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2 | # Amateur Radio protocols and AX.25 device configuration | |
3 | # | |
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4 | |
5 | menuconfig HAMRADIO | |
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7 | bool "Amateur Radio support" |
8 | help | |
9 | If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y | |
631dd1a8 | 10 | here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/> |
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11 | and more specifically about AX.25 on Linux |
12 | <http://www.linux-ax25.org/>. | |
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13 | |
14 | Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the | |
15 | kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all | |
16 | the questions about amateur radio. | |
17 | ||
18 | comment "Packet Radio protocols" | |
954b2e7f | 19 | depends on HAMRADIO |
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20 | |
21 | config AX25 | |
22 | tristate "Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 protocol" | |
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23 | depends on HAMRADIO |
24 | help | |
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25 | This is the protocol used for computer communication over amateur |
26 | radio. It is either used by itself for point-to-point links, or to | |
27 | carry other protocols such as tcp/ip. To use it, you need a device | |
28 | that connects your Linux box to your amateur radio. You can either | |
29 | use a low speed TNC (a Terminal Node Controller acts as a kind of | |
30 | modem connecting your computer's serial port to your radio's | |
31 | microphone input and speaker output) supporting the KISS protocol or | |
32 | one of the various SCC cards that are supported by the generic Z8530 | |
33 | or the DMA SCC driver. Another option are the Baycom modem serial | |
34 | and parallel port hacks or the sound card modem (supported by their | |
35 | own drivers). If you say Y here, you also have to say Y to one of | |
36 | those drivers. | |
37 | ||
38 | Information about where to get supporting software for Linux amateur | |
39 | radio as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is | |
40 | contained in the AX25-HOWTO, available from | |
41 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You might also want to | |
42 | check out the file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt> in the | |
43 | kernel source. More information about digital amateur radio in | |
44 | general is on the WWW at | |
631dd1a8 | 45 | <http://www.tapr.org/>. |
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46 | |
47 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | |
48 | module will be called ax25. | |
49 | ||
50 | config AX25_DAMA_SLAVE | |
51 | bool "AX.25 DAMA Slave support" | |
954b2e7f | 52 | default y |
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53 | depends on AX25 |
54 | help | |
55 | DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25 | |
56 | networking. A DAMA server (called "master") accepts incoming traffic | |
57 | from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves. | |
58 | If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA slave; this is | |
59 | transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA | |
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60 | configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server. This option |
61 | only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel. It still needs to | |
62 | be enabled at runtime. For more about DAMA see | |
63 | <http://www.linux-ax25.org>. If unsure, say Y. | |
64 | ||
65 | # placeholder until implemented | |
66 | config AX25_DAMA_MASTER | |
67 | bool 'AX.25 DAMA Master support' | |
68 | depends on AX25_DAMA_SLAVE && BROKEN | |
69 | help | |
70 | DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25 | |
71 | networking. A DAMA server (called "master") accepts incoming traffic | |
72 | from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves. | |
73 | If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA master; this is | |
74 | transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA | |
75 | configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server. This option | |
76 | only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel. It still needs to | |
77 | be explicitly enabled, so if unsure, say Y. | |
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79 | config NETROM |
80 | tristate "Amateur Radio NET/ROM protocol" | |
81 | depends on AX25 | |
954b2e7f | 82 | help |
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83 | NET/ROM is a network layer protocol on top of AX.25 useful for |
84 | routing. | |
85 | ||
86 | A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio | |
87 | users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is | |
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88 | contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from |
89 | <http://www.linux-ax25.org>. You also might want to check out the | |
90 | file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about | |
91 | digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at | |
631dd1a8 | 92 | <http://www.tapr.org/>. |
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93 | |
94 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | |
95 | module will be called netrom. | |
96 | ||
97 | config ROSE | |
98 | tristate "Amateur Radio X.25 PLP (Rose)" | |
99 | depends on AX25 | |
954b2e7f | 100 | help |
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101 | The Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) is a way to route packets over X.25 |
102 | connections in general and amateur radio AX.25 connections in | |
103 | particular, essentially an alternative to NET/ROM. | |
104 | ||
105 | A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio | |
106 | users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is | |
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107 | contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from |
108 | <http://www.linux-ax25.org>. You also might want to check out the | |
109 | file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about | |
110 | digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at | |
631dd1a8 | 111 | <http://www.tapr.org/>. |
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112 | |
113 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | |
114 | module will be called rose. | |
115 | ||
1da177e4 | 116 | menu "AX.25 network device drivers" |
954b2e7f | 117 | depends on HAMRADIO && AX25 |
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118 | |
119 | source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig" | |
120 | ||
121 | endmenu |