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| author | Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> | 2011-08-03 03:01:58 -0700 |
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| committer | Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> | 2011-08-27 00:58:33 -0700 |
| commit | 18e635f4b3e1e1b43cb239321f6120918ba38d46 (patch) | |
| tree | 5955bae430b853445e32a5d932c2710a82ea7a02 /drivers/net/Kconfig | |
| parent | ff5a3b509e4ec96a2a4c57052a2d96e855778a24 (diff) | |
plip: Move the PLIP driver
Move the Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) driver into
drivers/net/plip/ and make the necessary Kconfig and Makefile changes.
CC: Niibe Yutaka <gniibe@mri.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/Kconfig | 37 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index 1d8fa955d120..3f72686e1804 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig" +source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig" + source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" @@ -272,41 +274,6 @@ config RIONET_RX_SIZE depends on RIONET default "128" -config PLIP - tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" - depends on PARPORT - ---help--- - PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a - reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) - local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to - install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a - CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies - first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option - enabled for this to work. - - The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel - ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected - with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 - bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on - bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a - time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in - <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to - 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows - and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet - driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) - and winsock or NCSA's telnet. - - If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well - as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP - protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together - with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges - your kernel by about 8 KB. - - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module - will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy - a laptop later. - config SLIP tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" ---help--- |