From: Ralf Baechle Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:54:26 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [NET] AX.25 Kconfig and docs updates and fixes X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~30524^2~13 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=954b2e7f4c37cbcdcf4ca7ac47524f3f6bf30119;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git [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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt b/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt index 37c25b0925f0..8257dbf9be57 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 -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 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 -# 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 and - the AX25-HOWTO, available from . + here. You want to read + and more specifically about AX.25 on Linux + . 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 + . 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 - . You also might want to - check out the file . More - information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at + contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from + . You also might want to check out the + file . More information about + digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at . 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 - . You also might want to - check out the file . More - information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at + contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from + . You also might want to check out the + file . More information about + digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at . 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 -