Move the protocol specific config options out to the specific protocols.
With this change net/Kconfig now starts to become readable and serve as a
good basis for further re-structuring.
The menu structure is left almost intact, except that indention is
fixed in most cases. Most visible are the INET changes where several
"depends on INET" are replaced with a single ifdef INET / endif pair.
Several new files were created to accomplish this change - they are
small but serve the purpose that config options are now distributed
out where they belongs.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
#
# Appletalk driver configuration
#
+config ATALK
+ tristate "Appletalk protocol support"
+ select LLC
+ ---help---
+ AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
+ on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
+ wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
+ so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
+ well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
+ <http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
+ EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
+ cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
+ network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
+ supported by Linux.
+
+ General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
+ Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
+ NET-3-HOWTO, available from
+ <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
+ information as well.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+ called appletalk. You almost certainly want to compile it as a
+ module so you can restart your AppleTalk stack without rebooting
+ your machine. I hear that the GNU boycott of Apple is over, so
+ even politically correct people are allowed to say Y here.
+
config DEV_APPLETALK
bool "Appletalk interfaces support"
depends on ATALK
--- /dev/null
+#
+# Configuration for 802.1Q VLAN support
+#
+
+config VLAN_8021Q
+ tristate "802.1Q VLAN Support"
+ ---help---
+ Select this and you will be able to create 802.1Q VLAN interfaces
+ on your ethernet interfaces. 802.1Q VLAN supports almost
+ everything a regular ethernet interface does, including
+ firewalling, bridging, and of course IP traffic. You will need
+ the 'vconfig' tool from the VLAN project in order to effectively
+ use VLANs. See the VLAN web page for more information:
+ <http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html>
+
+ To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called 8021q.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
-menu "Networking options"
- depends on NET
-
-config PACKET
- tristate "Packet socket"
- ---help---
- The Packet protocol is used by applications which communicate
- directly with network devices without an intermediate network
- protocol implemented in the kernel, e.g. tcpdump. If you want them
- to work, choose Y.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
- be called af_packet.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
+# Make sure that all config symbols are dependent on NET
+if NET
-config PACKET_MMAP
- bool "Packet socket: mmapped IO"
- depends on PACKET
- help
- If you say Y here, the Packet protocol driver will use an IO
- mechanism that results in faster communication.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
-config UNIX
- tristate "Unix domain sockets"
- ---help---
- If you say Y here, you will include support for Unix domain sockets;
- sockets are the standard Unix mechanism for establishing and
- accessing network connections. Many commonly used programs such as
- the X Window system and syslog use these sockets even if your
- machine is not connected to any network. Unless you are working on
- an embedded system or something similar, you therefore definitely
- want to say Y here.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
- called unix. Note that several important services won't work
- correctly if you say M here and then neglect to load the module.
-
- Say Y unless you know what you are doing.
-
-config NET_KEY
- tristate "PF_KEY sockets"
- select XFRM
- ---help---
- PF_KEYv2 socket family, compatible to KAME ones.
- They are required if you are going to use IPsec tools ported
- from KAME.
+menu "Networking options"
- Say Y unless you know what you are doing.
+source "net/packet/Kconfig"
+source "net/unix/Kconfig"
+source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
config INET
bool "TCP/IP networking"
Short answer: say Y.
+if INET
source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
-
-# IPv6 as module will cause a CRASH if you try to unload it
-config IPV6
- tristate "The IPv6 protocol"
- depends on INET
- default m
- select CRYPTO if IPV6_PRIVACY
- select CRYPTO_MD5 if IPV6_PRIVACY
- ---help---
- This is complemental support for the IP version 6.
- You will still be able to do traditional IPv4 networking as well.
-
- For general information about IPv6, see
- <http://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng/html/ipng-main.html>.
- For Linux IPv6 development information, see <http://www.linux-ipv6.org>.
- For specific information about IPv6 under Linux, read the HOWTO at
- <http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/>.
-
- To compile this protocol support as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called ipv6.
-
source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
+endif # if INET
+
menuconfig NETFILTER
bool "Network packet filtering (replaces ipchains)"
---help---
endif
-config XFRM
- bool
- depends on NET
-
-source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
-
source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
-
-config ATM
- tristate "Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- ATM is a high-speed networking technology for Local Area Networks
- and Wide Area Networks. It uses a fixed packet size and is
- connection oriented, allowing for the negotiation of minimum
- bandwidth requirements.
