11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Wireless LAN device configuration 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 52a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergmenu "Wireless LAN" 62a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg 72a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergconfig WLAN_PRE80211 82a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg bool "Wireless LAN (pre-802.11)" 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NETDEVICES 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 112a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg Say Y if you have any pre-802.11 wireless LAN hardware. 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 132a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg This option does not affect the kernel build, it only 14*42431592SJohn W. Linville lets you choose drivers. 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STRIP 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)" 182a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on INET && WLAN_PRE80211 192a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds (on the WWW at <http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/>) to send Internet 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds traffic using Metricom radios. Metricom radios are small, battery 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about the size and 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard them called 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because it misleads 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom modem into a 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds phone line and use it as a modem.) 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds bigger. 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds called strip. 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ARLAN 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support" 422a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on ISA && !64BIT && WLAN_PRE80211 432a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds Aironet makes Arlan, a class of wireless LAN adapters. These use the 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds www.Telxon.com chip, which is also used on several similar cards. 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is tested on the 655 and IC2200 series cards. Look at 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.ylenurme.ee/~elmer/655/> for the latest information. 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver is built as two modules, arlan and arlan-proc. The latter 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds is the /proc interface and is not needed most of time. 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds On some computers the card ends up in non-valid state after some 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds time. Use a ping-reset script to clear it. 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WAVELAN 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support" 582a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on ISA && WLAN_PRE80211 592a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Lucent WaveLAN (formerly NCR and AT&T; or DEC RoamAbout DS) is 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds a Radio LAN (wireless Ethernet-like Local Area Network) using the 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds radio frequencies 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz. 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver support the ISA version of the WaveLAN card. A separate 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for the PCMCIA (PC-card) hardware is available in David 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes> 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds for location). 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use an ISA WaveLAN card under Linux, say Y and read 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some more specific 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds information is contained in 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt> and in the source code 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:drivers/net/wavelan.p.h>. 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds You will also need the wireless tools package available from 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read the man pages contained therein. 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds called wavelan. 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_WAVELAN 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN Pcmcia wireless support" 862a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCMCIA && WLAN_PRE80211 872a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you intend to attach an AT&T/Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer. This 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver is for the non-IEEE-802.11 Wavelan cards. 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds called wavelan_cs. If unsure, say N. 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_NETWAVE 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Xircom Netwave AirSurfer Pcmcia wireless support" 982a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCMCIA && WLAN_PRE80211 992a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA (PC-card) 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer. 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds called netwave_cs. If unsure, say N. 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1072a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg 1082a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergconfig WLAN_80211 1092a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg bool "Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)" 1102a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on NETDEVICES 1112a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg ---help--- 1122a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg Say Y if you have any 802.11 wireless LAN hardware. 1132a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg 1142a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg This option does not affect the kernel build, it only 115*42431592SJohn W. Linville lets you choose drivers. 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_RAYCS 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support" 1192a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCMCIA && WLAN_80211 1202a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer. 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds details. 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds called ray_cs. If unsure, say N. 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1302c86c275SJames Ketrenosconfig IPW2100 1312c86c275SJames Ketrenos tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection" 1322a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCI && WLAN_80211 1332a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 1342c86c275SJames Ketrenos select FW_LOADER 1354ddc1651SJan Niehusmann select IEEE80211 1362c86c275SJames Ketrenos ---help--- 1372c86c275SJames Ketrenos A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network 1382c86c275SJames Ketrenos Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter. 1392c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1402c86c275SJames Ketrenos See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100> for information on 1412c86c275SJames Ketrenos the capabilities currently enabled in this driver and for tips 1422c86c275SJames Ketrenos for debugging issues and problems. 