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@@ -320,6 +320,220 @@
   Documentation/modules.txt.
   It's pretty unlikely that you have one of these: say N.
 
+Parallel port IDE device support
+CONFIG_PARIDE
+  There are many external CD-ROM and disk devices that connect through
+  your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices
+  using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE
+  subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives.
+  Read linux/Documentation/paride.txt for more information.  If you 
+  built PARIDE support into your kernel,  you may still build the 
+  individual protocol modules and high-level drivers as loadable 
+  modules. If you build this support as a module, it will be called 
+  paride.o.  To use the PARIDE support, you must say Y or M here 
+  and also to at least one high-level driver (e.g. "Parallel port 
+  IDE disks", "Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROMs", "Parallel port ATAPI 
+  disks" etc.) and to at least one protocol driver (e.g. "ATEN 
+  EH-100 protocol", "MicroSolutions backpack protocol", "DataStor 
+  Commuter protocol" etc.).
+
+Parallel port IDE disks
+CONFIG_PARIDE_PD 
+  This option enables the high-level driver for IDE-type disk devices 
+  connected through a parallel port.  If you chose to build PARIDE 
+  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the 
+  parallel port IDE driver, otherwise you should answer M to build 
+  it as a loadable module.  The module will be called pd.o.  You 
+  must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in your 
+  system.  Among the devices supported by this driver are the SyQuest 
+  EZ-135, EZ-230 and SparQ drives, the Avatar Shark and the backpack
+  hard drives from MicroSolutions.
+
+Parallel port ATAPI CD-ROMs
+CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD 
+  This option enables the high-level driver for ATAPI CD-ROM devices
+  connected through a parallel port. If you chose to build PARIDE
+  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the
+  parallel port ATAPI CD-ROM driver, otherwise you should answer M to
+  build it as a loadable module. The module will be called pcd.o. You
+  must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in your
+  system. Among the devices supported by this driver are the
+  MicroSolutions backpack CD-ROM drives and the Freecom Power CD. If
+  you have such a CD-ROM drive, you should also say Y to "ISO9660
+  cdrom filesystem support" below, because that's the filesystem used
+  on CDROMs.
+
+Parallel port ATAPI disks
+CONFIG_PARIDE_PF 
+  This option enables the high-level driver for ATAPI disk devices
+  connected through a parallel port.  If you chose to build PARIDE
+  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the
+  parallel port ATAPI disk driver, otherwise you should answer M
+  to build it as a loadable module.  The module will be called pf.o.
+  You must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in
+  your system.  Among the devices supported by this driver are the
+  MicroSolutions backpack PD/CD drive and the Imation Superdisk
+  LS-120 drive.
+
+Parallel port ATAPI tapes
+CONFIG_PARIDE_PT
+  This option enables the high-level driver for ATAPI tape devices
+  connected through a parallel port.  If you chose to build PARIDE
+  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the
+  parallel port ATAPI tape driver, otherwise you should answer M
+  to build it as a loadable module.  The module will be called pt.o.
+  You must also have at least one parallel port protocol driver in
+  your system.  Among the devices supported by this driver is the
+  parallel port version of the HP 5GB drive.
+
+Parallel port generic ATAPI devices
+CONFIG_PARIDE_PG
+  This option enables a special high-level driver for generic ATAPI
+  devices connected through a parallel port. The driver allows user
+  programs, such as cdrecord, to send ATAPI commands directly to a
+  device. If you chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you 
+  may answer Y here to build in the parallel port generic ATAPI driver, 
+  otherwise you should answer M to build it as a loadable module.
+  The module will be called pg.o.  You must also have at least one 
+  parallel port protocol driver in your system.  This driver 
+  implements an API loosely related to the generic SCSI driver.  
+  See /usr/include/linux/pg.h for details, or visit 
+  http://www.torque.net/parport/cdr.html for more information and
+  the required patches to cdrecord.
