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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ax25/Kconfig | 61 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/net/ax25/Kconfig b/net/ax25/Kconfig index a8993a041724..43dd86fca4d3 100644 --- a/net/ax25/Kconfig +++ b/net/ax25/Kconfig @@ -1,30 +1,27 @@ # # Amateur Radio protocols and AX.25 device configuration # -# 19971130 Now in an own category to make correct compilation of the -# AX.25 stuff easier... -# Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@yaina.de> -# 19980129 Moved to net/ax25/Config.in, sourcing device drivers. menuconfig HAMRADIO depends on NET bool "Amateur Radio support" help If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y - here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html> and - the AX25-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html> + and more specifically about AX.25 on Linux + <http://www.linux-ax25.org/>. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about amateur radio. comment "Packet Radio protocols" - depends on HAMRADIO && NET + depends on HAMRADIO config AX25 tristate "Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 protocol" - depends on HAMRADIO && NET - ---help--- + depends on HAMRADIO + help This is the protocol used for computer communication over amateur radio. It is either used by itself for point-to-point links, or to carry other protocols such as tcp/ip. To use it, you need a device @@ -52,6 +49,7 @@ config AX25 config AX25_DAMA_SLAVE bool "AX.25 DAMA Slave support" + default y depends on AX25 help DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25 @@ -59,23 +57,38 @@ config AX25_DAMA_SLAVE from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves. If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA slave; this is transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA - configuration. (Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server.) If unsure, - say N. + configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server. This option + only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel. It still needs to + be enabled at runtime. For more about DAMA see + <http://www.linux-ax25.org>. If unsure, say Y. + +# placeholder until implemented +config AX25_DAMA_MASTER + bool 'AX.25 DAMA Master support' + depends on AX25_DAMA_SLAVE && BROKEN + help + DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25 + networking. A DAMA server (called "master") accepts incoming traffic + from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves. + If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA master; this is + transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA + configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server. This option + only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel. It still needs to + be explicitly enabled, so if unsure, say Y. -# bool ' AX.25 DAMA Master support' CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_MASTER config NETROM tristate "Amateur Radio NET/ROM protocol" depends on AX25 - ---help--- + help NET/ROM is a network layer protocol on top of AX.25 useful for routing. A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is - contained in the AX25-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You also might want to - check out the file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More - information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at + contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from + <http://www.linux-ax25.org>. You also might want to check out the + file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about + digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the @@ -84,27 +97,25 @@ config NETROM config ROSE tristate "Amateur Radio X.25 PLP (Rose)" depends on AX25 - ---help--- + help The Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) is a way to route packets over X.25 connections in general and amateur radio AX.25 connections in particular, essentially an alternative to NET/ROM. A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is - contained in the AX25-HOWTO, available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You also might want to - check out the file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More - information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at + contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from + <http://www.linux-ax25.org>. You also might want to check out the + file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about + digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called rose. - menu "AX.25 network device drivers" - depends on HAMRADIO && NET && AX25!=n + depends on HAMRADIO && AX25 source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig" endmenu - |