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1#
2# Wireless LAN device configuration
3#
4
5menu "Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)"
6	depends on NETDEVICES
7
8config NET_RADIO
9	bool "Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions"
10	---help---
11	  Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio,
12	  but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting.
13
14	  Saying Y here also enables the Wireless Extensions (creates
15	  /proc/net/wireless and enables iwconfig access). The Wireless
16	  Extension is a generic API allowing a driver to expose to the user
17	  space configuration and statistics specific to common Wireless LANs.
18	  The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the
19	  variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type (as long as
20	  the driver supports Wireless Extension). Another advantage is that
21	  these parameters may be changed on the fly without restarting the
22	  driver (or Linux). If you wish to use Wireless Extensions with
23	  wireless PCMCIA (PC-) cards, you need to say Y here; you can fetch
24	  the tools from
25	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
26
27	  Some user-level drivers for scarab devices which don't require
28	  special kernel support are available from
29	  <ftp://shadow.cabi.net/pub/Linux/>.
30
31# Note : the cards are obsolete (can't buy them anymore), but the drivers
32# are not, as people are still using them...
33comment "Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)"
34	depends on NET_RADIO && (INET || ISA || PCMCIA)
35
36config STRIP
37	tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
38	depends on NET_RADIO && INET
39	---help---
40	  Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
41	  IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
42	  (on the WWW at <http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/>) to send Internet
43	  traffic using Metricom radios.  Metricom radios are small, battery
44	  powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about the size and
45	  weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard them called
46	  "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because it misleads
47	  many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom modem into a
48	  phone line and use it as a modem.)
49
50	  You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
51	  it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
52	  think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
53	  in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
54	  bigger.
55
56	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
57	  called strip.
58
59config ARLAN
60	tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support"
61	depends on NET_RADIO && ISA && !64BIT
62	---help---
63	  Aironet makes Arlan, a class of wireless LAN adapters. These use the
64	  www.Telxon.com chip, which is also used on several similar cards.
65	  This driver is tested on the 655 and IC2200 series cards. Look at
66	  <http://www.ylenurme.ee/~elmer/655/> for the latest information.
67
68	  The driver is built as two modules, arlan and arlan-proc. The latter
69	  is the /proc interface and is not needed most of time.
70
71	  On some computers the card ends up in non-valid state after some
72	  time. Use a ping-reset script to clear it.
73
74config WAVELAN
75	tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support"
76	depends on NET_RADIO && ISA
77	---help---
78	  The Lucent WaveLAN (formerly NCR and AT&T; or DEC RoamAbout DS) is
79	  a Radio LAN (wireless Ethernet-like Local Area Network) using the
80	  radio frequencies 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
81
82	  This driver support the ISA version of the WaveLAN card.  A separate
83	  driver for the PCMCIA (PC-card) hardware is available in David
84	  Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
85	  for location).
86
87	  If you want to use an ISA WaveLAN card under Linux, say Y and read
88	  the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
89	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some more specific
90	  information is contained in
91	  <file:Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt> and in the source code
92	  <file:drivers/net/wavelan.p.h>.
93
94	  You will also need the wireless tools package available from
95	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
96	  Please read the man pages contained therein.
97
98	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
99	  called wavelan.
100
101config PCMCIA_WAVELAN
102	tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN Pcmcia wireless support"
103	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
104	help
105	  Say Y here if you intend to attach an AT&T/Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA
106	  (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.  This
107	  driver is for the non-IEEE-802.11 Wavelan cards.
108
109	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
110	  called wavelan_cs.  If unsure, say N.
111
112config PCMCIA_NETWAVE
113	tristate "Xircom Netwave AirSurfer Pcmcia wireless support"
114	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
115	help
116	  Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA (PC-card)
117	  wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
118
119	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
120	  called netwave_cs.  If unsure, say N.
121
122comment "Wireless 802.11 Frequency Hopping cards support"
123	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
124
125config PCMCIA_RAYCS
126	tristate "Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support"
127	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
128	---help---
129	  Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA
130	  (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
131	  Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for
132	  details.
133
134	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
135	  called ray_cs.  If unsure, say N.
136
137comment "Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support"
138	depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
139
140config AIRO
141	tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
142	depends on NET_RADIO && ISA && (PCI || BROKEN)
