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@@ -1477,10 +1477,6 @@
   Chances are that you should say Y here if you compile a kernel which
   will run as a router and N for regular hosts. If unsure, say N.
  
-Network packet filtering debugging
-CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG
-  Say Y to make sure packets aren't leaking.
-
 SYN flood protection
 CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
   Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as "SYN
@@ -1496,7 +1492,7 @@
   is no need for the legitimate users to change their TCP/IP software;
   SYN cookies work transparently to them. For technical information
   about SYN cookies, check out
-  ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/pub/docs/syncookies-archive .
+  ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/syncookies.html .
 
   If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
   likely to have been forged by the attacker; it is only reported as
@@ -4085,6 +4081,16 @@
   Documentation/scsi.txt. The module will be called sg.o. If unsure,
   say N.
 
+Debug new queueing code for SCSI
+CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG_QUEUES
+  This option turns on a lot of additional consistency checking for the new
+  queueing code.   This will adversely affect performance, but it is likely
+  that bugs will be caught sooner if this is turned on.   This will typically
+  cause the kernel to panic if an error is detected, but it would have probably
+  crashed if the panic weren't there.   Comments/questions/problems to
+  linux-scsi mailing list please.  See http://www.andante.org/scsi_queue.html
+  for more uptodate information.
+
 Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device
 CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN
   If you have a SCSI device that supports more than one LUN (Logical
@@ -8311,6 +8317,10 @@
   MSDOS floppies. You will need a program called umssync in order to
   make use of umsdos; read Documentation/filesystems/umsdos.txt. 
 
+  To get utilities for initializing/checking UMSDOS filesystem, or
+  latest patches and/or information, visit UMSDOS homepage at
+  http://www.voyager.hr/~mnalis/umsdos/ .
+
   This option enlarges your kernel by about 28 KB and it only works if
   you said Y to both "fat fs support" and "msdos fs support" above. If
   you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be inserted
@@ -8389,33 +8399,34 @@
   
   Most people say N here. 
 
-NFS server support (EXPERIMENTAL)
+NFS server support
 CONFIG_NFSD
-  If you want your Linux box to act as a NFS *server*, so that other
+  If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
   computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain
   directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can
   use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you
-  should say N here, or you can say Y and use this new experimental
-  kernel based NFS server. The advantage of the kernel based solution
-  is that it is faster; it might not be completely stable yet, though.
+  should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS
+  server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is
+  faster.
 
   In either case, you will need support software; the respective
   locations are given in the file Documentation/Changes in the NFS
   section.
 
   Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from
-  http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html#howto .
+  http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/NFS-HOWTO.html .
+
 
   The NFS server is also available as a module ( = code which can be
   inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
   The module is called nfsd.o. If you want to compile it as a module,
   say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say N.
 
-Emulate SUN NFS server
-CONFIG_NFSD_SUN
-  If you would like for the server to allow clients to access
-  directories that are mount points on the local filesystem (this is
-  how nfsd behaves on Sun systems), say Y here. If unsure, say N.
+Provide NFSv3 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)
+CONFIG_NFSD_V3
+  If you would like to include the NFSv3 server was well as the NFSv2
+  server, say Y here.  File locking, via the NLMv4 protocol, is not
+  supported yet. If unsure, say N.
 
 OS/2 HPFS filesystem support
 CONFIG_HPFS_FS

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