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11da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Wireless LAN device configuration
31da177e4SLinus Torvalds#
41da177e4SLinus Torvalds
52a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergmenu "Wireless LAN"
6f54bfc0eSMartin Schwidefsky	depends on !S390
72a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg
82a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergconfig WLAN_PRE80211
92a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	bool "Wireless LAN (pre-802.11)"
101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on NETDEVICES
111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
122a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	  Say Y if you have any pre-802.11 wireless LAN hardware.
131da177e4SLinus Torvalds
142a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	  This option does not affect the kernel build, it only
1542431592SJohn W. Linville	  lets you choose drivers.
161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STRIP
181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
192a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on INET && WLAN_PRE80211
202a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (on the WWW at <http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/>) to send Internet
251da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  traffic using Metricom radios.  Metricom radios are small, battery
261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about the size and
271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard them called
281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because it misleads
291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom modem into a
301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  phone line and use it as a modem.)
311da177e4SLinus Torvalds
321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  bigger.
371da177e4SLinus Torvalds
381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called strip.
401da177e4SLinus Torvalds
411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ARLAN
421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support"
432a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on ISA && !64BIT && WLAN_PRE80211
442a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Aironet makes Arlan, a class of wireless LAN adapters. These use the
471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  www.Telxon.com chip, which is also used on several similar cards.
481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver is tested on the 655 and IC2200 series cards. Look at
491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.ylenurme.ee/~elmer/655/> for the latest information.
501da177e4SLinus Torvalds
511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The driver is built as two modules, arlan and arlan-proc. The latter
521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  is the /proc interface and is not needed most of time.
531da177e4SLinus Torvalds
541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  On some computers the card ends up in non-valid state after some
551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  time. Use a ping-reset script to clear it.
561da177e4SLinus Torvalds
571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WAVELAN
581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support"
592a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on ISA && WLAN_PRE80211
602a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The Lucent WaveLAN (formerly NCR and AT&T; or DEC RoamAbout DS) is
631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  a Radio LAN (wireless Ethernet-like Local Area Network) using the
641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  radio frequencies 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
651da177e4SLinus Torvalds
661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to use an ISA WaveLAN card under Linux, say Y and read
671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
681da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some more specific
691da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  information is contained in
701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt> and in the source code
711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <file:drivers/net/wavelan.p.h>.
721da177e4SLinus Torvalds
731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You will also need the wireless tools package available from
741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Please read the man pages contained therein.
761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called wavelan.
791da177e4SLinus Torvalds
801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_WAVELAN
811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN Pcmcia wireless support"
822a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCMCIA && WLAN_PRE80211
832a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you intend to attach an AT&T/Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA
861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.  This
871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  driver is for the non-IEEE-802.11 Wavelan cards.
881da177e4SLinus Torvalds
891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called wavelan_cs.  If unsure, say N.
911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_NETWAVE
931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Xircom Netwave AirSurfer Pcmcia wireless support"
942a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCMCIA && WLAN_PRE80211
952a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA (PC-card)
981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
991da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called netwave_cs.  If unsure, say N.
1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1032a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg
1042a5e1c0eSJohannes Bergconfig WLAN_80211
1052a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	bool "Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11)"
1062a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on NETDEVICES
1072a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	---help---
1082a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	  Say Y if you have any 802.11 wireless LAN hardware.
1092a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg
1102a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	  This option does not affect the kernel build, it only
11142431592SJohn W. Linville	  lets you choose drivers.
1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_RAYCS
1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support"
1152a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCMCIA && WLAN_80211
1162a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA
1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for
1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  details.
1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  called ray_cs.  If unsure, say N.
1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1262c86c275SJames Ketrenosconfig IPW2100
1272c86c275SJames Ketrenos	tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection"
1282a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCI && WLAN_80211
1292a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
1302c86c275SJames Ketrenos	select FW_LOADER
1314ddc1651SJan Niehusmann	select IEEE80211
1322c86c275SJames Ketrenos	---help---
1332c86c275SJames Ketrenos          A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
1342c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter.
1352c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1362c86c275SJames Ketrenos          See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100> for information on
1372c86c275SJames Ketrenos          the capabilities currently enabled in this driver and for tips
1382c86c275SJames Ketrenos          for debugging issues and problems.
1392c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1402c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
1412c86c275SJames Ketrenos          You can obtain the firmware from
1422c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>.  Once you have the firmware image, you
143afcd0241SJesper Juhl	  will need to place it in /lib/firmware.
1442c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1452c86c275SJames Ketrenos          You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
1462c86c275SJames Ketrenos          configure your card:
1472c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1482c86c275SJames Ketrenos          <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
1492c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1502c86c275SJames Ketrenos          If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
1519c782e3bSAlex Shepard          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
15239f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov          say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
15339f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov          The module will be called ipw2100.ko.
1542c86c275SJames Ketrenos
15553788015SJiri Bencconfig IPW2100_MONITOR
1562c86c275SJames Ketrenos        bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
1572c86c275SJames Ketrenos        depends on IPW2100
1582c86c275SJames Ketrenos        ---help---
1592c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver.
1602c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
1612c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode.  While in this
1622c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  mode, no packets can be sent.
1632c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1640f52bf90SBrice Goglinconfig IPW2100_DEBUG
1652c86c275SJames Ketrenos	bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module."
1662c86c275SJames Ketrenos	depends on IPW2100
1672c86c275SJames Ketrenos	---help---
1682c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100.
1692c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1702c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger.  You can
1712c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
1722c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  value in
1732c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1742c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level
1752c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1762c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
1772c86c275SJames Ketrenos
1782c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you
1792c86c275SJames Ketrenos	  most likely want to say N here.
1802c86c275SJames Ketrenos
18143f66a6cSJames Ketrenosconfig IPW2200
18243f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection"
1832a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCI && WLAN_80211
1842a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
18543f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	select FW_LOADER
1864ddc1651SJan Niehusmann	select IEEE80211
18743f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	---help---
18843f66a6cSJames Ketrenos          A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
18943f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	  Connection adapters.
19043f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
19143f66a6cSJames Ketrenos          See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200> for
19243f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	  information on the capabilities currently enabled in this
19343f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	  driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems.
19443f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
19543f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	  In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
19643f66a6cSJames Ketrenos          You can obtain the firmware from
19743f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	  <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>.  See the above referenced README.ipw2200
19847c51431SJon Mason	  for information on where to install the firmware images.
19943f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
20043f66a6cSJames Ketrenos          You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
20143f66a6cSJames Ketrenos          configure your card:
20243f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
20343f66a6cSJames Ketrenos          <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
20443f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
20543f66a6cSJames Ketrenos          If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
2069c782e3bSAlex Shepard          inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
20739f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov          say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
20839f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov          The module will be called ipw2200.ko.
20943f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
2102c0f6316SAndreas Happeconfig IPW2200_MONITOR
2112c0f6316SAndreas Happe        bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
2122c0f6316SAndreas Happe        depends on IPW2200
2132c0f6316SAndreas Happe        ---help---
2142c0f6316SAndreas Happe	  Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver.
2152c0f6316SAndreas Happe	  With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
2162c0f6316SAndreas Happe	  promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode.  While in this
2172c0f6316SAndreas Happe	  mode, no packets can be sent.
2182c0f6316SAndreas Happe
21934f8ae46SZhu Yiconfig IPW2200_RADIOTAP
22034f8ae46SZhu Yi	bool "Enable radiotap format 802.11 raw packet support"
22134f8ae46SZhu Yi	depends on IPW2200_MONITOR
22234f8ae46SZhu Yi
22334f8ae46SZhu Yiconfig IPW2200_PROMISCUOUS
22434f8ae46SZhu Yi	bool "Enable creation of a RF radiotap promiscuous interface"
22534f8ae46SZhu Yi	depends on IPW2200_MONITOR
22634f8ae46SZhu Yi	select IPW2200_RADIOTAP
22734f8ae46SZhu Yi	---help---
22834f8ae46SZhu Yi          Enables the creation of a second interface prefixed 'rtap'.
22934f8ae46SZhu Yi          This second interface will provide every received in radiotap
23034f8ae46SZhu Yi	  format.
23134f8ae46SZhu Yi
23234f8ae46SZhu Yi          This is useful for performing wireless network analysis while
23334f8ae46SZhu Yi          maintaining an active association.
