Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757452AbYGXMm5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:42:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752136AbYGXMmq (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:42:46 -0400 Received: from smtp6.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.40]:54926 "EHLO smtp6.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751950AbYGXMmp (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:42:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:42:25 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Johannes Berg Cc: Pierre Ossman , "John W. Linville" , Jean Tourrilhes , LKML Subject: [RFC: 2.6 patch] clarify the WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS help text Message-ID: <20080724124225.GD32109@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> References: <20080724115805.5466c217@mjolnir.drzeus.cx> <1216899520.13587.49.camel@johannes.berg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1216899520.13587.49.camel@johannes.berg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1453 Lines: 45 On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 01:38:40PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 11:58 +0200, Pierre Ossman wrote: > > From commit 22bb1be4d27...: > > > > "The /sys/class/net/*/wireless/ direcory is, as far as I know, not used > > by anyone." > > > > Can't have been much of an investigation as HAL uses these to determine > > if a card is a wireless one. Without this option, you cannot get > > wireless support in NetworkManager, stranding most laptops. > > Bzzzzt. You suck. Go check again. Hint: try hal's git tree. Can everyone agree on the patch below? > johannes cu Adrian <-- snip --> Current Hal uses the CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS files, so don't claim there were no known users and recommend to enable the option. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk b685f62718b947264657c298e5ee5b2149200f68 diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index ab015c6..e582432 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information is available via the ioctls as well. - Say Y if you have programs using it (we don't know of any). + If unsure, say Y. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/