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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-03-25 18:48:02 -0700
commit954b2e7f4c37cbcdcf4ca7ac47524f3f6bf30119 (patch)
tree05ff48b5ec43cbf1b99a839c6d8de5f84e0160fc
parentecbb416939da77c0d107409976499724baddce7b (diff)
[NET] AX.25 Kconfig and docs updates and fixes
o The AX.25 Howto is unmaintained since several years. I've replaced it with a wiki at http://www.linux-ax25.org which provides more uptodate information. o Change default for AX25_DAMA_SLAVE to Y. AX25_DAMA_SLAVE only compiles in support for DAMA but doesn't activate it. I hope this gets Linux distributions to ship their AX.25 kernels with AX25_DAMA_SLAVE enabled. The price for this would be very small. o Delete historic changelog from comments, that's what SCM systems are meant to do. o ---help--- in Kconfig looks so yellingly eye insulting. Use just help. o Rewrite the commented out piece of old Linux 2.4 configuration language to Kconfig for consistency. o Fixup dependencies. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ax25.txt18
-rw-r--r--net/ax25/Kconfig61
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt b/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt
index 37c25b0925f..8257dbf9be5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
To use the amateur radio protocols within Linux you will need to get a
-suitable copy of the AX.25 Utilities. More detailed information about these
-and associated programs can be found on http://zone.pspt.fi/~jsn/.
-
-For more information about the AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE protocol stacks, see
-the AX25-HOWTO written by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telstra.com.au>
-who is also the AX.25 Utilities maintainer.
+suitable copy of the AX.25 Utilities. More detailed information about
+AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE, associated programs and and utilities can be
+found on http://www.linux-ax25.org.
There is an active mailing list for discussing Linux amateur radio matters
-called linux-hams. To subscribe to it, send a message to
+called linux-hams@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe to it, send a message to
majordomo@vger.kernel.org with the words "subscribe linux-hams" in the body
-of the message, the subject field is ignored.
-
-Jonathan G4KLX
-
-g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk
+of the message, the subject field is ignored. You don't need to be
+subscribed to post but of course that means you might miss an answer.
diff --git a/net/ax25/Kconfig b/net/ax25/Kconfig
index a8993a04172..43dd86fca4d 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
-