| 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 | 
| Martin Schwidefsky | 9556fb7 | 2007-05-10 15:45:58 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | depends on NET && !S390 | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | bool "Amateur Radio support" | 
|  | 8 | help | 
|  | 9 | If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y | 
| Justin P. Mattock | 631dd1a | 2010-10-18 11:03:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 10 | here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/> | 
| Ralf Baechle | 954b2e7 | 2007-03-24 12:54:26 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | 
| Justin P. Mattock | 631dd1a | 2010-10-18 11:03:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | <http://www.tapr.org/>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | 
| Justin P. Mattock | 631dd1a | 2010-10-18 11:03:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | <http://www.tapr.org/>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | 
| Justin P. Mattock | 631dd1a | 2010-10-18 11:03:14 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | <http://www.tapr.org/>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |