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            config WIRELESS_EXT

            
            	bool


            config WEXT_CORE

            
            	def_bool y

            
            	depends on CFG80211_WEXT || WIRELESS_EXT


            config WEXT_PROC

            
            	def_bool y

            
            	depends on PROC_FS

            
            	depends on WEXT_CORE


            config WEXT_SPY

            
            	bool


            config WEXT_PRIV

            
            	bool


            config CFG80211

            
            	tristate "cfg80211 - wireless configuration API"

            
            	depends on RFKILL || !RFKILL

            
            	---help---

            
            	  cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API.

            
            	  Enable this if you have a wireless device.


            	  For more information refer to documentation on the wireless wiki:


            	  http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/cfg80211


            	  When built as a module it will be called cfg80211.


            config NL80211_TESTMODE

            
            	bool "nl80211 testmode command"

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	help

            
            	  The nl80211 testmode command helps implementing things like

            
            	  factory calibration or validation tools for wireless chips.


            	  Select this option ONLY for kernels that are specifically

            
            	  built for such purposes.


            	  Debugging tools that are supposed to end up in the hands of

            
            	  users should better be implemented with debugfs.


            	  Say N.


            config CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS

            
            	bool "enable developer warnings"

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	default n

            
            	help

            
            	  This option enables some additional warnings that help

            
            	  cfg80211 developers and driver developers, but beware that

            
            	  they can also trigger due to races with userspace.


            	  For example, when a driver reports that it was disconnected

            
            	  from the AP, but the user disconnects manually at the same

            
            	  time, the warning might trigger spuriously due to races.


            	  Say Y only if you are developing cfg80211 or a driver based

            
            	  on it (or mac80211).


            config CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS

            
            	bool "cfg80211 certification onus"

            
            	depends on CFG80211 && EXPERT

            
            	default n

            
            	---help---

            
            	  You should disable this option unless you are both capable

            
            	  and willing to ensure your system will remain regulatory

            
            	  compliant with the features available under this option.

            
            	  Some options may still be under heavy development and

            
            	  for whatever reason regulatory compliance has not or

            
            	  cannot yet be verified. Regulatory verification may at

            
            	  times only be possible until you have the final system

            
            	  in place.


            	  This option should only be enabled by system integrators

            
            	  or distributions that have done work necessary to ensure

            
            	  regulatory certification on the system with the enabled

            
            	  features. Alternatively you can enable this option if

            
            	  you are a wireless researcher and are working in a controlled

            
            	  and approved environment by your local regulatory agency.


            config CFG80211_REG_CELLULAR_HINTS

            
            	bool "cfg80211 regulatory support for cellular base station hints"

            
            	depends on CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS

            
            	---help---

            
            	  This option enables support for parsing regulatory hints

            
            	  from cellular base stations. If enabled and at least one driver

            
            	  claims support for parsing cellular base station hints the

            
            	  regulatory core will allow and parse these regulatory hints.

            
            	  The regulatory core will only apply these regulatory hints on

            
            	  drivers that support this feature. You should only enable this

            
            	  feature if you have tested and validated this feature on your

            
            	  systems.


            config CFG80211_REG_RELAX_NO_IR

            
            	bool "cfg80211 support for NO_IR relaxation"

            
            	depends on CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS

            
            	---help---

            
            	 This option enables support for relaxation of the NO_IR flag for

            
            	 situations that certain regulatory bodies have provided clarifications

            
            	 on how relaxation can occur. This feature has an inherent dependency on

            
            	 userspace features which must have been properly tested and as such is

            
            	 not enabled by default.


            	 A relaxation feature example is allowing the operation of a P2P group

            
            	 owner (GO) on channels marked with NO_IR if there is an additional BSS

            
            	 interface which associated to an AP which userspace assumes or confirms

            
            	 to be an authorized master, i.e., with radar detection support and DFS

            
            	 capabilities. However, note that in order to not create daisy chain

            
            	 scenarios, this relaxation is not allowed in cases where the BSS client

            
            	 is associated to P2P GO and in addition the P2P GO instantiated on

            
            	 a channel due to this relaxation should not allow connection from

            
            	 non P2P clients.


            	 The regulatory core will apply these relaxations only for drivers that

            
            	 support this feature by declaring the appropriate channel flags and

            
            	 capabilities in their registration flow.


            config CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS

            
            	bool "enable powersave by default"

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	default y

            
            	help

            
            	  This option enables powersave mode by default.