1432c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1442c86c275SJames Ketrenos In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it. 1452c86c275SJames Ketrenos You can obtain the firmware from 1462c86c275SJames Ketrenos <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you 147afcd0241SJesper Juhl will need to place it in /lib/firmware. 1482c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1492c86c275SJames Ketrenos You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to 1502c86c275SJames Ketrenos configure your card: 1512c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1522c86c275SJames Ketrenos <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. 1532c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1542c86c275SJames Ketrenos If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be 1559c782e3bSAlex Shepard inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 1562c86c275SJames Ketrenos say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module 1572c86c275SJames Ketrenos will be called ipw2100.ko. 1582c86c275SJames Ketrenos 15953788015SJiri Bencconfig IPW2100_MONITOR 1602c86c275SJames Ketrenos bool "Enable promiscuous mode" 1612c86c275SJames Ketrenos depends on IPW2100 1622c86c275SJames Ketrenos ---help--- 1632c86c275SJames Ketrenos Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver. 1642c86c275SJames Ketrenos With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to 1652c86c275SJames Ketrenos promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this 1662c86c275SJames Ketrenos mode, no packets can be sent. 1672c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1680f52bf90SBrice Goglinconfig IPW2100_DEBUG 1692c86c275SJames Ketrenos bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module." 1702c86c275SJames Ketrenos depends on IPW2100 1712c86c275SJames Ketrenos ---help--- 1722c86c275SJames Ketrenos This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100. 1732c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1742c86c275SJames Ketrenos This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can 1752c86c275SJames Ketrenos control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the 1762c86c275SJames Ketrenos value in 1772c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1782c86c275SJames Ketrenos /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level 1792c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1802c86c275SJames Ketrenos This entry will only exist if this option is enabled. 1812c86c275SJames Ketrenos 1822c86c275SJames Ketrenos If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you 1832c86c275SJames Ketrenos most likely want to say N here. 1842c86c275SJames Ketrenos 18543f66a6cSJames Ketrenosconfig IPW2200 18643f66a6cSJames Ketrenos tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection" 1872a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCI && WLAN_80211 1882a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 18943f66a6cSJames Ketrenos select FW_LOADER 1904ddc1651SJan Niehusmann select IEEE80211 19143f66a6cSJames Ketrenos ---help--- 19243f66a6cSJames Ketrenos A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network 19343f66a6cSJames Ketrenos Connection adapters. 19443f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 19543f66a6cSJames Ketrenos See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200> for 19643f66a6cSJames Ketrenos information on the capabilities currently enabled in this 19743f66a6cSJames Ketrenos driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems. 19843f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 19943f66a6cSJames Ketrenos In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it. 20043f66a6cSJames Ketrenos You can obtain the firmware from 20143f66a6cSJames Ketrenos <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200 20247c51431SJon Mason for information on where to install the firmware images. 20343f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 20443f66a6cSJames Ketrenos You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to 20543f66a6cSJames Ketrenos configure your card: 20643f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 20743f66a6cSJames Ketrenos <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. 20843f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 20943f66a6cSJames Ketrenos If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be 2109c782e3bSAlex Shepard inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 21143f66a6cSJames Ketrenos say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module 21243f66a6cSJames Ketrenos will be called ipw2200.ko. 21343f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 2142c0f6316SAndreas Happeconfig IPW2200_MONITOR 2152c0f6316SAndreas Happe bool "Enable promiscuous mode" 2162c0f6316SAndreas Happe depends on IPW2200 2172c0f6316SAndreas Happe ---help--- 2182c0f6316SAndreas Happe Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver. 2192c0f6316SAndreas Happe With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to 2202c0f6316SAndreas Happe promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this 2212c0f6316SAndreas Happe mode, no packets can be sent. 2222c0f6316SAndreas Happe 22334f8ae46SZhu Yiconfig IPW2200_RADIOTAP 22434f8ae46SZhu Yi bool "Enable radiotap format 802.11 raw packet support" 22534f8ae46SZhu Yi depends on IPW2200_MONITOR 22634f8ae46SZhu Yi 22734f8ae46SZhu Yiconfig IPW2200_PROMISCUOUS 22834f8ae46SZhu Yi bool "Enable creation of a RF radiotap promiscuous interface" 22934f8ae46SZhu Yi depends on IPW2200_MONITOR 23034f8ae46SZhu Yi select IPW2200_RADIOTAP 23134f8ae46SZhu Yi ---help--- 23234f8ae46SZhu Yi Enables the creation of a second interface prefixed 'rtap'. 23334f8ae46SZhu Yi This second interface will provide every received in radiotap 23434f8ae46SZhu Yi format. 23534f8ae46SZhu Yi 23634f8ae46SZhu Yi This is useful for performing wireless network analysis while 23734f8ae46SZhu Yi maintaining an active association. 23834f8ae46SZhu Yi 23934f8ae46SZhu Yi Example usage: 24034f8ae46SZhu Yi 24134f8ae46SZhu Yi % modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1 24234f8ae46SZhu Yi % ifconfig rtap0 up 24334f8ae46SZhu Yi % tethereal -i rtap0 24434f8ae46SZhu Yi 24534f8ae46SZhu Yi If you do not specify 'rtap_iface=1' as a module parameter then 24634f8ae46SZhu Yi the rtap interface will not be created and you will need to turn 24734f8ae46SZhu Yi it on via sysfs: 24834f8ae46SZhu Yi 24934f8ae46SZhu Yi % echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rtap_iface 25034f8ae46SZhu Yi 251e43e3c1eSZhu Yiconfig IPW2200_QOS 2522c0f6316SAndreas Happe bool "Enable QoS support" 2532c0f6316SAndreas Happe depends on IPW2200 && EXPERIMENTAL 2542c0f6316SAndreas Happe 2550f52bf90SBrice Goglinconfig IPW2200_DEBUG 25643f66a6cSJames Ketrenos bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module." 