1config CFG80211 2 tristate "Improved wireless configuration API" 3 4config WIRELESS_EXT 5 bool "Wireless extensions" 6 default n 7 ---help--- 8 This option enables the legacy wireless extensions 9 (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) 10 11 Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and 12 will be required only by legacy drivers that implement 13 wireless extension handlers. 14 15 Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless 16 extensions for external modules. 17 18config NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK 19 bool "Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink" 20 depends on WIRELESS_EXT 21 ---help--- 22 Support the Wireless Extension API over the RtNetlink socket 23 in addition to the traditional ioctl interface (selected above). 24 25 For now, few tools use this facility, but it might grow in the 26 future. The only downside is that it adds 4.5 kB to your kernel. 27