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