[PATCH]: vlan config help

Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com)
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 23:21:44 -0700


This should make VLAN configuration slightly more clear...

diff -u -r -N -X /home/greear/exclude.list linux/Documentation/Configure.help linux.dev/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Dec 21 10:41:53 2001
+++ linux.dev/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Dec 21 20:47:52 2001
@@ -24237,6 +24237,16 @@
would like kernel messages to be formatted into GDB $O packets so
that GDB prints them as program output, say 'Y'.

+802.1Q VLAN Support
+CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q
+ 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 firewalling, bridging, and of course
+ IP traffic. You will need the 'vconfig' tool from the VLAN project in
+ order to effectively use VLANs. See the VLAN web page for more
+ information: http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html If unsure,
+ you can safely say 'N'.
+
#
# A couple of things I keep forgetting:
# capitalize: AppleTalk, Ethernet, DOS, DMA, FAT, FTP, Internet,

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