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Commit 954b2e7f authored by Ralf Baechle's avatar Ralf Baechle Committed by David S. Miller
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[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: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent ecbb4169

Documentation/networking/ax25.txt

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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.

net/ax25/Kconfig

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#

# 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