+
+ATEN EH-100 protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_ATEN 
+  This option enables support for the ATEN EH-100 parallel port IDE
+  protocol.  This protocol is used in some inexpensive low performance 
+  parallel port kits made in Hong Kong. If you chose to build PARIDE 
+  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the 
+  protocol driver, otherwise you should answer M to build it as a 
+  loadable module.  The module will be called aten.o.  You must also 
+  have a high-level driver for the type of device that you want to 
+  support.
+
+MicroSolutions backpack protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK 
+  This option enables support for the MicroSolutions backpack 
+  parallel port IDE protocol.  If you chose to build PARIDE support
+  into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the protocol
+  driver, otherwise you should answer M to build it as a loadable
+  module.  The module will be called bpck.o.  You must also have
+  a high-level driver for the type of device that you want to support.
+
+DataStor Commuter protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_COMM 
+  This option enables support for the Commuter parallel port IDE 
+  protocol from DataStor.  If you chose to build PARIDE support
+  into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the protocol
+  driver, otherwise you should answer M to build it as a loadable
+  module.  The module will be called comm.o.  You must also have
+  a high-level driver for the type of device that you want to support.
+
+DataStor EP-2000 protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_DSTR 
+  This option enables support for the EP-2000 parallel port IDE 
+  protocol from DataStor.  If you chose to build PARIDE support
+  into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the protocol
+  driver, otherwise you should answer M to build it as a loadable
+  module.  The module will be called dstr.o.  You must also have
+  a high-level driver for the type of device that you want to support.
+
+Shuttle EPAT/EPEZ protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_EPAT 
+  This option enables support for the EPAT parallel port IDE 
+  protocol.  EPAT is a parallel port IDE adapter manufactured by
+  Shuttle Technology and widely used in devices from major vendors
+  such as Hewlett-Packard, SyQuest, Imation and Avatar. If you 
+  chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you may answer Y 
+  here to build in the protocol driver, otherwise you should answer M 
+  to build it as a loadable module.  The module will be called epat.o.  
+  You must also have a high-level driver for the type of device that 
+  you want to support.
+
+Shuttle EPIA protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_EPIA 
+  This option enables support for the (obsolete) EPIA parallel port 
+  IDE protocol from Shuttle Technology.  This adapter can still be found
+  in some no-name kits. If you chose to build PARIDE support into your 
+  kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the protocol driver,
+  otherwise you should answer M to build it as a loadable module.  
+  The module will be called epia.o.  You must also have a high-level 
+  driver for the type of device that you want to support.
+
+FIT TD-2000 protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT2
+  This option enables support for the TD-2000 parallel port IDE protocol
+  from Fidelity International Technology.  This is a simple (low speed) 
+  adapter that is used in some portable hard drives.  If you chose to 
+  build PARIDE support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to 
+  build in the protocol driver, otherwise you should answer M to 
+  build it as a loadable module.  The module will be called fit2.o.
+  You must also have a high-level driver for the type of device 
+  that you want to support.
+
+FIT TD-3000 protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_FIT3
+  This option enables support for the TD-3000 parallel port IDE protocol
+  from Fidelity International Technology. This protocol is used in newer
+  models of their portable disk, CD-ROM and PD/CD devices.   If you chose
+  to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to
+  build in the protocol driver, otherwise you should answer M to
+  build it as a loadable module.  The module will be called fit3.o.
+  You must also have a high-level driver for the type of device
+  that you want to support.
+
+FreeCom power protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_FRPW 
+  This option enables support for the Freecom power parallel port IDE 
+  protocol.  If you chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you 
+  may answer Y here to build in the protocol driver, otherwise you 
+  should answer M to build it as a loadable module.  The module will be 
+  called frpw.o.  You must also have a high-level driver for the type 
+  of device that you want to support.
