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