-
- In order to participate in an ATM network, your Linux box needs an
- ATM networking card. If you have that, say Y here and to the driver
- of your ATM card below.
-
- Note that you need a set of user-space programs to actually make use
- of ATM. See the file <file:Documentation/networking/atm.txt> for
- further details.
-
-config ATM_CLIP
- tristate "Classical IP over ATM (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on ATM && INET
- help
- Classical IP over ATM for PVCs and SVCs, supporting InARP and
- ATMARP. If you want to communication with other IP hosts on your ATM
- network, you will typically either say Y here or to "LAN Emulation
- (LANE)" below.
-
-config ATM_CLIP_NO_ICMP
- bool "Do NOT send ICMP if no neighbour (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on ATM_CLIP
- help
- Normally, an "ICMP host unreachable" message is sent if a neighbour
- cannot be reached because there is no VC to it in the kernel's
- ATMARP table. This may cause problems when ATMARP table entries are
- briefly removed during revalidation. If you say Y here, packets to
- such neighbours are silently discarded instead.
-
-config ATM_LANE
- tristate "LAN Emulation (LANE) support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on ATM
- help
- LAN Emulation emulates services of existing LANs across an ATM
- network. Besides operating as a normal ATM end station client, Linux
- LANE client can also act as an proxy client bridging packets between
- ELAN and Ethernet segments. You need LANE if you want to try MPOA.
-
-config ATM_MPOA
- tristate "Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA) support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on ATM && INET && ATM_LANE!=n
- help
- Multi-Protocol Over ATM allows ATM edge devices such as routers,
- bridges and ATM attached hosts establish direct ATM VCs across
- subnetwork boundaries. These shortcut connections bypass routers
- enhancing overall network performance.
-
-config ATM_BR2684
- tristate "RFC1483/2684 Bridged protocols"
- depends on ATM && INET
- help
- ATM PVCs can carry ethernet PDUs according to RFC2684 (formerly 1483)
- This device will act like an ethernet from the kernels point of view,
- with the traffic being carried by ATM PVCs (currently 1 PVC/device).
- This is sometimes used over DSL lines. If in doubt, say N.
-
-config ATM_BR2684_IPFILTER
- bool "Per-VC IP filter kludge"
- depends on ATM_BR2684
- help
- This is an experimental mechanism for users who need to terminate a
- large number of IP-only vcc's. Do not enable this unless you are sure
- you know what you are doing.
-
-config BRIDGE
- tristate "802.1d Ethernet Bridging"
- ---help---
- If you say Y here, then your Linux box will be able to act as an
- Ethernet bridge, which means that the different Ethernet segments it
- is connected to will appear as one Ethernet to the participants.
- Several such bridges can work together to create even larger
- networks of Ethernets using the IEEE 802.1 spanning tree algorithm.
- As this is a standard, Linux bridges will cooperate properly with
- other third party bridge products.
-
- In order to use the Ethernet bridge, you'll need the bridge
- configuration tools; see <file:Documentation/networking/bridge.txt>
- for location. Please read the Bridge mini-HOWTO for more
- information.
-
- If you enable iptables support along with the bridge support then you
- turn your bridge into a bridging IP firewall.
- iptables will then see the IP packets being bridged, so you need to
- take this into account when setting up your firewall rules.
- Enabling arptables support when bridging will let arptables see
- bridged ARP traffic in the arptables FORWARD chain.
-
- To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called bridge.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
-config VLAN_8021Q
- tristate "802.1Q VLAN Support"
- ---help---
- Select this and you will be able to create 802.1Q VLAN interfaces
- on your ethernet interfaces. 802.1Q VLAN supports almost
- everything a regular ethernet interface does, including
- firewalling, bridging, and of course IP traffic. You will need
- the 'vconfig' tool from the VLAN project in order to effectively
- use VLANs. See the VLAN web page for more information:
- <http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html>
-
- To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called 8021q.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
-config DECNET
- tristate "DECnet Support"
- ---help---
- The DECnet networking protocol was used in many products made by
- Digital (now Compaq). It provides reliable stream and sequenced
- packet communications over which run a variety of services similar
- to those which run over TCP/IP.
