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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig | 113 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 94 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig index 714a6ca30ad..fdf5aa8b842 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -146,12 +146,15 @@ config IPW2100 configure your card: <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. + + It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) + rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device + initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens + before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be + unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build + this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by + including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. - If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be - inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), - say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. - The module will be called ipw2100.ko. - config IPW2100_MONITOR bool "Enable promiscuous mode" depends on IPW2100 @@ -201,11 +204,14 @@ config IPW2200 configure your card: <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. - - If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be - inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), - say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. - The module will be called ipw2200.ko. + + It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) + rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device + initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens + before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be + unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build + this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by + including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. config IPW2200_MONITOR bool "Enable promiscuous mode" @@ -265,7 +271,6 @@ config LIBERTAS tristate "Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver support" depends on WLAN_80211 select WIRELESS_EXT - select IEEE80211 select FW_LOADER ---help--- A library for Marvell Libertas 8xxx devices. @@ -278,7 +283,7 @@ config LIBERTAS_USB config LIBERTAS_CS tristate "Marvell Libertas 8385 CompactFlash 802.11b/g cards" - depends on LIBERTAS && PCMCIA && EXPERIMENTAL + depends on LIBERTAS && PCMCIA select FW_LOADER ---help--- A driver for Marvell Libertas 8385 CompactFlash devices. @@ -668,90 +673,10 @@ config ADM8211 Thanks to Infineon-ADMtek for their support of this driver. -config P54_COMMON - tristate "Softmac Prism54 support" - depends on MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && FW_LOADER && EXPERIMENTAL - ---help--- - This is common code for isl38xx based cards. - This module does nothing by itself - the USB/PCI frontends - also need to be enabled in order to support any devices. - - These devices require softmac firmware which can be found at - http://prism54.org/ - - If you choose to build a module, it'll be called p54common. - -config P54_USB - tristate "Prism54 USB support" - depends on P54_COMMON && USB - select CRC32 - ---help--- - This driver is for USB isl38xx based wireless cards. - These are USB based adapters found in devices such as: - - 3COM 3CRWE254G72 - SMC 2862W-G - Accton 802.11g WN4501 USB - Siemens Gigaset USB - Netgear WG121 - Netgear WG111 - Medion 40900, Roper Europe - Shuttle PN15, Airvast WM168g, IOGear GWU513 - Linksys WUSB54G - Linksys WUSB54G Portable - DLink DWL-G120 Spinnaker - DLink DWL-G122 - Belkin F5D7050 ver 1000 - Cohiba Proto board - SMC 2862W-G version 2 - U.S. Robotics U5 802.11g Adapter - FUJITSU E-5400 USB D1700 - Sagem XG703A - DLink DWL-G120 Cohiba - Spinnaker Proto board - Linksys WUSB54AG - Inventel UR054G - Spinnaker DUT - - These devices require softmac firmware which can be found at - http://prism54.org/ - - If you choose to build a module, it'll be called p54usb. - -config P54_PCI - tristate "Prism54 PCI support" - depends on P54_COMMON && PCI - ---help--- - This driver is for PCI isl38xx based wireless cards. - This driver supports most devices that are supported by the - fullmac prism54 driver plus many devices which are not - supported by the fullmac driver/firmware. - - This driver requires softmac firmware which can be found at - http://prism54.org/ - - If you choose to build a module, it'll be called p54pci. - -config ATH5K - tristate "Atheros 5xxx wireless cards support" - depends on PCI && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL - ---help--- - This module adds support for wireless adapters based on - Atheros 5xxx chipset. - - Currently the following chip versions are supported: - - MAC: AR5211 AR5212 - PHY: RF5111/2111 RF5112/2112 RF5413/2413 - - This driver uses the kernel's mac80211 subsystem. - - If you choose to build a module, it'll be called ath5k. Say M if - unsure. - +source "drivers/net/wireless/p54/Kconfig" +source "drivers/net/wireless/ath5k/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig" -source "drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wireless/b43/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/Kconfig" |