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authorJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>2009-07-01 21:26:44 +0200
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>2009-07-10 15:01:48 -0400
commit898324025fc12132d3ed98f8baf4fb3fa45327e0 (patch)
tree7108339cef4ded95d85d29dbd9004052fc784f90 /net/wireless/Kconfig
parentd3cebbdcedf8d1519913f6e9bf88dbac7fbaa760 (diff)
downloadlinux-898324025fc12132d3ed98f8baf4fb3fa45327e0.tar.gz
wext: default to y
The way I initially thought we could do wireless extensions
is by making all the compat code in cfg80211 be independent
of CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT, but this is turning out to not be
feasible. Therefore, fix the Kconfig help text and make the
option default to yes, so people won't get a nasty surprise
when mac80211 will get rid of its 'select WIRELESS_EXT' any
time now.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/wireless/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index 4428dd5e911d..ec64571c4c23 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -35,19 +35,13 @@ config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY
 
 config WIRELESS_EXT
 	bool "Wireless extensions"
-	default n
+	default y
 	---help---
 	  This option enables the legacy wireless extensions
 	  (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.)
 
-	  Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and
-	  will be required only by legacy drivers that implement
-	  wireless extension handlers. This option does not
-	  affect the wireless-extension backward compatibility
-	  code in cfg80211.
-
-	  Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless
-	  extensions for external modules.
+	  Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use
+	  nl80211 instead of wireless extensions.
 
 config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
 	bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files"