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authorJochen Frieling <j.frieling@pengutronix.de>2012-06-22 12:22:44 +0200
committerMichael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>2012-07-03 17:40:29 +0200
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Signed-off-by: Jochen Frieling <j.frieling@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>
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@@ -32,15 +32,21 @@ config IPROUTE2_ARPD
config IPROUTE2_CTSTAT
bool
prompt "ctstat"
+ help
+ The connection status utility. Maybe linked to lnstat.
config IPROUTE2_GENL
bool
prompt "genl"
+ help
+ Generic Netlink
config IPROUTE2_IP
bool
depends on !BUSYBOX_IP || ALLYES
prompt "ip"
+ help
+ The main tool. Well known as in "ip addr" or "ip route".
comment "busybox' ip is selected"
depends on BUSYBOX_IP
@@ -48,49 +54,81 @@ comment "busybox' ip is selected"
config IPROUTE2_IFCFG
bool
prompt "ifcfg"
+ help
+ ifcfg is a script wrapping ip, written as replacement for
+ ifconfig.
+ Needs arping and rdisk programs from the iputils package.
config IPROUTE2_IFSTAT
bool
prompt "ifstat"
+ help
+ handy utility to read net interface statistics
config IPROUTE2_LNSTAT
bool
prompt "lnstat"
+ help
+ lnstat is a generalized and more feature-complete replacement
+ for the old rtstat program. In addition to routing cache
+ statistics, it supports any kind of statistics the linux
+ kernel exports via a file in /proc/net/stat/.
config IPROUTE2_NSTAT
bool
prompt "nstat"
+ help
+ handy utility to read counters /proc/net/netstat and snmp
config IPROUTE2_ROUTEF
bool
prompt "routef"
+ help
+ Component of ip route for flushing the routing tables
config IPROUTE2_ROUTEL
bool
prompt "routel"
+ help
+ Component of ip route for listing the routing tables
config IPROUTE2_RTACCT
bool
prompt "rtacct"
+ help
+ Used to display the contents of /proc/net/rt_acct
config IPROUTE2_RTMON
bool
prompt "rtmon"
+ help
+ Route monitoring
config IPROUTE2_RTPR
bool
prompt "rtpr"
+ help
+ A tool to make the output of "ip -o" readable
config IPROUTE2_RTSTAT
bool
prompt "rtstat"
+ help
+ Route status utility, maybe linked to lnstat.
config IPROUTE2_SS
bool
prompt "ss"
+ help
+ ss is used to dump socket statistics. It allows showing
+ information similar to netstat. It can display more TCP
+ and state informations than other tools.
config IPROUTE2_TC
bool
prompt "tc"
+ help
+ In Quality Of Service (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS)
+ scenarios used for traffic controlling
endif