Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:32:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:31:10 -0500 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([213.168.176.16]:12997 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 16:30:48 -0500 From: Tomas Szepe Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 22:39:14 +0100 To: torvalds@transmeta.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [unify netdev config 21/22] Add the unified NETDEVICES submenu Message-ID: <3E14B182.mailLZW1UUUN6@louise.pinerecords.com> User-Agent: nail 10.3 11/29/02 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2468 Lines: 57 diff -urN a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig 2003-01-02 22:05:15.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig 2003-01-02 22:05:21.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,7 +1,42 @@ # # Network device configuration # -source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" + +config NETDEVICES + depends on NET + bool "Network device support" + ---help--- + You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to + any other computer at all or if all your connections will be over a + telephone line with a modem either via UUCP (UUCP is a protocol to + forward mail and news between unix hosts over telephone lines; read + the UUCP-HOWTO, available from + ) or dialing up a shell + account or a BBS, even using 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 + ). + + You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that + you want to use under Linux (make sure you know its name because you + will be asked for it and read the Ethernet-HOWTO (especially if you + plan to use more than one network card under Linux)) or if you want + to use SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol is the protocol used to + send Internet traffic over telephone lines or null modem cables) or + CSLIP (compressed SLIP) or PPP (Point to Point Protocol, a better + and newer replacement for SLIP) or PLIP (Parallel Line Internet + Protocol is mainly used to create a mini network by connecting the + parallel ports of two local machines) or AX.25/KISS (protocol for + sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links). + + Make sure to read the NET-3-HOWTO. Eventually, you will have to read + Olaf Kirch's excellent and free book "Network Administrator's + Guide", to be found in . If + unsure, say Y. + +if NETDEVICES + source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" +endif config DUMMY tristate "Dummy net driver support" @@ -2511,3 +2546,4 @@ source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" +source "drivers/atm/Kconfig" - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/