23434f8ae46SZhu Yi
23534f8ae46SZhu Yi          Example usage:
23634f8ae46SZhu Yi
23734f8ae46SZhu Yi            % modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1
23834f8ae46SZhu Yi            % ifconfig rtap0 up
23934f8ae46SZhu Yi            % tethereal -i rtap0
24034f8ae46SZhu Yi
24134f8ae46SZhu Yi          If you do not specify 'rtap_iface=1' as a module parameter then
24234f8ae46SZhu Yi          the rtap interface will not be created and you will need to turn
24334f8ae46SZhu Yi          it on via sysfs:
24434f8ae46SZhu Yi
24534f8ae46SZhu Yi            % echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rtap_iface
24634f8ae46SZhu Yi
247e43e3c1eSZhu Yiconfig IPW2200_QOS
2482c0f6316SAndreas Happe        bool "Enable QoS support"
2492c0f6316SAndreas Happe        depends on IPW2200 && EXPERIMENTAL
2502c0f6316SAndreas Happe
2510f52bf90SBrice Goglinconfig IPW2200_DEBUG
25243f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
25343f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	depends on IPW2200
25443f66a6cSJames Ketrenos	---help---
25501d47833SZhu Yi	  This option will enable low level debug tracing output for IPW2200.
25643f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
25701d47833SZhu Yi	  Note, normal debug code is already compiled in. This low level
25801d47833SZhu Yi	  debug option enables debug on hot paths (e.g Tx, Rx, ISR) and
25901d47833SZhu Yi	  will result in the kernel module being ~70 larger.  Most users
26001d47833SZhu Yi	  will typically not need this high verbosity debug information.
26143f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
26201d47833SZhu Yi	  If you are not sure, say N here.
26343f66a6cSJames Ketrenos
264084708b6SHolger Schurigconfig LIBERTAS
265084708b6SHolger Schurig	tristate "Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver support"
266084708b6SHolger Schurig	depends on WLAN_80211
267d8efea25SDan Williams	select IEEE80211
268876c9d3aSMarcelo Tosatti	select FW_LOADER
269876c9d3aSMarcelo Tosatti	---help---
270084708b6SHolger Schurig	  A library for Marvell Libertas 8xxx devices.
271084708b6SHolger Schurig
272084708b6SHolger Schurigconfig LIBERTAS_USB
273084708b6SHolger Schurig	tristate "Marvell Libertas 8388 USB 802.11b/g cards"
274084708b6SHolger Schurig	depends on LIBERTAS && USB
275084708b6SHolger Schurig	---help---
276876c9d3aSMarcelo Tosatti	  A driver for Marvell Libertas 8388 USB devices.
277876c9d3aSMarcelo Tosatti
278084708b6SHolger Schurigconfig LIBERTAS_DEBUG
279084708b6SHolger Schurig	bool "Enable full debugging output in the Libertas module."
280084708b6SHolger Schurig	depends on LIBERTAS
281876c9d3aSMarcelo Tosatti	---help---
282876c9d3aSMarcelo Tosatti	  Debugging support.
283876c9d3aSMarcelo Tosatti
2841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AIRO
2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
2862a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on ISA_DMA_API && WLAN_80211 && (PCI || BROKEN)
2872a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
288a39d3e79SAdrian Bunk	select CRYPTO
2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and
2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PCI 802.11 wireless cards.
2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
29447c51431SJon Mason	  acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds
2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named "airo".
3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HERMES
3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)"
3042a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on (PPC_PMAC || PCI || PCMCIA) && WLAN_80211
3052a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
30709509603SMatt LaPlante	  A driver for 802.11b wireless cards based on the "Hermes" or
3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Intersil HFA384x (Prism 2) MAC controller.  This includes the vast
3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  majority of the PCMCIA 802.11b cards (which are nearly all rebadges)
3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  - except for the Cisco/Aironet cards.  Cards supported include the
3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Apple Airport (not a PCMCIA card), WavelanIEEE/Orinoco,
3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Cabletron/EnteraSys Roamabout, ELSA AirLancer, MELCO Buffalo, Avaya,
3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  IBM High Rate Wireless, Farralon Syyline, Samsung MagicLAN, Netgear
3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  MA401, LinkSys WPC-11, D-Link DWL-650, 3Com AirConnect, Intel
3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PRO/Wireless, and Symbol Spectrum24 High Rate amongst others.
3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This option includes the guts of the driver, but in order to
3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  actually use a card you will also need to enable support for PCMCIA
3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Hermes cards, PLX9052 based PCI adaptors or the Apple Airport below.
3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works :
3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>
3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APPLE_AIRPORT
3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)"
3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES
3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware
3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based
3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with
332f1f56623SMichael Buesch	  a non-standard interface.
