AVAILABLE DRIVERS
A summary of available driver backends is below. Support for each of the driver backends is
chosen at wpa_supplicant compile time. For a list of supported driver backends that may be used
with the -D option on your system, refer to the help output of wpa_supplicant (wpa_supplicant -h).
wext Linux wireless extensions (generic).
wired wpa_supplicant wired Ethernet driver
roboswitch wpa_supplicant Broadcom switch driver
bsd BSD 802.11 support (Atheros, etc.).
ndis Windows NDIS driver.
from wpa_supplicant --help on my system:
drivers:
nl80211 = Linux nl80211/cfg80211
wext = Linux wireless extensions (generic)
wired = Wired Ethernet driver
none = no driver (RADIUS server/WPS ER)
Re range of possible values for -D option:
From man wpa_supplicant:
AVAILABLE DRIVERS
A summary of available driver backends is below. Support for each of the driver backends is
chosen at wpa_supplicant compile time. For a list of supported driver backends that may be used
with the -D option on your system, refer to the help output of wpa_supplicant (wpa_supplicant -h).
wext Linux wireless extensions (generic).
wired wpa_supplicant wired Ethernet driver
roboswitch
wpa_supplicant Broadcom switch driver
bsd BSD 802.11 support (Atheros, etc.).
ndis Windows NDIS driver.
from wpa_supplicant --help on my system:
drivers:
nl80211 = Linux nl80211/cfg80211
wext = Linux wireless extensions (generic)
wired = Wired Ethernet driver
none = no driver (RADIUS server/WPS ER)