Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:53418 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754696AbZIAPzO (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:55:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] wireless: update WIRELESS_EXT kconfig entry From: Johannes Berg To: Larry Finger Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4A9D436E.20509@lwfinger.net> References: <1251818566-9264-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <1251818566-9264-6-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> <4A9D436E.20509@lwfinger.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-H71N8onA+fr7dINej0My" Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:54:43 +0200 Message-Id: <1251820483.24846.0.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-H71N8onA+fr7dINej0My Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > 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? johannes --=-H71N8onA+fr7dINej0My Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKnUO/AAoJEODzc/N7+Qma0H0P/0PdDJV6pSHTww6MRqdOqw/M R/CqdVxTInsLrKgTVRBwirakk2Th9SePiIbhLtwEQXwaWZQ3sNc0+jjUW3yZDUD2 3XZnHkcdsEGd8FCAeFxIvKg3qjBBmL4ClOn9W1winjEVHTeW4GV0xNoehJYEgQTK Gc656lU4h7b+C5rKMv0i8IiUcBTo4Gw0/yA9cavaJNr6mH5NYFheUExQrah+L8w+ an3FCAAlqV4mg9yXKAFVdKoTmz91MW1Nq7kOznImdZ8BmU8rIrp5WEB/eXSEWIsW ZzCNV8G3c599NCdTjz4vKMuEG4iogk4q72A3R2Obv+w4ozKx3ExBb/iyGDIRThDU WlAesEyK5HiuGevACeBWbAb33T3c70zF0iRhoJebi/jlVcCgjIHKN8oXnRGSjCZy sN4PMgm5ETBLtOFylSLxsC6nmtVWF8Hm5OJXGnugysyOaqb8dJriDpcpj+ZwayYb 05fjSUCXFU2n/rYKcUnHxuBzJINLC/l5FnnZOWXA7ZYBDLJNXaDejdXU7jOD+pb9 VhEI5kOVhS5S64a48Q1rVuxVQhAbaWyJ5ZaS8sbLoer9bc17p3GAcim6eflJMkvS 9Gw5PiDfg6rhcrD/N9vvFUadGcvi1Aw4kyuKjUCl56Ig0Fg3SfxMfvQYUUxD4xHc PhINdCaleFg/ZNYU3Rpy =i+ZP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-H71N8onA+fr7dINej0My--