Axel,
The following patch to the help section for appletalk.o:
* Updates a reference URL to a permanent (non-employer dependent) location.
The old URL has been redirecting here for a while.
* Explains why you'd be crazy to not compile appletalk as a module.
I attempted to align the word wrapping to account for the difference in text
size.
-Bill
--- linux-2.4.0-test12/Documentation/Configure.help Mon Dec 18 12:56:47 2000
+++ linux/Documentation/Configure.help Mon Dec 18 13:05:49 2000
@@ -4138,11 +4138,10 @@
want to join the conversation, say Y. You will need to use the
netatalk package so that your Linux box can act as a print and file
server for Macs as well as access AppleTalk printers. Check out
- http://threepio.hitchcock.org/cgi-bin/faq/netatalk/faq.pl on the WWW
- for details. EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet
- and the cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary
- Apple network using serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
- supported by Linux.
+ http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/ on the WWW for details. EtherTalk
+ is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the cheaper and
+ slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple network using
+ serial links. EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully supported by Linux.
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
@@ -4153,8 +4152,10 @@
This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
The module is called appletalk.o. If you want to compile it as a
- module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. I hear that
- the GNU boycott of Apple is over, so even politically correct people
+ module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. You almost
+ certainly want to compile it as a module so you can restart your
+ AppleTalk stack without rebooting your machine. I hear that the
+ GNU boycott of Apple is over, so even politically correct people
are allowed to say Y here.
AppleTalk-IP driver support
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