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diff --git a/net/ipx/Kconfig b/net/ipx/Kconfig
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 #
 # IPX configuration
 #
+config IPX
+        tristate "The IPX protocol"
+        select LLC
+        ---help---
+          This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly
+          used for local networks of Windows machines.  You need it if you
+          want to access Novell NetWare file or print servers using the Linux
+          Novell client ncpfs (available from
+          <ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/linux/ncpfs/>) or from
+          within the Linux DOS emulator DOSEMU (read the DOSEMU-HOWTO,
+          available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>).  In order
+          to do the former, you'll also have to say Y to "NCP file system
+          support", below.
+
+          IPX is similar in scope to IP, while SPX, which runs on top of IPX,
+          is similar to TCP. There is also experimental support for SPX in
+          Linux (see "SPX networking", below).
+
+          To turn your Linux box into a fully featured NetWare file server and
+          IPX router, say Y here and fetch either lwared from
+          <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/daemons/> or
+          mars_nwe from <ftp://www.compu-art.de/mars_nwe/>. For more
+          information, read the IPX-HOWTO available from
+          <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
+
+          General information about how to connect Linux, Windows machines and
+          Macs is on the WWW at <http://www.eats.com/linux_mac_win.html>.
+
+          The IPX driver would enlarge your kernel by about 16 KB. To compile
+          this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipx.
+          Unless you want to integrate your Linux box with a local Novell
+          network, say N.
+
 config IPX_INTERN
         bool "IPX: Full internal IPX network"
         depends on IPX