-
- To find some tools to use with the kernel layer support, please
- look at Patrick Caulfield's web site:
- <http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/>.
-
- More detailed documentation is available in
- <file:Documentation/networking/decnet.txt>.
-
- Be sure to say Y to "/proc file system support" and "Sysctl support"
- below when using DECnet, since you will need sysctl support to aid
- in configuration at run time.
-
- The DECnet code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
- inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
- The module is called decnet.
-
+source "net/atm/Kconfig"
+source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
+source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
source "net/decnet/Kconfig"
-
source "net/llc/Kconfig"
-
-config IPX
- tristate "The IPX protocol"
- select LLC
- ---help---
- This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly
- used for local networks of Windows machines. You need it if you
- want to access Novell NetWare file or print servers using the Linux
- Novell client ncpfs (available from
- <ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/>) or from
- within the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO,
- available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). In order
- to do the former, you'll also have to say Y to "NCP file system
- support", below.
-
- IPX is similar in scope to IP, while SPX, which runs on top of IPX,
- is similar to TCP. There is also experimental support for SPX in
- Linux (see "SPX networking", below).
-
- To turn your Linux box into a fully featured NetWare file server and
- IPX router, say Y here and fetch either lwared from
- <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/daemons/> or
- mars_nwe from <ftp://www.compu-art.de/mars_nwe/>. For more
- information, read the IPX-HOWTO available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
-
- General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
- Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
-
- The IPX driver would enlarge your kernel by about 16 KB. To compile
- this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipx.
- Unless you want to integrate your Linux box with a local Novell
- network, say N.
-
source "net/ipx/Kconfig"
-
-config ATALK
- tristate "Appletalk protocol support"
- select LLC
- ---help---
- AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
- on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
- wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
- so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
- well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
- <http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
- EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
- cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
- network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
- supported by Linux.
-
- General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
- Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
- NET-3-HOWTO, available from
- <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
- information as well.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
- called appletalk. You almost certainly want to compile it as a
- module so you can restart your AppleTalk stack without rebooting
- your machine. I hear that the GNU boycott of Apple is over, so
- even politically correct people are allowed to say Y here.
-
source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig"
-
-config X25
- tristate "CCITT X.25 Packet Layer (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- X.25 is a set of standardized network protocols, similar in scope to
- frame relay; the one physical line from your box to the X.25 network
- entry point can carry several logical point-to-point connections
- (called "virtual circuits") to other computers connected to the X.25
- network. Governments, banks, and other organizations tend to use it
- to connect to each other or to form Wide Area Networks (WANs). Many
- countries have public X.25 networks. X.25 consists of two
- protocols: the higher level Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) (say Y here
- if you want that) and the lower level data link layer protocol LAPB
- (say Y to "LAPB Data Link Driver" below if you want that).
-
- You can read more about X.25 at <http://www.sangoma.com/x25.htm> and
- <http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios11/cbook/cx25.htm>.
- Information about X.25 for Linux is contained in the files
- <file:Documentation/networking/x25.txt> and
- <file:Documentation/networking/x25-iface.txt>.
-
- One connects to an X.25 network either with a dedicated network card
- using the X.21 protocol (not yet supported by Linux) or one can do
- X.25 over a standard telephone line using an ordinary modem (say Y
- to "X.25 async driver" below) or over Ethernet using an ordinary
- Ethernet card and the LAPB over Ethernet (say Y to "LAPB Data Link
- Driver" and "LAPB over Ethernet driver" below).
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called x25. If unsure, say N.
-
-config LAPB
- tristate "LAPB Data Link Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- Link Access Procedure, Balanced (LAPB) is the data link layer (i.e.
- the lower) part of the X.25 protocol. It offers a reliable
- connection service to exchange data frames with one other host, and
- it is used to transport higher level protocols (mostly X.25 Packet
- Layer, the higher part of X.25, but others are possible as well).
- Usually, LAPB is used with specialized X.21 network cards, but Linux
- currently supports LAPB only over Ethernet connections. If you want
- to use LAPB connections over Ethernet, say Y here and to "LAPB over
- Ethernet driver" below. Read
- <file:Documentation/networking/lapb-module.txt> for technical
- details.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called lapb. If unsure, say N.
+source "net/x25/Kconfig"
+source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
config NET_DIVERT
bool "Frame Diverter (EXPERIMENTAL)"
If unsure, say N.
-config ECONET
- tristate "Acorn Econet/AUN protocols (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET
- ---help---
- Econet is a fairly old and slow networking protocol mainly used by
- Acorn computers to access file and print servers. It uses native
- Econet network cards. AUN is an implementation of the higher level
- parts of Econet that runs over ordinary Ethernet connections, on
- top of the UDP packet protocol, which in turn runs on top of the
- Internet protocol IP.
-
- If you say Y here, you can choose with the next two options whether
- to send Econet/AUN traffic over a UDP Ethernet connection or over
- a native Econet network card.
-
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
- will be called econet.
-
-config ECONET_AUNUDP
- bool "AUN over UDP"
- depends on ECONET
- help
- Say Y here if you want to send Econet/AUN traffic over a UDP
- connection (UDP is a packet based protocol that runs on top of the
- Internet protocol IP) using an ordinary Ethernet network card.
-
-config ECONET_NATIVE
- bool "Native Econet"
- depends on ECONET
- help
- Say Y here if you have a native Econet network card installed in
- your computer.
-
-config WAN_ROUTER
- tristate "WAN router"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
- ---help---
- Wide Area Networks (WANs), such as X.25, frame relay and leased
- lines, are used to interconnect Local Area Networks (LANs) over vast
- distances with data transfer rates significantly higher than those
- achievable with commonly used asynchronous modem connections.
- Usually, a quite expensive external device called a `WAN router' is
- needed to connect to a WAN.
-
- As an alternative, WAN routing can be built into the Linux kernel.
- With relatively inexpensive WAN interface cards available on the
- market, a perfectly usable router can be built for less than half
- the price of an external router. If you have one of those cards and
- wish to use your Linux box as a WAN router, say Y here and also to
- the WAN driver for your card, below. You will then need the
- wan-tools package which is available from <ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/>.
- Read <file:Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt> for more
- information.
-
- To compile WAN routing support as a module, choose M here: the
- module will be called wanrouter.
-
- If unsure, say N.
-
-menu "QoS and/or fair queueing"
-
-config NET_SCHED
- bool "QoS and/or fair queueing"
- ---help---
- When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network
- device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to
- delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the packet
- scheduler, and several different algorithms for how to do this
- "fairly" have been proposed.
-
- If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which
- is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be
- able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can
- then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for
- example if some of your network devices are real time devices that
- need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the
- maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria.
- This code is considered to be experimental.
-
- To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities
- from the package iproute2+tc at <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
- That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out
- <http://snafu.freedom.org/linux2.2/iproute-notes.html>.
-
- This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use
- Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol
- (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to "QoS support",
- "Packet classifier API" and to some classifiers below. Documentation
- and software is at <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>.
-
- If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able
- to read status information about packet schedulers from the file
- /proc/net/psched.
-
- The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you
- can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now.
-
+source "net/econet/Kconfig"
+source "net/wanrouter/Kconfig"
source "net/sched/Kconfig"
-endmenu
-
menu "Network testing"
config NET_PKTGEN
def_bool NETPOLL
source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
-
source "net/irda/Kconfig"
-
source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
+endif # if NET
endmenu # Networking
--- /dev/null
+#
+# Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) (EXPERIMENTAL)
+#
+
+config ATM
+ tristate "Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ ATM is a high-speed networking technology for Local Area Networks
+ and Wide Area Networks. It uses a fixed packet size and is
+ connection oriented, allowing for the negotiation of minimum
+ bandwidth requirements.
+
+ In order to participate in an ATM network, your Linux box needs an
+ ATM networking card. If you have that, say Y here and to the driver
+ of your ATM card below.
+
+ Note that you need a set of user-space programs to actually make use
+ of ATM. See the file <file:Documentation/networking/atm.txt> for
+ further details.
+
+config ATM_CLIP
+ tristate "Classical IP over ATM (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on ATM && INET
+ help
+ Classical IP over ATM for PVCs and SVCs, supporting InARP and
+ ATMARP. If you want to communication with other IP hosts on your ATM
+ network, you will typically either say Y here or to "LAN Emulation
+ (LANE)" below.
