--- Documentation/Configure.help Thu Apr 2 20:03:46 1998
+++ Documentation/Configure.new Sat Apr 4 11:18:20 1998
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@
here. Everyone else says N. People having problems with NCSA telnet
should see the file linux/Documentation/networking/ncsa-telnet.
-Reverse ARP
+Reverse ARP Server
CONFIG_INET_RARP
Since you asked: if there are (usually diskless or portable)
machines on your local network that know their hardware Ethernet
@@ -5197,7 +5197,8 @@
out the netboot package, available via ftp (user: anonymous) from
sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/system/boot/ethernet/, extract with
"tar xzvf filename", and say Y to "Root file system on NFS" below),
- then you cannot compile this driver as a module. If you don't know
+ then you cannot compile this driver as a module. You must also say
+ Y to "IP: kernel level autoconfiguration" above. If you don't know
what all this is about, say N.
Root file system on NFS
@@ -5225,29 +5226,6 @@
nfsd.o. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say N.
-BOOTP support
-CONFIG_RNFS_BOOTP
- If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root filesystem from
- some other computer over the net via NFS and you want the IP address
- of your computer to be discovered automatically at boot time using
- the BOOTP protocol (a special protocol designed for doing this job),
- say Y here. In case the boot ROM of your network card was designed
- for booting Linux and does BOOTP itself, providing all necessary
- information on the kernel command line, you can say N here. If
- unsure, say Y. Note that in case you want to use BOOTP, a BOOTP
- server must be operating on your network. Read
- Documentation/nfsroot.txt for details.
-
-RARP support
-CONFIG_RNFS_RARP
- If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root filesystem from
- some other computer over the net via NFS and you want the IP address
- of your computer to be discovered automatically at boot time using
- the RARP protocol (an older protocol which is being obsoleted by
- BOOTP and DHCP), say Y here. Note that in case you want to use RARP,
- a RARP server must be operating on your network. Read
- Documentation/nfsroot.txt for details.
-
OS/2 HPFS filesystem support (read only)
CONFIG_HPFS_FS
OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
@@ -5296,7 +5274,7 @@
WordPerfect. It's in tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/BETA). If you only
intend to mount files from some other Unix over the network using
NFS, you don't need the System V filesystem support (but you need
- nfs filesystem support obviously). Note that this option is
+ NFS filesystem support obviously). Note that this option is
generally not needed for floppies, since a good portable way to
transport files and directories between unixes (and even other
operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or
@@ -5414,7 +5392,7 @@
ADFS filesystem support (read only) (EXPERIMENTAL)
CONFIG_ADFS_FS
Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard filesystem of the Risc OS
- operating system which runs on Acorn's StrongARM Risc PC computers.
+ operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM based Risc PC computers.
If you say Y here, Linux will be able to read from ADFS partitions
on hard drives and from ADFS-formatted floppy disks. This code is
also available as a module called adfs.o ( = code which can be
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