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authorJochen Frieling <j.frieling@pengutronix.de>2007-10-18 11:16:44 +0000
committerJochen Frieling <j.frieling@pengutronix.de>2007-10-18 11:16:44 +0000
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* help texts in m*.in rounded off, some fixes
git-svn-id: https://svn.pengutronix.de/svn/ptxdist/trunks/ptxdist-trunk@7479 33e552b5-05e3-0310-8538-816dae2090ed
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@@ -3,19 +3,32 @@ config MADWIFI
prompt "Multiband Atheros WiFi Driver"
depends on ARCH_X86 && WIRELESS
help
- FIXME: This item needs to be documented
+ MadWifi is one of the most advanced WLAN drivers
+ available for Linux today. It is stable and has
+ an established userbase. The driver itself is open
+ source but depends on the proprietary Hardware
+ Abstraction Layer (HAL) that is available in binary
+ form only.
config MADWIFI_TOOLS_ATHEROS_STATS
bool
prompt "Atheros Stats"
depends on MADWIFI
help
- FIXME: This item needs to be documented
+ Athstats takes two arguments, an interface to query
+ and an interval period (between successive queries)
+ in milliseconds. For e.g. /usr/bin/athstats-oml
+ --interface ath0 --interval 100 implies that this
+ application will query the interface ath0 every 100ms.
config MADWIFI_TOOLS_80211_STATS
bool
prompt "802.11 Stats"
depends on MADWIFI
help
- FIXME: This item needs to be documented
+ 80211stats - simple tool to display collected madwifi 802.11 statistics
+
+ Provide statistics about the madwifi 802.11 stack. 80211stats will
+ print a summary of statistical elements including rx errors, node,
+ crypto and key management data.