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| 1 | +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
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| 1 | 2 | # |
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| 2 | 3 | # Intel Centrino wireless drivers |
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| 3 | 4 | # |
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| .. | .. |
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| 11 | 12 | select FW_LOADER |
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| 12 | 13 | select LIB80211 |
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| 13 | 14 | select LIBIPW |
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| 14 | | - ---help--- |
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| 15 | | - A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network |
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| 15 | + help |
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| 16 | + A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network |
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| 16 | 17 | Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter. |
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| 17 | 18 | |
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| 18 | | - See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100> for information on |
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| 19 | | - the capabilities currently enabled in this driver and for tips |
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| 20 | | - for debugging issues and problems. |
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| 19 | + See <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2100.rst> |
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| 20 | + for information on the capabilities currently enabled in this driver |
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| 21 | + and for tips for debugging issues and problems. |
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| 21 | 22 | |
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| 22 | 23 | In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it. |
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| 23 | | - You can obtain the firmware from |
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| 24 | | - <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you |
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| 24 | + You can obtain the firmware from |
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| 25 | + <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you |
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| 25 | 26 | will need to place it in /lib/firmware. |
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| 26 | 27 | |
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| 27 | | - You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to |
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| 28 | | - configure your card: |
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| 28 | + You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to |
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| 29 | + configure your card: |
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| 29 | 30 | |
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| 30 | | - <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. |
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| 31 | + <https://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. |
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| 31 | 32 | |
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| 32 | | - It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) |
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| 33 | | - rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device |
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| 34 | | - initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens |
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| 35 | | - before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be |
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| 36 | | - unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build |
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| 37 | | - this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by |
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| 38 | | - including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. |
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| 39 | | - |
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| 33 | + It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) |
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| 34 | + rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device |
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| 35 | + initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens |
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| 36 | + before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be |
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| 37 | + unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build |
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| 38 | + this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by |
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| 39 | + including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. |
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| 40 | + |
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| 40 | 41 | config IPW2100_MONITOR |
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| 41 | | - bool "Enable promiscuous mode" |
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| 42 | | - depends on IPW2100 |
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| 43 | | - ---help--- |
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| 42 | + bool "Enable promiscuous mode" |
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| 43 | + depends on IPW2100 |
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| 44 | + help |
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| 44 | 45 | Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver. |
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| 45 | | - With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to |
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| 46 | + With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to |
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| 46 | 47 | promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this |
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| 47 | 48 | mode, no packets can be sent. |
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| 48 | 49 | |
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| 49 | 50 | config IPW2100_DEBUG |
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| 50 | 51 | bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module." |
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| 51 | 52 | depends on IPW2100 |
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| 52 | | - ---help--- |
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| 53 | | - This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100. |
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| 53 | + help |
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| 54 | + This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100. |
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| 54 | 55 | |
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| 55 | | - This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can |
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| 56 | | - control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the |
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| 57 | | - value in |
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| 56 | + This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can |
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| 57 | + control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the |
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| 58 | + value in |
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| 58 | 59 | |
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| 59 | 60 | /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level |
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| 60 | 61 | |
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| 61 | 62 | This entry will only exist if this option is enabled. |
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| 62 | 63 | |
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| 63 | | - If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you |
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| 64 | + If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you |
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| 64 | 65 | most likely want to say N here. |
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| 65 | 66 | |
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| 66 | 67 | config IPW2200 |
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| .. | .. |
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| 73 | 74 | select FW_LOADER |
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| 74 | 75 | select LIB80211 |
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| 75 | 76 | select LIBIPW |
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| 76 | | - ---help--- |
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| 77 | | - A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network |
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| 78 | | - Connection adapters. |
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| 77 | + help |
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| 78 | + A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network |
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| 79 | + Connection adapters. |
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| 79 | 80 | |
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| 80 | | - See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200> for |
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| 81 | | - information on the capabilities currently enabled in this |
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| 81 | + See <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/wifi/intel/ipw2200.rst> |
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| 82 | + for information on the capabilities currently enabled in this |
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| 82 | 83 | driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems. |
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| 83 | 84 | |
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| 84 | 85 | In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it. |
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| 85 | | - You can obtain the firmware from |
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| 86 | | - <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200 |
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| 86 | + You can obtain the firmware from |
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| 87 | + <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200 |
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| 87 | 88 | for information on where to install the firmware images. |
