Changeset ca66edf
- Timestamp:
- 03/13/2023 05:26:56 AM (15 months ago)
- Branches:
- 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/xf86-video-removal
- Children:
- 91318eb
- Parents:
- b570b6a
- git-author:
- Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (03/13/2023 05:23:44 AM)
- git-committer:
- Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (03/13/2023 05:26:56 AM)
- Location:
- networking/netprogs
- Files:
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- 1 added
- 4 edited
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networking/netprogs/iw.xml
rb570b6a rca66edf 78 78 </para> 79 79 80 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (Runtime)</bridgehead> 81 <para role="nodump"> 82 <!-- nodump because the section is completely for human --> 83 <xref linkend="wireless-kernel"/> 84 </para> 85 80 86 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes: 81 87 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/iw'/></para> … … 87 93 88 94 <indexterm zone="iw iw-kernel"> 89 <primary sortas="d-iw-devices"> Wireless devices</primary>95 <primary sortas="d-iw-devices">iw</primary> 90 96 </indexterm> 91 97 92 98 <para> 93 99 To use <application>iw</application>, the kernel must have the 94 appropriate drivers and other support available. The appropriate bus 95 must also be available. For older laptops, the PCMCIA bus 96 (CONFIG_PCCARD) needs to be built. In some cases, this bus support will 97 also need to be built for embedded iw cards. The appropriate bridge 98 support also needs to be built. For many modern laptops, the CardBus host 99 bridge (CONFIG_YENTA) will be needed. 100 </para> 101 102 <para> 103 In addition to the bus, the actual driver for the specific wireless 104 card must also be available. There are many wireless cards and they 105 don't all work with Linux. The first place to look for card support is 106 the kernel. The drivers are located in Device Drivers → Network 107 Device Support → Wireless LAN (non-hamradio). There are also 108 external drivers available for some very common cards. For more 109 information, look at the user notes. 110 </para> 111 112 <para> 113 After the correct drivers are loaded, the interface will 114 appear in <filename>/proc/net/wireless</filename>. 100 appropriate drivers and other support available. Read 101 <xref linkend='wireless-kernel'/> for details. 115 102 </para> 116 103 -
networking/netprogs/netprogs.xml
rb570b6a rca66edf 21 21 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="bridgeutils.xml"/> 22 22 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="cifsutils.xml"/> 23 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="iw.xml"/>24 23 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="ncftp.xml"/> 25 24 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="net-tools.xml"/> … … 31 30 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="samba.xml"/> 32 31 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="wget.xml"/> 32 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="wireless-kernel.xml"/> 33 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="iw.xml"/> 33 34 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="wireless-tools.xml"/> 34 35 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="wpa_supplicant.xml"/> -
networking/netprogs/wireless-tools.xml
rb570b6a rca66edf 88 88 </itemizedlist> 89 89 90 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Wireless Tools Dependencies</bridgehead> 91 92 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (Runtime)</bridgehead> 93 <para role="nodump"> 94 <xref linkend="wireless-kernel"/> 95 </para> 96 90 97 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes: 91 98 <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/WirelessTools'/></para> … … 93 100 </sect2> 94 101 95 <sect2 role="kernel" id='wireless- kernel'>102 <sect2 role="kernel" id='wireless-tools-kernel'> 96 103 <title>Kernel Configuration</title> 97 104 98 <indexterm zone="wireless_tools wireless-kernel"> 99 <primary sortas="d-Wireless-devices">Wireless devices</primary> 105 <para> 106 To use <application>Wireless Tools</application>, the kernel must have 107 the appropriate drivers and other support available. Besides the 108 configurations mentioned by <xref linkend='wireless-kernel'/>, it's 109 also needed to enable the following options in the kernel 110 configuration: 111 </para> 112 113 <screen><literal>[*] Networking support ---> [CONFIG_NET] 114 [*] Wireless ---> [CONFIG_WIRELESS] 115 <*/M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API [CONFIG_CFG80211] 116 [*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility [CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT]</literal></screen> 117 118 <indexterm zone="wireless_tools wireless-tools-kernel"> 119 <primary sortas="d-wireless_tools">Wireless Tools</primary> 100 120 </indexterm> 101 102 <para>103 To use <application>Wireless Tools</application>, the kernel must have104 the appropriate drivers and other support available. The appropriate bus105 must also be available. For many laptops, the PCMCIA bus (CONFIG_PCCARD)106 needs to be built. In some cases, this bus support will also need to be107 built for embedded wireless cards. The appropriate bridge support also108 needs to be built. For many modern laptops, the CardBus host bridge109 (CONFIG_YENTA) will be needed.110 </para>111 112 <para>113 In addition to the bus, the actual driver for the specific wireless card114 must also be available. There are many wireless cards and they don't115 all work with Linux. The first place to look for card support is the116 kernel. The drivers are located in Device Drivers → Network Device117 Support → Wireless LAN (non-hamradio). There are also external118 drivers available for some very common cards. For more information,119 look at the user notes.120 </para>121 122 <para>123 After the correct drivers are loaded, the interface will124 appear in <filename>/proc/net/wireless</filename>.125 </para>126 121 127 122 </sect2> -
networking/netprogs/wpa_supplicant.xml
rb570b6a rca66edf 75 75 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">WPA Supplicant Dependencies</bridgehead> 76 76 77 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required (Runtime)</bridgehead> 78 <para role="nodump"> 79 <xref linkend="wireless-kernel"/> 80 </para> 81 77 82 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead> 78 83 <para role="recommended"> … … 99 104 100 105 <para> 101 Enable the following options in the kernel configuration as well as 102 specific device drivers for your hardware and recompile the kernel if 103 necessary: 104 </para> 105 106 <screen><literal>[*] Networking support ---> [CONFIG_NET] 107 [*] Wireless ---> [CONFIG_WIRELESS] 108 <*/M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API [CONFIG_CFG80211] 109 [*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility [CONFIG_CFG80211_WEXT] 110 <*/M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211) [CONFIG_MAC80211] 111 Device Drivers ---> 112 [*] Network device support ---> [CONFIG_NETDEVICES] 113 [*] Wireless LAN ---> [CONFIG_WLAN]</literal></screen> 114 115 <para> 116 Open the submenu and select the options that support your hardware: 117 <command>lspci</command> from <xref linkend="pciutils"/> can be used to 118 view your hardware configuration. 106 To use <application>wpa_supplicant</application>, the kernel must have 107 the appropriate drivers and other support available. Read 108 <xref linkend='wireless-kernel'/> for details. 119 109 </para> 120 110
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