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Kernel v2.6.25-rc7 /net/mac80211/Kconfig

Filename:/net/mac80211/Kconfig
Lines Added:92
Lines Deleted:14
Also changed in: (Previous) 2.6.25-rc6  2.6.25-rc5  2.6.25-rc4  2.6.25-rc3  2.6.25-rc2  2.6.25-rc1 
(Following) 2.6.25-rc8  2.6.25-rc9  2.6.25  2.6.25-git2  2.6.25-git3  2.6.25-git4 

Location
[  2.6.25-rc7
  [  net
    [  mac80211
       o  Kconfig

Patch

diff --git a/net/mac80211/Kconfig b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
index ce176e6..45c7c0c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/Kconfig
+++ b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 config MAC80211
    tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)"
-   depends on EXPERIMENTAL
    select CRYPTO
    select CRYPTO_ECB
    select CRYPTO_ARC4
@@ -10,27 +9,84 @@ config MAC80211
    select CFG80211
    select NET_SCH_FIFO
    ---help---
-   This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
-   networking stack.
+     This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
+     networking stack.
 
-config MAC80211_RCSIMPLE
-   bool "'simple' rate control algorithm" if EMBEDDED
-   default y
-   depends on MAC80211
+menu "Rate control algorithm selection"
+   depends on MAC80211 != n
+
+choice
+   prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
+   default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
+   ---help---
+     This option selects the default rate control algorithm
+     mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
+     overriden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
+     parameter if different algorithms are available.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
+   bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
+   select MAC80211_RC_PID
+   ---help---
+     Select the PID controller based rate control as the
+     default rate control algorithm. You should choose
+     this unless you know what you are doing.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
+   bool "Simple rate control algorithm"
+   select MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
+   ---help---
+     Select the simple rate control as the default rate
+     control algorithm. Note that this is a non-responsive,
+     dumb algorithm. You should choose the PID rate control
+     instead.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_NONE
+   bool "No default algorithm"
+   depends on EMBEDDED
    help
-     This option allows you to turn off the 'simple' rate
-     control algorithm in mac80211. If you do turn it off,
-     you absolutely need another rate control algorithm.
+     Selecting this option will select no default algorithm
+     and allow you to not build any. Do not choose this
+     option unless you know your driver comes with another
+     suitable algorithm.
+endchoice
+
+comment "Selecting 'y' for an algorithm will"
+comment "build the algorithm into mac80211."
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
+   string
+   default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
+   default "simple" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
+   default ""
+
+config MAC80211_RC_PID
+   tristate "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
+   ---help---
+     This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
+     mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
+     rate.
 
-     Say Y unless you know you will have another algorithm
-     available.
+     Say Y or M unless you're sure you want to use a
+     different rate control algorithm.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
+   tristate "Simple rate control algorithm (DEPRECATED)"
+   ---help---
+     This option enables a very simple, non-responsive TX
+     rate control algorithm. This algorithm is deprecated
+     and will be removed from the kernel in the near future.
+     It has been replaced by the PID algorithm.
+
+     Say N unless you know what you are doing.
+endmenu
 
 config MAC80211_LEDS
    bool "Enable LED triggers"
    depends on MAC80211 && LEDS_TRIGGERS
    ---help---
-   This option enables a few LED triggers for different
-   packet receive/transmit events.
+     This option enables a few LED triggers for different
+     packet receive/transmit events.
 
 config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
    bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
@@ -41,6 +97,18 @@ config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
 
      Say N unless you know you need this.
 
+config MAC80211_DEBUG_PACKET_ALIGNMENT
+   bool "Enable packet alignment debugging"
+   depends on MAC80211
+   help
+     This option is recommended for driver authors and strongly
+     discouraged for everybody else, it will trigger a warning
+     when a driver hands mac80211 a buffer that is aligned in
+     a way that will cause problems with the IP stack on some
+     architectures.
+
+     Say N unless you're writing a mac80211 based driver.
+
 config MAC80211_DEBUG
    bool "Enable debugging output"
    depends on MAC80211
@@ -51,6 +119,16 @@ config MAC80211_DEBUG
      If you are not trying to debug or develop the ieee80211
      subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
 
+config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
+   bool "Enable HT debugging output"
+   depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+   ---help---
+     This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
+     debug tracing output.
+
+     If you are not trying to debug of develop the ieee80211
+     subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
+
 config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
    bool "Verbose debugging output"
    depends on MAC80211_DEBUG


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