1e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLWIFI 2e705c121SKalle Valo tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) " 3*ec5aecc0SLuca Coelho depends on PCI && HAS_IOMEM && CFG80211 4e705c121SKalle Valo select FW_LOADER 5e705c121SKalle Valo ---help--- 6e705c121SKalle Valo Select to build the driver supporting the: 7e705c121SKalle Valo 8e705c121SKalle Valo Intel Wireless WiFi Link Next-Gen AGN 9e705c121SKalle Valo 10e705c121SKalle Valo This option enables support for use with the following hardware: 11e705c121SKalle Valo Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6250AGN Adapter 12e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 6000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (6200AGN and 6300AGN) 13e705c121SKalle Valo Intel WiFi Link 1000BGN 14e705c121SKalle Valo Intel Wireless WiFi 5150AGN 15e705c121SKalle Valo Intel Wireless WiFi 5100AGN, 5300AGN, and 5350AGN 16e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 6005 Series Wi-Fi Adapters 17e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 6030 Series Wi-Fi Adapters 18e705c121SKalle Valo Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6150BGN 2 Adapter 19e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 100 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (100BGN and 130BGN) 20e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 2000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters 21e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 7260 Wi-Fi Adapter 22e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 3160 Wi-Fi Adapter 23e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 7265 Wi-Fi Adapter 24e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 8260 Wi-Fi Adapter 25e705c121SKalle Valo Intel 3165 Wi-Fi Adapter 26e705c121SKalle Valo 27e705c121SKalle Valo 28e705c121SKalle Valo This driver uses the kernel's mac80211 subsystem. 29e705c121SKalle Valo 30e705c121SKalle Valo In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware 31e705c121SKalle Valo image for it. You can obtain the microcode from: 32e705c121SKalle Valo 33e705c121SKalle Valo <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi>. 34e705c121SKalle Valo 35e705c121SKalle Valo The firmware is typically installed in /lib/firmware. You can 36e705c121SKalle Valo look in the hotplug script /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent to 37e705c121SKalle Valo determine which directory FIRMWARE_DIR is set to when the script 38e705c121SKalle Valo runs. 39e705c121SKalle Valo 40e705c121SKalle Valo If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be 41e705c121SKalle Valo inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 42e705c121SKalle Valo say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The 43e705c121SKalle Valo module will be called iwlwifi. 44e705c121SKalle Valo 45e705c121SKalle Valoif IWLWIFI 46e705c121SKalle Valo 47e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLWIFI_LEDS 48e705c121SKalle Valo bool 49e705c121SKalle Valo depends on LEDS_CLASS=y || LEDS_CLASS=IWLWIFI 50*ec5aecc0SLuca Coelho depends on IWLMVM || IWLDVM 51e705c121SKalle Valo select LEDS_TRIGGERS 52e705c121SKalle Valo select MAC80211_LEDS 53e705c121SKalle Valo default y 54e705c121SKalle Valo 55e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLDVM 56e705c121SKalle Valo tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi DVM Firmware support" 57aca432f0SLuca Coelho depends on MAC80211 58e705c121SKalle Valo help 59e705c121SKalle Valo This is the driver that supports the DVM firmware. The list 60e705c121SKalle Valo of the devices that use this firmware is available here: 61e705c121SKalle Valo https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware 62e705c121SKalle Valo 63e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLMVM 64e705c121SKalle Valo tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi MVM Firmware support" 65e705c121SKalle Valo select WANT_DEV_COREDUMP 66aca432f0SLuca Coelho depends on MAC80211 67e705c121SKalle Valo help 68e705c121SKalle Valo This is the driver that supports the MVM firmware. The list 69e705c121SKalle Valo of the devices that use this firmware is available here: 70e705c121SKalle Valo https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi#firmware 71e705c121SKalle Valo 72e705c121SKalle Valo# don't call it _MODULE -- will confuse Kconfig/fixdep/... 