Return-path: Received: from mail-gx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.161.174]:45305 "EHLO mail-gx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753939Ab1HQP4t convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:56:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Pavel Ivanov Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:56:18 -0400 Message-ID: (sfid-20110817_175706_771963_E636E6FE) Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k: make driver usable standalone To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= 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: > 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 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