On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 05:54:43PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > 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? Old userland won't do that. John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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
