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Diffstat (limited to 'net')
47 files changed, 317 insertions, 317 deletions
diff --git a/net/6lowpan/Kconfig b/net/6lowpan/Kconfig index 4c1f4c0aa58a..d8fc459492b0 100644 --- a/net/6lowpan/Kconfig +++ b/net/6lowpan/Kconfig @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ menuconfig 6LOWPAN tristate "6LoWPAN Support" depends on IPV6 - ---help--- + help This enables IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Network - "6LoWPAN" which is supported by IEEE 802.15.4 or Bluetooth stacks. @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config 6LOWPAN_DEBUGFS bool "6LoWPAN debugfs support" depends on 6LOWPAN depends on DEBUG_FS - ---help--- + help This enables 6LoWPAN debugfs support. For example to manipulate IPHC context information at runtime. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ menuconfig 6LOWPAN_NHC tristate "Next Header and Generic Header Compression Support" depends on 6LOWPAN default y - ---help--- + help Support for next header and generic header compression defined in RFC6282 and RFC7400. @@ -27,78 +27,78 @@ if 6LOWPAN_NHC config 6LOWPAN_NHC_DEST tristate "Destination Options Header Support" default y - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 Destination Options Header compression according to RFC6282. config 6LOWPAN_NHC_FRAGMENT tristate "Fragment Header Support" default y - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 Fragment Header compression according to RFC6282. config 6LOWPAN_NHC_HOP tristate "Hop-by-Hop Options Header Support" default y - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Options Header compression according to RFC6282. config 6LOWPAN_NHC_IPV6 tristate "IPv6 Header Support" default y - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 Header compression according to RFC6282. config 6LOWPAN_NHC_MOBILITY tristate "Mobility Header Support" default y - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 Mobility Header compression according to RFC6282. config 6LOWPAN_NHC_ROUTING tristate "Routing Header Support" default y - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 Routing Header compression according to RFC6282. config 6LOWPAN_NHC_UDP tristate "UDP Header Support" default y - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 UDP Header compression according to RFC6282. config 6LOWPAN_GHC_EXT_HDR_HOP tristate "GHC Hop-by-Hop Options Header Support" - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 Hop-by-Hop option generic header compression according to RFC7400. config 6LOWPAN_GHC_UDP tristate "GHC UDP Support" - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 UDP generic header compression according to RFC7400. config 6LOWPAN_GHC_ICMPV6 tristate "GHC ICMPv6 Support" - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 ICMPv6 generic header compression according to RFC7400. config 6LOWPAN_GHC_EXT_HDR_DEST tristate "GHC Destination Options Header Support" - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 destination option generic header compression according to RFC7400. config 6LOWPAN_GHC_EXT_HDR_FRAG tristate "GHC Fragmentation Options Header Support" - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 fragmentation option generic header compression according to RFC7400. config 6LOWPAN_GHC_EXT_HDR_ROUTE tristate "GHC Routing Options Header Support" - ---help--- + help 6LoWPAN IPv6 routing option generic header compression according to RFC7400. diff --git a/net/8021q/Kconfig b/net/8021q/Kconfig index 5510b4b90ff0..8bf7a1765b78 100644 --- a/net/8021q/Kconfig +++ b/net/8021q/Kconfig @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config VLAN_8021Q tristate "802.1Q/802.1ad VLAN Support" - ---help--- + help Select this and you will be able to create 802.1Q VLAN interfaces on your Ethernet interfaces. 802.1Q VLAN supports almost everything a regular Ethernet interface does, including diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig index 5c524c6ee75d..d1672280d6a4 100644 --- a/net/Kconfig +++ b/net/Kconfig @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ menuconfig NET select NLATTR select GENERIC_NET_UTILS select BPF - ---help--- + help Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here. The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even when running on a stand-alone machine that isn't connected to any @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ source "net/xdp/Kconfig" config INET bool "TCP/IP networking" - ---help--- + help These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING menuconfig NETFILTER bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)" - ---help--- + help Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets that pass through your Linux box. @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ config BRIDGE_NETFILTER depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE select SKB_EXTENSIONS - ---help--- + help Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably