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Subject: Re: Compat wireless with kernel 2.6.33
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On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 17:08 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> > Please do not disable wext until nl80211 can really replace it.
> 
> wext is already disabled by default if you don't have a driver that requires it.

Not yet:

config CFG80211_WEXT
        bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility"
        depends on CFG80211
        select WEXT_CORE   
        default y
        help
          Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless
          extensions with cfg80211-based drivers.

johannes