99	  <file:drivers/net/wavelan.p.h>.
100
101	  You will also need the wireless tools package available from
102	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
103	  Please read the man pages contained therein.
104
105	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
106	  called wavelan.
107
108config PCMCIA_WAVELAN
109	tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN Pcmcia wireless support"
110	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
111	help
112	  Say Y here if you intend to attach an AT&T/Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA
113	  (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.  This
114	  driver is for the non-IEEE-802.11 Wavelan cards.
115
116	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
117	  called wavelan_cs.  If unsure, say N.
118
119config PCMCIA_NETWAVE
120	tristate "Xircom Netwave AirSurfer Pcmcia wireless support"
121	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
122	help
123	  Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA (PC-card)
124	  wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
125
126	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
127	  called netwave_cs.  If unsure, say N.
128
129comment "Wireless 802.11 Frequency Hopping cards support"
130	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
131
132config PCMCIA_RAYCS
133	tristate "Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support"
134	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
135	---help---
136	  Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA
137	  (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
138	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for
139	  details.
140
141	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
142	  called ray_cs.  If unsure, say N.
143
144comment "Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support"
145	depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
146
147config IPW2100
148	tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection"
149	depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
150	select FW_LOADER
151	select IEEE80211
152	---help---
153          A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
154	  Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter.
155
156          See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100> for information on
157          the capabilities currently enabled in this driver and for tips
158          for debugging issues and problems.
159
160	  In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
161          You can obtain the firmware from
162	  <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>.  Once you have the firmware image, you
163	  will need to place it in /lib/firmware.
164
165          You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
166          configure your card:
167
168          <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
169
170          If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
171          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
172          say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  The module
173          will be called ipw2100.ko.
174
175config IPW2100_MONITOR
176        bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
177        depends on IPW2100
178        ---help---
179	  Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver.
180	  With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
181	  promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode.  While in this
182	  mode, no packets can be sent.
183
184config IPW2100_DEBUG
185	bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module."
186	depends on IPW2100
187	---help---
188	  This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100.
189
190	  This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger.  You can
191	  control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
192	  value in
193
194	  /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level
195
196	  This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
197
198	  If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you
199	  most likely want to say N here.
200
201config IPW2200
202	tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection"
203	depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
204	select FW_LOADER
205	select IEEE80211
206	---help---
207          A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
208	  Connection adapters.
209
210          See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200> for
211	  information on the capabilities currently enabled in this
212	  driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems.
213
214	  In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
215          You can obtain the firmware from
216	  <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>.  See the above referenced README.ipw2200
217	  for information on where to install the firmware images.
218
219          You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
220          configure your card:
221
222          <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
223
224          If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
225          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
226          say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  The module
227          will be called ipw2200.ko.
228
229config IPW2200_MONITOR
230        bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
231        depends on IPW2200
232        ---help---
233	  Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver.
234	  With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
235	  promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode.  While in this
236	  mode, no packets can be sent.
237
238config IPW_QOS
239        bool "Enable QoS support"
240        depends on IPW2200 && EXPERIMENTAL
241
242config IPW2200_DEBUG
243	bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
244	depends on IPW2200
245	---help---
246	  This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2200.
247
248	  This will result in the kernel module being ~100k larger.  You can
249	  control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
250	  value in
251
252	  /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
253
254	  This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
255
256	  To set a value, simply echo an 8-byte hex value to the same file:
257
258	  % echo 0x00000FFO > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
259
260	  You can find the list of debug mask values in
261	  drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h
262
263	  If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2200 driver, you
264	  most likely want to say N here.
265
266config AIRO
267	tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
268 	depends on NET_RADIO && ISA_DMA_API && (PCI || BROKEN)
269	select CRYPTO
270	---help---
271	  This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and
272	  PCI 802.11 wireless cards.
273	  It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
274	  - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
275	  acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
276
277	  This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
278	  and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
279	  Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
280
281	  The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named "airo".
282
283config HERMES
284	tristate "Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)"
285	depends on NET_RADIO && (PPC_PMAC || PCI || PCMCIA)
286	---help---
287	  A driver for 802.11b wireless cards based based on the "Hermes" or
288	  Intersil HFA384x (Prism 2) MAC controller.  This includes the vast
289	  majority of the PCMCIA 802.11b cards (which are nearly all rebadges)
290	  - except for the Cisco/Aironet cards.  Cards supported include the
291	  Apple Airport (not a PCMCIA card), WavelanIEEE/Orinoco,
292	  Cabletron/EnteraSys Roamabout, ELSA AirLancer, MELCO Buffalo, Avaya,
293	  IBM High Rate Wireless, Farralon Syyline, Samsung MagicLAN, Netgear
294	  MA401, LinkSys WPC-11, D-Link DWL-650, 3Com AirConnect, Intel
295	  PRO/Wireless, and Symbol Spectrum24 High Rate amongst others.
296
297	  This option includes the guts of the driver, but in order to
298	  actually use a card you will also need to enable support for PCMCIA
299	  Hermes cards, PLX9052 based PCI adaptors or the Apple Airport below.
300
301	  You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
302	  configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works :
303	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>
304
305config APPLE_AIRPORT
306	tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)"
307	depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES
308	help
309	  Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware
310	  built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based
311	  Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with
312	  a non-standard interface.
