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Re: [PATCH 5/7] wireless: update WIRELESS_EXT kconfig entry

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On Tue, 2009-09-01 at 10:53 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:

> > @@ -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."

Don't those "select WIRELESS_EXT" anyway so you don't have a choice?

johannes

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