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diff --git a/drivers/net/slip/Kconfig b/drivers/net/slip/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..211b160e4e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/net/slip/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +# +# SLIP network device configuration +# + +config SLIP + tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" + ---help--- + Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to + connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some + other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a + Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line + Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over + serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables; + nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same + purpose. + + Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you + to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP + around (available from + <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which + allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If + you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The + NET-3-HOWTO, available from + <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to + configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just + want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full + Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on + some Internet connected Unix computer. Read + <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP + support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module + will be called slip. + +config SLHC + tristate + ---help--- + This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression + routines. + +if SLIP + +config SLIP_COMPRESSED + bool "CSLIP compressed headers" + depends on SLIP + select SLHC + ---help--- + This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the + TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported + on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and + answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If + you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from + <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which + allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you + definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from + <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure + CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel. + +config SLIP_SMART + bool "Keepalive and linefill" + depends on SLIP + ---help--- + Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the + RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality + analogue lines. + +config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 + bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation" + depends on SLIP + ---help--- + Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial + networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven + bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP: + "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over + the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other + end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP + over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N. + +endif # SLIP |