Re: finding modules in "make menuconfig"

[Nathan Barham <nathan@sleepygeek.com>]

Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 13:39 GMT, David Selby penned:
>
> > 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" ?


I think CONFIG_PACKET is what you are looking for.  In my config for a 
2.4.18-14 kernel, It's under Networking Options .... Packet Socket.


Here is the help text.


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 
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.

Hope that helps

-Nathan