[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 <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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To use the amateur radio protocols within Linux you will need to get a
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suitable copy of the AX.25 Utilities. More detailed information about these
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and associated programs can be found on http://zone.pspt.fi/~jsn/.
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For more information about the AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE protocol stacks, see
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the AX25-HOWTO written by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telstra.com.au>
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who is also the AX.25 Utilities maintainer.
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suitable copy of the AX.25 Utilities. More detailed information about
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AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE, associated programs and and utilities can be
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found on http://www.linux-ax25.org.
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There is an active mailing list for discussing Linux amateur radio matters
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called linux-hams. To subscribe to it, send a message to
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called linux-hams@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe to it, send a message to
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majordomo@vger.kernel.org with the words "subscribe linux-hams" in the body
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of the message, the subject field is ignored.
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Jonathan G4KLX
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g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk
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of the message, the subject field is ignored. You don't need to be
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subscribed to post but of course that means you might miss an answer.
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#
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# Amateur Radio protocols and AX.25 device configuration
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#
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# 19971130 Now in an own category to make correct compilation of the
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# AX.25 stuff easier...
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# Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@yaina.de>
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# 19980129 Moved to net/ax25/Config.in, sourcing device drivers.
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menuconfig HAMRADIO
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depends on NET
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bool "Amateur Radio support"
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help
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If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y
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here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html> and
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the AX25-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
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here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>
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and more specifically about AX.25 on Linux
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<http://www.linux-ax25.org/>.
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Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
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kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
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the questions about amateur radio.
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comment "Packet Radio protocols"
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depends on HAMRADIO && NET
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depends on HAMRADIO
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config AX25
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tristate "Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 protocol"
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depends on HAMRADIO && NET
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---help---
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depends on HAMRADIO
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help
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This is the protocol used for computer communication over amateur
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radio. It is either used by itself for point-to-point links, or to
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carry other protocols such as tcp/ip. To use it, you need a device
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config AX25_DAMA_SLAVE
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bool "AX.25 DAMA Slave support"
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default y
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depends on AX25
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help
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DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25
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from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves.
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If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA slave; this is
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transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA
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configuration. (Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server.) If unsure,
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say N.
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configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server. This option
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only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel. It still needs to
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be enabled at runtime. For more about DAMA see
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<http://www.linux-ax25.org>. If unsure, say Y.
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# placeholder until implemented
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config AX25_DAMA_MASTER
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bool 'AX.25 DAMA Master support'
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depends on AX25_DAMA_SLAVE && BROKEN
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help
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DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25
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networking. A DAMA server (called "master") accepts incoming traffic
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from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves.
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If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA master; this is
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transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA
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configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server. This option
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only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel. It still needs to
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be explicitly enabled, so if unsure, say Y.
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# bool ' AX.25 DAMA Master support' CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_MASTER
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config NETROM
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tristate "Amateur Radio NET/ROM protocol"
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depends on AX25
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---help---
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help
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NET/ROM is a network layer protocol on top of AX.25 useful for
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routing.
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A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio
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users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is
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contained in the AX25-HOWTO, available from
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<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You also might want to
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check out the file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More
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information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
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contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from
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<http://www.linux-ax25.org>. You also might want to check out the
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file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about
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digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
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<http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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config ROSE
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tristate "Amateur Radio X.25 PLP (Rose)"
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depends on AX25
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---help---
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help
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The Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) is a way to route packets over X.25
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connections in general and amateur radio AX.25 connections in
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particular, essentially an alternative to NET/ROM.
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A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio
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users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is
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contained in the AX25-HOWTO, available from
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<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You also might want to
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check out the file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More
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information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
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contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from
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<http://www.linux-ax25.org>. You also might want to check out the
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file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about
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digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
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<http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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module will be called rose.
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menu "AX.25 network device drivers"
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depends on HAMRADIO && NET && AX25!=n
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depends on HAMRADIO && AX25
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source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig"
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endmenu
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