Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # Amateur Radio protocols and AX.25 device configuration |
| 3 | # |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | |
| 5 | menuconfig HAMRADIO |
| 6 | depends on NET |
| 7 | bool "Amateur Radio support" |
| 8 | help |
| 9 | If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 10 | here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html> |
| 11 | and more specifically about AX.25 on Linux |
| 12 | <http://www.linux-ax25.org/>. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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" |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 19 | depends on HAMRADIO |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | |
| 21 | config AX25 |
| 22 | tristate "Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 protocol" |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 23 | depends on HAMRADIO |
| 24 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |
| 45 | <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>. |
| 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" |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 52 | default y |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 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. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 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. |
| 78 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | config NETROM |
| 80 | tristate "Amateur Radio NET/ROM protocol" |
| 81 | depends on AX25 |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 82 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 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 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>. |
| 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 |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 100 | help |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 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 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>. |
| 112 | |
| 113 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 114 | module will be called rose. |
| 115 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | menu "AX.25 network device drivers" |
Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 117 | depends on HAMRADIO && AX25 |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 118 | |
| 119 | source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig" |
| 120 | |
| 121 | endmenu |