On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:28 AM, Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When ath9k is the only wireless driver included in the build > WIRELESS_EXT configuration option becomes undefined. Because of that > driver becomes essentially unusable as you can't actually connect to > any WiFi network. By including WIRELESS_EXT into Kconfig we ensure > that build with ath9k and without other drivers (having WIRELESS_EXT > selected in their Kconfig) is actually usable. WIRELESS_EXT is not required for configuring wireless on recent kernels - in fact, the WEXT API is deprecated in favor of nl80211 now. > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Ivanov <paivanof@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig > b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig > index d9c08c6..2573f77 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config ATH9K > select LEDS_CLASS > select NEW_LEDS > select ATH9K_COMMON > + select WIRELESS_EXT > ---help--- > This module adds support for wireless adapters based on > Atheros IEEE 802.11n AR5008, AR9001 and AR9002 family > -- > 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 > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
