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diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.net b/arch/um/Kconfig.net index 14a04ebdeae..66e50026ade 100644 --- a/arch/um/Kconfig.net +++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.net @@ -108,6 +108,28 @@ config UML_NET_DAEMON more than one without conflict. If you don't need UML networking, say N. +config UML_NET_VDE + bool "VDE transport" + depends on UML_NET + help + This User-Mode Linux network transport allows one or more running + UMLs on a single host to communicate with each other and also + with the rest of the world using Virtual Distributed Ethernet, + an improved fork of uml_switch. + + You must have libvdeplug installed in order to build the vde + transport into UML. + + To use this form of networking, you will need to run vde_switch + on the host. + + For more information, see <http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/> + That site has a good overview of what VDE is and also examples + of the UML command line to use to enable VDE networking. + + If you need UML networking with VDE, + say Y. + config UML_NET_MCAST bool "Multicast transport" depends on UML_NET |