X-Git-Url: https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=arch%2Fum%2FKconfig.net;h=9e9a4aaa703d60d77dc04aa6e8433bd2592a1f95;hb=4708ac49305bbcd511600d4af71a4c6dca15af65;hp=14a04ebdeae9cbd02703f70556afed68b8a2a23c;hpb=0481990b758628e12f4b0a9e15094e70cefc7cd1;p=pandora-kernel.git diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.net b/arch/um/Kconfig.net index 14a04ebdeae9..9e9a4aaa703d 100644 --- a/arch/um/Kconfig.net +++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.net @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config UML_NET For more information, including explanations of the networking and sample configurations, see - . + . If you'd like to be able to enable networking in the User-Mode linux environment, say Y; otherwise say N. Note that you must @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ config UML_NET_ETHERTAP CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV configured as Y or M. For more information, see - That site + That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Ethertap networking. @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ config UML_NET_SLIP To use this, your host must support slip devices. For more information, see - . That site + . has examples of the UML command line to use to enable slip networking, and details of a few quirks with it. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config UML_NET_DAEMON networking daemon on the host. For more information, see - That site + That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Daemon networking. @@ -108,6 +108,28 @@ config UML_NET_DAEMON more than one without conflict. If you don't need UML networking, say N. +config UML_NET_VDE + bool "VDE transport" + depends on UML_NET + help + This User-Mode Linux network transport allows one or more running + UMLs on a single host to communicate with each other and also + with the rest of the world using Virtual Distributed Ethernet, + an improved fork of uml_switch. + + You must have libvdeplug installed in order to build the vde + transport into UML. + + To use this form of networking, you will need to run vde_switch + on the host. + + For more information, see + That site has a good overview of what VDE is and also examples + of the UML command line to use to enable VDE networking. + + If you need UML networking with VDE, + say Y. + config UML_NET_MCAST bool "Multicast transport" depends on UML_NET @@ -122,7 +144,7 @@ config UML_NET_MCAST To use this, your host kernel(s) must support IP Multicasting. For more information, see - That site + That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Multicast networking, and notes about the security of this approach. @@ -143,7 +165,7 @@ config UML_NET_PCAP installed in order to build the pcap transport into UML. For more information, see - That site + That site has examples of the UML command line to use to enable this option. If you intend to use UML as a network monitor for the host, say