want this option enabled. @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ config CGROUP_NET_PRIO bool "Network priority cgroup" depends on CGROUPS select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA - ---help--- + help Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on a per-interface basis. @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID bool "Network classid cgroup" depends on CGROUPS select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA - ---help--- + help Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching. @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ config BPF_JIT bool "enable BPF Just In Time compiler" depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT depends on MODULES - ---help--- + help Berkeley Packet Filter filtering capabilities are normally handled by an interpreter. This option allows kernel to generate a native code when filter is loaded in memory. This should speedup @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ config BPF_STREAM_PARSER depends on CGROUP_BPF select STREAM_PARSER select NET_SOCK_MSG - ---help--- + help Enabling this allows a stream parser to be used with BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP. @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ config NET_FLOW_LIMIT bool depends on RPS default y - ---help--- + help The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ menu "Network testing" config NET_PKTGEN tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)" depends on INET && PROC_FS - ---help--- + help This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable rate, out of a given interface. It is used for network interface stress testing and performance analysis. If you don't understand @@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ config NET_PKTGEN config NET_DROP_MONITOR tristate "Network packet drop alerting service" depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS - ---help--- + help This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the event that packets are discarded in the network stack. Alerts are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ source "net/ife/Kconfig" config LWTUNNEL bool "Network light weight tunnels" - ---help--- + help This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ config LWTUNNEL_BPF bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action" depends on LWTUNNEL && INET default y if LWTUNNEL=y - ---help--- + help Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route lookup for incoming and outgoing packets. diff --git a/net/atm/Kconfig b/net/atm/Kconfig index e61dcc9f85b2..77343d57ff2a 100644 --- a/net/atm/Kconfig +++ b/net/atm/Kconfig @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config ATM tristate "Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)" - ---help--- + help ATM is a high-speed networking technology for Local Area Networks and Wide Area Networks. It uses a fixed packet size and is connection oriented, allowing for the negotiation of minimum diff --git a/net/bridge/Kconfig b/net/bridge/Kconfig index 51a6414145d2..80879196560c 100644 --- a/net/bridge/Kconfig +++ b/net/bridge/Kconfig @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config BRIDGE select LLC select STP depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n - ---help--- + help If you say Y here, then your Linux box will be able to act as an Ethernet bridge, which means that the different Ethernet segments it is connected to will appear as one Ethernet to the participants. @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING depends on BRIDGE depends on INET default y - ---help--- + help If you say Y here, then the Ethernet bridge will be able selectively forward multicast traffic based on IGMP/MLD traffic received from each port. @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ config BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING depends on BRIDGE depends on VLAN_8021Q default n - ---help--- + help If you say Y here, then the Ethernet bridge will be able selectively receive and forward traffic based on VLAN information in the packet any VLAN information configured on the bridge port or bridge device. diff --git a/net/caif/Kconfig b/net/caif/Kconfig index b7532a79ca7a..87205251cc25 100644 --- a/net/caif/Kconfig +++ b/net/caif/Kconfig @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ menuconfig CAIF tristate "CAIF support" select CRC_CCITT default n - ---help--- + help The "Communication CPU to Application CPU Interface" (CAIF) is a packet based connection-oriented MUX protocol developed by ST-Ericsson for use with its modems. It is accessed from user space as sockets (PF_CAIF). @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config CAIF_DEBUG bool "Enable Debug" depends on CAIF default n - ---help--- + help Enable the inclusion of debug code in the CAIF stack. Be aware that doing this will impact performance. If unsure say N. @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ config CAIF_NETDEV tristate "CAIF GPRS Network device" depends on CAIF default CAIF - ---help--- + help Say Y if you will be using a CAIF based GPRS network device. This can be either built-in or a loadable module. If you select to build it as a built-in then the main CAIF device must @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ config CAIF_USB tristate "CAIF USB support" depends on CAIF default n - ---help--- + help Say Y if you are using CAIF over USB CDC NCM. This can be either built-in or a loadable module. If you select to build it as a built-in then the main CAIF device must diff --git a/net/can/Kconfig b/net/can/Kconfig index d77042752457..25436a715db3 100644 --- a/net/can/Kconfig +++ b/net/can/Kconfig @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ menuconfig CAN depends on NET tristate "CAN bus subsystem support" - ---help--- + help Controller Area Network (CAN) is a slow (up to 1Mbit/s) serial communications protocol. Development of the CAN bus started in 1983 at Robert Bosch GmbH, and the protocol was officially @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if CAN config CAN_RAW tristate "Raw CAN Protocol (raw access with CAN-ID filtering)" default y - ---help--- + help The raw CAN protocol option offers access to the CAN bus via the BSD socket API. You probably want to use the raw socket in most cases where no higher level protocol is being used. The raw @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ config CAN_RAW config CAN_BCM tristate "Broadcast Manager CAN Protocol (with content filtering)" default y - ---help--- + help The Broadcast Manager offers content filtering, timeout monitoring, sending of RTR frames, and cyclic CAN messages without permanent user interaction. The BCM can be 'programmed' via the BSD socket API and @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ config CAN_BCM config CAN_GW tristate "CAN Gateway/Router (with netlink configuration)" default y - ---help--- + help The CAN Gateway/Router is used to route (and modify) CAN frames. It is based on the PF_CAN core infrastructure for msg filtering and msg sending and can optionally modify routed CAN frames on the fly. diff --git a/net/dcb/Kconfig b/net/dcb/Kconfig index 917e6e7b1cac..efee8b9fe1d4 100644 --- a/net/dcb/Kconfig +++ b/net/dcb/Kconfig @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ config DCB bool "Data Center Bridging support" default n - ---help--- + help This enables support for configuring Data Center Bridging (DCB) features on DCB capable Ethernet adapters via rtnetlink. Say 'Y' if you have a DCB capable Ethernet adapter which supports this diff --git a/net/dccp/Kconfig b/net/dccp/Kconfig index f7c7495677b0..51ac2631fb48 100644 --- a/net/dccp/Kconfig +++ b/net/dccp/Kconfig @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ menuconfig IP_DCCP tristate "The DCCP Protocol" depends on INET - ---help--- + help Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (RFC 4340) From http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4340.txt: @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ menu "DCCP Kernel Hacking" config IP_DCCP_DEBUG bool "DCCP debug messages" - ---help--- + help Only use this if you're hacking DCCP. When compiling DCCP as a module, this debugging output can be toggled diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/Kconfig b/net/dccp/ccids/Kconfig index 4a358e6847a8..4d7771f36eff 100644 --- a/net/dccp/ccids/Kconfig +++ b/net/dccp/ccids/Kconfig @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ menu "DCCP CCIDs Configuration" config IP_DCCP_CCID2_DEBUG bool "CCID-2 debugging messages" - ---help--- + help Enable CCID-2 specific debugging messages. The debugging output can additionally be toggled by setting the @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config IP_DCCP_CCID2_DEBUG config IP_DCCP_CCID3 bool "CCID-3 (TCP-Friendly)" def_bool y if (IP_DCCP = y || IP_DCCP = m) - ---help--- + help CCID-3 denotes TCP-Friendly Rate Control (TFRC), an equation-based rate-controlled congestion control mechanism. TFRC is designed to be reasonably fair when competing for bandwidth with TCP-like flows, @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config IP_DCCP_CCID3 config IP_DCCP_CCID3_DEBUG bool "CCID-3 debugging messages" depends on IP_DCCP_CCID3 - ---help--- + help Enable CCID-3 specific debugging messages. The debugging output can additionally be toggled by setting the diff --git a/net/decnet/Kconfig b/net/decnet/Kconfig index 8f98fb2f2ec9..24336bdb1054 100644 --- a/net/decnet/Kconfig +++ b/net/decnet/Kconfig @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # config DECNET tristate "DECnet Support" - ---help--- + help The DECnet networking protocol was used in many products made by Digital (now Compaq). It provides reliable stream and sequenced packet communications over which run a variety of services similar @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ config DECNET_ROUTER bool "DECnet: router support" depends