            	  If this causes your applications to misbehave you should fix your

            
            	  applications instead -- they need to register their network

            
            	  latency requirement, see Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt.


            config CFG80211_DEBUGFS

            
            	bool "cfg80211 DebugFS entries"

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	depends on DEBUG_FS

            
            	---help---

            
            	  You can enable this if you want debugfs entries for cfg80211.


            	  If unsure, say N.


            config CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB

            
            	bool "use statically compiled regulatory rules database" if EXPERT

            
            	default n

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	---help---

            
            	  This option generates an internal data structure representing

            
            	  the wireless regulatory rules described in net/wireless/db.txt

            
            	  and includes code to query that database. This is an alternative

            
            	  to using CRDA for defining regulatory rules for the kernel.


            	  Using this option requires some parsing of the db.txt at build time,

            
            	  the parser will be upkept with the latest wireless-regdb updates but

            
            	  older wireless-regdb formats will be ignored. The parser may later

            
            	  be replaced to avoid issues with conflicts on versions of

            
            	  wireless-regdb.


            	  For details see:


            	  http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory


            	  Most distributions have a CRDA package. So if unsure, say N.


            config CFG80211_CRDA_SUPPORT

            
            	bool "support CRDA" if CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB

            
            	default y

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	help

            
            	  You should enable this option unless you know for sure you have no

            
            	  need for it, for example when using internal regdb (above.)


            	  If unsure, say Y.


            config CFG80211_WEXT

            
            	bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility" if !CFG80211_WEXT_EXPORT

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	select WEXT_CORE

            
            	default y if CFG80211_WEXT_EXPORT

            
            	help

            
            	  Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless

            
            	  extensions with cfg80211-based drivers.


            config CFG80211_WEXT_EXPORT

            
            	bool

            
            	depends on CFG80211

            
            	help

            
            	  Drivers should select this option if they require cfg80211's

            
            	  wext compatibility symbols to be exported.


            config LIB80211

            
            	tristate

            
            	default n

            
            	help

            
            	  This options enables a library of common routines used

            
            	  by IEEE802.11 wireless LAN drivers.


            	  Drivers should select this themselves if needed.


            config LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP

            
            	tristate


            config LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP

            
            	tristate


            config LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP

            
            	tristate


            config LIB80211_DEBUG

            
            	bool "lib80211 debugging messages"

            
            	depends on LIB80211

            
            	default n

            
            	---help---

            
            	  You can enable this if you want verbose debugging messages

            
            	  from lib80211.


            	  If unsure, say N.
	config WIRELESS_EXT
	bool

	config WEXT_CORE
	def_bool y
	depends on CFG80211_WEXT \|\| WIRELESS_EXT

	config WEXT_PROC
	def_bool y
	depends on PROC_FS
	depends on WEXT_CORE

	config WEXT_SPY
	bool

	config WEXT_PRIV
	bool

	config CFG80211
	tristate "cfg80211 - wireless configuration API"
	depends on RFKILL \|\| !RFKILL
	---help---
	cfg80211 is the Linux wireless LAN (802.11) configuration API.
	Enable this if you have a wireless device.

	For more information refer to documentation on the wireless wiki:

	http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/cfg80211

	When built as a module it will be called cfg80211.

	config NL80211_TESTMODE
	bool "nl80211 testmode command"
	depends on CFG80211
	help
	The nl80211 testmode command helps implementing things like
	factory calibration or validation tools for wireless chips.

	Select this option ONLY for kernels that are specifically
	built for such purposes.

	Debugging tools that are supposed to end up in the hands of
	users should better be implemented with debugfs.

	Say N.

	config CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS
	bool "enable developer warnings"
	depends on CFG80211
	default n
	help
	This option enables some additional warnings that help
	cfg80211 developers and driver developers, but beware that
	they can also trigger due to races with userspace.

	For example, when a driver reports that it was disconnected
	from the AP, but the user disconnects manually at the same
	time, the warning might trigger spuriously due to races.

	Say Y only if you are developing cfg80211 or a driver based
	on it (or mac80211).


	config CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS
	bool "cfg80211 certification onus"
	depends on CFG80211 && EXPERT
	default n
	---help---
	You should disable this option unless you are both capable
	and willing to ensure your system will remain regulatory
	compliant with the features available under this option.
	Some options may still be under heavy development and
	for whatever reason regulatory compliance has not or
	cannot yet be verified. Regulatory verification may at
	times only be possible until you have the final system
	in place.

