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| menu "UML Network Devices" |
| depends on NET |
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| # UML virtual driver |
| config UML_NET |
| bool "Virtual network device" |
| help |
| While the User-Mode port cannot directly talk to any physical |
| hardware devices, this choice and the following transport options |
| provide one or more virtual network devices through which the UML |
| kernels can talk to each other, the host, and with the host's help, |
| machines on the outside world. |
| |
| For more information, including explanations of the networking and |
| sample configurations, see |
| <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html>. |
| |
| If you'd like to be able to enable networking in the User-Mode |
| linux environment, say Y; otherwise say N. Note that you must |
| enable at least one of the following transport options to actually |
| make use of UML networking. |
| |
| config UML_NET_ETHERTAP |
| bool "Ethertap transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| The Ethertap User-Mode Linux network transport allows a single |
| running UML to exchange packets with its host over one of the |
| host's Ethertap devices, such as /dev/tap0. Additional running |
| UMLs can use additional Ethertap devices, one per running UML. |
| While the UML believes it's on a (multi-device, broadcast) virtual |
| Ethernet network, it's in fact communicating over a point-to-point |
| link with the host. |
| |
| To use this, your host kernel must have support for Ethertap |
| devices. Also, if your host kernel is 2.4.x, it must have |
| CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV configured as Y or M. |
| |
| For more information, see |
| <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site |
| has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Ethertap |
| networking. |
| |
| If you'd like to set up an IP network with the host and/or the |
| outside world, say Y to this, the Daemon Transport and/or the |
| Slip Transport. You'll need at least one of them, but may choose |
| more than one without conflict. If you don't need UML networking, |
| say N. |
| |
| config UML_NET_TUNTAP |
| bool "TUN/TAP transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| The UML TUN/TAP network transport allows a UML instance to exchange |
| packets with the host over a TUN/TAP device. This option will only |
| work with a 2.4 host, unless you've applied the TUN/TAP patch to |
| your 2.2 host kernel. |
| |
| To use this transport, your host kernel must have support for TUN/TAP |
| devices, either built-in or as a module. |
| |
| config UML_NET_SLIP |
| bool "SLIP transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| The slip User-Mode Linux network transport allows a running UML to |
| network with its host over a point-to-point link. Unlike Ethertap, |
| which can carry any Ethernet frame (and hence even non-IP packets), |
| the slip transport can only carry IP packets. |
| |
| To use this, your host must support slip devices. |
| |
| For more information, see |
| <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html>. |
| has examples of the UML command line to use to enable slip |
| networking, and details of a few quirks with it. |
| |
| The Ethertap Transport is preferred over slip because of its |
| limitations. If you prefer slip, however, say Y here. Otherwise |
| choose the Multicast transport (to network multiple UMLs on |
| multiple hosts), Ethertap (to network with the host and the |
| outside world), and/or the Daemon transport (to network multiple |
| UMLs on a single host). You may choose more than one without |
| conflict. If you don't need UML networking, say N. |
| |
| config UML_NET_DAEMON |
| bool "Daemon transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| This User-Mode Linux network transport allows one or more running |
| UMLs on a single host to communicate with each other, but not to |
| the host. |
| |
| To use this form of networking, you'll need to run the UML |
| networking daemon on the host. |
| |
| For more information, see |
| <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site |
| has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Daemon |
| networking. |
| |
| If you'd like to set up a network with other UMLs on a single host, |
| say Y. If you need a network between UMLs on multiple physical |
| hosts, choose the Multicast Transport. To set up a network with |
| the host and/or other IP machines, say Y to the Ethertap or Slip |
| transports. You'll need at least one of them, but may choose |
| more than one without conflict. If you don't need UML networking, |
| say N. |
| |
| config UML_NET_VDE |
| bool "VDE transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| This User-Mode Linux network transport allows one or more running |
| UMLs on a single host to communicate with each other and also |
| with the rest of the world using Virtual Distributed Ethernet, |
| an improved fork of uml_switch. |
| |
| You must have libvdeplug installed in order to build the vde |
| transport into UML. |
| |
| To use this form of networking, you will need to run vde_switch |
| on the host. |
| |
| For more information, see <http://wiki.virtualsquare.org/> |
| That site has a good overview of what VDE is and also examples |
| of the UML command line to use to enable VDE networking. |
| |
| If you need UML networking with VDE, |
| say Y. |
| |
| config UML_NET_MCAST |
| bool "Multicast transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| This Multicast User-Mode Linux network transport allows multiple |
| UMLs (even ones running on different host machines!) to talk to |
| each other over a virtual ethernet network. However, it requires |
| at least one UML with one of the other transports to act as a |
| bridge if any of them need to be able to talk to their hosts or any |
| other IP machines. |
| |
| To use this, your host kernel(s) must support IP Multicasting. |
| |
| For more information, see |
| <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site |
| has examples of the UML command line to use to enable Multicast |
| networking, and notes about the security of this approach. |
| |
| If you need UMLs on multiple physical hosts to communicate as if |
| they shared an Ethernet network, say Y. If you need to communicate |
| with other IP machines, make sure you select one of the other |
| transports (possibly in addition to Multicast; they're not |
| exclusive). If you don't need to network UMLs say N to each of |
| the transports. |
| |
| config UML_NET_PCAP |
| bool "pcap transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| The pcap transport makes a pcap packet stream on the host look |
| like an ethernet device inside UML. This is useful for making |
| UML act as a network monitor for the host. You must have libcap |
| installed in order to build the pcap transport into UML. |
| |
| For more information, see |
| <http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/networking.html> That site |
| has examples of the UML command line to use to enable this option. |
| |
| If you intend to use UML as a network monitor for the host, say |
| Y here. Otherwise, say N. |
| |
| config UML_NET_SLIRP |
| bool "SLiRP transport" |
| depends on UML_NET |
| help |
| The SLiRP User-Mode Linux network transport allows a running UML |
| to network by invoking a program that can handle SLIP encapsulated |
| packets. This is commonly (but not limited to) the application |
| known as SLiRP, a program that can re-socket IP packets back onto |
| the host on which it is run. Only IP packets are supported, |
| unlike other network transports that can handle all Ethernet |
| frames. In general, slirp allows the UML the same IP connectivity |
| to the outside world that the host user is permitted, and unlike |
| other transports, SLiRP works without the need of root level |
| privleges, setuid binaries, or SLIP devices on the host. This |
| also means not every type of connection is possible, but most |
| situations can be accommodated with carefully crafted slirp |
| commands that can be passed along as part of the network device's |
| setup string. The effect of this transport on the UML is similar |
| that of a host behind a firewall that masquerades all network |
| connections passing through it (but is less secure). |
| |
| To use this you should first have slirp compiled somewhere |
| accessible on the host, and have read its documentation. If you |
| don't need UML networking, say N. |
| |
| Startup example: "eth0=slirp,FE:FD:01:02:03:04,/usr/local/bin/slirp" |
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| endmenu |
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