1*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergconfig WIRELESS_EXT 2*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg bool "Wireless extensions" 3*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg default n 4*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg ---help--- 5*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg This option enables the legacy wireless extensions 6*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) 7*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg 8*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and 9*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg will be required only by legacy drivers that implement 10*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg wireless extension handlers. 11*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg 12*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless 13*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg extensions for external modules. 14*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg 15*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergconfig NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK 16*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg bool "Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink" 17*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on WIRELESS_EXT 18*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg ---help--- 19*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg Support the Wireless Extension API over the RtNetlink socket 20*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg in addition to the traditional ioctl interface (selected above). 21*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg 22*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg For now, few tools use this facility, but it might grow in the 23*2a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg future. The only downside is that it adds 4.5 kB to your kernel. 24