On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 16:25 -0400, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Provide more documentation as to why its being deprecated. > > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/wireless/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++-- > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig > index 60dd09e..b07ed2c 100644 > --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig > +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig > @@ -86,8 +86,16 @@ config WIRELESS_EXT > bool "Wireless extensions" > default y > ---help--- > - This option enables the legacy wireless extensions > - (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.) > + This option enables the legacy wireless extensions. > + Wireless extensions was the first 802.11 wireless configuration > + API used by the networking subsystem. You will not need this unless > + you have old userspace utilities or old wireless devices which > + have not yet been ported to cfg80211. I cannot agree with this wording -- all current tools still use wext unless you go really experimental. johannes
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