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-rw-r--r--networking/Config.in72
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index 4c5cb8526..d53dddcc1 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
bool "Enable IPv6 support"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Enable IPv6 support to busybox. This makes applets that talk IP
+ able to work with IPv6.
config CONFIG_ARPING
bool "arping"
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Allow "keepalive" and "outfill" support for SLIP. If you're not
+ planning on using serial lines, leave this unchecked.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
bool " Enable options \"mem_start\", \"io_addr\", and \"irq\""
@@ -167,7 +169,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Setting this will make ifconfig attempt to find the broadcast
+ automatically if the value '+' is used.
config CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
bool "ifupdown"
@@ -180,28 +183,29 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN && CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_LINK && CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Use "ip" in "ifupdown".
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV4
bool " Enable support for IPv4"
default y
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If you want busybox to talk IPv4, leave this on.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPV6
bool " Enable support for IPv6"
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If you need support for IPv6, turn this option on.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IPX
bool " Enable support for IPX"
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If this option is selected you can use busybox to work with IPX
+ networks.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_MAPPING
bool " Enable mapping support"
@@ -257,7 +261,9 @@ config CONFIG_IP
bool "ip"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ The "ip" applet is a TCP/IP interface configuration and routing
+ utility. You generally don't need "ip" to use busybox with
+ TCP/IP.
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS
@@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ if ! (CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPADDR)
default y
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Address manipulation support for the "ip" applet.
endif
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPLINK)
default y
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Configure network devices with "ip".
endif
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE
@@ -298,7 +304,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPROUTE)
default y
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add support for routing table management to "ip".
endif
if CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@ if !(CONFIG_IP && CONFIG_IPTUNNEL)
default n
depends on CONFIG_IP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add support for tunneling commands to "ip".
endif
config CONFIG_IPCALC
@@ -327,31 +333,31 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
default y
depends on CONFIG_IPCALC
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Adds the fields hostname and silent to the output of "ipcalc".
config CONFIG_IPADDR
bool "ipaddr"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting address support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_IPLINK
bool "iplink"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting link support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_IPROUTE
bool "iproute"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting route support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_IPTUNNEL
bool "iptunnel"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Equivalent to selecting tunnel support to "ip", above.
config CONFIG_NAMEIF
bool "nameif"
@@ -384,7 +390,7 @@ config CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
bool "nslookup"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Nslookup is a tool to query Internet name servers.
config CONFIG_PING
bool "ping"
@@ -398,21 +404,23 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
default y
depends on CONFIG_PING
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Make the output from the ping applet include statistics, and at the
+ same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
config CONFIG_PING6
bool "ping6"
default n
depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ This will give you a ping that can talk IPv6.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING6
bool " Enable fancy ping6 output"
default y
depends on CONFIG_PING6
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Make the output from the ping6 applet include statistics, and at the
+ same time provide full support for ICMP packets.
config CONFIG_ROUTE
bool "route"
@@ -424,27 +432,34 @@ config CONFIG_TELNET
bool "telnet"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Telnet is an interface to the TELNET protocol, but is also commonly
+ used to test other simple protocols.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNET_TTYPE
bool " Pass TERM type to remote host"
default y
depends on CONFIG_TELNET
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Setting this option will forward the TERM environment variable to the
+ remote host you are connecting to. This is useful to make sure that
+ things like ANSI colors and other control sequences behave.
config CONFIG_TELNETD
bool "telnetd"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ A daemon for the TELNET protocol, allowing you to log on to the host
+ running the daemon. Please keep in mind that the TELNET protocol
+ sends passwords in plain text. If you can't afford the space for
+ any SSH daemon and you trust your network, say 'y' here.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TELNETD_INETD
bool " Support call from inetd only"
default n
depends on CONFIG_TELNETD
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Selecting this will make telnetd only callable from inetd, removing the
+ standalone support.
config CONFIG_TFTP
bool "tftp"
@@ -482,7 +497,9 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_DEBUG
default n
depends on CONFIG_TFTP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Enable debug settings for tftp. This is useful if you're running
+ into problems with tftp as the protocol doesn't help you much when
+ you run into problems.
config CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
bool "traceroute"
@@ -495,7 +512,8 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
default n
depends on CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add some verbosity to traceroute. This includes amongst other things
+ hostnames and ICMP response types.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_SO_DEBUG
bool " Enable SO_DEBUG option"