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 08f6733..521ef6a 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -98,8 +98,16 @@ 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. -- 1.6.3.3 -- 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
