From 57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:04:01 -0300 Subject: Initial import --- drivers/net/plip/Kconfig | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drivers/net/plip/Kconfig (limited to 'drivers/net/plip/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/net/plip/Kconfig b/drivers/net/plip/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000..80c4a3373 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/net/plip/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# +# Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) network device configuration +# + +config PLIP + tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" + depends on PARPORT + ---help--- + PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a + reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) + local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to + install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a + CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies + first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option + enabled for this to work. + + The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel + ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected + with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 + bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on + bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a + time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in + . The cables can be up to + 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows + and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet + driver () + and winsock or NCSA's telnet. + + If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well + as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from + . Note that the PLIP + protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together + with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges + your kernel by about 8 KB. + + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module + will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy + a laptop later. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf