1 files changed, 31 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index 2b2de28ec..4c5cb8526 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ config CONFIG_HOSTNAME
         bool "hostname"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Show or set the system's host name
 
 config CONFIG_HTTPD
         bool "httpd"
@@ -128,14 +128,15 @@ config CONFIG_IFCONFIG
         bool "ifconfig"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_STATUS
         bool "  Enable status reporting output (+7k)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          If ifconfig is called with no arguments it will display the status
+          of the currently active interfaces.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP
         bool "  Enable slip-specific options \"keepalive\" and \"outfill\""
@@ -149,14 +150,17 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_MEMSTART_IOADDR_IRQ
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Allow the start address for shared memory, start address for I/O,
+          and/or the interrupt line used by the specified device.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_HW
         bool "  Enable option \"hw\" (ether only)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_IFCONFIG
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Set the hardware address of this interface, if the device driver
+          supports  this  operation.  Currently, we only support the 'ether'
+          class.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_BROADCAST_PLUS
         bool "  Set the broadcast automatically"
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ config CONFIG_IFUPDOWN
         bool "ifupdown"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Activate or deactivate the specified interface.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IFUPDOWN_IP
         bool "  Use ip applet"
@@ -315,7 +319,8 @@ config CONFIG_IPCALC
         bool "ipcalc"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          ipcalc takes an IP address and netmask and calculates the
+          resulting broadcast, network, and host range.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPCALC_FANCY
         bool "  Fancy IPCALC, more options, adds 300 bytes"
@@ -366,13 +371,14 @@ config CONFIG_NC
         bool "nc"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          A simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network
+          connections.
 
 config CONFIG_NETSTAT
         bool "netstat"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Netstat prints information about the Linux networking  subsystem.
 
 config CONFIG_NSLOOKUP
         bool "nslookup"
@@ -384,7 +390,8 @@ config CONFIG_PING
         bool "ping"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Ping uses the ICMP protocol's mandatory ECHO_REQUEST datagram to
+          elicit an ICMP ECHO_RESPONSE from a host or gateway.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING
         bool "  Enable fancy ping output"
@@ -411,7 +418,7 @@ config CONFIG_ROUTE
         bool "route"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Route displays or manipulates the kernel's IP routing tables.
 
 config CONFIG_TELNET
         bool "telnet"
@@ -443,28 +450,32 @@ config CONFIG_TFTP
         bool "tftp"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          This enables the Tirvial File Transfer Protocol client program.  TFTP
+          is usually used for simple, small transfers such as a root image
+          for a network-enabled bootloader.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_GET
         bool "  Enable \"get\" command"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TFTP
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Add support for the GET command within the TFTP client.  This allows
+          a client to retreive a file from a TFTP server.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_PUT
         bool "  Enable \"put\" command"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TFTP
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Add support for the PUT command within the TFTP client.  This allows
+          a client to transfer a file to a TFTP server.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
         bool "  Enable \"blocksize\" command"
         default n
         depends on CONFIG_TFTP
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Allow the client to specify the desired block size for transfers.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TFTP_DEBUG
         bool "  Enable debug"
@@ -477,7 +488,7 @@ config CONFIG_TRACEROUTE
         bool "traceroute"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Utility to trace the route of IP packets
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_TRACEROUTE_VERBOSE
         bool "  Enable verbose output"
@@ -503,21 +514,22 @@ config CONFIG_WGET
         bool "wget"
         default n
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Wget is a utility for non-interactive download of files from HTTP,
+          HTTPS, and FTP servers.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR
         bool "  Enable a nifty process meter (+2k)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_WGET
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Enable the transfer progress bar for wget transfers.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_AUTHENTICATION
         bool "  Enable HTTP authentication"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_WGET
         help
-          Please submit a patch to add help text for this item.
+          Support authenticated HTTP transfers.
 
 source networking/udhcp/Config.in