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2 | # Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP) network device configuration | |
3 | # | |
4 | ||
5 | config PLIP | |
6 | tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" | |
7 | depends on PARPORT | |
8 | ---help--- | |
9 | PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a | |
10 | reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) | |
11 | local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to | |
12 | install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a | |
13 | CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies | |
14 | first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option | |
15 | enabled for this to work. | |
16 | ||
17 | The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel | |
18 | ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected | |
19 | with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 | |
20 | bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on | |
21 | bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a | |
22 | time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in | |
23 | <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to | |
24 | 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows | |
25 | and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet | |
26 | driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) | |
27 | and winsock or NCSA's telnet. | |
28 | ||
29 | If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well | |
30 | as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from | |
31 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP | |
32 | protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together | |
33 | with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges | |
34 | your kernel by about 8 KB. | |
35 | ||
36 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module | |
37 | will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy | |
38 | a laptop later. |