333f1f56623SMichael Buesch
334f1f56623SMichael Buesch	  This driver does not support the Airport Extreme (802.11b/g). Use
335f1f56623SMichael Buesch	  the BCM43xx driver for Airport Extreme cards.
3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PLX_HERMES
3388c09e16bSPavel Roskin	tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.)"
3398c09e16bSPavel Roskin	depends on PCI && HERMES
3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  orinoco) driver when used in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors.  These
3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.  Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.  The Netgear
3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  MA301 is such an adaptor.
3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TMD_HERMES
3498c09e16bSPavel Roskin	tristate "Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support"
3508c09e16bSPavel Roskin	depends on PCI && HERMES
3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  orinoco) driver when used in TMD7160 based PCI adaptors.  These
3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
3551da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.  Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.
3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds
358ec829051SPavel Roskinconfig NORTEL_HERMES
359ec829051SPavel Roskin	tristate "Nortel emobility PCI adaptor support"
360ec829051SPavel Roskin	depends on PCI && HERMES
361ec829051SPavel Roskin	help
362ec829051SPavel Roskin	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
363ec829051SPavel Roskin	  orinoco) driver when used in Nortel emobility PCI adaptors.  These
364ec829051SPavel Roskin	  adaptors are not full PCMCIA controllers, but act as a more limited
365ec829051SPavel Roskin	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.
366ec829051SPavel Roskin
3671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCI_HERMES
3688c09e16bSPavel Roskin	tristate "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support"
3698c09e16bSPavel Roskin	depends on PCI && HERMES
3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	help
3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  the Prism 2.5 chipset.  These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  common.  Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  this variety.
3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_HERMES
3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support"
3792a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCMCIA && HERMES
3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such
3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/
3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and
3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  others).  It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards
3851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline.  It should also
3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN.
3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds
388*cfbde697SFaidon Liambotis	  You will very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works:
3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3923a48c4c2SPavel Roskinconfig PCMCIA_SPECTRUM
3933a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	tristate "Symbol Spectrum24 Trilogy PCMCIA card support"
3942a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCMCIA && HERMES
395e4a9af98SAdrian Bunk	select FW_LOADER
3963a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	---help---
3973a48c4c2SPavel Roskin
3983a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	  This is a driver for 802.11b cards using RAM-loadable Symbol
3993a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	  firmware, such as Symbol Wireless Networker LA4100, CompactFlash
4003a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	  cards by Socket Communications and Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B.
4013a48c4c2SPavel Roskin
4023a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	  This driver requires firmware download on startup.  Utilities
4033a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	  for downloading Symbol firmware are available at
4043a48c4c2SPavel Roskin	  <http://sourceforge.net/projects/orinoco/>
4053a48c4c2SPavel Roskin
406e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotisconfig ATMEL
407e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis      tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset  802.11b support"
408e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis      depends on (PCI || PCMCIA) && WLAN_80211
409e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis      select WIRELESS_EXT
410e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis      select FW_LOADER
411e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis      select CRC32
412e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis       ---help---
413e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
414e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
415e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis
416e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        Many  cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
417e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
418e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
419e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
420e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        firmware package can be downloaded from
421e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
422e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis
423e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotisconfig PCI_ATMEL
424e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis      tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards"
425e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis      depends on ATMEL && PCI
426e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis       ---help---
427e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
428e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis        Atmel at76c506 chip.
429e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis
430e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotisconfig PCMCIA_ATMEL
431e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
432e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	depends on ATMEL && PCMCIA
433e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	select WIRELESS_EXT
434e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	select FW_LOADER
435e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	select CRC32
436e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	---help---
437e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards containing the
438e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis	  Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips.
439e12dcb05SFaidon Liambotis
4401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AIRO_CS
4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
4422a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCMCIA && (BROKEN || !M32R) && WLAN_80211
4432a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
444a39d3e79SAdrian Bunk	select CRYPTO
4458fa9ea18SRobert Schulze	select CRYPTO_AES
4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  802.11 wireless cards.  This driver is the same as the Aironet
4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
45247c51431SJon Mason	  acquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  802.11b cards.
4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCMCIA_WL3501
4611da177e4SLinus Torvalds      tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards"
4622a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg      depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA && WLAN_80211
4632a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg      select WIRELESS_EXT
4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds       ---help---
4651da177e4SLinus Torvalds         A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet.
4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds	 It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial
4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds	 micro support for ethtool.
