Return-path: Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:65183 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750896Ab1HRV0l (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:26:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:26:20 -0700 Message-ID: (sfid-20110818_232656_222196_8EFE25B9) Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: make driver usable standalone To: Pavel Ivanov Cc: Jouni Malinen , Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan , Senthil Balasubramanian , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Pavel Ivanov wrote: > When ath9k is the only wireless driver included in the build > WIRELESS_EXT configuration option becomes undefined. Because of that > driver becomes essentially unusable as you can't actually connect to > any WiFi network. By including WIRELESS_EXT into Kconfig we ensure > that build with ath9k and without other drivers (having WIRELESS_EXT > selected in their Kconfig) is actually usable. > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Ivanov Fuck no, NACK. Luis