1*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43 2*58619b14SKalle Valo tristate "Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack)" 3*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on (BCMA_POSSIBLE || SSB_POSSIBLE) && MAC80211 && HAS_DMA 4*58619b14SKalle Valo select BCMA if B43_BCMA 5*58619b14SKalle Valo select SSB if B43_SSB 6*58619b14SKalle Valo select FW_LOADER 7*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 8*58619b14SKalle Valo b43 is a driver for the Broadcom 43xx series wireless devices. 9*58619b14SKalle Valo 10*58619b14SKalle Valo Check "lspci" for something like 11*58619b14SKalle Valo "Broadcom Corporation BCM43XX 802.11 Wireless LAN Controller" 12*58619b14SKalle Valo to determine whether you own such a device. 13*58619b14SKalle Valo 14*58619b14SKalle Valo This driver supports the new BCM43xx IEEE 802.11G devices, but not 15*58619b14SKalle Valo the old IEEE 802.11B devices. Old devices are supported by 16*58619b14SKalle Valo the b43legacy driver. 17*58619b14SKalle Valo Note that this has nothing to do with the standard that your AccessPoint 18*58619b14SKalle Valo supports (A, B, G or a combination). 19*58619b14SKalle Valo IEEE 802.11G devices can talk to IEEE 802.11B AccessPoints. 20*58619b14SKalle Valo 21*58619b14SKalle Valo It is safe to include both b43 and b43legacy as the underlying glue 22*58619b14SKalle Valo layer will automatically load the correct version for your device. 23*58619b14SKalle Valo 24*58619b14SKalle Valo This driver uses V4 firmware, which must be installed separately using 25*58619b14SKalle Valo b43-fwcutter. 26*58619b14SKalle Valo 27*58619b14SKalle Valo This driver can be built as a module (recommended) that will be called "b43". 28*58619b14SKalle Valo If unsure, say M. 29*58619b14SKalle Valo 30*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_BCMA 31*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 32*58619b14SKalle Valo 33*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_SSB 34*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 35*58619b14SKalle Valo 36*58619b14SKalle Valochoice 37*58619b14SKalle Valo prompt "Supported bus types" 38*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 39*58619b14SKalle Valo default B43_BUSES_BCMA_AND_SSB 40*58619b14SKalle Valo 41*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_BUSES_BCMA_AND_SSB 42*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "BCMA and SSB" 43*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on BCMA_POSSIBLE && SSB_POSSIBLE 44*58619b14SKalle Valo select B43_BCMA 45*58619b14SKalle Valo select B43_SSB 46*58619b14SKalle Valo 47*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_BUSES_BCMA 48*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "BCMA only" 49*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on BCMA_POSSIBLE 50*58619b14SKalle Valo select B43_BCMA 51*58619b14SKalle Valo 52*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_BUSES_SSB 53*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "SSB only" 54*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on SSB_POSSIBLE 55*58619b14SKalle Valo select B43_SSB 56*58619b14SKalle Valo 57*58619b14SKalle Valoendchoice 58*58619b14SKalle Valo 59*58619b14SKalle Valo# Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible 60*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT 61*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 62*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE 63*58619b14SKalle Valo select SSB_PCIHOST 64*58619b14SKalle Valo select SSB_B43_PCI_BRIDGE 65*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 66*58619b14SKalle Valo 67*58619b14SKalle Valo# Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible 68*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT 69*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 70*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE 71*58619b14SKalle Valo select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE 72*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 73*58619b14SKalle Valo 74*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_SDIO 75*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Broadcom 43xx SDIO device support" 76*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && B43_SSB && SSB_SDIOHOST_POSSIBLE 77*58619b14SKalle Valo select SSB_SDIOHOST 78*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 79*58619b14SKalle Valo Broadcom 43xx device support for Soft-MAC SDIO devices. 80*58619b14SKalle Valo 81*58619b14SKalle Valo With this config option you can drive Soft-MAC b43 cards with a 82*58619b14SKalle Valo Secure Digital I/O interface. 83*58619b14SKalle Valo This includes the WLAN daughter card found on the Nintendo Wii 84*58619b14SKalle Valo video game console. 85*58619b14SKalle Valo Note that this does not support Broadcom 43xx Full-MAC devices. 86*58619b14SKalle Valo 87*58619b14SKalle Valo It's safe to select Y here, even if you don't have a B43 SDIO device. 