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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 991e177..982004b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -81,8 +81,16 @@ 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.
+
+	  Wireless extensions is being deprecated in favor for cfg80211. For
+	  information regarding why see the wireless wiki:
+
+	  http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/Wireless-Extensions
 
 	  Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use
 	  nl80211 instead of wireless extensions.
-- 
1.6.2.5

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