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diff --git a/net/mac80211/Kconfig b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
index ce176e691af..09c255002e5 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/Kconfig
+++ b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
@@ -10,27 +10,84 @@ config MAC80211
select CFG80211
select NET_SCH_FIFO
---help---
- This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
- networking stack.
+ This option enables the hardware independent IEEE 802.11
+ networking stack.
-config MAC80211_RCSIMPLE
- bool "'simple' rate control algorithm" if EMBEDDED
- default y
- depends on MAC80211
+menu "Rate control algorithm selection"
+ depends on MAC80211 != n
+
+choice
+ prompt "Default rate control algorithm"
+ default MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
+ ---help---
+ This option selects the default rate control algorithm
+ mac80211 will use. Note that this default can still be
+ overriden through the ieee80211_default_rc_algo module
+ parameter if different algorithms are available.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
+ bool "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
+ select MAC80211_RC_PID
+ ---help---
+ Select the PID controller based rate control as the
+ default rate control algorithm. You should choose
+ this unless you know what you are doing.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
+ bool "Simple rate control algorithm"
+ select MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
+ ---help---
+ Select the simple rate control as the default rate
+ control algorithm. Note that this is a non-responsive,
+ dumb algorithm. You should choose the PID rate control
+ instead.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_NONE
+ bool "No default algorithm"
+ depends on EMBEDDED
help
- This option allows you to turn off the 'simple' rate
- control algorithm in mac80211. If you do turn it off,
- you absolutely need another rate control algorithm.
+ Selecting this option will select no default algorithm
+ and allow you to not build any. Do not choose this
+ option unless you know your driver comes with another
+ suitable algorithm.
+endchoice
+
+comment "Selecting 'y' for an algorithm will"
+comment "build the algorithm into mac80211."
+
+config MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT
+ string
+ default "pid" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_PID
+ default "simple" if MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_SIMPLE
+ default ""
- Say Y unless you know you will have another algorithm
- available.
+config MAC80211_RC_PID
+ tristate "PID controller based rate control algorithm"
+ ---help---
+ This option enables a TX rate control algorithm for
+ mac80211 that uses a PID controller to select the TX
+ rate.
+
+ Say Y or M unless you're sure you want to use a
+ different rate control algorithm.
+
+config MAC80211_RC_SIMPLE
+ tristate "Simple rate control algorithm (DEPRECATED)"
+ ---help---
+ This option enables a very simple, non-responsive TX
+ rate control algorithm. This algorithm is deprecated
+ and will be removed from the kernel in the near future.
+ It has been replaced by the PID algorithm.
+
+ Say N unless you know what you are doing.
+endmenu
config MAC80211_LEDS
bool "Enable LED triggers"
depends on MAC80211 && LEDS_TRIGGERS
---help---
- This option enables a few LED triggers for different
- packet receive/transmit events.
+ This option enables a few LED triggers for different
+ packet receive/transmit events.
config MAC80211_DEBUGFS
bool "Export mac80211 internals in DebugFS"
@@ -51,6 +108,16 @@ config MAC80211_DEBUG
If you are not trying to debug or develop the ieee80211
subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
+config MAC80211_HT_DEBUG
+ bool "Enable HT debugging output"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUG
+ ---help---
+ This option enables 802.11n High Throughput features
+ debug tracing output.
+
+ If you are not trying to debug of develop the ieee80211
+ subsystem, you most likely want to say N here.
+
config MAC80211_VERBOSE_DEBUG
bool "Verbose debugging output"
depends on MAC80211_DEBUG