> WIRELESS_EXT is not required for configuring wireless on recent > kernels - in fact, the WEXT API is deprecated in favor of nl80211 now. Since what version it's deprecated? Do user-space tools know about this new API? Neither iwconfig nor iwlist worked for me without WIRELESS_EXT. Pavel 2011/8/17 Gábor Stefanik <netrolller.3d@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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
