Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)

modulename: iwlwifi.ko

configname: CONFIG_IWLWIFI

Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Device Drivers
└─>Network device support
└─>Wireless LAN
└─>Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN - Wireless-N/Advanced-N/Ultimate-N (iwlwifi)
In linux kernel since version 2.6.24 (release Date: 2008-01-24)  
Select to build the driver supporting the:

Intel Wireless WiFi Link Next-Gen AGN

This option enables support for use with the following hardware:
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6250AGN Adapter
Intel 6000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (6200AGN and 6300AGN)
Intel WiFi Link 1000BGN
Intel Wireless WiFi 5150AGN
Intel Wireless WiFi 5100AGN, 5300AGN, and 5350AGN
Intel 6005 Series Wi-Fi Adapters
Intel 6030 Series Wi-Fi Adapters
Intel Wireless WiFi Link 6150BGN 2 Adapter
Intel 100 Series Wi-Fi Adapters (100BGN and 130BGN)
Intel 2000 Series Wi-Fi Adapters
Intel 7260 Wi-Fi Adapter
Intel 3160 Wi-Fi Adapter
Intel 7265 Wi-Fi Adapter
Intel 8260 Wi-Fi Adapter
Intel 3165 Wi-Fi Adapter


This driver uses the kernel's mac80211 subsystem.

In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware
image for it. You can obtain the microcode from:

<http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/iwlwifi>.

The firmware is typically installed in /lib/firmware. You can
look in the hotplug script /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent to
determine which directory FIRMWARE_DIR is set to when the script
runs.

If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
say M here and read Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt. The
module will be called iwlwifi.

source code: