Return-path: Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:35338 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751849Ab0KDTdd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2010 15:33:33 -0400 Received: by qwf7 with SMTP id 7so1598360qwf.19 for ; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:33:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4CD2C8F4.5000309@lwfinger.net> References: <4CD2B6E9.9080303@lwfinger.net> <1288878640.10023.2.camel@Nokia-N900-51-1> <4CD2C8F4.5000309@lwfinger.net> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 20:33:32 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Question about wireless configuration From: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= To: Larry Finger Cc: Johannes Berg , wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2010/11/4 Larry Finger : > On 11/04/2010 08:50 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: >>> I am trying to test the latest Realtek driver for the RTL8187L. In order >>> for the driver to be able to scan, CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT must be set to >>> "y". I could find no way to do that with the kernel configuration >>> utilities until I made the following patch. I know it is wrong, but I >>> would like to know the correct way. >> >> There is no correct way, drivers that need it will select it in kconfig which obviously doesn't work for out-of-tree drivers. > > Thanks. I selected ZD1201 in the configuration, and WIRELESS_EXT is there. Done the same for wl :) I think I just used ipw2200 driver, not ZD1201. -- Rafał