Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:50618 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754828AbZIARAZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 13:00:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:58:05 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Johannes Berg Cc: Larry Finger , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] wireless: update WIRELESS_EXT kconfig entry Message-ID: <20090901165804.GF7650@tuxdriver.com> References: <1251818566-9264-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1251818566-9264-6-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <4A9D436E.20509@lwfinger.net> <1251820483.24846.0.camel@johannes.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1251820483.24846.0.camel@johannes.local> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 05:54:43PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 10:53 -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > > > > @@ -98,8 +98,16 @@ config WIRELESS_EXT > > > bool "Wireless extensions" > > > default y > > > ---help--- > > > - This option enables the legacy wireless extensions > > > - (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) > > > + This option enables the legacy wireless extensions. > > > + Wireless extensions was the first 802.11 wireless configuration > > > + API used by the networking subsystem. You will not need this unless > > > + you have old userspace utilities or old wireless devices which > > > + have not yet been ported to cfg80211. > > > > I would like this to read "You will need this if you have old > > userspace utilities or old wireless devices that have not yet been > > ported to cfg80211." > > Don't those "select WIRELESS_EXT" anyway so you don't have a choice? Old userland won't do that. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.