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  1. #
  2. # SLIP network device configuration
  3. #
  4. config SLIP
  5. tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
  6. depends on TTY
  7. ---help---
  8. Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
  9. connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
  10. other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
  11. Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
  12. Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
  13. serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
  14. nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
  15. purpose.
  16. Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
  17. to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
  18. around (available from
  19. <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
  20. allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
  21. you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
  22. NET-3-HOWTO, available from
  23. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
  24. configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
  25. want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
  26. Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
  27. some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
  28. <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
  29. support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
  30. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
  31. will be called slip.
  32. config SLHC
  33. tristate
  34. ---help---
  35. This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
  36. routines.
  37. if SLIP
  38. config SLIP_COMPRESSED
  39. bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
  40. depends on SLIP
  41. select SLHC
  42. ---help---
  43. This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
  44. TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
  45. on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
  46. answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
  47. you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
  48. <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
  49. allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
  50. definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
  51. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
  52. CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
  53. config SLIP_SMART
  54. bool "Keepalive and linefill"
  55. depends on SLIP
  56. ---help---
  57. Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
  58. RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
  59. analogue lines.
  60. config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
  61. bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
  62. depends on SLIP
  63. ---help---
  64. Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
  65. networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
  66. bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
  67. "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
  68. the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
  69. end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
  70. over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
  71. endif # SLIP