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Thomas Gleixnerec8f24b2019-05-19 13:07:45 +01001# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07002#
3# DECnet configuration
4#
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -07005config DECNET
6 tristate "DECnet Support"
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +09007 help
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -07008 The DECnet networking protocol was used in many products made by
9 Digital (now Compaq). It provides reliable stream and sequenced
10 packet communications over which run a variety of services similar
11 to those which run over TCP/IP.
12
13 To find some tools to use with the kernel layer support, please
14 look at Patrick Caulfield's web site:
15 <http://linux-decnet.sourceforge.net/>.
16
17 More detailed documentation is available in
Mauro Carvalho Chehab9a69fb92020-04-28 00:01:30 +020018 <file:Documentation/networking/decnet.rst>.
Sam Ravnborg6a2e9b72005-07-11 21:13:56 -070019
20 Be sure to say Y to "/proc file system support" and "Sysctl support"
21 below when using DECnet, since you will need sysctl support to aid
22 in configuration at run time.
23
24 The DECnet code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
25 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
26 The module is called decnet.
27
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070028config DECNET_ROUTER
Kees Cook2d6f9af2012-10-02 11:19:44 -070029 bool "DECnet: router support"
30 depends on DECNET
Steven Whitehousea8731cb2006-08-09 15:56:46 -070031 select FIB_RULES
Masahiro Yamadaa7f7f622020-06-14 01:50:22 +090032 help
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070033 Add support for turning your DECnet Endnode into a level 1 or 2
34 router. This is an experimental, but functional option. If you
35 do say Y here, then make sure that you also say Y to "Kernel/User
36 network link driver", "Routing messages" and "Network packet
37 filtering". The first two are required to allow configuration via
38 rtnetlink (you will need Alexey Kuznetsov's iproute2 package
39 from <ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/net/ip-routing/>). The "Network packet
40 filtering" option will be required for the forthcoming routing daemon
41 to work.
42
Mauro Carvalho Chehab9a69fb92020-04-28 00:01:30 +020043 See <file:Documentation/networking/decnet.rst> for more information.