4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PRISM54
4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus'
4712a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && WLAN_80211
4722a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select FW_LOADER
4741da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
4751da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards:
4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4771da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ISL3880 - Prism GT            802.11 b/g
4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ISL3877 - Prism Indigo        802.11 a
4791da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  ISL3890 - Prism Duette        802.11 a/b/g
4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>.
4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards:
4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds
484c8920ba0SDaniel Andersen	  3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72 (version 1)
4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card
4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Compex WL54G Cardbus Card
4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card
4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650
4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card
4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card
4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card
4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card
4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card
4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card
4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card
4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  SMC2802W -    EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  SMC2835W -    EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card
5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card
5011da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well.
5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890.
5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page:
5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://prism54.org>
5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from
5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  a current hotplug package.
5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards
5101da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5111da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
51339f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov	  say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
51439f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov	  The module will be called prism54.ko.
5151da177e4SLinus Torvalds
5165c601d0cSPavel Machekconfig USB_ZD1201
5175c601d0cSPavel Machek	tristate "USB ZD1201 based Wireless device support"
5182a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	depends on USB && WLAN_80211
5192a5e1c0eSJohannes Berg	select WIRELESS_EXT
5205c601d0cSPavel Machek	select FW_LOADER
5215c601d0cSPavel Machek	---help---
5225c601d0cSPavel Machek	  Say Y if you want to use wireless LAN adapters based on the ZyDAS
5235c601d0cSPavel Machek	  ZD1201 chip.
5245c601d0cSPavel Machek
5255c601d0cSPavel Machek	  This driver makes the adapter appear as a normal Ethernet interface,
5265c601d0cSPavel Machek	  typically on wlan0.
5275c601d0cSPavel Machek
5285c601d0cSPavel Machek	  The zd1201 device requires external firmware to be loaded.
5295c601d0cSPavel Machek	  This can be found at http://linux-lc100020.sourceforge.net/
5305c601d0cSPavel Machek
5315c601d0cSPavel Machek	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
5325c601d0cSPavel Machek	  module will be called zd1201.
5335c601d0cSPavel Machek
534605bebe2SMichael Wuconfig RTL8187
535605bebe2SMichael Wu	tristate "Realtek 8187 USB support"
536605bebe2SMichael Wu	depends on MAC80211 && USB && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
537605bebe2SMichael Wu	select EEPROM_93CX6
538605bebe2SMichael Wu	---help---
539605bebe2SMichael Wu	  This is a driver for RTL8187 based cards.
540605bebe2SMichael Wu	  These are USB based chips found in cards such as:
541605bebe2SMichael Wu
542605bebe2SMichael Wu	  Netgear WG111v2
543605bebe2SMichael Wu
544605bebe2SMichael Wu	  Thanks to Realtek for their support!
545605bebe2SMichael Wu
546cc0b88cfSMichael Wuconfig ADM8211
547cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	tristate "ADMtek ADM8211 support"
548cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	depends on MAC80211 && PCI && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
549cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	select CRC32
550cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	select EEPROM_93CX6
551cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	---help---
552cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  This driver is for ADM8211A, ADM8211B, and ADM8211C based cards.
553cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  These are PCI/mini-PCI/Cardbus 802.11b chips found in cards such as:
554cc0b88cfSMichael Wu
555cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  Xterasys Cardbus XN-2411b
556cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  Blitz NetWave Point PC
557cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  TrendNet 221pc
558cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  Belkin F5D6001
559cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  SMC 2635W
560cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  Linksys WPC11 v1
561cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  Fiberline FL-WL-200X
562cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  3com Office Connect (3CRSHPW796)
563cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  Corega WLPCIB-11
564cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  SMC 2602W V2 EU
565cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  D-Link DWL-520 Revision C
566cc0b88cfSMichael Wu
567cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  However, some of these cards have been replaced with other chips
568cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  like the RTL8180L (Xterasys Cardbus XN-2411b, Belkin F5D6001) or
569cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  the Ralink RT2400 (SMC2635W) without a model number change.
570cc0b88cfSMichael Wu
571cc0b88cfSMichael Wu	  Thanks to Infineon-ADMtek for their support of this driver.
572cc0b88cfSMichael Wu
573ff1d2767SJouni Malinensource "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig"
57477db31eaSMichael Bueschsource "drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/Kconfig"
575e85d0918SDaniel Drakesource "drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/Kconfig"
57670e5e983SJohn W. Linville
5771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu
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