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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/plip/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/plip/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/plip/Kconfig | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/plip/Kconfig b/drivers/net/plip/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..80c4a3373e51 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/net/plip/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# +# Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) network device configuration +# + +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. |