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 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. I would like this to read "You will need this if you have old userspace utilities or old wireless devices that have not yet been ported to cfg80211." Larry -- 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
