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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2009-06-07 22:57:53 +0200
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2009-06-14 14:26:29 +0200
commitb9530fd6c3f057bda258c8e2631ad1a25959f4a2 (patch)
tree509bc37394a27822b0a98b940f38d4c0401a4a6a /drivers/firewire/Kconfig
parentc76acec6d55107b652a37c90b36c00bc8b04dabb (diff)
firewire: net: add Kconfig item, rename driver
The driver is now called firewire-net. It might implement the transport of other networking protocols in the future, notably IPv6 per RFC 3146. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
index 45090243820..d6b1721e52a 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firewire/Kconfig
@@ -77,3 +77,15 @@ config FIREWIRE_SBP2
You should also enable support for disks, CD-ROMs, etc. in the SCSI
configuration section.
+
+config FIREWIRE_NET
+ tristate "IP networking over 1394"
+ depends on FIREWIRE && INET
+ help
+ This enables IPv4 over IEEE 1394, providing IP connectivity with
+ other implementations of RFC 2734 as found on several operating
+ systems. Multicast support is currently limited.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, say M here: The module will be
+ called firewire-net. It replaces eth1394 of the classic IEEE 1394
+ stack.