The way I initially thought we could do wireless extensions is by making all the compat code in cfg80211 be independent of CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT, but this is turning out to not be feasible. Therefore, fix the Kconfig help text and make the option default to yes, so people won't get a nasty surprise when mac80211 will get rid of its 'select WIRELESS_EXT' any time now. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/Kconfig | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) --- wireless-testing.orig/net/wireless/Kconfig 2009-07-01 08:55:08.000000000 +0200 +++ wireless-testing/net/wireless/Kconfig 2009-07-01 08:59:43.000000000 +0200 @@ -35,19 +35,13 @@ config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY config WIRELESS_EXT bool "Wireless extensions" - default n + default y ---help--- This option enables the legacy wireless extensions (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) - Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and - will be required only by legacy drivers that implement - wireless extension handlers. This option does not - affect the wireless-extension backward compatibility - code in cfg80211. - - Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless - extensions for external modules. + Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use + nl80211 instead of wireless extensions. config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files" -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
