From 0725cc7b7efc434910e89865c42eda7ce61bbf08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jouni Malinen Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:41:01 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Enable CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y in the default configuration nl80211 should be preferred over WEXT with any recent Linux kernel version. --- wpa_supplicant/defconfig | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig index 647c49d73..0c8e5f21b 100644 --- a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig +++ b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig @@ -78,10 +78,15 @@ CONFIG_DRIVER_ATMEL=y #CONFIG_DRIVER_RALINK=y # Driver interface for generic Linux wireless extensions +# Note: WEXT is deprecated in the current Linux kernel version and no new +# functionality is added to it. nl80211-based interface is the new +# replacement for WEXT and its use allows wpa_supplicant to properly control +# the driver to improve existing functionality like roaming and to support new +# functionality. CONFIG_DRIVER_WEXT=y # Driver interface for Linux drivers using the nl80211 kernel interface -#CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y +CONFIG_DRIVER_NL80211=y # Driver interface for FreeBSD net80211 layer (e.g., Atheros driver) #CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y