Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:35375 "EHLO mail-qy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753745Ab1HQQ0L convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:26:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:25:49 +0200 Message-ID: (sfid-20110817_182617_114495_C4361956) Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: make driver usable standalone To: Pavel Ivanov Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , 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=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2011/8/17 Pavel Ivanov : >> WIRELESS_EXT is not required for configuring wireless on recent >> kernels - in fact, the WEXT API is deprecated in favor of nl80211 now. > > Since what version it's deprecated? Do user-space tools know about this new API? > > Neither iwconfig nor iwlist worked for me without WIRELESS_EXT. > > > Pavel > Iwconfig and iwlist are themselves deprecated. Iw is the new wireless configuration tool. > > 2011/8/17 G?bor Stefanik : >> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:28 AM, 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. >> >> WIRELESS_EXT is not required for configuring wireless on recent >> kernels - in fact, the WEXT API is deprecated in favor of nl80211 now. >> >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Pavel Ivanov >>> --- >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>> b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>> index d9c08c6..2573f77 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig >>> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config ATH9K >>> ? ? ? ?select LEDS_CLASS >>> ? ? ? ?select NEW_LEDS >>> ? ? ? ?select ATH9K_COMMON >>> + ? ? ? select WIRELESS_EXT >>> ? ? ? ?---help--- >>> ? ? ? ? ?This module adds support for wireless adapters based on >>> ? ? ? ? ?Atheros IEEE 802.11n AR5008, AR9001 and AR9002 family > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)