+
+config ATM_CLIP_NO_ICMP
+ bool "Do NOT send ICMP if no neighbour (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on ATM_CLIP
+ help
+ Normally, an "ICMP host unreachable" message is sent if a neighbour
+ cannot be reached because there is no VC to it in the kernel's
+ ATMARP table. This may cause problems when ATMARP table entries are
+ briefly removed during revalidation. If you say Y here, packets to
+ such neighbours are silently discarded instead.
+
+config ATM_LANE
+ tristate "LAN Emulation (LANE) support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on ATM
+ help
+ LAN Emulation emulates services of existing LANs across an ATM
+ network. Besides operating as a normal ATM end station client, Linux
+ LANE client can also act as an proxy client bridging packets between
+ ELAN and Ethernet segments. You need LANE if you want to try MPOA.
+
+config ATM_MPOA
+ tristate "Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA) support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on ATM && INET && ATM_LANE!=n
+ help
+ Multi-Protocol Over ATM allows ATM edge devices such as routers,
+ bridges and ATM attached hosts establish direct ATM VCs across
+ subnetwork boundaries. These shortcut connections bypass routers
+ enhancing overall network performance.
+
+config ATM_BR2684
+ tristate "RFC1483/2684 Bridged protocols"
+ depends on ATM && INET
+ help
+ ATM PVCs can carry ethernet PDUs according to rfc2684 (formerly 1483)
+ This device will act like an ethernet from the kernels point of view,
+ with the traffic being carried by ATM PVCs (currently 1 PVC/device).
+ This is sometimes used over DSL lines. If in doubt, say N.
+
+config ATM_BR2684_IPFILTER
+ bool "Per-VC IP filter kludge"
+ depends on ATM_BR2684
+ help
+ This is an experimental mechanism for users who need to terminating a
+ large number of IP-only vcc's. Do not enable this unless you are sure
+ you know what you are doing.
--- /dev/null
+#
+# 802.1d Ethernet Bridging
+#
+
+config BRIDGE
+ tristate "802.1d Ethernet Bridging"
+ ---help---
+ If you say Y here, then your Linux box will be able to act as an
+ Ethernet bridge, which means that the different Ethernet segments it
+ is connected to will appear as one Ethernet to the participants.
+ Several such bridges can work together to create even larger
+ networks of Ethernets using the IEEE 802.1 spanning tree algorithm.
+ As this is a standard, Linux bridges will cooperate properly with
+ other third party bridge products.
+
+ In order to use the Ethernet bridge, you'll need the bridge
+ configuration tools; see <file:Documentation/networking/bridge.txt>
+ for location. Please read the Bridge mini-HOWTO for more
+ information.
+
+ If you enable iptables support along with the bridge support then you
+ turn your bridge into a bridging IP firewall.
+ iptables will then see the IP packets being bridged, so you need to
+ take this into account when setting up your firewall rules.
+ Enabling arptables support when bridging will let arptables see
+ bridged ARP traffic in the arptables FORWARD chain.
+
+ To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called bridge.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
#
# DECnet configuration
#
+config DECNET
+ tristate "DECnet Support"
+ ---help---
+ The DECnet networking protocol was used in many products made by
+ Digital (now Compaq). It provides reliable stream and sequenced
+ packet communications over which run a variety of services similar
+ to those which run over TCP/IP.
+
+ To find some tools to use with the kernel layer support, please
+ look at Patrick Caulfield's web site:
+ <http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/>.
+
+ More detailed documentation is available in
+ <file:Documentation/networking/decnet.txt>.
+
+ Be sure to say Y to "/proc file system support" and "Sysctl support"
+ below when using DECnet, since you will need sysctl support to aid
+ in configuration at run time.
+
+ The DECnet code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
+ inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
+ The module is called decnet.
+
config DECNET_ROUTER
bool "DECnet: router support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on DECNET && EXPERIMENTAL
--- /dev/null
+#
+# Acorn Econet/AUN protocols
+#
+
+config ECONET
+ tristate "Acorn Econet/AUN protocols (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET
+ ---help---
+ Econet is a fairly old and slow networking protocol mainly used by
+ Acorn computers to access file and print servers. It uses native
+ Econet network cards. AUN is an implementation of the higher level
+ parts of Econet that runs over ordinary Ethernet connections, on
+ top of the UDP packet protocol, which in turn runs on top of the
+ Internet protocol IP.
