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- Date:
Wed May 26 10:01:43 1999
- Orig file:
v2.3.3/linux/Documentation/Configure.help
- Orig date:
Mon May 17 09:55:20 1999
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.3/linux/Documentation/Configure.help linux/Documentation/Configure.help
@@ -3110,6 +3110,44 @@
The module will be called af_spx.o. If you want to compile it as a
module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt.
+DECnet networking
+CONFIG_DECNET
+ The DECnet networking protocol was used in many products made by
+ Digital (now Compaq). It provides reliable stream and sequenced
+ packet communications over which run a variety of services similar
+ to those which run over TCP/IP.
+
+ To find some tools to use with the kernel layer support, please
+ look at Patrick Caulfield's web site:
+ http://linux.dreamtime.org/decnet/
+
+ More detailed documentation is available in the
+ Documentation/networking/decnet.txt file.
+
+ Be sure to turn on the CONFIG_PROCFS and CONFIG_SYSCTL options
+ when using DECnet, since you will need sysctl support to aid in
+ configuration at run time.
+
+DECnet SIOCFIGCONF support
+CONFIG_DECNET_SIOCGIFCONF
+ This option should only be turned on if you are really sure that
+ you know what you are doing. It can break other applications which
+ use this system call and the proper way to get the information
+ provided by this call is to use rtnetlink.
+
+DECnet Router Support
+CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTER
+ Add support for turning your DECnet Endnode into a level 1 or 2
+ router. This is an unfinished option for developers only. If you
+ do turn it on, then make sure you also have rtnetlink configured
+ in, since thats the only current method of configuration.
+
+DECnet Raw Socket Support
+CONFIG_DECNET_RAW
+ Add support for the SOCK_RAW type under DECnet. Used by userland
+ routing programs to receive routing messages from the kernel and
+ also as a general debugging aid to see whats going on "under the hood".
+
AppleTalk DDP
CONFIG_ATALK
AppleTalk is the way Apple computers speak to each other on a
@@ -7525,6 +7563,18 @@
Say Y here if you want to try writing to UFS partitions. This is
experimental, so you should back up your UFS partitions beforehand.
+EFS filesystem support (experimental)
+CONFIG_EFS_FS
+ EFS is the filesystem used for CDROMs and filesystems by SGI's IRIX.
+ This implementation only offers read-only access. If you don't know
+ what all this is about, it's safe to say N. For more information
+ about EFS see its homepage at http://aeschi.ch.eu.org/efs/.
+
+SGI disklabel support
+CONFIG_SGI_DISKLABEL
+ Say Y to this only if you plan on mounting disks with SGI disklabels.
+ This is not required to mount EFS-format CDROMs.
+
BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support
CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL
FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It
@@ -11559,6 +11609,64 @@
This is the driver for the serial ports on the BVME4000 and BVME6000
boards from BVM Ltd. Everyone using one of these boards should say
Y here.
+
+Universal Serial Bus (USB) Support (Experimental)
+CONFIG_USB
+ This will enable support for the Universal Serial Bus (USB). USB
+ allows you to connect up to 127 external devices such as keyboards,
+ mice, printers and modems to your computer through a USB connector.
+ This code can also be built as a module (i.e. code outside the
+ kernel that can be added and removed at runtime), consult
+ Documentation/modules.txt for more information.
+
+UHCI (intel PIIX4 and others) support
+CONFIG_USB_UHCI
+ The UHCI is the USB host controller for many computers, and is built
+ into all recent boards with intel PCI chipsets. This driver is
+ needed for these motherboards to support USB.
+
+OHCI (compaq and some others) support
+CONFIG_USB_OHCI
+ The OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) is the USB host controller
+ on most non-Intel architectures, several USB-adding PCI cards, and
+ is on several x86 compatibles with non-Intel chipsets. This driver
+ is needed for these motherboards to support USB. There is presently
+ two OHCI drivers in development. Say 'N' here if you would like to
+ compile the other OHCI driver into the linux kernel.
+
+OHCI-HCD (other OHCI opt. Virt. Root Hub) support
+CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD
+ The OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) is the USB host controller
+ on most non-Intel architectures, several USB-adding PCI cards, and
+ is on several x86 compatibles with non-Intel chipsets. This driver
+ is needed for these motherboards to support USB. There is presently
+ two OHCI drivers in development.
+
+USB hub support
+CONFIG_USB_HUB
+ To expand beyond the USB ports on the computer, a device called a
+ hub is used. This driver supports hubs, allowing them to be used.
+ Say 'Y'
+
+USB mouse support
+CONFIG_USB_MOUSE
+ This driver allows mice to work under the USB stack. It currently
+ patches into /dev/ps2aux, although it does not require the ps2
+ mouse code to be included in the kernel as well.
+
+USB keyboard support
+CONFIG_USB_KBD
+ This driver allows usb keyboards to work under the USB stack.
+
+USB audio parsing support (Preliminary)
+CONFIG_USB_AUDIO
+ This driver will eventually handle audio devices, such
+ as USB speakers.
+
+USB Abstract Control Model support (Preliminary)
+CONFIG_USB_ACM
+ This driver allows for devices which support the Abstract Control Model,
+ including many USB-based modems, ISDN adapters, and network adapters.
#
# A couple of things I keep forgetting:
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