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PATCH Applied Ben Greear 2 participants 2 messages Dec 24, 2001 – Jan 12, 2002 Documentation

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PATCH 1/1 : vlan config help

This should make VLAN configuration slightly more clear...

Documentation/Configure.help +10 -0
diff -u -r -N -X /home/greear/exclude.list linux/Documentation/Configure.help linux.dev/Documentation/Configure.help
@@ -24237,6 +24237,16 @@
   would like kernel messages to be formatted into GDB $O packets so
   that GDB prints them as program output, say 'Y'.
 
+802.1Q VLAN Support
+CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q
+  Select this and you will be able to create 802.1Q VLAN interfaces on your
+  ethernet interfaces.  802.1Q VLAN supports almost everything a regular
+  ethernet interface does, including firewalling, bridging, and of course
+  IP traffic.  You will need the 'vconfig' tool from the VLAN project in
+  order to effectively use VLANs.  See the VLAN web page for more
+  information:  http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html  If unsure,
+  you can safely say 'N'.
+
 #
 # A couple of things I keep forgetting:
 #   capitalize: AppleTalk, Ethernet, DOS, DMA, FAT, FTP, Internet,
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Ben Greear <[email protected]>       <Ben_Greear AT excite.com>
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From: Ben Greear <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 23:21:44 -0700

--- linux/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Dec 21 10:41:53 2001
+++ linux.dev/Documentation/Configure.help Fri Dec 21 20:47:52 2001

Applied, thanks.