help entries for CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} ?

help entries for CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} ?

[Adrian Bunk]

Hi Harald,

both kernel 2.4 and 2.6 contain the CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} 
options but lack help texts for these options. Could you (or someone 
else) provide help texts?

TIA
Adrian

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Re: help entries for CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} ?

[Harald Welte]

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On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:49:17AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Hi Harald,
> 
> both kernel 2.4 and 2.6 contain the CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} 
> options but lack help texts for these options. Could you (or someone 
> else) provide help texts?

Sure, please see the attached help texts below. 

David, please apply at your convenience.

--- linux-2.6.0-old/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig	2003-10-25 20:44:33.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.0/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig	2004-01-13 00:58:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -529,10 +529,23 @@
 
 config IP_NF_ARPTABLES
 	tristate "ARP tables support"
+	help
+	  arptables is a general, extensible packet identification framework.
+	  The ARP packet filtering and mangling (manipulation)subsystems
+	  use this: say Y or M here if you want to use either of those.
+
+	  To compile it as a module, choose M here.  If unsure, say N.
 
 config IP_NF_ARPFILTER
 	tristate "ARP packet filtering"
 	depends on IP_NF_ARPTABLES
+	help
+	  ARP packet filtering defines a table `filter', which has a series of
+	  rules for simple ARP packet filtering at local input and
+	  local output.  On a bridge, you can also specify filtering rules
+	  for forwarded ARP packets. See the man page for arptables(8).
+
+	  To compile it as a module, choose M here.  If unsure, say N.
 
 config IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE
 	tristate "ARP payload mangling"


--- linux-2.4.24/Documentation/Configure.help	2003-11-28 19:26:19.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.4.24-help/Documentation/Configure.help	2004-01-13 01:05:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -3235,11 +3235,32 @@
   If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
   <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  If unsure, say `N'.
 
+ARP tables support
+CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES
+  arptables is a general, extensible packet identification framework.
+  The ARP packet filtering and mangling (manipulation)subsystems
+  use this: say Y or M here if you want to use either of those.
+
+  If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
+  <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  If unsure, say `N'.
+
+ARP packet filtering
+CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPFILTER
+  ARP packet filtering defines a table `filter', which has a series of
+  rules for simple ARP packet filtering at local input and
+  local output.  See the man page for arptables(8).
+
+  If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
+  <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  If unsure, say `N'.
+
 ARP payload mangling
 CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP_MANGLE
   Allows altering the ARP packet payload: source and destination
   hardware and network addresses.
 
+  If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
+  <file:Documentation/modules.txt>.  If unsure, say `N'.
+
 TCP Explicit Congestion Notification support
 CONFIG_INET_ECN
   Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) allows routers to notify

> TIA
> Adrian

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Re: help entries for CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} ?

[Adrian Bunk]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:06:58AM +0100, Harald Welte wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:49:17AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Hi Harald,
> > 
> > both kernel 2.4 and 2.6 contain the CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} 
> > options but lack help texts for these options. Could you (or someone 
> > else) provide help texts?
> 
> Sure, please see the attached help texts below. 
>...

Thanks a lot!

cu
Adrian

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Re: help entries for CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} ?

[David S. Miller]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:06:58 +0100
Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 03:49:17AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Hi Harald,
> > 
> > both kernel 2.4 and 2.6 contain the CONFIG_IP_NF_ARP{TABLES,FILTER} 
> > options but lack help texts for these options. Could you (or someone 
> > else) provide help texts?
> 
> Sure, please see the attached help texts below. 
> 
> David, please apply at your convenience.

Applied to both 2.4.x and 2.6.x, thanks Harald.