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| author | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2000-03-13 20:55:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2000-03-13 20:55:15 +0000 |
| commit | 1471f525455788c20b130690e0f104df451aeb43 (patch) | |
| tree | 3778beba56558beb9a9548ea5b467e9c44ea966f /Documentation/networking/decnet.txt | |
| parent | e80d2c5456d30ebba5b0eb8a9d33e17d815d4d83 (diff) | |
Merge with Linux 2.3.51.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/decnet.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt index 2ceceecb6..e09832dca 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/decnet.txt @@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ Be sure to turn on the following options: if you want to try out router support (not properly debugged yet) you'll need the following options as well... - CONFIG_DECNET_RAW (to receive routing packets) CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTER (to be able to add/delete routes) CONFIG_NETLINK (to allow rtnetlink) CONFIG_RTNETLINK (for communication with the kernel routing layer) + CONFIG_NETFILTER (will be required for the DECnet routing daemon) 3) Command line options @@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ a reduced functionality. If you want to configure a DECnet router you'll need the iproute2 package since its the _only_ way to add and delete routes currently. Eventually there will be a routing daemon to send and receive routing messages for -each interface and update the kernel routing tables accordingly. +each interface and update the kernel routing tables accordingly. The +routing daemon will use netfilter to listen to routing packets, and +rtnetlink to update the kernels routing tables. + +The DECnet raw socket layer has been removed since it was there purely +for use by the routing daemon which will now use netfilter (a much cleaner +and more generic solution) instead. 5) How can I tell if its working ? |