+
+KingByte KBIC-951A/971A protocols
+CONFIG_PARIDE_KBIC 
+  This option enables support for the KBIC-951A and KBIC-971A parallel 
+  port IDE protocols from KingByte Information Corp.  KingByte's adapters
+  appear in many no-name portable disk and CD-ROM products, especially 
+  in Europe. If you chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you 
+  may answer Y here to build in the protocol driver, otherwise you should 
+  answer M to build it as a loadable module.  The module will be called 
+  kbic.o.  You must also have a high-level driver for the type of device 
+  that you want to support.
+
+KT PHd protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_KTTI
+  This option enables support for the "PHd" parallel port IDE protocol
+  from KT Technology.  This is a simple (low speed) adapter that is
+  used in some 2.5" portable hard drives.  If you chose to build PARIDE 
+  support into your kernel, you may answer Y here to build in the 
+  protocol driver, otherwise you should answer M to build it as a 
+  loadable module.  The module will be called ktti.o.  You must also 
+  have a high-level driver for the type of device that you want to
+  support.
+
+OnSpec 90c20 protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_ON20 
+  This option enables support for the (obsolete) 90c20 parallel port 
+  IDE protocol from OnSpec (often marketed under the ValuStore brand
+  name).  If you chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you 
+  may answer Y here to build in the protocol driver, otherwise you 
+  should answer M to build it as a loadable module.  The module will 
+  be called on20.o.  You must also have a high-level driver for the 
+  type of device that you want to support.
+
+OnSpec 90c26 protocol
+CONFIG_PARIDE_ON26 
+  This option enables support for the 90c26 parallel port IDE protocol 
+  from OnSpec Electronics (often marketed under the ValuStore brand
+  name).  If you chose to build PARIDE support into your kernel, you 
+  may answer Y here to build in the protocol driver, otherwise you 
+  should answer M to build it as a loadable module.  The module will 
+  be called on26.o.  You must also have a high-level driver for the 
+  type of device that you want to support.
+
 Multiple devices driver support
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD
   This driver lets you combine several harddisk partitions into one
@@ -349,6 +563,31 @@
   in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), say M
   here and read Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say Y.
 
+RAID-1 (mirroring) mode
+CONFIG_MD_MIRRORING
+  A RAID-1 set consists of several disk drives which are exact copies
+  of each other. In the event of a mirror failture, the RAID driver
+  will continue to use the operational mirrors in the set, providing
+  an error free MD device to the higher levels of the kernel. In
+  a set with N drives, the available space is the capacity of a single
+  drive, and the set protects against a failture of (N - 1) drives.
+  raidtools, a set of user-space tools which create and maintain
+  RAID1/4/5 sets, is available at:
+  http://luthien.nuclecu.unam.mx/~miguel/raid
+
+RAID-4/RAID-5 mode
+CONFIG_MD_RAID5
+  A RAID-5 set of N drives with a capacity of C MB per drive provides
+  the capacity of C * (N - 1) drives, and protects against a failture
+  of a single drive. For a given sector (row) number, (N - 1) drives
+  contain data sectors, and one drive contains the parity protection.
+  For a RAID-4 set, the parity blocks are present on a single drive,
+  while a RAID-5 set distributes the parity accross the drives in one
+  of the available parity distribution methods.
+  raidtools, a set of user-space tools which create and maintain
+  RAID1/4/5 sets, is available at:
+  http://luthien.nuclecu.unam.mx/~miguel/raid
+
 Support for Deskstation RPC44
 CONFIG_DESKSTATION_RPC44
   This is a machine with a R4400 100 MHz CPU. To compile a Linux
@@ -1013,7 +1252,7 @@
 
 PC/TCP compatibility mode
 CONFIG_INET_PCTCP
-  If you have been having difficulties telneting to your Linux machine
+  If you have been having difficulties telnetting to your Linux machine
   from a DOS system that uses (broken) PC/TCP networking software (all
   versions up to OnNet 2.0) over your local ethernet try enabling this
   option.  Everyone else says N.
