This module adds support for wireless adapters based on Atheros IEEE 802.11n AR5008, AR9001 and AR9002 family of chipsets. For a specific list of supported external cards, laptops that already ship with these cards and APs that come with these cards refer to to ath9k wiki products page: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/products If you choose to build a module, it'll be called ath9k.
This option enables the PCI bus support in ath9k. Say Y, if you have a compatible PCI/PCIe wireless card.
This option enables the AHB bus support in ath9k. Say Y, if you have a SoC with a compatible built-in wireless MAC. Say N if unsure.
Say Y, if you need access to ath9k's statistics for interrupts, rate control, etc. Also required for changing debug message flags at run time.
Say Y, if you want to use the ath9k specific rate control module instead of minstrel_ht.
Support for Atheros HTC based cards. Chipsets supported: AR9271 For more information: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc The built module will be ath9k_htc.
Say Y, if you need access to ath9k_htc's statistics.