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authorEric Andersen2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000
committerEric Andersen2003-07-14 19:37:08 +0000
commite5642119ee566520a098027746808dd6b9226d99 (patch)
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Patch from Thomas Cameron:
Hello all, This patch adds more "Help" text to the config system. Almost all applets now have a help entry. Also, I cleaned up the spacing of the existing text so that things are consistent. This patch is against this morning's CVS. Thomas Cameron CEI Systems, Inc.
Diffstat (limited to 'networking/Config.in')
-rw-r--r--networking/Config.in50
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index 2b2de28..4c5cb85 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ config CONFIG_HOSTNAME
bool "hostname"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Show or set the system's host name
config CONFIG_HTTPD
bool "httpd"
@@ -128,14 +128,15 @@ config CONFIG_IFCONFIG
bool "ifconfig"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_STATUS
bool " Enable status reporting output (+7k)"
default y
depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ If ifconfig is called with no arguments it will display the status
+ of the currently active interfaces.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
bool " Enable slip-specific options \"keepalive\" and \"outfill\""
@@ -149,14 +150,17 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
default n
depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Allow the start address for shared memory, start address for I/O,
+ and/or the interrupt line used by the specified device.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW
bool " Enable option \"hw\" (ether only)"
default y
depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver
+ supports this operation. Currently, we only support the 'ether'
+ class.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
bool " Set the broadcast automatically"
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ config CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
bool "ifupdown"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Activate or deactivate the specified interface.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
bool " Use ip applet"
@@ -315,7 +319,8 @@ config CONFIG_IPCALC
bool "ipcalc"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ ipcalc takes an IP address and netmask and calculates the
+ resulting broadcast, network, and host range.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
bool " Fancy IPCALC, more options, adds 300 bytes"
@@ -366,13 +371,14 @@ config CONFIG_NC
bool "nc"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network
+ connections.
config CONFIG_NETSTAT
bool "netstat"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Netstat prints information about the Linux networking subsystem.
config CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
bool "nslookup"
@@ -384,7 +390,8 @@ config CONFIG_PING
bool "ping"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Ping uses the ICMP protocol's mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to
+ elicit an ICMP ECHO_RESPONSE from a host or gateway.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
bool " Enable fancy ping output"
@@ -411,7 +418,7 @@ config CONFIG_ROUTE
bool "route"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Route displays or manipulates the kernel's IP routing tables.
config CONFIG_TELNET
bool "telnet"
@@ -443,28 +450,32 @@ config CONFIG_TFTP
bool "tftp"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ This enables the Tirvial File Transfer Protocol client program. TFTP
+ is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image
+ for a network-enabled bootloader.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_GET
bool " Enable \"get\" command"
default y
depends on CONFIG_TFTP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client. This allows
+ a client to retreive a file from a TFTP server.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_PUT
bool " Enable \"put\" command"
default y
depends on CONFIG_TFTP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client. This allows
+ a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
bool " Enable \"blocksize\" command"
default n
depends on CONFIG_TFTP
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Allow the client to specify the desired block size for transfers.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_DEBUG
bool " Enable debug"
@@ -477,7 +488,7 @@ config CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
bool "traceroute"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Utility to trace the route of IP packets
config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
bool " Enable verbose output"
@@ -503,21 +514,22 @@ config CONFIG_WGET
bool "wget"
default n
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Wget is a utility for non-interactive download of files from HTTP,
+ HTTPS, and FTP servers.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR
bool " Enable a nifty process meter (+2k)"
default y
depends on CONFIG_WGET
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Enable the transfer progress bar for wget transfers.
config CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_AUTHENTICATION
bool " Enable HTTP authentication"
default y
depends on CONFIG_WGET
help
- Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+ Support authenticated HTTP transfers.
source networking/udhcp/Config.in