2 tristate "Broadcom 43xx wireless support (mac80211 stack)"
3 depends on SSB_POSSIBLE && MAC80211 && WLAN_80211
8 b43 is a driver for the Broadcom 43xx series wireless devices.
10 Check "lspci" for something like
11 "Broadcom Corporation BCM43XX 802.11 Wireless LAN Controller"
12 to determine whether you own such a device.
14 This driver supports the new BCM43xx IEEE 802.11G devices, but not
15 the old IEEE 802.11B devices. Old devices are supported by
17 Note that this has nothing to do with the standard that your AccessPoint
18 supports (A, B, G or a combination).
19 IEEE 802.11G devices can talk to IEEE 802.11B AccessPoints.
21 It is safe to include both b43 and b43legacy as the underlying glue
22 layer will automatically load the correct version for your device.
24 This driver uses V4 firmware, which must be installed separately using
27 This driver can be built as a module (recommended) that will be called "b43".
30 # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible
31 config B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT
33 depends on B43 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE
37 # Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible
38 config B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
40 depends on B43 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE
41 select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE
45 bool "Broadcom 43xx PCMCIA device support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
46 depends on B43 && SSB_PCMCIAHOST_POSSIBLE && EXPERIMENTAL
49 Broadcom 43xx PCMCIA device support.
51 Support for 16bit PCMCIA devices.
52 Please note that most PC-CARD devices are _NOT_ 16bit PCMCIA
53 devices, but 32bit CardBUS devices. CardBUS devices are supported
54 out of the box by b43.
56 With this config option you can drive b43 cards in
57 CompactFlash formfactor in a PCMCIA adaptor.
58 CF b43 cards can sometimes be found in handheld PCs.
60 It's safe to select Y here, even if you don't have a B43 PCMCIA device.
64 # This config option automatically enables b43 LEDS support,
68 depends on B43 && MAC80211_LEDS && (LEDS_CLASS = y || LEDS_CLASS = B43)
71 # This config option automatically enables b43 RFKILL support,
75 depends on B43 && (RFKILL = y || RFKILL = B43) && RFKILL_INPUT && (INPUT_POLLDEV = y || INPUT_POLLDEV = B43)
79 bool "Broadcom 43xx debugging"
82 Broadcom 43xx debugging messages.
84 Say Y, if you want to find out why the driver does not
95 prompt "Broadcom 43xx data transfer mode"
97 default B43_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE
99 config B43_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE
104 Include both, Direct Memory Access (DMA) and Programmed I/O (PIO)
106 The actually used mode is selectable through the module
107 parameter "pio". If the module parameter is pio=0, DMA is used.
108 Otherwise PIO is used. DMA is default.
110 If unsure, choose this option.
113 bool "DMA (Direct Memory Access) only"
116 Only include Direct Memory Access (DMA).
117 This reduces the size of the driver module, by omitting the PIO code.
120 bool "PIO (Programmed I/O) only"
123 Only include Programmed I/O (PIO).
124 This reduces the size of the driver module, by omitting the DMA code.
125 Please note that PIO transfers are slow (compared to DMA).
127 Also note that not all devices of the 43xx series support PIO.
128 The 4306 (Apple Airport Extreme and others) supports PIO, while
129 the 4318 is known to _not_ support PIO.
131 Only use PIO, if DMA does not work for you.