2 # Appletalk driver configuration
5 tristate "Appletalk protocol support"
8 AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
9 on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
10 wish to connect to it, say Y. You will need to use the netatalk package
11 so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
12 well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
13 <http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
14 EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
15 cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
16 network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
19 General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
20 Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. The
21 NET3-4-HOWTO, available from
22 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
25 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
26 called appletalk. You almost certainly want to compile it as a
27 module so you can restart your AppleTalk stack without rebooting
28 your machine. I hear that the GNU boycott of Apple is over, so
29 even politically correct people are allowed to say Y here.
32 tristate "Appletalk interfaces support"
35 AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
36 on a network. If your Linux box is connected to such a network, and wish
37 to do IP over it, or you have a LocalTalk card and wish to use it to
38 connect to the AppleTalk network, say Y.
42 tristate "Apple/Farallon LocalTalk PC support"
43 depends on DEV_APPLETALK && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API
45 This allows you to use the AppleTalk PC card to connect to LocalTalk
46 networks. The card is also known as the Farallon PhoneNet PC card.
47 If you are in doubt, this card is the one with the 65C02 chip on it.
48 You also need version 1.3.3 or later of the netatalk package.
49 This driver is experimental, which means that it may not work.
50 See the file <file:Documentation/networking/ltpc.txt>.
53 tristate "COPS LocalTalk PC support"
54 depends on DEV_APPLETALK && (ISA || EISA)
56 This allows you to use COPS AppleTalk cards to connect to LocalTalk
57 networks. You also need version 1.3.3 or later of the netatalk
58 package. This driver is experimental, which means that it may not
59 work. This driver will only work if you choose "AppleTalk DDP"
60 networking support, above.
61 Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/cops.txt>.
64 bool "Dayna firmware support"
67 Support COPS compatible cards with Dayna style firmware (Dayna
68 DL2000/ Daynatalk/PC (half length), COPS LT-95, Farallon PhoneNET PC
69 III, Farallon PhoneNET PC II).
72 bool "Tangent firmware support"
75 Support COPS compatible cards with Tangent style firmware (Tangent
76 ATB_II, Novell NL-1000, Daystar Digital LT-200.
79 tristate "Appletalk-IP driver support"
80 depends on DEV_APPLETALK && ATALK
82 This allows IP networking for users who only have AppleTalk
83 networking available. This feature is experimental. With this
84 driver, you can encapsulate IP inside AppleTalk (e.g. if your Linux
85 box is stuck on an AppleTalk only network) or decapsulate (e.g. if
86 you want your Linux box to act as an Internet gateway for a zoo of
87 AppleTalk connected Macs). Please see the file
88 <file:Documentation/networking/ipddp.txt> for more information.
90 If you say Y here, the AppleTalk-IP support will be compiled into
91 the kernel. In this case, you can either use encapsulation or
92 decapsulation, but not both. With the following two questions, you
93 decide which one you want.
95 To compile the AppleTalk-IP support as a module, choose M here: the
96 module will be called ipddp.
97 In this case, you will be able to use both encapsulation and
98 decapsulation simultaneously, by loading two copies of the module
99 and specifying different values for the module option ipddp_mode.
102 bool "IP to Appletalk-IP Encapsulation support"
105 If you say Y here, the AppleTalk-IP code will be able to encapsulate
106 IP packets inside AppleTalk frames; this is useful if your Linux box
107 is stuck on an AppleTalk network (which hopefully contains a
108 decapsulator somewhere). Please see
109 <file:Documentation/networking/ipddp.txt> for more information. If
110 you said Y to "AppleTalk-IP driver support" above and you say Y
111 here, then you cannot say Y to "AppleTalk-IP to IP Decapsulation
115 bool "Appletalk-IP to IP Decapsulation support"
118 If you say Y here, the AppleTalk-IP code will be able to decapsulate
119 AppleTalk-IP frames to IP packets; this is useful if you want your
120 Linux box to act as an Internet gateway for an AppleTalk network.
121 Please see <file:Documentation/networking/ipddp.txt> for more
122 information. If you said Y to "AppleTalk-IP driver support" above
123 and you say Y here, then you cannot say Y to "IP to AppleTalk-IP
124 Encapsulation support", above.