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diff --git a/net/ipx/Kconfig b/net/ipx/Kconfig index a16237c0e783..980a826f5d02 100644 --- a/net/ipx/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipx/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,39 @@ # # IPX configuration # +config IPX + tristate "The IPX protocol" + select LLC + ---help--- + This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly + used for local networks of Windows machines. You need it if you + want to access Novell NetWare file or print servers using the Linux + Novell client ncpfs (available from + <ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/>) or from + within the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO, + available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>). In order + to do the former, you'll also have to say Y to "NCP file system + support", below. + + IPX is similar in scope to IP, while SPX, which runs on top of IPX, + is similar to TCP. There is also experimental support for SPX in + Linux (see "SPX networking", below). + + To turn your Linux box into a fully featured NetWare file server and + IPX router, say Y here and fetch either lwared from + <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/daemons/> or + mars_nwe from <ftp://www.compu-art.de/mars_nwe/>. For more + information, read the IPX-HOWTO available from + <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. + + General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and + Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>. + + The IPX driver would enlarge your kernel by about 16 KB. To compile + this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipx. + Unless you want to integrate your Linux box with a local Novell + network, say N. + config IPX_INTERN bool "IPX: Full internal IPX network" depends on IPX |