Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:34:49 +1100 (EST) | From | Neale Banks <> | Subject | [TRIVIAL 2.2] CONFIG_NET_RADIO and Wireless Extensions |
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Hi Alan,
Configure.help in 2.2 appearss, er, "misleading" re the implications of CONFIG_NET_RADIO as selecting CONFIG_NET_RADIO (at least) includes the /proc/net/wireless stuff in net/core/dev.c. Appended patch lifts apparently more correct text from 2.4.
Lastly, both 2.2 and 2.4 refer to ftp://shadow.cabi.net/pub/Linux - AFAICS shadow.cabi.net no longer exists. I presume this should be updated/dropped too?
Regards, Neale.
--- linux-2.2.24-rc1-ntb1/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Jan 3 08:43:03 2003 +++ linux-2.2.24-rc1-ntb1a/Documentation/Configure.help Tue Jan 14 17:04:20 2003 @@ -5715,14 +5715,24 @@ modules". If unsure, say N. Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) CONFIG_NET_RADIO Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio, - but not with amateur radio. Note that the answer to this question - won't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause this - configure script to skip all the questions about radio - interfaces. + but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting. + + Saying Y here also enables the Wireless Extensions (creates + /proc/net/wireless and enables ifconfig access). The Wireless + Extension is a generic API allowing a driver to expose to the user + space configuration and statistics specific to common Wireless LANs. + The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the + variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type (as long as + the driver supports Wireless Extension). Another advantage is that + these parameters may be changed on the fly without restarting the + driver (or Linux). If you wish to use Wireless Extensions with + wireless PCMCIA (PC-) cards, you need to say Y here; you can fetch + the tools from + <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. Some user-level drivers for scarab devices which don't require special kernel support are available via FTP (user: anonymous) from ftp://shadow.cabi.net/pub/Linux. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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