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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/Kconfig | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig index 00aba08f01a9..b45b240889f5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig @@ -240,6 +240,16 @@ config VIRTIO_NET This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. +config NLMON + tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device" + ---help--- + This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The + purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets. + Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink + messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further + diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support + to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N. + endif # NET_CORE config SUNGEM_PHY |