on DECNET select FIB_RULES - ---help--- + help Add support for turning your DECnet Endnode into a level 1 or 2 router. This is an experimental, but functional option. If you do say Y here, then make sure that you also say Y to "Kernel/User diff --git a/net/dsa/Kconfig b/net/dsa/Kconfig index 739613070d07..d5bc6ac599ef 100644 --- a/net/dsa/Kconfig +++ b/net/dsa/Kconfig @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ menuconfig NET_DSA select NET_SWITCHDEV select PHYLINK select NET_DEVLINK - ---help--- + help Say Y if you want to enable support for the hardware switches supported by the Distributed Switch Architecture. diff --git a/net/hsr/Kconfig b/net/hsr/Kconfig index 9c58f8763997..8095b034e76e 100644 --- a/net/hsr/Kconfig +++ b/net/hsr/Kconfig @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config HSR tristate "High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR)" - ---help--- + help If you say Y here, then your Linux box will be able to act as a DANH ("Doubly attached node implementing HSR"). For this to work, your Linux box needs (at least) two physical Ethernet interfaces, diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/Kconfig b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/Kconfig index d1b4655a6d43..e808e4db2678 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/Kconfig +++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/Kconfig @@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ config IEEE802154_6LOWPAN tristate "6lowpan support over IEEE 802.15.4" depends on 6LOWPAN - ---help--- + help IPv6 compression over IEEE 802.15.4. diff --git a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig index 5dbbc2ca95b4..bcb05ba97686 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig +++ b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only menuconfig IEEE802154 tristate "IEEE Std 802.15.4 Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks support" - ---help--- + help IEEE Std 802.15.4 defines a low data rate, low power and low complexity short range wireless personal area networks. It was designed to organise networks of sensors, switches, etc automation @@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ if IEEE802154 config IEEE802154_NL802154_EXPERIMENTAL bool "IEEE 802.15.4 experimental netlink support" - ---help--- + help Adds experimental netlink support for nl802154. config IEEE802154_SOCKET tristate "IEEE 802.15.4 socket interface" default y - ---help--- + help Socket interface for IEEE 802.15.4. Contains DGRAM sockets interface for 802.15.4 dataframes. Also RAW socket interface to build MAC header from userspace. diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig index 23ba5045e3d3..6ecbb0ced177 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config IP_MULTICAST config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER bool "IP: advanced router" - ---help--- + help If you intend to run your Linux box mostly as a router, i.e. as a computer that forwards and redistributes network packets, say Y; you will then be presented with several options that allow more precise @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER config IP_FIB_TRIE_STATS bool "FIB TRIE statistics" depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER - ---help--- + help Keep track of statistics on structure of FIB TRIE table. Useful for testing and measuring TRIE performance. @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ config IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES bool "IP: policy routing" depends on IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER select FIB_RULES - ---help--- + help Normally, a router decides what to do with a received packet based solely on the packet's final destination address. If you say Y here, the Linux router will also be able to take the packet's source @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ config IP_PNP config IP_PNP_DHCP bool "IP: DHCP support" depends on IP_PNP - ---help--- + help If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ config IP_PNP_DHCP config IP_PNP_BOOTP bool "IP: BOOTP support" depends on IP_PNP - ---help--- + help If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ config NET_IPIP tristate "IP: tunneling" select INET_TUNNEL select NET_IP_TUNNEL - ---help--- + help Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ config IP_PIMSM_V2 config SYN_COOKIES bool "IP: TCP syncookie support" - ---help--- + help Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN flooding". This denial-of-service attack prevents legitimate remote users from being able to connect to your computer during an ongoing @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ config NET_IPVTI select INET_TUNNEL select NET_IP_TUNNEL select XFRM - ---help--- + help Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ config NET_FOU tristate "IP: Foo (IP protocols) over UDP" select XFRM select NET_UDP_TUNNEL - ---help--- + help Foo over UDP allows any IP protocol to |