313
314	  This driver does not support the Airport Extreme (802.11b/g). Use
315	  the BCM43xx driver for Airport Extreme cards.
316
317config PLX_HERMES
318	tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.)"
319	depends on PCI && HERMES
320	help
321	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
322	  orinoco) driver when used in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors.  These
323	  adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
324	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.  Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
325	  802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.  The Netgear
326	  MA301 is such an adaptor.
327
328config TMD_HERMES
329	tristate "Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support"
330	depends on PCI && HERMES
331	help
332	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
333	  orinoco) driver when used in TMD7160 based PCI adaptors.  These
334	  adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
335	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.  Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
336	  802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.
337
338config NORTEL_HERMES
339	tristate "Nortel emobility PCI adaptor support"
340	depends on PCI && HERMES
341	help
342	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
343	  orinoco) driver when used in Nortel emobility PCI adaptors.  These
344	  adaptors are not full PCMCIA controllers, but act as a more limited
345	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.
346
347config PCI_HERMES
348	tristate "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support"
349	depends on PCI && HERMES
350	help
351	  Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
352	  the Prism 2.5 chipset.  These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
353	  PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
354	  common.  Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
355	  this variety.
356
357config ATMEL
358      tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset  802.11b support"
359      depends on NET_RADIO
360      select FW_LOADER
361      select CRC32
362       ---help---
363        A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
364        chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
365
366        Many  cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
367        and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
368        one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
369        to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
370        firmware package can be downloaded from
371        <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
372
373config PCI_ATMEL
374      tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards"
375      depends on ATMEL && PCI
376       ---help---
377        Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
378        Atmel at76c506 chip.
379
380# If Pcmcia is compiled in, offer Pcmcia cards...
381comment "Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support"
382	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
383
384config PCMCIA_HERMES
385	tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support"
386	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
387	---help---
388	  A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such
389	  as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/
390	  EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and
391	  others).  It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards
392	  such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline.  It should also
393	  work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN.
394
395	  To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
396	  Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
397	  for location).  You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
398	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
399
400	  You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
401	  configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works:
402	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
403
404config PCMCIA_SPECTRUM
405	tristate "Symbol Spectrum24 Trilogy PCMCIA card support"
406	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
407	select FW_LOADER
408	---help---
409
410	  This is a driver for 802.11b cards using RAM-loadable Symbol
411	  firmware, such as Symbol Wireless Networker LA4100, CompactFlash
412	  cards by Socket Communications and Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B.
413
414	  This driver requires firmware download on startup.  Utilities
415	  for downloading Symbol firmware are available at
416	  <http://sourceforge.net/projects/orinoco/>
417
418config AIRO_CS
419	tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
420	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && (BROKEN || !M32R)
421	select CRYPTO
422	---help---
423	  This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
424	  802.11 wireless cards.  This driver is the same as the Aironet
425	  driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
426	  It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
427	  - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
428	  acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
429	  supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
430	  802.11b cards.
431
432	  This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
433	  and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
434	  Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
435
436	  To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
437	  Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
438	  for location).  You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
439	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
440
441config PCMCIA_ATMEL
442	tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
443	depends on NET_RADIO && ATMEL && PCMCIA
444	select FW_LOADER
445	select CRC32
446	---help---
447	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards containing the
448	  Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips.
449
450config PCMCIA_WL3501
451      tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards"
452      depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA
453       ---help---
454         A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet.
455	 It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial
456	 micro support for ethtool.
457
458comment "Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support"
459	depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
460config PRISM54
461	tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus'
462	depends on PCI && NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL
463	select FW_LOADER
464	---help---
465	  Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards:
466
467	  ISL3880 - Prism GT            802.11 b/g
468	  ISL3877 - Prism Indigo        802.11 a
469	  ISL3890 - Prism Duette        802.11 a/b/g
470
471	  For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>.
472	  Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards:
473
474	  3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72 (version 1)
475	  Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card
476	  Compex WL54G Cardbus Card
477	  Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card
478	  D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650
479	  I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card
480	  Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card
481	  Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card
482	  Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card
483	  Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card
484	  Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card
485	  Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card
486	  SMC2802W -    EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
487	  SMC2835W -    EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
488	  SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
489	  Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card
490	  Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card
491
492	  If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well.
493	  You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890.
494	  You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page:
495	  <http://prism54.org>
496	  You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from
497	  a current hotplug package.
498
499	  Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards
500
501	  If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
502	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
503	  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  The module
504	  will be called prism54.ko.
505
506source "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig"
507source "drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig"
508
509# yes, this works even when no drivers are selected
510config NET_WIRELESS
511	bool
512	depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
513	default y
514
515endmenu
516
517