73e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLWIFI_OPMODE_MODULAR 74e705c121SKalle Valo bool 75e705c121SKalle Valo default y if IWLDVM=m 76e705c121SKalle Valo default y if IWLMVM=m 77e705c121SKalle Valo 78e705c121SKalle Valocomment "WARNING: iwlwifi is useless without IWLDVM or IWLMVM" 79e705c121SKalle Valo depends on IWLDVM=n && IWLMVM=n 80e705c121SKalle Valo 81e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLWIFI_BCAST_FILTERING 82e705c121SKalle Valo bool "Enable broadcast filtering" 83e705c121SKalle Valo depends on IWLMVM 84e705c121SKalle Valo help 85e705c121SKalle Valo Say Y here to enable default bcast filtering configuration. 86e705c121SKalle Valo 87e705c121SKalle Valo Enabling broadcast filtering will drop any incoming wireless 88e705c121SKalle Valo broadcast frames, except some very specific predefined 89e705c121SKalle Valo patterns (e.g. incoming arp requests). 90e705c121SKalle Valo 91e705c121SKalle Valo If unsure, don't enable this option, as some programs might 92e705c121SKalle Valo expect incoming broadcasts for their normal operations. 93e705c121SKalle Valo 94b3ff1270SLuca Coelhoconfig IWLWIFI_PCIE_RTPM 95b3ff1270SLuca Coelho bool "Enable runtime power management mode for PCIe devices" 966eac0e81SEmmanuel Grumbach depends on IWLMVM && PM && EXPERT 97b3ff1270SLuca Coelho help 98b3ff1270SLuca Coelho Say Y here to enable runtime power management for PCIe 99b3ff1270SLuca Coelho devices. If enabled, the device will go into low power mode 100b3ff1270SLuca Coelho when idle for a short period of time, allowing for improved 1016eac0e81SEmmanuel Grumbach power saving during runtime. Note that this feature requires 1026eac0e81SEmmanuel Grumbach a tight integration with the platform. It is not recommended 1036eac0e81SEmmanuel Grumbach to enable this feature without proper validation with the 1046eac0e81SEmmanuel Grumbach specific target platform. 105b3ff1270SLuca Coelho 106b3ff1270SLuca Coelho If unsure, say N. 107b3ff1270SLuca Coelho 108e705c121SKalle Valomenu "Debugging Options" 109e705c121SKalle Valo 110e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLWIFI_DEBUG 111e705c121SKalle Valo bool "Enable full debugging output in the iwlwifi driver" 112e705c121SKalle Valo ---help--- 113e705c121SKalle Valo This option will enable debug tracing output for the iwlwifi drivers 114e705c121SKalle Valo 115e705c121SKalle Valo This will result in the kernel module being ~100k larger. You can 116e705c121SKalle Valo control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the 117e705c121SKalle Valo value in 118e705c121SKalle Valo 119e705c121SKalle Valo /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/debug 120e705c121SKalle Valo 121e705c121SKalle Valo This entry will only exist if this option is enabled. 122e705c121SKalle Valo 123e705c121SKalle Valo To set a value, simply echo an 8-byte hex value to the same file: 124e705c121SKalle Valo 125e705c121SKalle Valo % echo 0x43fff > /sys/module/iwlwifi/parameters/debug 126e705c121SKalle Valo 127e705c121SKalle Valo You can find the list of debug mask values in: 128e705c121SKalle Valo drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-debug.h 129e705c121SKalle Valo 130e705c121SKalle Valo If this is your first time using this driver, you should say Y here 131e705c121SKalle Valo as the debug information can assist others in helping you resolve 132e705c121SKalle Valo any problems you may encounter. 133e705c121SKalle Valo 134e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS 135e705c121SKalle Valo bool "iwlwifi debugfs support" 136e705c121SKalle Valo depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS 137e705c121SKalle Valo ---help--- 138e705c121SKalle Valo Enable creation of debugfs files for the iwlwifi drivers. This 139e705c121SKalle Valo is a low-impact option that allows getting insight into the 140e705c121SKalle Valo driver's state at runtime. 141e705c121SKalle Valo 142e705c121SKalle Valoconfig IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING 143e705c121SKalle Valo bool "iwlwifi device access tracing" 144e705c121SKalle Valo depends on EVENT_TRACING 145e705c121SKalle Valo default y 146e705c121SKalle Valo help 147e705c121SKalle Valo Say Y here to trace all commands, including TX frames and IO 148e705c121SKalle Valo accesses, sent to the device. If you say yes, iwlwifi will 149e705c121SKalle Valo register with the ftrace framework for event tracing and dump 150e705c121SKalle Valo all this information to the ringbuffer, you may need to 151e705c121SKalle Valo increase the ringbuffer size. See the ftrace documentation 152e705c121SKalle Valo for more information. 153e705c121SKalle Valo 154e705c121SKalle Valo When tracing is not enabled, this option still has some 155e705c121SKalle Valo (though rather small) overhead. 156e705c121SKalle Valo 157e705c121SKalle Valo If unsure, say Y so we can help you better when problems 158e705c121SKalle Valo occur. 159e705c121SKalle Valoendmenu 160e705c121SKalle Valo 161e705c121SKalle Valoendif 162