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diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig index 2e4444fedbe..405f3c4cf70 100644 --- a/net/wireless/Kconfig +++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig @@ -74,6 +74,64 @@ config CFG80211_REG_DEBUG If unsure, say N. +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 that 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 @@ -114,33 +172,18 @@ config CFG80211_WEXT bool "cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility" depends on CFG80211 select WEXT_CORE - default y help Enable this option if you need old userspace for wireless extensions with cfg80211-based drivers. -config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS - bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files" - depends on WEXT_CORE && SYSFS - help - This option enables the deprecated wireless statistics - files in /sys/class/net/*/wireless/. The same information - is available via the ioctls as well. - - Say N. If you know you have ancient tools requiring it, - like very old versions of hal (prior to 0.5.12 release), - say Y and update the tools as soon as possible as this - option will be removed soon. - config LIB80211 - tristate "Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers" + 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. Say Y if - you want this built into your kernel. + Drivers should select this themselves if needed. config LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP tristate |