Shared driver code for IEEE 802.11b wireless cards based on Intersil Prism2/2.5/3 chipset. This driver supports so called Host AP mode that allows the card to act as an IEEE 802.11 access point. See <http://hostap.epitest.fi/> for more information about the Host AP driver configuration and tools. This site includes information and tools (hostapd and wpa_supplicant) for WPA/WPA2 support. This option includes the base Host AP driver code that is shared by different hardware models. You will also need to enable support for PLX/PCI/CS version of the driver to actually use the driver. The driver can be compiled as a module and it will be called hostap.
Configure Host AP driver to include support for firmware image download. This option by itself only enables downloading to the volatile memory, i.e. the card RAM. This option is required to support cards that don't have firmware in flash, such as D-Link DWL-520 rev E and D-Link DWL-650 rev P. Firmware image downloading needs a user space tool, prism2_srec. It is available from http://hostap.epitest.fi/.
Allow Host AP driver to write firmware images to the non-volatile card memory, i.e. flash memory that survives power cycling. Enable this option if you want to be able to change card firmware permanently. Firmware image downloading needs a user space tool, prism2_srec. It is available from http://hostap.epitest.fi/.
Host AP driver's version for Prism2/2.5/3 PC Cards in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors. "Host AP support for Prism2/2.5/3 IEEE 802.11b" is required for this driver and its help text includes more information about the Host AP driver. The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named hostap_plx.
Host AP driver's version for Prism2.5 PCI adaptors. "Host AP support for Prism2/2.5/3 IEEE 802.11b" is required for this driver and its help text includes more information about the Host AP driver. The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named hostap_pci.
Host AP driver's version for Prism2/2.5/3 PC Cards. "Host AP support for Prism2/2.5/3 IEEE 802.11b" is required for this driver and its help text includes more information about the Host AP driver. The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named hostap_cs.