[NET] AX.25 Kconfig and docs updates and fixes

 o The AX.25 Howto is unmaintained since several years.  I've replaced it
   with a wiki at http://www.linux-ax25.org which provides more uptodate
   information.
 o Change default for AX25_DAMA_SLAVE to Y.  AX25_DAMA_SLAVE only compiles
   in support for DAMA but doesn't activate it.  I hope this gets Linux
   distributions to ship their AX.25 kernels with AX25_DAMA_SLAVE enabled.
   The price for this would be very small.
 o Delete historic changelog from comments, that's what SCM systems are
   meant to do.
 o ---help--- in Kconfig looks so yellingly eye insulting.  Use just help.
 o Rewrite the commented out piece of old Linux 2.4 configuration language
   to Kconfig for consistency.
 o Fixup dependencies.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt b/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt
index 37c25b0925f03d9244724ba62f8252d7215145ef..8257dbf9be5729aa419d91844e54f1a08c15e6dc 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ax25.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 To use the amateur radio protocols within Linux you will need to get a
-suitable copy of the AX.25 Utilities. More detailed information about these
-and associated programs can be found on http://zone.pspt.fi/~jsn/.
-
-For more information about the AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE protocol stacks, see
-the AX25-HOWTO written by Terry Dawson <terry@perf.no.itg.telstra.com.au>
-who is also the AX.25 Utilities maintainer.
+suitable copy of the AX.25 Utilities. More detailed information about
+AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE, associated programs and and utilities can be
+found on http://www.linux-ax25.org.
 
 There is an active mailing list for discussing Linux amateur radio matters
-called linux-hams. To subscribe to it, send a message to
+called linux-hams@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe to it, send a message to
 majordomo@vger.kernel.org with the words "subscribe linux-hams" in the body
-of the message, the subject field is ignored.
-
-Jonathan G4KLX
-
-g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk
+of the message, the subject field is ignored.  You don't need to be
+subscribed to post but of course that means you might miss an answer.

diff --git a/net/ax25/Kconfig b/net/ax25/Kconfig
index a8993a041724b9f3d2671e72805c54134cf937cc..43dd86fca4d3d0cd558d6bce78793e6113a2604e 100644 (file)
--- a/net/ax25/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ax25/Kconfig
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
 #
 # Amateur Radio protocols and AX.25 device configuration
 #
-# 19971130     Now in an own category to make correct compilation of the
-#              AX.25 stuff easier...
-#              Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@yaina.de>
-# 19980129     Moved to net/ax25/Config.in, sourcing device drivers.
 
 menuconfig HAMRADIO
        depends on NET
        bool "Amateur Radio support"
        help
          If you want to connect your Linux box to an amateur radio, answer Y
-         here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html> and
-         the AX25-HOWTO, available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
+         here. You want to read <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>
+         and more specifically about AX.25 on Linux
+         <http://www.linux-ax25.org/>.
 
          Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
          kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
          the questions about amateur radio.
 
 comment "Packet Radio protocols"
-       depends on HAMRADIO && NET
+       depends on HAMRADIO
 
 config AX25
        tristate "Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 protocol"
-       depends on HAMRADIO && NET
-       ---help---
+       depends on HAMRADIO
+       help
          This is the protocol used for computer communication over amateur
          radio. It is either used by itself for point-to-point links, or to
          carry other protocols such as tcp/ip. To use it, you need a device
@@ -52,6 +49,7 @@ config AX25
 
 config AX25_DAMA_SLAVE
        bool "AX.25 DAMA Slave support"
+       default y
        depends on AX25
        help
          DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25
@@ -59,23 +57,38 @@ config AX25_DAMA_SLAVE
          from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves.
          If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA slave; this is
          transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA
-         configuration. (Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server.) If unsure,
-         say N.
+         configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server.  This option
+         only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel.  It still needs to
+         be enabled at runtime.  For more about DAMA see
+         <http://www.linux-ax25.org>.  If unsure, say Y.
+
+# placeholder until implemented
+config AX25_DAMA_MASTER
+       bool 'AX.25 DAMA Master support'
+       depends on AX25_DAMA_SLAVE && BROKEN
+       help
+         DAMA is a mechanism to prevent collisions when doing AX.25
+         networking. A DAMA server (called "master") accepts incoming traffic
+         from clients (called "slaves") and redistributes it to other slaves.
+         If you say Y here, your Linux box will act as a DAMA master; this is
+         transparent in that you don't have to do any special DAMA
+         configuration. Linux cannot yet act as a DAMA server.  This option
+         only compiles DAMA slave support into the kernel.  It still needs to
+         be explicitly enabled, so if unsure, say Y.
 
-#       bool '    AX.25 DAMA Master support' CONFIG_AX25_DAMA_MASTER
 config NETROM
        tristate "Amateur Radio NET/ROM protocol"
        depends on AX25
-       ---help---
+       help
          NET/ROM is a network layer protocol on top of AX.25 useful for
          routing.
 
          A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio
          users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is
-         contained in the AX25-HOWTO, available from
-         <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You also might want to
-         check out the file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More
-         information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
+         contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from
+         <http://www.linux-ax25.org>. You also might want to check out the
+         file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about
+         digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
          <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>.
 
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
@@ -84,27 +97,25 @@ config NETROM
 config ROSE
        tristate "Amateur Radio X.25 PLP (Rose)"
        depends on AX25
-       ---help---
+       help
          The Packet Layer Protocol (PLP) is a way to route packets over X.25
          connections in general and amateur radio AX.25 connections in
          particular, essentially an alternative to NET/ROM.
 
          A comprehensive listing of all the software for Linux amateur radio
          users as well as information about how to configure an AX.25 port is
-         contained in the AX25-HOWTO, available from
-         <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.  You also might want to
-         check out the file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More
-         information about digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
+         contained in the Linux Ham Wiki, available from
+         <http://www.linux-ax25.org>.  You also might want to check out the
+         file <file:Documentation/networking/ax25.txt>. More information about
+         digital amateur radio in general is on the WWW at
          <http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/pkthome.html>.
 
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
          module will be called rose.
 
-
 menu "AX.25 network device drivers"
-       depends on HAMRADIO && NET && AX25!=n
+       depends on HAMRADIO && AX25
 
 source "drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
-