88*58619b14SKalle Valo 89*58619b14SKalle Valo If unsure, say N. 90*58619b14SKalle Valo 91*58619b14SKalle Valo#Data transfers to the device via PIO. We want it as a fallback even 92*58619b14SKalle Valo# if we can do DMA. 93*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_BCMA_PIO 94*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 95*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && B43_BCMA 96*58619b14SKalle Valo select BCMA_BLOCKIO 97*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 98*58619b14SKalle Valo 99*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PIO 100*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 101*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && B43_SSB 102*58619b14SKalle Valo select SSB_BLOCKIO 103*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 104*58619b14SKalle Valo 105*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PHY_G 106*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Support for G-PHY (802.11g) devices" 107*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && B43_SSB 108*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 109*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 110*58619b14SKalle Valo This PHY type can be found in the following chipsets: 111*58619b14SKalle Valo PCI: BCM4306, BCM4311, BCM4318 112*58619b14SKalle Valo SoC: BCM4712, BCM5352E 113*58619b14SKalle Valo 114*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PHY_N 115*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Support for N-PHY (the main 802.11n series) devices" 116*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 117*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 118*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 119*58619b14SKalle Valo This PHY type can be found in the following chipsets: 120*58619b14SKalle Valo PCI: BCM4321, BCM4322, 121*58619b14SKalle Valo BCM43222, BCM43224, BCM43225, 122*58619b14SKalle Valo BCM43131, BCM43217, BCM43227, BCM43228 123*58619b14SKalle Valo SoC: BCM4716, BCM4717, BCM4718, BCM5356, BCM5357, BCM5358 124*58619b14SKalle Valo 125*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PHY_LP 126*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Support for LP-PHY (low-power 802.11g) devices" 127*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && B43_SSB 128*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 129*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 130*58619b14SKalle Valo The LP-PHY is a low-power PHY built into some notebooks 131*58619b14SKalle Valo and embedded devices. It supports 802.11a/b/g 132*58619b14SKalle Valo (802.11a support is optional, and currently disabled). 133*58619b14SKalle Valo 134*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PHY_HT 135*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Support for HT-PHY (high throughput 802.11n) devices" 136*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && B43_BCMA 137*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 138*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 139*58619b14SKalle Valo This PHY type with 3x3:3 MIMO can be found in the BCM4331 PCI chipset. 140*58619b14SKalle Valo 141*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PHY_LCN 142*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Support for LCN-PHY devices (BROKEN)" 143*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && BROKEN 144*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 145*58619b14SKalle Valo Support for the LCN-PHY. 146*58619b14SKalle Valo 147*58619b14SKalle Valo Say N, this is BROKEN and crashes driver. 148*58619b14SKalle Valo 149*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_PHY_AC 150*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Support for AC-PHY (802.11ac) devices (BROKEN)" 151*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && B43_BCMA && BROKEN 152*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 153*58619b14SKalle Valo This PHY type can be found in the following chipsets: 154*58619b14SKalle Valo PCI: BCM4352, BCM4360 155*58619b14SKalle Valo 156*58619b14SKalle Valo Say N, this is BROKEN and crashes driver. 157*58619b14SKalle Valo 158*58619b14SKalle Valo# This config option automatically enables b43 LEDS support, 159*58619b14SKalle Valo# if it's possible. 160*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_LEDS 161*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 162*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && MAC80211_LEDS && (LEDS_CLASS = y || LEDS_CLASS = B43) 163*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 164*58619b14SKalle Valo 165*58619b14SKalle Valo# This config option automatically enables b43 HW-RNG support, 166*58619b14SKalle Valo# if the HW-RNG core is enabled. 167*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_HWRNG 168*58619b14SKalle Valo bool 169*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 && (HW_RANDOM = y || HW_RANDOM = B43) 170*58619b14SKalle Valo default y 171*58619b14SKalle Valo 172*58619b14SKalle Valoconfig B43_DEBUG 173*58619b14SKalle Valo bool "Broadcom 43xx debugging" 174*58619b14SKalle Valo depends on B43 175*58619b14SKalle Valo ---help--- 176*58619b14SKalle Valo Broadcom 43xx debugging. 177*58619b14SKalle Valo 178*58619b14SKalle Valo This adds additional runtime sanity checks and statistics to the driver. 179*58619b14SKalle Valo These checks and statistics might be expensive and hurt the runtime 180*58619b14SKalle Valo performance of your system. 181*58619b14SKalle Valo This also adds the b43 debugfs interface. 182*58619b14SKalle Valo 183*58619b14SKalle Valo Do not enable this, unless you are debugging the driver. 184*58619b14SKalle Valo 185*58619b14SKalle Valo Say N, if you are a distributor or user building a release kernel 186*58619b14SKalle Valo for production use. 187*58619b14SKalle Valo Only say Y, if you are debugging a problem in the b43 driver sourcecode. 188