wext: default to y

The way I initially thought we could do wireless extensions
is by making all the compat code in cfg80211 be independent
of CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT, but this is turning out to not be
feasible. Therefore, fix the Kconfig help text and make the
option default to yes, so people won't get a nasty surprise
when mac80211 will get rid of its 'select WIRELESS_EXT' any
time now.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/net/wireless/Kconfig b/net/wireless/Kconfig
index 4428dd5e911d..ec64571c4c23 100644
--- a/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -35,19 +35,13 @@ config WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY
 
 config WIRELESS_EXT
         bool "Wireless extensions"
-        default n
+        default y
         ---help---
           This option enables the legacy wireless extensions
           (wireless network interface configuration via ioctls.)
 
-          Wireless extensions will be replaced by cfg80211 and
-          will be required only by legacy drivers that implement
-          wireless extension handlers. This option does not
-          affect the wireless-extension backward compatibility
-          code in cfg80211.
-
-          Say N (if you can) unless you know you need wireless
-          extensions for external modules.
+          Say Y unless you've upgraded all your userspace to use
+          nl80211 instead of wireless extensions.
 
 config WIRELESS_EXT_SYSFS
         bool "Wireless extensions sysfs files"