Re: [PATCH wireless-next 4/6] wifi: ipw2x00: Depend on MAC80211

From: Eric Biggers

Date: Mon Apr 06 2026 - 12:08:23 EST


On Sun, Apr 05, 2026 at 03:41:55PM -0700, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> On 4/4/2026 10:27 PM, Eric Biggers wrote:
> ...
> > @@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ config IPW2200_DEBUG
> >
> > If you are not sure, say N here.
> >
> > config LIBIPW
> > tristate
> > - depends on PCI && CFG80211
> > + depends on PCI && MAC80211
> > select WIRELESS_EXT
> > select CRYPTO
> > select CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC
>
> remove??

If you're asking for 'select CRYPTO_MICHAEL_MIC' to be removed, that's
done in patch 5.

If you're asking for the "depends on" clause to be removed from LIBIPW
(but not IPW2100 and IPW2200), sure we can do that as part of this patch
if you want, since it's not actually necessary in LIBIPW.

- Eric