+
+ If you say Y here, you can choose with the next two options whether
+ to send Econet/AUN traffic over a UDP Ethernet connection or over
+ a native Econet network card.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called econet.
+
+config ECONET_AUNUDP
+ bool "AUN over UDP"
+ depends on ECONET
+ help
+ Say Y here if you want to send Econet/AUN traffic over a UDP
+ connection (UDP is a packet based protocol that runs on top of the
+ Internet protocol IP) using an ordinary Ethernet network card.
+
+config ECONET_NATIVE
+ bool "Native Econet"
+ depends on ECONET
+ help
+ Say Y here if you have a native Econet network card installed in
+ your computer.
#
config IP_MULTICAST
bool "IP: multicasting"
- depends on INET
help
This is code for addressing several networked computers at once,
enlarging your kernel by about 2 KB. You need multicasting if you
config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER
bool "IP: advanced router"
- depends on INET
---help---
If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a
computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you
config IP_PNP
bool "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration"
- depends on INET
help
This enables automatic configuration of IP addresses of devices and
of the routing table during kernel boot, based on either information
# bool ' IP: ARP support' CONFIG_IP_PNP_ARP
config NET_IPIP
tristate "IP: tunneling"
- depends on INET
select INET_TUNNEL
---help---
Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
config NET_IPGRE
tristate "IP: GRE tunnels over IP"
- depends on INET
select XFRM
help
Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
config ARPD
bool "IP: ARP daemon support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
---help---
Normally, the kernel maintains an internal cache which maps IP
addresses to hardware addresses on the local network, so that
config SYN_COOKIES
bool "IP: TCP syncookie support (disabled per default)"
- depends on INET
---help---
Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote
config INET_AH
tristate "IP: AH transformation"
- depends on INET
select XFRM
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_HMAC
config INET_ESP
tristate "IP: ESP transformation"
- depends on INET
select XFRM
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_HMAC
config INET_IPCOMP
tristate "IP: IPComp transformation"
- depends on INET
select XFRM
select INET_TUNNEL
select CRYPTO
config INET_TUNNEL
tristate "IP: tunnel transformation"
- depends on INET
select XFRM
---help---
Support for generic IP tunnel transformation, which is required by
config IP_TCPDIAG
tristate "IP: TCP socket monitoring interface"
- depends on INET
default y
---help---
Support for TCP socket monitoring interface used by native Linux
config TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
bool "TCP: advanced congestion control"
- depends on INET
---help---
Support for selection of various TCP congestion control
modules.
config TCP_CONG_BIC
tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
- depends on INET
default y
---help---
BIC-TCP is a sender-side only change that ensures a linear RTT
config TCP_CONG_WESTWOOD
tristate "TCP Westwood+"
- depends on INET
default m
---help---
TCP Westwood+ is a sender-side only modification of the TCP Reno
config TCP_CONG_HTCP
tristate "H-TCP"
- depends on INET
default m
---help---
H-TCP is a send-side only modifications of the TCP Reno
config TCP_CONG_HSTCP
tristate "High Speed TCP"
- depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
default n
---help---
Sally Floyd's High Speed TCP (RFC 3649) congestion control.
config TCP_CONG_HYBLA
tristate "TCP-Hybla congestion control algorithm"
- depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
default n
---help---
TCP-Hybla is a sender-side only change that eliminates penalization of
config TCP_CONG_VEGAS
tristate "TCP Vegas"
- depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
default n
---help---
TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
tristate "Scalable TCP"
- depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
default n
---help---
Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
# IP Virtual Server configuration
#
menu "IP: Virtual Server Configuration"
- depends on INET && NETFILTER
+ depends on NETFILTER
config IP_VS
tristate "IP virtual server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on INET && NETFILTER
+ depends on NETFILTER
---help---
IP Virtual Server support will let you build a high-performance
virtual server based on cluster of two or more real servers. This
#
# IPv6 configuration
-#
+#
+
+# IPv6 as module will cause a CRASH if you try to unload it
+config IPV6
+ tristate "The IPv6 protocol"
+ default m
+ select CRYPTO if IPV6_PRIVACY
+ select CRYPTO_MD5 if IPV6_PRIVACY
+ ---help---
+ This is complemental support for the IP version 6.