25743f66a6cSJames Ketrenos depends on IPW2200 25843f66a6cSJames Ketrenos ---help--- 25901d47833SZhu Yi This option will enable low level debug tracing output for IPW2200. 26043f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 26101d47833SZhu Yi Note, normal debug code is already compiled in. This low level 26201d47833SZhu Yi debug option enables debug on hot paths (e.g Tx, Rx, ISR) and 26301d47833SZhu Yi will result in the kernel module being ~70 larger. Most users 26401d47833SZhu Yi will typically not need this high verbosity debug information. 26543f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 26601d47833SZhu Yi If you are not sure, say N here. 26743f66a6cSJames Ketrenos 2681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AIRO 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards" 2702a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on ISA_DMA_API && WLAN_80211 && (PCI || BROKEN) 2712a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 272a39d3e79SAdrian Bunk select CRYPTO 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds PCI 802.11 wireless cards. 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco 27847c51431SJon Mason acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card. 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named "airo". 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HERMES 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)" 2882a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on (PPC_PMAC || PCI || PCMCIA) && WLAN_80211 2892a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29109509603SMatt LaPlante A driver for 802.11b wireless cards based on the "Hermes" or 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Intersil HFA384x (Prism 2) MAC controller. This includes the vast 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds majority of the PCMCIA 802.11b cards (which are nearly all rebadges) 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds - except for the Cisco/Aironet cards. Cards supported include the 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds Apple Airport (not a PCMCIA card), WavelanIEEE/Orinoco, 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Cabletron/EnteraSys Roamabout, ELSA AirLancer, MELCO Buffalo, Avaya, 2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds IBM High Rate Wireless, Farralon Syyline, Samsung MagicLAN, Netgear 2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds MA401, LinkSys WPC-11, D-Link DWL-650, 3Com AirConnect, Intel 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds PRO/Wireless, and Symbol Spectrum24 High Rate amongst others. 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option includes the guts of the driver, but in order to 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds actually use a card you will also need to enable support for PCMCIA 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Hermes cards, PLX9052 based PCI adaptors or the Apple Airport below. 3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works : 3071da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html> 3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLE_AIRPORT 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)" 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with 316f1f56623SMichael Buesch a non-standard interface. 317f1f56623SMichael Buesch 318f1f56623SMichael Buesch This driver does not support the Airport Extreme (802.11b/g). Use 319f1f56623SMichael Buesch the BCM43xx driver for Airport Extreme cards. 3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PLX_HERMES 3228c09e16bSPavel Roskin tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.)" 3238c09e16bSPavel Roskin depends on PCI && HERMES 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds orinoco) driver when used in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors. These 3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines. The Netgear 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds MA301 is such an adaptor. 3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TMD_HERMES 3338c09e16bSPavel Roskin tristate "Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support" 3348c09e16bSPavel Roskin depends on PCI && HERMES 3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds orinoco) driver when used in TMD7160 based PCI adaptors. These 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited 3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines. 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 342ec829051SPavel Roskinconfig NORTEL_HERMES 343ec829051SPavel Roskin tristate "Nortel emobility PCI adaptor support" 344ec829051SPavel Roskin depends on PCI && HERMES 345ec829051SPavel Roskin help 346ec829051SPavel Roskin Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka 347ec829051SPavel Roskin orinoco) driver when used in Nortel emobility PCI adaptors. These 348ec829051SPavel Roskin adaptors are not full PCMCIA controllers, but act as a more limited 349ec829051SPavel Roskin PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. 350ec829051SPavel Roskin 3511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCI_HERMES 3528c09e16bSPavel Roskin tristate "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support" 3538c09e16bSPavel Roskin depends on PCI && HERMES 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on 3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Prism 2.5 chipset. These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b 3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also 3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds common. Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of 3591da177e4SLinus Torvalds this variety. 3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATMEL 3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset 802.11b support" 3632a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on (PCI || PCMCIA) && WLAN_80211 3642a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select FW_LOADER 3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3671da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet 3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions. 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory 3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is 3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image 3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds firmware package can be downloaded from 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel> 3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCI_ATMEL 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards" 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ATMEL && PCI 3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds Atmel at76c506 chip. 3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_HERMES 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support" 3872a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCMCIA && HERMES 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such 3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/ 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and 3921da177e4SLinus Torvalds others). It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline. It should also 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN. 3951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David 3971da177e4SLinus Torvalds Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes> 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO, 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 4001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4011da177e4SLinus Torvalds You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to 4021da177e4SLinus Torvalds configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works: 4031da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. 