On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 01:39:05PM +0000, David Selby wrote:
Given a modules name, is there an easy way to locate it in "make
menuconfig" without searching through & making educated guesses ?
I am trying to locate information on
af_packet ... which has sprung up in /etc/modules ... what does it do ?
ip_conntrack_ftp ... where is it in "make menuconfig" ?
If I can find them in "make menuconfig" I can view their help files &
switch them on/off.
Any suggestions
Dave
You can inspect the "make menuconfig" help files directly in the
kernel-source directory. Reading the description of interest should then
point you to the right place in "make menuconfig" so you can confortably
make changes if you wish.
For 2.4.22 kernels, the help file is Documentation/Configure.help:
$ fgrep -C 10 af_packet Documentation/Configure.help
...
Packet socket
CONFIG_PACKET
The Packet protocol is used by applications which communicate
directly with network devices without an intermediate network
protocol implemented in the kernel, e.g. tcpdump. If you want
them to work, choose Y.
This driver is also available as a module called af_packet.o ( = code
which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever
you want). If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>; if you use modprobe or kmod, you may
also want to add "alias net-pf-17 af_packet" to /etc/modules.conf.
If unsure, say Y.
...
$ fgrep -C 10 ip_conntrack_ftp Documentation/Configure.help
...
Helper match support
CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_HELPER
Helper matching allows you to match packets in dynamic connections
tracked by a conntrack-helper, ie. ip_conntrack_ftp
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say `Y'.
...
For the 2.6.0-test9 kernel, the help files are distributed. Find what
you're looking for with something like:
$ fgrep af_packet `find . -name "Kconfig" -print`
Graeme