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1*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann#
3*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann# Appletalk configuration
4*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann#
5*1dab4713SArnd Bergmannconfig ATALK
6*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	tristate "Appletalk protocol support"
7*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	select LLC
8*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	help
9*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
10*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  on a network.  If your Linux box is connected to such a network and you
11*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  wish to connect to it, say Y.  You will need to use the netatalk package
12*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  so that your Linux box can act as a print and file server for Macs as
13*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  well as access AppleTalk printers.  Check out
14*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  <http://www.zettabyte.net/netatalk/> on the WWW for details.
15*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  EtherTalk is the name used for AppleTalk over Ethernet and the
16*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  cheaper and slower LocalTalk is AppleTalk over a proprietary Apple
17*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  network using serial links.  EtherTalk and LocalTalk are fully
18*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  supported by Linux.
19*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann
20*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
21*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.  The
22*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  NET3-4-HOWTO, available from
23*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, contains valuable
24*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  information as well.
25*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann
26*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
27*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  called appletalk. You almost certainly want to compile it as a
28*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  module so you can restart your AppleTalk stack without rebooting
29*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  your machine. I hear that the GNU boycott of Apple is over, so
30*1dab4713SArnd Bergmann	  even politically correct people are allowed to say Y here.
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