Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:20:43 +1100 (EST) | From | Neale Banks <> | Subject | [PATCH 2.2] DHCP-client-related options in Configure.help |
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Appended patch against 2.2.24-rc1 updates Documentation/Configure.help re options which are required to support DHCP client.
Thanks, Neale.
--- linux-2.2.24-rc1/Documentation/Configure.help Sat Nov 30 05:05:55 2002 +++ linux-2.2.24-rc1-ntb0/Documentation/Configure.help Sat Dec 21 19:02:23 2002 @@ -1364,7 +1364,9 @@ certain types of data to get through the socket. Linux Socket Filtering works on all socket types except TCP for now. See the text file linux/Documentation/networking/filter.txt for more information. - If unsure, say N. + If unsure, say N unless the host may be using DHCP to configure its + own address (the DHCP client requires this and 'Packet socket') - in + that case say Y. Network firewalls CONFIG_FIREWALL @@ -4152,6 +4154,7 @@ module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. You will need to add 'alias net-pf-17 af_packet' to your /etc/conf.modules file for the module version to function automatically. If unsure, say Y. + Note that DHCP client requires this and 'Socket filtering'. Kernel/User network link driver CONFIG_NETLINK - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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