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| -rw-r--r-- | networking/Config.in | 25 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in index 26b427084..406b99163 100644 --- a/networking/Config.in +++ b/networking/Config.in @@ -176,14 +176,31 @@ config CONFIG_IFUPDOWN bool "ifupdown" default n help - Activate or deactivate the specified interface. - + Activate or deactivate the specified interfaces. This applet makes + use of either "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command to actually + configure network interfaces. Therefore, you will probably also want + to enable either CONFIG_IFCONFIG and CONFIG_ROUTE, or enable + CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP and the various CONFIG_IP options. Of + course you could use non-busybox versions of these programs, so + against my better judgement (since this will surely result in plenty + of support questions on the mailing list), I do not force you to + enable these additional options. It is up to you to supply either + "ifconfig" and "route" or the "ip" command, either via busybox or via + standalone utilities. + +# I really should force these to be enabled +# && CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_LINK && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE +# but then people could not use the full-blown iproute2 program... config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP bool " Use ip applet" default n - depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN && CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_LINK && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE + depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN help - Use "ip" in "ifupdown". + Use the iproute "ip" command to implement "ifupdown". You will + probably want to also enable CONFIG_IP, CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS, + CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_LINK, and CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE. Of course + if you wanted to use the full-blown iproute2 program you could + leave the the busybox CONFIG_IP* options disabled. config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV4 bool " Enable support for IPv4" |