@@ -2045,18 +2284,112 @@
   running kernel whenever you want), say M here and read
   Documentation/modules.txt.
 
-BAYCOM ser12 and par96 kiss emulation driver for AX.25
+BAYCOM ser12 and par96 driver for AX.25
 CONFIG_BAYCOM
   This is an experimental driver for Baycom style simple amateur radio
   modems that connect to either a serial interface or a parallel
   interface. The driver supports the ser12 and par96 designs. To
-  configure the driver, use the setbaycom utility available from
-  http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/~sailer/ham/ham.html#lnxbay. For
-  information on the modems, see http://www.baycom.de and
-  drivers/char/README.baycom.  If you want to compile this as a module
-  ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running
-  kernel whenever you want), say M here and read
-  Documentation/modules.txt. This is recommended.
+  configure the driver, use the sethdlc utility available
+  in the standard ax25 utilities package. For information on the modems,
+  see http://www.baycom.de and drivers/net/README.baycom.
+  If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be
+  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
+  say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. This is recommended.
+
+Sound card modem driver for AX.25
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM
+  This experimental driver allows a standard SoundBlaster or
+  WindowsSoundSystem compatible sound card to be used as a packet radio
+  modem (NOT as a telephone modem!), to send digital traffic over
+  amateur radio. 
+
+  To configure the driver, use the sethdlc, smdiag and smmixer
+  utilities available in the standard ax25 utilities package. For
+  information on how to key the transmitter, see
+  http://www.ife.ee.ethz.ch/~sailer/pcf/ptt_circ/ptt.html (to browse
+  the WWW, you need to have access to a machine on the Internet that
+  has a program like lynx or netscape) and
+  Documentation/networking/soundmodem.txt. 
+
+  If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
+  inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
+  say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. This is recommended.
+  The module will be called soundmodem.o.
+
+Sound card modem support for SoundBlaster and compatible cards
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_SBC
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver to use SoundBlaster and
+  compatible cards. If you have a dual mode card (i.e. a WSS cards
+  with a SoundBlaster emulation) you should say N here and Y to
+  "Sound card modem support for WSS and Crystal cards", below, because
+  this usually results in better performance. This option also supports
+  SB16/32/64 in full duplex mode.
+
+Sound card modem support for WSS and Crystal cards
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_WSS
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver to use WindowsSoundSystem
+  compatible cards. These cards feature a codec chip from either
+  Analog Devices (such as AD1848, AD1845, AD1812) or Crystal
+  Semiconductors (such as CS4248, CS423x). This option also supports
+  the WSS full duplex operation which currently works with Crystal
+  CS423x chips. If you don't need full duplex operation, do not enable
+  it to save performance.
+
+Sound card modem support for 1200 baud AFSK modulation
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_AFSK1200
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver 1200 baud AFSK modem, 
+  compatible to popular modems using TCM3105 or AM7911. The demodulator
+  requires about 12% of the CPU power of a Pentium 75 CPU per channel.
+
+Sound card modem support for 2400 baud AFSK modulation (7.3728MHz crystal)
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_AFSK2400_7
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver 2400 baud AFSK modem,
+  compatible to TCM3105 modems (over-)clocked with a 7.3728MHz
+  crystal.  Note that the availability of this driver does _not_ imply
+  that I recommend building such links. It is only here since users
+  especially in eastern Europe have asked me to do so. In fact this
+  modulation scheme has many disadvantages, mainly its incompatibility
+  with many transceiver designs and the fact that the TCM3105 (if
+  used) is operated widely outside its specifications.
+
+Sound card modem support for 2400 baud AFSK modulation (8MHz crystal)
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_AFSK2400_8
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver 2400 baud AFSK modem,
+  compatible to TCM3105 modems (over-)clocked with an 8MHz crystal.
