This patch adds a help text for CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q to net/Config.help.
The text was obtained from 2.4.18, modified by adding <> around the URL.
There was an entry in Eric's Configure.help 2.97, but this version
appears to be more recent.
Steven
--- linux-2.5.5-dj1/net/Config.help.orig Tue Feb 26 09:30:49 2002
+++ linux-2.5.5-dj1/net/Config.help Tue Feb 26 09:32:59 2002
@@ -136,6 +136,15 @@
It is safe to say N here for now.
+CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q
+ Select this and you will be able to create 802.1Q VLAN interfaces on your
+ ethernet interfaces. 802.1Q VLAN supports almost everything a regular
+ ethernet interface does, including firewalling, bridging, and of course
+ IP traffic. You will need the 'vconfig' tool from the VLAN project in
+ order to effectively use VLANs. See the VLAN web page for more
+ information: <http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html>. If unsure,
+ you can safely say 'N'.
+
CONFIG_IPX
This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly
used for local networks of Windows machines. You need it if you