	This option should only be enabled by system integrators
	or distributions that have done work necessary to ensure
	regulatory certification on the system with the enabled
	features. Alternatively you can enable this option if
	you are a wireless researcher and are working in a controlled
	and approved environment by your local regulatory agency.

	config CFG80211_REG_CELLULAR_HINTS
	bool "cfg80211 regulatory support for cellular base station hints"
	depends on CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS
	---help---
	This option enables support for parsing regulatory hints
	from cellular base stations. If enabled and at least one driver
	claims support for parsing cellular base station hints the
	regulatory core will allow and parse these regulatory hints.
	The regulatory core will only apply these regulatory hints on
	drivers that support this feature. You should only enable this
	feature if you have tested and validated this feature on your
	systems.

	config CFG80211_REG_RELAX_NO_IR
	bool "cfg80211 support for NO_IR relaxation"
	depends on CFG80211_CERTIFICATION_ONUS
	---help---
	This option enables support for relaxation of the NO_IR flag for
	situations that certain regulatory bodies have provided clarifications
	on how relaxation can occur. This feature has an inherent dependency on
	userspace features which must have been properly tested and as such is
	not enabled by default.

	A relaxation feature example is allowing the operation of a P2P group
	owner (GO) on channels marked with NO_IR if there is an additional BSS
	interface which associated to an AP which userspace assumes or confirms
	to be an authorized master, i.e., with radar detection support and DFS
	capabilities. However, note that in order to not create daisy chain
	scenarios, this relaxation is not allowed in cases where the BSS client
	is associated to P2P GO and in addition the P2P GO instantiated on
	a channel due to this relaxation should not allow connection from
	non P2P clients.

	The regulatory core will apply these relaxations only for drivers that
	support this feature by declaring the appropriate channel flags and
	capabilities in their registration flow.

	config CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS
	bool "enable powersave by default"
	depends on CFG80211
	default y
	help
	This option enables powersave mode by default.

	If this causes your applications to misbehave you should fix your
	applications instead -- they need to register their network
	latency requirement, see Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.txt.

	config CFG80211_DEBUGFS
	bool "cfg80211 DebugFS entries"
	depends on CFG80211
	depends on DEBUG_FS
	---help---
	You can enable this if you want debugfs entries for cfg80211.

	If unsure, say N.

	config CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB
	bool "use statically compiled regulatory rules database" if EXPERT
	default n
	depends on CFG80211
	---help---
	This option generates an internal data structure representing
	the wireless regulatory rules described in net/wireless/db.txt
	and includes code to query that database. This is an alternative
	to using CRDA for defining regulatory rules for the kernel.

	Using this option requires some parsing of the db.txt at build time,
	the parser will be upkept with the latest wireless-regdb updates but
	older wireless-regdb formats will be ignored. The parser may later
	be replaced to avoid issues with conflicts on versions of
	wireless-regdb.

	For details see:

	http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory

	Most distributions have a CRDA package. So if unsure, say N.

	config CFG80211_CRDA_SUPPORT
	bool "support CRDA" if CFG80211_INTERNAL_REGDB
	default y
	depends on CFG80211
	help
	You should enable this option unless you know for sure you have no
	need for it, for example when using internal regdb (above.)

	If unsure, say Y.

	config CFG80211_WEXT
	bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility" if !CFG80211_WEXT_EXPORT
	depends on CFG80211
	select WEXT_CORE
	default y if CFG80211_WEXT_EXPORT
	help
	Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless
	extensions with cfg80211-based drivers.

	config CFG80211_WEXT_EXPORT
	bool
	depends on CFG80211
	help
	Drivers should select this option if they require cfg80211's
	wext compatibility symbols to be exported.

	config LIB80211
	tristate
	default n
	help
	This options enables a library of common routines used
	by IEEE802.11 wireless LAN drivers.

	Drivers should select this themselves if needed.

	config LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP
	tristate

	config LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP
	tristate

	config LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP
	tristate

	config LIB80211_DEBUG
	bool "lib80211 debugging messages"
	depends on LIB80211
	default n
	---help---
	You can enable this if you want verbose debugging messages
	from lib80211.

	If unsure, say N.