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diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.net b/arch/um/Kconfig.net index 14a04ebdeae..820a56f0033 100644 --- a/arch/um/Kconfig.net +++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.net @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config UML_NET For more information, including explanations of the networking and sample configurations, see - <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/networking.html>. + <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html>. If you'd like to be able to enable networking in the User-Mode linux environment, say Y; otherwise say N. Note that you must @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config UML_NET_ETHERTAP CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV configured as Y or M. For more information, see - <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/networking.html> That site + <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Ethertap networking. @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ config UML_NET_SLIP To use this, your host must support slip devices. For more information, see - <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/networking.html>. That site + <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html>. has examples of the UML command line to use to enable slip networking, and details of a few quirks with it. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config UML_NET_DAEMON networking daemon on the host. For more information, see - <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/networking.html> That site + <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Daemon networking. @@ -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 @@ -122,7 +144,7 @@ config UML_NET_MCAST To use this, your host kernel(s) must support IP Multicasting. For more information, see - <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/networking.html> That site + <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Multicast networking, and notes about the security of this approach. @@ -135,7 +157,7 @@ config UML_NET_MCAST config UML_NET_PCAP bool "pcap transport" - depends on UML_NET && EXPERIMENTAL + depends on UML_NET help The pcap transport makes a pcap packet stream on the host look like an ethernet device inside UML. This is useful for making @@ -143,7 +165,7 @@ config UML_NET_PCAP installed in order to build the pcap transport into UML. For more information, see - <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/networking.html> That site + <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable this option. If you intend to use UML as a network monitor for the host, say @@ -164,7 +186,7 @@ config UML_NET_SLIRP other transports, SLiRP works without the need of root level privleges, setuid binaries, or SLIP devices on the host. This also means not every type of connection is possible, but most - situations can be accomodated with carefully crafted slirp + situations can be accommodated with carefully crafted slirp commands that can be passed along as part of the network device's setup string. The effect of this transport on the UML is similar that of a host behind a firewall that masquerades all network |