+ You will still be able to do traditional IPv4 networking as well.
+
+ For general information about IPv6, see
+ <http://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng/html/ipng-main.html>.
+ For Linux IPv6 development information, see <http://www.linux-ipv6.org>.
+ For specific information about IPv6 under Linux, read the HOWTO at
+ <http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/>.
+
+ To compile this protocol support as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called ipv6.
+
config IPV6_PRIVACY
bool "IPv6: Privacy Extensions (RFC 3041) support"
depends on IPV6
#
# IPX configuration
#
+config IPX
+ tristate "The IPX protocol"
+ select LLC
+ ---help---
+ This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly
+ used for local networks of Windows machines. You need it if you
+ want to access Novell NetWare file or print servers using the Linux
+ Novell client ncpfs (available from
+ <ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/>) or from
+ within the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO,
+ available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). In order
+ to do the former, you'll also have to say Y to "NCP file system
+ support", below.
+
+ IPX is similar in scope to IP, while SPX, which runs on top of IPX,
+ is similar to TCP. There is also experimental support for SPX in
+ Linux (see "SPX networking", below).
+
+ To turn your Linux box into a fully featured NetWare file server and
+ IPX router, say Y here and fetch either lwared from
+ <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/daemons/> or
+ mars_nwe from <ftp://www.compu-art.de/mars_nwe/>. For more
+ information, read the IPX-HOWTO available from
+ <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
+
+ General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
+ Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
+
+ The IPX driver would enlarge your kernel by about 16 KB. To compile
+ this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipx.
+ Unless you want to integrate your Linux box with a local Novell
+ network, say N.
+
config IPX_INTERN
bool "IPX: Full internal IPX network"
depends on IPX
--- /dev/null
+#
+# LAPB Data Link Drive
+#
+
+config LAPB
+ tristate "LAPB Data Link Driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ Link Access Procedure, Balanced (LAPB) is the data link layer (i.e.
+ the lower) part of the X.25 protocol. It offers a reliable
+ connection service to exchange data frames with one other host, and
+ it is used to transport higher level protocols (mostly X.25 Packet
+ Layer, the higher part of X.25, but others are possible as well).
+ Usually, LAPB is used with specialized X.21 network cards, but Linux
+ currently supports LAPB only over Ethernet connections. If you want
+ to use LAPB connections over Ethernet, say Y here and to "LAPB over
+ Ethernet driver" below. Read
+ <file:Documentation/networking/lapb-module.txt> for technical
+ details.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called lapb. If unsure, say N.
--- /dev/null
+#
+# Packet configuration
+#
+
+config PACKET
+ tristate "Packet socket"
+ ---help---
+ The Packet protocol is used by applications which communicate
+ directly with network devices without an intermediate network
+ protocol implemented in the kernel, e.g. tcpdump. If you want them
+ to work, choose Y.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will
+ be called af_packet.
+
+ If unsure, say Y.
+
+config PACKET_MMAP
+ bool "Packet socket: mmapped IO"
+ depends on PACKET
+ help
+ If you say Y here, the Packet protocol driver will use an IO
+ mechanism that results in faster communication.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
#
# Traffic control configuration.
#
+
+menuconfig NET_SCHED
+ bool "QoS and/or fair queueing"
+ ---help---
+ When the kernel has several packets to send out over a network
+ device, it has to decide which ones to send first, which ones to
+ delay, and which ones to drop. This is the job of the packet
+ scheduler, and several different algorithms for how to do this
+ "fairly" have been proposed.
+
+ If you say N here, you will get the standard packet scheduler, which
+ is a FIFO (first come, first served). If you say Y here, you will be
+ able to choose from among several alternative algorithms which can
+ then be attached to different network devices. This is useful for
+ example if some of your network devices are real time devices that
+ need a certain minimum data flow rate, or if you need to limit the
+ maximum data flow rate for traffic which matches specified criteria.
+ This code is considered to be experimental.
+
+ To administer these schedulers, you'll need the user-level utilities
+ from the package iproute2+tc at <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>.
+ That package also contains some documentation; for more, check out
+ <http://snafu.freedom.org/linux2.2/iproute-notes.html>.
