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1 | config CARL9170 |
2 | tristate "Linux Community AR9170 802.11n USB support" | |
49f82162 | 3 | depends on USB && MAC80211 |
23c1d7f6 | 4 | select ATH_COMMON |
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5 | select FW_LOADER |
6 | select CRC32 | |
7 | help | |
8 | This is another driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. | |
9 | ||
10 | This driver provides more features than the original, | |
11 | but it needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw) to do that. | |
12 | ||
13 | The firmware can be downloaded from our wiki here: | |
b4c85d45 | 14 | <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170> |
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15 | |
16 | If you choose to build a module, it'll be called carl9170. | |
17 | ||
18 | config CARL9170_LEDS | |
19 | bool "SoftLED Support" | |
20 | depends on CARL9170 | |
21 | select MAC80211_LEDS | |
22 | select LEDS_CLASS | |
23 | select NEW_LEDS | |
24 | default y | |
25 | help | |
26 | This option is necessary, if you want your device' LEDs to blink | |
27 | ||
28 | Say Y, unless you need the LEDs for firmware debugging. | |
29 | ||
30 | config CARL9170_DEBUGFS | |
31 | bool "DebugFS Support" | |
32 | depends on CARL9170 && DEBUG_FS && MAC80211_DEBUGFS | |
33 | default n | |
34 | help | |
35 | Export several driver and device internals to user space. | |
36 | ||
37 | Say N. | |
38 | ||
39 | config CARL9170_WPC | |
40 | bool | |
41 | depends on CARL9170 && (INPUT = y || INPUT = CARL9170) | |
42 | default y | |
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43 | |
44 | config CARL9170_HWRNG | |
45 | bool "Random number generator" | |
46 | depends on CARL9170 && (HW_RANDOM = y || HW_RANDOM = CARL9170) | |
47 | default n | |
48 | help | |
49 | Provides a hardware random number generator to the kernel. | |
50 | ||
51 | SECURITY WARNING: It's relatively easy to eavesdrop all | |
52 | generated random numbers from the transport stream with | |
53 | usbmon [software] or special usb sniffer hardware. | |
54 | ||
55 | Say N, unless your setup[i.e.: embedded system] has no | |
56 | other rng source and you can afford to take the risk. |