+  Note that the availability of this driver does _not_ imply that I
+  recommend building such links. It is only here since users
+  especially in eastern Europe have asked me to do so. In fact this
+  modulation scheme has many disadvantages, mainly its incompatibility
+  with many transceiver designs and the fact that the TCM3105 (if
+  used) is operated widely outside its specifications.
+
+Sound card modem support for 2666 baud AFSK modulation
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_AFSK2666
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver 2666 baud AFSK modem.
+  This modem is experimental, and not compatible to anything
+  else I know of.
+
+Sound card modem support for 4800 baud 8PSK modulation
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_PSK4800
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver 4800 baud 8PSK modem.
+  This modem is experimental, and not compatible to anything
+  else I know of.
+
+Sound card modem support for 4800 baud HAPN-1 modulation
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_HAPN4800
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver 4800 baud HAPN-1
+  compatible modem. This modulation seems to be widely used 'down
+  under' and in the Netherlands. Here, nobody uses it, so I could not
+  test if it works.  It is compatible to itself, however :-)
+
+Sound card modem support for 9600 baud FSK G3RUH modulation
+CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_FSK9600
+  This option enables the soundmodem driver 9600 baud FSK modem,
+  compatible to the G3RUH standard. The demodulator requires about 4%
+  of the CPU power of a Pentium 75 CPU per channel. You can say Y to
+  both 1200 baud AFSK and 9600 baud FSK if you want (but obviously you
+  can only use one protocol at a time, depending on what the other end
+  can understand).
 
 PLIP (parallel port) support
 CONFIG_PLIP
@@ -4324,10 +4657,10 @@
 # LocalWords:  ipppd syncppp RFC MPP VJ downloaded icn NICCY Creatix shmem ufr
 # LocalWords:  ibp md ARCnet ether encap NDIS arcether ODI Amigas AmiTCP NetBSD
 # LocalWords:  initrd tue util DES funet des OnNet BIOSP smc Travan Iomega CMS
-# LocalWords:  FC DC dc PPA IOMEGA's ppa RNFS FMV Fujitsu ARPD arpd loran layes
+# LocalWords:  FC DC dc PPA ppa RNFS FMV Fujitsu ARPD arpd loran layes
 # LocalWords:  FRAD indiana framerelay DLCI DCLIs Sangoma SDLA mrouted sync sec
 # LocalWords:  Starmode Metricom MosquitoNet mosquitonet kbit nfsroot Digiboard
-# LocalWords:  DIGI Xe Xeve digiboard UMISC touchscreens mtu ethernets HBAs MEX
+# LocalWords:  DIGI Xe Xeve digiboard UMISC touchscreens mtu HBAs MEX
 # LocalWords:  Shifflett netcom js jshiffle WIC DECchip ELCP EtherPower dst RTC
 # LocalWords:  rtc SMP lp Digi Intl RightSwitch DGRS dgrs AFFS Amiga UFS SDL AP
 # LocalWords:  Solaris RISCom riscom syncPPP PCBIT pcbit sparc anu au artoo ufs
@@ -4336,7 +4669,7 @@
 # LocalWords:  Bernd informatik rwth aachen uae affs multihosting bytecode java
 # LocalWords:  applets applet JDK ncsa cabi SNI Alphatronix readme LANs scarab
 # LocalWords:  winsock RNIS caltech OSPF honour Honouring Mbit Localtalk DEFRAG
-# LocalWords:  localtalk download Packetwin Baycom baycom interwork ascii JNT
+# LocalWords:  download Packetwin Baycom baycom interwork ascii JNT
 # LocalWords:  Camtec proxying indyramp defragment defragmented UDP FAS FASXX
 # LocalWords:  FastSCSI SIO FDC qlogicfas QLogic qlogicisp setbaycom ife ee LJ
 # LocalWords:  ethz ch Travelmates ProAudioSpectrum ProAudio SoundMan SB SBPro
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