CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK: Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK:

• prompt: Wireless Extension API over RtNetlink
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_NET_RADIO ) && ( CONFIG_NET_RADIO && ( CONFIG_INET || CONFIG_ISA || CONFIG_PCMCIA ))
• defined in drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.17–2.6.21

Help text

Support the Wireless Extension API over the RtNetlink socket in addition to the traditional ioctl interface (selected above).

For now, few tools use this facility, but it might grow in the future. The only downside is that it adds 4.5 kB to your kernel.

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