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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2000-05-12 21:05:59 +0000
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2000-05-12 21:05:59 +0000
commitba2dacab305c598cd4c34a604f8e276bf5bab5ff (patch)
tree78670a0139bf4d5ace617b29b7eba82bbc74d602 /Documentation/Configure.help
parentb77bf69998121e689c5e86cc5630d39a0a9ee6ca (diff)
Merge with Linux 2.3.99-pre7 and various other bits.
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@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ limit match support
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_LIMIT
limit matching allows you to control the rate at which a rule can be
matched: mainly useful in combination with the LOG target ("LOG
- target support", below).
+ target support", below) and to avoid some Denial of Service attacks.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say `N'.
@@ -6686,6 +6686,14 @@ CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP
Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a
module; it is called bsd_comp.o and will show up in the directory
modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N.
+
+PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)
+CONFIG_PPPOE
+ Support for PPP over Ethernet.
+
+ This driver requires a specially patched pppd daemon. The patch to
+ pppd, along with binaries of a patched pppd package can be found at:
+ http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows
Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)
CONFIG_NET_RADIO
@@ -9850,7 +9858,7 @@ CONFIG_USB_MDC800
Say Y here if you want to connect this type of still camera to
your computer's USB port. This driver can be used with gphoto 0.4.3
and higher (look at http://www.gphoto.org ).
- To use it create a device node with "mknod /dev/mustek c 10 171" and
+ To use it create a device node with "mknod /dev/mustek c 180 32" and
configure it in your software.
This code is also available as a module ( = code which can be
@@ -10314,6 +10322,15 @@ CONFIG_DEVFS_FS
If unsure, say N.
+Enable automatic mounting at boot
+CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT
+ This option appears if you have CONFIG_DEVFS_FS enabled. Setting
+ this to 'Y' will make the kernel automatically mount devfs onto /dev
+ when the system is booted, before the init thread is started.
+ You can override this with the "devfs=nomount" boot option.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
Debug devfs
CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG
If you say Y here, then the /dev file system code will generate
@@ -10444,6 +10461,8 @@ CONFIG_NTFS_RW
damaged. Also, make sure to run chkdsk from within Microsoft
Windows NT after having performed any writes to a NTFS partition
from Linux to detect any problems as early as possible.
+ Please note that write support is limited to Windows NT4 and
+ earlier versions.
If unsure, say N.