4041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4053a48c4c2SPavel Roskinconfig PCMCIA_SPECTRUM 4063a48c4c2SPavel Roskin tristate "Symbol Spectrum24 Trilogy PCMCIA card support" 4072a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCMCIA && HERMES 408e4a9af98SAdrian Bunk select FW_LOADER 4093a48c4c2SPavel Roskin ---help--- 4103a48c4c2SPavel Roskin 4113a48c4c2SPavel Roskin This is a driver for 802.11b cards using RAM-loadable Symbol 4123a48c4c2SPavel Roskin firmware, such as Symbol Wireless Networker LA4100, CompactFlash 4133a48c4c2SPavel Roskin cards by Socket Communications and Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B. 4143a48c4c2SPavel Roskin 4153a48c4c2SPavel Roskin This driver requires firmware download on startup. Utilities 4163a48c4c2SPavel Roskin for downloading Symbol firmware are available at 4173a48c4c2SPavel Roskin <http://sourceforge.net/projects/orinoco/> 4183a48c4c2SPavel Roskin 4191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AIRO_CS 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards" 4212a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCMCIA && (BROKEN || !M32R) && WLAN_80211 4222a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 423a39d3e79SAdrian Bunk select CRYPTO 4248fa9ea18SRobert Schulze select CRYPTO_AES 4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA 4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 802.11 wireless cards. This driver is the same as the Aironet 4281da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package. 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco 43147c51431SJon Mason acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 802.11b cards. 4341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions 4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card. 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David 4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes> 4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO, 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_ATMEL 4451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards" 4462a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on ATMEL && PCMCIA 4472a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds select FW_LOADER 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable support for PCMCIA cards containing the 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips. 4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_WL3501 4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards" 4562a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA && WLAN_80211 4572a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet. 4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial 4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds micro support for ethtool. 4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PRISM54 4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus' 4652a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && WLAN_80211 4662a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds select FW_LOADER 4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards: 4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds ISL3880 - Prism GT 802.11 b/g 4721da177e4SLinus Torvalds ISL3877 - Prism Indigo 802.11 a 4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds ISL3890 - Prism Duette 802.11 a/b/g 4741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4751da177e4SLinus Torvalds For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>. 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards: 4771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 478c8920ba0SDaniel Andersen 3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72 (version 1) 4791da177e4SLinus Torvalds Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card 4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Compex WL54G Cardbus Card 4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card 4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650 4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card 4841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card 4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card 4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card 4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card 4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card 4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds SMC2802W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card 4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds SMC2835W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card 4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card 4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card 4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well. 4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890. 4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page: 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://prism54.org> 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from 5011da177e4SLinus Torvalds a current hotplug package. 5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards 5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module 5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called prism54.ko. 5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5105c601d0cSPavel Machekconfig USB_ZD1201 5115c601d0cSPavel Machek tristate "USB ZD1201 based Wireless device support" 5122a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg depends on USB && WLAN_80211 5132a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg select WIRELESS_EXT 5145c601d0cSPavel Machek select FW_LOADER 5155c601d0cSPavel Machek ---help--- 5165c601d0cSPavel Machek Say Y if you want to use wireless LAN adapters based on the ZyDAS 5175c601d0cSPavel Machek ZD1201 chip. 5185c601d0cSPavel Machek 5195c601d0cSPavel Machek This driver makes the adapter appear as a normal Ethernet interface, 5205c601d0cSPavel Machek typically on wlan0. 5215c601d0cSPavel Machek 5225c601d0cSPavel Machek The zd1201 device requires external firmware to be loaded. 5235c601d0cSPavel Machek This can be found at http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net/ 5245c601d0cSPavel Machek 5255c601d0cSPavel Machek To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 5265c601d0cSPavel Machek module will be called zd1201. 5275c601d0cSPavel Machek 528ff1d2767SJouni Malinensource "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig" 52977db31eaSMichael Bueschsource "drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig" 530e85d0918SDaniel Drakesource "drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/Kconfig" 53170e5e983SJohn W. Linville 5321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 533