2 tristate "Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)"
12 This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
15 comment "CFG80211 needs to be enabled for MAC80211"
20 config MAC80211_HAS_RC
23 config MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
24 bool "Minstrel" if EXPERT
25 select MAC80211_HAS_RC
28 This option enables the 'minstrel' TX rate control algorithm
31 prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
32 depends on MAC80211_HAS_RC
33 default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
35 This option selects the default rate control algorithm
36 mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
37 overridden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
38 parameter if different algorithms are available.
40 config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
42 depends on MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL
44 Select Minstrel as the default rate control algorithm.
49 config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
51 default "minstrel_ht" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL
56 comment "Some wireless drivers require a rate control algorithm"
57 depends on MAC80211 && MAC80211_HAS_RC=n
60 bool "Enable mac80211 mesh networking support"
63 Select this option to enable 802.11 mesh operation in mac80211
64 drivers that support it. 802.11 mesh connects multiple stations
65 over (possibly multi-hop) wireless links to form a single logical
69 bool "Enable LED triggers"
74 This option enables a few LED triggers for different
75 packet receive/transmit events.
77 config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
78 bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
79 depends on MAC80211 && DEBUG_FS
81 Select this to see extensive information about
82 the internal state of mac80211 in debugfs.
84 Say N unless you know you need this.
86 config MAC80211_MESSAGE_TRACING
87 bool "Trace all mac80211 debug messages"
90 Select this option to have mac80211 register the
91 mac80211_msg trace subsystem with tracepoints to
92 collect all debugging messages, independent of
93 printing them into the kernel log.
95 The overhead in this option is that all the messages
96 need to be present in the binary and formatted at
99 menuconfig MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
100 bool "Select mac80211 debugging features"
103 This option collects various mac80211 debug settings.
105 config MAC80211_NOINLINE
106 bool "Do not inline TX/RX handlers"
107 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
109 This option affects code generation in mac80211, when
110 selected some functions are marked "noinline" to allow
111 easier debugging of problems in the transmit and receive
114 This option increases code size a bit and inserts a lot
115 of function calls in the code, but is otherwise safe to
118 If unsure, say N unless you expect to be finding problems
121 config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
122 bool "Verbose debugging output"
123 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
125 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
126 many debugging messages. It should not be selected
127 on production systems as some of the messages are
128 remotely triggerable.
130 Do not select this option.
132 config MAC80211_MLME_DEBUG
133 bool "Verbose managed MLME output"
134 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
136 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
137 debugging messages for the managed-mode MLME. It
138 should not be selected on production systems as some
139 of the messages are remotely triggerable.
141 Do not select this option.
143 config MAC80211_STA_DEBUG
144 bool "Verbose station debugging"
145 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
147 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
148 debugging messages for station addition/removal.
150 Do not select this option.
152 config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
153 bool "Verbose HT debugging"
154 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
156 This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
157 debug tracing output.
159 It should not be selected on production systems as some
160 of the messages are remotely triggerable.
162 Do not select this option.
164 config MAC80211_OCB_DEBUG
165 bool "Verbose OCB debugging"
166 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
168 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
169 very verbose OCB debugging messages. It should not
170 be selected on production systems as those messages
171 are remotely triggerable.
173 Do not select this option.
175 config MAC80211_IBSS_DEBUG
176 bool "Verbose IBSS debugging"
177 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
179 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out
180 very verbose IBSS debugging messages. It should not
181 be selected on production systems as those messages
182 are remotely triggerable.
184 Do not select this option.
186 config MAC80211_PS_DEBUG
187 bool "Verbose powersave mode debugging"
188 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
190 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
191 verbose power save mode debugging messages (when mac80211
192 is an AP and has power saving stations.)
193 It should not be selected on production systems as those
194 messages are remotely triggerable.
196 Do not select this option.
198 config MAC80211_MPL_DEBUG
199 bool "Verbose mesh peer link debugging"
200 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
201 depends on MAC80211_MESH
203 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
204 verbose mesh peer link debugging messages (when mac80211
205 is taking part in a mesh network).
206 It should not be selected on production systems as those
207 messages are remotely triggerable.
209 Do not select this option.
211 config MAC80211_MPATH_DEBUG
212 bool "Verbose mesh path debugging"
213 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
214 depends on MAC80211_MESH
216 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
217 verbose mesh path selection debugging messages (when mac80211
218 is taking part in a mesh network).
219 It should not be selected on production systems as those
220 messages are remotely triggerable.
222 Do not select this option.
224 config MAC80211_MHWMP_DEBUG
225 bool "Verbose mesh HWMP routing debugging"
226 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
227 depends on MAC80211_MESH
229 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
230 verbose mesh routing (HWMP) debugging messages (when mac80211
231 is taking part in a mesh network).
232 It should not be selected on production systems as those
233 messages are remotely triggerable.
235 Do not select this option.
237 config MAC80211_MESH_SYNC_DEBUG
238 bool "Verbose mesh synchronization debugging"
239 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
240 depends on MAC80211_MESH
242 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very verbose mesh
243 synchronization debugging messages (when mac80211 is taking part in a
246 Do not select this option.
248 config MAC80211_MESH_CSA_DEBUG
249 bool "Verbose mesh channel switch debugging"
250 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
251 depends on MAC80211_MESH
253 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very verbose mesh
254 channel switch debugging messages (when mac80211 is taking part in a
257 Do not select this option.
259 config MAC80211_MESH_PS_DEBUG
260 bool "Verbose mesh powersave debugging"
261 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
262 depends on MAC80211_MESH
264 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very verbose mesh
265 powersave debugging messages (when mac80211 is taking part in a
268 Do not select this option.
270 config MAC80211_TDLS_DEBUG
271 bool "Verbose TDLS debugging"
272 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
274 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to print out very
275 verbose TDLS selection debugging messages (when mac80211
277 It should not be selected on production systems as those
278 messages are remotely triggerable.
280 Do not select this option.
282 config MAC80211_DEBUG_COUNTERS
283 bool "Extra statistics for TX/RX debugging"
284 depends on MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
285 depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS
287 Selecting this option causes mac80211 to keep additional
288 and very verbose statistics about TX and RX handler use
289 as well as a few selected dot11 counters. These will be
292 Note that some of the counters are not concurrency safe
293 and may thus not always be accurate.
297 config MAC80211_STA_HASH_MAX_SIZE
298 int "Station hash table maximum size" if MAC80211_DEBUG_MENU
301 Setting this option to a low value (e.g. 4) allows testing the
302 hash table with collisions relatively deterministically (just
303 connect more stations than the number selected here.)
305 If unsure, leave the default of 0.