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| author | Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> | 2006-02-22 15:10:56 -0800 |
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| committer | John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> | 2006-03-23 07:12:57 -0500 |
| commit | 711e2c33ac9221a419a9e28d05dd78a6a9c5fd4d (patch) | |
| tree | 2d04ff5de8a0d933d3d123a52a6e4285f84e9025 /drivers/net/wireless | |
| parent | 9a107aa24a1dbc05d58a4fdd2c4d2861f8bd5ae6 (diff) | |
[PATCH] WE-20 for kernel 2.6.16
This is version 20 of the Wireless Extensions. This is the
completion of the RtNetlink work I started early 2004, it enables the
full Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink.
Few comments on the patch :
o totally driver transparent, no change in drivers needed.
o iwevent were already RtNetlink based since they were created
(around 2.5.7). This adds all the regular SET and GET requests over
RtNetlink, using the exact same mechanism and data format as iwevents.
o This is a Kconfig option, as currently most people have no
need for it. Surprisingly, patch is actually small and well
encapsulated.
o Tested on SMP, attention as been paid to make it 64 bits clean.
o Code do probably too many checks and could be further
optimised, but better safe than sorry.
o RtNetlink based version of the Wireless Tools available on
my web page for people inclined to try out this stuff.
I would also like to thank Alexey Kuznetsov for his helpful
suggestions to make this patch better.
Signed-off-by: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig index 5b0a19a5058..6a1033ec06c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ config NET_RADIO the tools from <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. +config NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK + bool "Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink" + ---help--- + Support the Wireless Extension API over the RtNetlink socket + in addition to the traditional ioctl interface (selected above). + + For now, few tools use this facility, but it might grow in the + future. The only downside is that it adds 4.5 kB to your kernel. + # Note : the cards are obsolete (can't buy them anymore), but the drivers # are not, as people are still using them... comment "Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)" |