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- menu "UML Network Devices"
- depends on NET
- # 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 && EXPERIMENTAL
- 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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