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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig | 26 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig index 418ae4f870ab..c21c0c68849a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/Kconfig @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config IWLWIFI tristate "Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi) " depends on PCI && HAS_IOMEM && CFG80211 + depends on IWLMEI || !IWLMEI select FW_LOADER help Select to build the driver supporting the: @@ -146,3 +147,28 @@ config IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING endmenu endif + +config IWLMEI + tristate "Intel Management Engine communication over WLAN" + depends on INTEL_MEI + depends on PM + help + Enables the iwlmei kernel module. + + CSME stands for Converged Security and Management Engine. It is a CPU + on the chipset and runs a dedicated firmware. AMT (Active Management + Technology) is one of the applications that run on that CPU. AMT + allows to control the platform remotely. + + This kernel module allows to communicate with the Intel Management + Engine over Wifi. This is supported starting from Tiger Lake + platforms and has been tested on 9260 devices only. + If AMT is configured not to use the wireless device, this module is + harmless (and useless). + Enabling this option on a platform that has a different device and + has Wireless enabled on AMT can prevent WiFi from working correctly. + + For more information see + <https://software.intel.com/en-us/manageability/> + + If unsure, say N. |