From 3a6bc9d1470e1196923e95d0095e38a4b710e078 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcel Holtmann Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 13:41:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for configure options --- README | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 1cad5ab..989198c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -22,3 +22,104 @@ Configure automatically searches for all required components and packages. To compile and install run: make && make install + + +Configuration and options +========================= + +For a working system, certain configuration options need to be enabled: + + --enable-ethernet + + Enable support for Ethernet network cards + + --enable-wifi + + Enable support for WiFi devices (requires wpa_supplicant) + + + --enable-bluetooth + + Enable support for Bluetooth devices (requires BlueZ) + + --enable-ppp + + Enable PPP support for dialup connections (requires pppd) + + The location of the pppd binary is auto-detected, but it + can be overwritten via --with-pppd=. + + --enable-udhcp + + Enable DHCP client support for BusyBox based systems + + The location of the udhcpc binary is auto-detected, but it + can be overwritten via --with-udhcpc=. + + --enable-dhclient + + Enable DHCP client support for ISC dhclient based systems + + The location of the dhclient binary is auto-detected, but it + can be overwritten via --with-dhclient=. + + At least one DHCP client option should be selected. It is + possible to select both and then uDHCP will be tried first + before falling back to dhclient. + + --enable-dnsproxy + + Enable DNS proxy support for /etc/resolv.conf abstraction + + The best solution for multiple connections and proper DNS + handling is a DNS proxy server. This binds a DNS proxy + server to port 53 on the loopback interface (127.0.0.1). + + The /etc/resolv.conf file needs a "nameserver 127.0.0.1" + entry, but can now set the immutable bit or be on a read-only + filesystem. No further modification to that file will be made. + + It is important that this is not used together with other + DNS proxy solution like dnsmasq. + + --enable-resolvconf + + Enable resolvconf support for Debian/Ubuntu based systems + + The resolvconf package from Debian can be used to handle + configuration of the /etc/resolv.conf file. + + It is safe to select this option even when resolvconf is not + installed. A missing resolvconf will be detected and in that + case it falls back to modifying /etc/resolv.conf directly. + + The location of the resolvconf binary is auto-detected, but it + can be overwritten via --with-resolvconf=. + + --enable-loopback + + Enable setup of loopback device + + For distributions with a really minimal init system and no + networking scripts this can take care of setting up the + loopback device and enabling it. + + It is safe to select this option even if networking scripts + are in place. It detects an already configured loopback + device and leaves it as it is. + + --enable-udev + + Enable device detection support via udev + + Network devices are by default detected via the builtin RTNL + functionality. This allows to detect TTY based modem devices + via udev. + + --enable-polkit + + Enable support for PolicyKit authorization + + This allows to check every D-Bus access against a security + policy and so restrict access to certain functionality. + -- 2.7.4