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| 88 | 89 | |
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| 89 | | - You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to |
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| 90 | | - configure your card: |
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| 90 | + You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to |
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| 91 | + configure your card: |
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| 91 | 92 | |
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| 92 | | - <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. |
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| 93 | + <https://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>. |
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| 93 | 94 | |
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| 94 | | - It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) |
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| 95 | | - rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device |
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| 96 | | - initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens |
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| 97 | | - before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be |
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| 98 | | - unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build |
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| 99 | | - this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by |
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| 100 | | - including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. |
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| 95 | + It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M) |
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| 96 | + rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device |
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| 97 | + initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens |
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| 98 | + before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be |
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| 99 | + unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build |
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| 100 | + this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by |
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| 101 | + including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs. |
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| 101 | 102 | |
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| 102 | 103 | config IPW2200_MONITOR |
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| 103 | | - bool "Enable promiscuous mode" |
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| 104 | | - depends on IPW2200 |
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| 105 | | - ---help--- |
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| 104 | + bool "Enable promiscuous mode" |
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| 105 | + depends on IPW2200 |
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| 106 | + help |
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| 106 | 107 | Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver. |
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| 107 | | - With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to |
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| 108 | + With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to |
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| 108 | 109 | promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this |
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| 109 | 110 | mode, no packets can be sent. |
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| 110 | 111 | |
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| 116 | 117 | bool "Enable creation of a RF radiotap promiscuous interface" |
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| 117 | 118 | depends on IPW2200_MONITOR |
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| 118 | 119 | select IPW2200_RADIOTAP |
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| 119 | | - ---help--- |
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| 120 | | - Enables the creation of a second interface prefixed 'rtap'. |
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| 121 | | - This second interface will provide every received in radiotap |
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| 120 | + help |
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| 121 | + Enables the creation of a second interface prefixed 'rtap'. |
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| 122 | + This second interface will provide every received in radiotap |
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| 122 | 123 | format. |
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| 123 | 124 | |
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| 124 | | - This is useful for performing wireless network analysis while |
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| 125 | | - maintaining an active association. |
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| 125 | + This is useful for performing wireless network analysis while |
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| 126 | + maintaining an active association. |
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| 126 | 127 | |
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| 127 | | - Example usage: |
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| 128 | + Example usage: |
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| 128 | 129 | |
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| 129 | | - % modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1 |
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| 130 | | - % ifconfig rtap0 up |
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| 131 | | - % tethereal -i rtap0 |
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| 130 | + % modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1 |
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| 131 | + % ifconfig rtap0 up |
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| 132 | + % tethereal -i rtap0 |
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| 132 | 133 | |
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| 133 | | - If you do not specify 'rtap_iface=1' as a module parameter then |
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| 134 | | - the rtap interface will not be created and you will need to turn |
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| 135 | | - it on via sysfs: |
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| 136 | | - |
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| 137 | | - % echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rtap_iface |
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| 134 | + If you do not specify 'rtap_iface=1' as a module parameter then |
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| 135 | + the rtap interface will not be created and you will need to turn |
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| 136 | + it on via sysfs: |
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| 137 | + |
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| 138 | + % echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rtap_iface |
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| 138 | 139 | |
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| 139 | 140 | config IPW2200_QOS |
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| 140 | | - bool "Enable QoS support" |
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| 141 | | - depends on IPW2200 |
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| 141 | + bool "Enable QoS support" |
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| 142 | + depends on IPW2200 |
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| 142 | 143 | |
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| 143 | 144 | config IPW2200_DEBUG |
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| 144 | 145 | bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module." |
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| 145 | 146 | depends on IPW2200 |
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| 146 | | - ---help--- |
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| 147 | + help |
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| 147 | 148 | This option will enable low level debug tracing output for IPW2200. |
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| 148 | 149 | |
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| 149 | 150 | Note, normal debug code is already compiled in. This low level |
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| 159 | 160 | select WIRELESS_EXT |
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| 160 | 161 | select WEXT_SPY |
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| 161 | 162 | select CRYPTO |
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| 162 | | - select CRYPTO_ARC4 |
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| 163 | | - select CRYPTO_ECB |
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| 164 | | - select CRYPTO_AES |
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| 165 | 163 | select CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC |
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| 166 | | - select CRYPTO_ECB |
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| 167 | 164 | select CRC32 |
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| 168 | 165 | select LIB80211 |
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| 169 | 166 | select LIB80211_CRYPT_WEP |
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| 170 | 167 | select LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP |
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| 171 | 168 | select LIB80211_CRYPT_CCMP |
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| 172 | | - ---help--- |
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| 169 | + help |
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| 173 | 170 | This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11 |
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| 174 | 171 | networking stack. This component is deprecated in favor of the |
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| 175 | 172 | mac80211 component. |
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| 177 | 174 | config LIBIPW_DEBUG |
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| 178 | 175 | bool "Full debugging output for the LIBIPW component" |
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| 179 | 176 | depends on LIBIPW |
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| 180 | | - ---help--- |
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| 177 | + help |
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| 181 | 178 | This option will enable debug tracing output for the |
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| 182 | 179 | libipw component. |
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| 183 | 180 | |
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