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Thomas Gleixnerec8f24b2019-05-19 13:07:45 +01001# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -07002#
3# CCITT X.25 Packet Layer
4#
5
6config X25
Kees Cook70bd8f62012-10-02 11:20:05 -07007 tristate "CCITT X.25 Packet Layer"
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +09008 help
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -07009 X.25 is a set of standardized network protocols, similar in scope to
10 frame relay; the one physical line from your box to the X.25 network
11 entry point can carry several logical point-to-point connections
12 (called "virtual circuits") to other computers connected to the X.25
13 network. Governments, banks, and other organizations tend to use it
14 to connect to each other or to form Wide Area Networks (WANs). Many
15 countries have public X.25 networks. X.25 consists of two
16 protocols: the higher level Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) (say Y here
17 if you want that) and the lower level data link layer protocol LAPB
18 (say Y to "LAPB Data Link Driver" below if you want that).
19
Alexander A. Klimov535094a2020-07-06 22:50:30 +020020 You can read more about X.25 at <https://www.sangoma.com/tutorials/x25/> and
Michael DrĂ¼ing706e2822013-10-28 18:33:12 +010021 <http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/X.25>.
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -070022 Information about X.25 for Linux is contained in the files
Mauro Carvalho Chehabc4ea03f2020-05-01 16:44:28 +020023 <file:Documentation/networking/x25.rst> and
Mauro Carvalho Chehab883780a2020-05-01 16:44:27 +020024 <file:Documentation/networking/x25-iface.rst>.
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -070025
26 One connects to an X.25 network either with a dedicated network card
27 using the X.21 protocol (not yet supported by Linux) or one can do
28 X.25 over a standard telephone line using an ordinary modem (say Y
29 to "X.25 async driver" below) or over Ethernet using an ordinary
30 Ethernet card and the LAPB over Ethernet (say Y to "LAPB Data Link
31 Driver" and "LAPB over Ethernet driver" below).
32
33 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
34 will be called x25. If unsure, say N.