+
+ This Quality of Service (QoS) support will enable you to use
+ Differentiated Services (diffserv) and Resource Reservation Protocol
+ (RSVP) on your Linux router if you also say Y to "QoS support",
+ "Packet classifier API" and to some classifiers below. Documentation
+ and software is at <http://diffserv.sourceforge.net/>.
+
+ If you say Y here and to "/proc file system" below, you will be able
+ to read status information about packet schedulers from the file
+ /proc/net/psched.
+
+ The available schedulers are listed in the following questions; you
+ can say Y to as many as you like. If unsure, say N now.
+
choice
prompt "Packet scheduler clock source"
depends on NET_SCHED
--- /dev/null
+#
+# Unix Domain Sockets
+#
+
+config UNIX
+ tristate "Unix domain sockets"
+ ---help---
+ If you say Y here, you will include support for Unix domain sockets;
+ sockets are the standard Unix mechanism for establishing and
+ accessing network connections. Many commonly used programs such as
+ the X Window system and syslog use these sockets even if your
+ machine is not connected to any network. Unless you are working on
+ an embedded system or something similar, you therefore definitely
+ want to say Y here.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+ called unix. Note that several important services won't work
+ correctly if you say M here and then neglect to load the module.
+
+ Say Y unless you know what you are doing.
+
--- /dev/null
+#
+# Configuration for WAN router
+#
+
+config WAN_ROUTER
+ tristate "WAN router"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ Wide Area Networks (WANs), such as X.25, frame relay and leased
+ lines, are used to interconnect Local Area Networks (LANs) over vast
+ distances with data transfer rates significantly higher than those
+ achievable with commonly used asynchronous modem connections.
+ Usually, a quite expensive external device called a `WAN router' is
+ needed to connect to a WAN.
+
+ As an alternative, WAN routing can be built into the Linux kernel.
+ With relatively inexpensive WAN interface cards available on the
+ market, a perfectly usable router can be built for less than half
+ the price of an external router. If you have one of those cards and
+ wish to use your Linux box as a WAN router, say Y here and also to
+ the WAN driver for your card, below. You will then need the
+ wan-tools package which is available from <ftp://ftp.sangoma.com/>.
+ Read <file:Documentation/networking/wan-router.txt> for more
+ information.
+
+ To compile WAN routing support as a module, choose M here: the
+ module will be called wanrouter.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
--- /dev/null
+#
+# CCITT X.25 Packet Layer
+#
+
+config X25
+ tristate "CCITT X.25 Packet Layer (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ X.25 is a set of standardized network protocols, similar in scope to
+ frame relay; the one physical line from your box to the X.25 network
+ entry point can carry several logical point-to-point connections
+ (called "virtual circuits") to other computers connected to the X.25
+ network. Governments, banks, and other organizations tend to use it
+ to connect to each other or to form Wide Area Networks (WANs). Many
+ countries have public X.25 networks. X.25 consists of two
+ protocols: the higher level Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) (say Y here
+ if you want that) and the lower level data link layer protocol LAPB
+ (say Y to "LAPB Data Link Driver" below if you want that).
+
+ You can read more about X.25 at <http://www.sangoma.com/x25.htm> and
+ <http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios11/cbook/cx25.htm>.
+ Information about X.25 for Linux is contained in the files
+ <file:Documentation/networking/x25.txt> and
+ <file:Documentation/networking/x25-iface.txt>.
+
+ One connects to an X.25 network either with a dedicated network card
+ using the X.21 protocol (not yet supported by Linux) or one can do
+ X.25 over a standard telephone line using an ordinary modem (say Y
+ to "X.25 async driver" below) or over Ethernet using an ordinary
+ Ethernet card and the LAPB over Ethernet (say Y to "LAPB Data Link
+ Driver" and "LAPB over Ethernet driver" below).
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called x25. If unsure, say N.
+
+
#
# XFRM configuration
#
+config XFRM
+ bool
+ depends on NET
+
config XFRM_USER
tristate "IPsec user configuration interface"
depends on INET && XFRM
If unsure, say Y.
+config NET_KEY
+ tristate "PF_KEY sockets"
+ select XFRM
+ ---help---
+ PF_KEYv2 socket family, compatible to KAME ones.
+ They are required if you are going to use IPsec tools ported
+ from KAME.
+
+ Say Y unless you know what you are doing.
+
+
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