1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 2# 3# Unix Domain Sockets 4# 5 6config UNIX 7 bool "Unix domain sockets" 8 help 9 If you say Y here, you will include support for Unix domain sockets; 10 sockets are the standard Unix mechanism for establishing and 11 accessing network connections. Many commonly used programs such as 12 the X Window system and syslog use these sockets even if your 13 machine is not connected to any network. Unless you are working on 14 an embedded system or something similar, you therefore definitely 15 want to say Y here. 16 17 Say Y unless you know what you are doing. 18 19config AF_UNIX_OOB 20 bool "UNIX: out-of-bound messages" 21 depends on UNIX 22 default y 23 help 24 Support for MSG_OOB in UNIX domain sockets. If unsure, say Y. 25 26config UNIX_DIAG 27 tristate "UNIX: socket monitoring interface" 28 depends on UNIX 29 default n 30 help 31 Support for UNIX socket monitoring interface used by the ss tool. 32 If unsure, say Y. 33