From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
To: linville@tuxdriver.com
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Subject: [PATCH v5 29/33] wireless: update cfg80211 kconfig entry
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:27:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1250530052-14783-30-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1250530052-14783-1-git-send-email-lrodriguez@atheros.com>
cfg80211 is now *the* wireless configuration API. Lets also
give a little explanation as to what it is and refer people to
the wireless wiki for more information.
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
---
net/wireless/Kconfig | 11 ++++++++++-
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index c6031d5..1591e2b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
config CFG80211
- tristate "Improved wireless configuration API"
+ tristate "cfg80211 - wireless configuration API"
depends on RFKILL || !RFKILL
+ ---help---
+ cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API.
+ Enable this if you have a wireless device.
+
+ For more information refer to documentation on the wireless wiki:
+
+ http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/cfg80211
+
+ When built as a module cfg80211 will be built as cfg80211
config NL80211_TESTMODE
bool "nl80211 testmode command"
--
1.6.2.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-17 17:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-17 17:26 [PATCH v5 00/33] wireless: kconfig updates Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/33] wireless: move iwmc3200wifi closer to the other intel drivers Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 02/33] wireless: group intel wireless drivers on kconfig Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/33] wireless: move MWL8K right below libertas " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 05/33] wireless: move p54 and prism54 drivers closer " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 06/33] wireless: group Conexant / STEricsson drivers in kconfig Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 07/33] wireless: move zd1211rw option closer to old ZyDAS on kconfig Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 08/33] wireless: group ZyDAS wireless drivers in kconfig Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 09/33] wireless: group Realtek wireless on kconfig Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 10/33] wireless: group Broadcom drivers " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 11/33] wireless: clarify rndis_wlan is not broadcom specific Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 12/33] wireless: group Atmel wireless together on kconfig Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 13/33] wireless: move AIRO_CS closer to AIRO_CS Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 19:22 ` Gábor Stefanik
2009-08-17 19:45 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 14/33] wireless: group Cisco together on kconfig Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 15/33] wireless: move group drivers together Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 16/33] wireless: organize group drivers alphabetically Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 17/33] wireless: remove IEEE 802.11 description on hostapd Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 18/33] wireless: move mac80211_hwsim to top level wireless driver menu Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 19/33] wireless: organize individual drivers alphabetically Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 20/33] wireless: simplify WLAN_PRE80211 entries Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 21/33] wireless: simplify WLAN_80211 entries Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 22/33] wireless: remove "Wireless" from rndis kconfig entry Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 23/33] wireless: downgrade TI driver from menuconfig to config Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 24/33] wireless: Update TI kconfig description Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 25/33] wireless: make ath consistent with the other groups Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 26/33] wireless: mark prism54 as deprecated and mark for removal Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 27/33] wireless: update top level wireless driver entry Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 28/33] wireless: update wireless kconfig description Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 30/33] wireless: update reg debug kconfig entry Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 31/33] wireless: update WIRELESS_EXT " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 32/33] wireless: update mac80211 " Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-17 17:27 ` [PATCH v5 33/33] wireless: remove mac80211 rate selection extra menu Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-19 15:01 ` [PATCH v5 00/33] wireless: kconfig updates John W. Linville
2009-08-19 18:02 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-19 18:35 ` John W. Linville
2009-08-19 18:50 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-19 18:54 ` John W. Linville
2009-08-19 19:57 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-08-19 19:08 ` Bob Copeland
2009-08-19 19:52 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
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