143	---help---
144	  This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and
145	  PCI 802.11 wireless cards.
146	  It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
147	  - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
148	  aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
149
150	  This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
151	  and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
152	  Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
153
154	  The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named "airo".
155
156config HERMES
157	tristate "Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)"
158	depends on NET_RADIO && (PPC_PMAC || PCI || PCMCIA)
159	---help---
160	  A driver for 802.11b wireless cards based based on the "Hermes" or
161	  Intersil HFA384x (Prism 2) MAC controller.  This includes the vast
162	  majority of the PCMCIA 802.11b cards (which are nearly all rebadges)
163	  - except for the Cisco/Aironet cards.  Cards supported include the
164	  Apple Airport (not a PCMCIA card), WavelanIEEE/Orinoco,
165	  Cabletron/EnteraSys Roamabout, ELSA AirLancer, MELCO Buffalo, Avaya,
166	  IBM High Rate Wireless, Farralon Syyline, Samsung MagicLAN, Netgear
167	  MA401, LinkSys WPC-11, D-Link DWL-650, 3Com AirConnect, Intel
168	  PRO/Wireless, and Symbol Spectrum24 High Rate amongst others.
169
170	  This option includes the guts of the driver, but in order to
171	  actually use a card you will also need to enable support for PCMCIA
172	  Hermes cards, PLX9052 based PCI adaptors or the Apple Airport below.
173
174	  You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
175	  configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works :
176	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>
177
178config APPLE_AIRPORT
179	tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)"
180	depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES
181	help
182	  Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware
183	  built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based
184	  Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with
185	  a non-standard interface
186
187config PLX_HERMES
188	tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
189	depends on PCI && HERMES && EXPERIMENTAL
190	help
191	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
192	  orinoco) driver when used in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors.  These
193	  adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
194	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.  Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
195	  802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.  The Netgear
196	  MA301 is such an adaptor.
197
198	  Support for these adaptors is so far still incomplete and buggy.
199	  You have been warned.
200
201config TMD_HERMES
202	tristate "Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
203	depends on PCI && HERMES && EXPERIMENTAL
204	help
205	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
206	  orinoco) driver when used in TMD7160 based PCI adaptors.  These
207	  adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
208	  PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.  Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
209	  802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.
210
211	  Support for these adaptors is so far still incomplete and buggy.
212	  You have been warned.
213
214config PCI_HERMES
215	tristate "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
216	depends on PCI && HERMES && EXPERIMENTAL
217	help
218	  Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
219	  the Prism 2.5 chipset.  These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
220	  PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
221	  common.  Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
222	  this variety.
223
224config ATMEL
225      tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset  802.11b support"
226      depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL
227      select FW_LOADER
228      select CRC32
229       ---help---
230        A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
231        chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
232
233        Many  cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
234        and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
235        one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
236        to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
237        firmware package can be downloaded from
238        <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
239
240config PCI_ATMEL
241      tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards"
242      depends on ATMEL && PCI
243       ---help---
244        Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
245        Atmel at76c506 chip.
246
247# If Pcmcia is compiled in, offer Pcmcia cards...
248comment "Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support"
249	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
250
251config PCMCIA_HERMES
252	tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support"
253	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
254	---help---
255	  A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such
256	  as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/
257	  EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and
258	  others).  It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards
259	  such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline.  It should also
260	  work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN.
261
262	  To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
263	  Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
264	  for location).  You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
265	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
266
267	  You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
268	  configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works:
269	  <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
270
271config AIRO_CS
272	tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
273	depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
274	---help---
275	  This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
276	  802.11 wireless cards.  This driver is the same as the Aironet
277	  driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
278	  It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
279	  - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
280	  aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
281	  supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
282	  802.11b cards.
283
284	  This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
285	  and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
286	  Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
287
288	  To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
289	  Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
290	  for location).  You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
291	  available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
292
293config PCMCIA_ATMEL
294	tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
295	depends on NET_RADIO && ATMEL && PCMCIA
296	select FW_LOADER
297	select CRC32
298	---help---
299	  Enable support for PCMCIA cards containing the
300	  Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips.
301
302config PCMCIA_WL3501
303      tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards"
304      depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA
305       ---help---
306         A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet.
307	 It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial
308	 micro support for ethtool.
309
310comment "Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support"
311	depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
312config PRISM54
313	tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus'
314	depends on PCI && NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL
315	select FW_LOADER
316	---help---
317	  Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards:
318
319	  ISL3880 - Prism GT            802.11 b/g
320	  ISL3877 - Prism Indigo        802.11 a
321	  ISL3890 - Prism Duette        802.11 a/b/g
322
323	  For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>.
324	  Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards:
325
326	  3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72
327	  Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card
328	  Compex WL54G Cardbus Card
329	  Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card
330	  D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650
331	  I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card
332	  Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card
333	  Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card
334	  Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card
335	  Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card
336	  Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card
337	  Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card
338	  SMC2802W -    EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
339	  SMC2835W -    EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
340	  SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
341	  Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card
342	  Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card
343
344	  If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well.
345	  You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890.
346	  You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page:
347	  <http://prism54.org>
348	  You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from
349	  a current hotplug package.
350
351	  Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards
352
353	  If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
354	  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
355	  say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  The module
356	  will be called prism54.ko.
357
358# yes, this works even when no drivers are selected
359config NET_WIRELESS
360	bool
361	depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
362	default y
363
364endmenu
365
366