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1#
2# Network device configuration
3#
4
d1c0a65f 5menuconfig NETDEVICES
ce2d2aed 6 default y if UML
e0009820 7 depends on NET
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8 bool "Network device support"
9 ---help---
10 You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
11 any other computer at all.
12
13 You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
14 you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
15 telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
16 two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
17 AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
18
19 See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
20 Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
21
22 If unsure, say Y.
23
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24# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
25# that for each of the symbols.
26if NETDEVICES
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28config MII
29 tristate
30
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31config NET_CORE
32 default y
33 bool "Network core driver support"
253af423 34 ---help---
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35 You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
36 networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
37
38if NET_CORE
39
40config BONDING
41 tristate "Bonding driver support"
42 depends on INET
43 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
44 ---help---
45 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
46 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
47 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
48
49 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
50 performance and high availability operation.
51
52 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
53 information.
54
253af423 55 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
88491d81 56 will be called bonding.
253af423 57
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58config DUMMY
59 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
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60 ---help---
61 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
62 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
63 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
64 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
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65 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. It won't
66 enlarge your kernel. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
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67 Administrator's Guide, available from
68 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
69
70 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
9f486619 71 will be called dummy.
1da177e4 72
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73config EQUALIZER
74 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
1da177e4 75 ---help---
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76 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
77 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
78 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
79 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
80 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
81 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
82 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
1da177e4 83
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84 Say Y if you want this and read
85 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
86 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
87 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
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89 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
90 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
91
92config NET_FC
93 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
94 depends on SCSI && PCI
95 help
96 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
97 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
98 intended to replace SCSI.
99
100 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
101 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
102 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
103 "SCSI generic support".
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105config IFB
106 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
107 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
108 ---help---
109 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
110 resources.
1da177e4 111 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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112 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
113 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
114 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
115 'ifb1' etc.
116 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
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118source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
119
b863ceb7 120config MACVLAN
bd085b93 121 tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
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122 ---help---
123 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
124 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
125
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126 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
127 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
128
129 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
130
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131 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
132 will be called macvlan.
133
20d29d7a 134config MACVTAP
bd085b93 135 tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
20d29d7a 136 depends on MACVLAN
de11b0e8 137 depends on INET
9a393b5d 138 select TAP
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139 help
140 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
141 on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
142 can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
c7966b52 143 macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
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144
145 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
146 will be called macvtap.
147
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149config IPVLAN
150 tristate "IP-VLAN support"
265de6d1 151 depends on INET
cf714ac1 152 depends on NETFILTER
4fbae7d8 153 depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
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154 ---help---
155 This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
156 and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
157 on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
158 making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
159
160 Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
f4c2b7a0 161 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-3.19 release:
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163 "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
164
165 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
166 will be called ipvlan.
167
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168config IPVTAP
169 tristate "IP-VLAN based tap driver"
170 depends on IPVLAN
171 depends on INET
172 select TAP
173 ---help---
174 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
175 on the IP-VLAN network interface, called ipvtap. An ipvtap device
176 can be added in the same way as a ipvlan device, using 'type
177 ipvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
178
179 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
180 will be called ipvtap.
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d342894c 182config VXLAN
183 tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
c9b20a5e 184 depends on INET
3ee64f39 185 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
97e219b7 186 select GRO_CELLS
d342894c 187 ---help---
188 This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
189 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
190 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
191 For more information see:
192 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
193
194 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
195 will be called vxlan.
196
2d07dc79 197config GENEVE
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198 tristate "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation"
199 depends on INET && NET_UDP_TUNNEL
2d07dc79 200 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
97e219b7 201 select GRO_CELLS
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202 ---help---
203 This allows one to create geneve virtual interfaces that provide
204 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. GENEVE is often used
205 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
206 For more information see:
207 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-02
208
209 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
210 will be called geneve.
211
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212config GTP
213 tristate "GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U)"
214 depends on INET && NET_UDP_TUNNEL
215 select NET_IP_TUNNEL
216 ---help---
217 This allows one to create gtp virtual interfaces that provide
218 the GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U). This tunneling protocol
219 is used to prevent subscribers from accessing mobile carrier core
220 network infrastructure. This driver requires a userspace software that
221 implements the signaling protocol (GTP-C) to update its PDP context
222 base, such as OpenGGSN <http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/). This
223 tunneling protocol is implemented according to the GSM TS 09.60 and
224 3GPP TS 29.060 standards.
225
226 To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
227 wil be called gtp.
228
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229config MACSEC
230 tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
ab2ed017 231 select CRYPTO
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232 select CRYPTO_AES
233 select CRYPTO_GCM
97e219b7 234 select GRO_CELLS
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235 ---help---
236 MACsec is an encryption standard for Ethernet.
237
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238config NETCONSOLE
239 tristate "Network console logging support"
1da177e4 240 ---help---
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241 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
242 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
1da177e4 243
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244config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
245 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
246 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
247 !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
248 help
249 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
250 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
251 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
252 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
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254config NETPOLL
255 def_bool NETCONSOLE
83fe27ea 256 select SRCU
88491d81 257
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258config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
259 def_bool NETPOLL
260
548c237c 261config NTB_NETDEV
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262 tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB Transport"
263 depends on NTB_TRANSPORT
548c237c 264
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265config RIONET
266 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
267 depends on RAPIDIO
268
269config RIONET_TX_SIZE
270 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
271 depends on RIONET
272 default "128"
273
274config RIONET_RX_SIZE
275 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
276 depends on RIONET
277 default "128"
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279config TUN
280 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
de11b0e8 281 depends on INET
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282 select CRC32
283 ---help---
284 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
285 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
286 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
287 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
288 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
289
290 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
291 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
292 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
293 all routes corresponding to it.
294
295 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
296 information.
297
298 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
299 will be called tun.
300
301 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
302
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303config TAP
304 tristate
305 ---help---
306 This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
307 interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
308
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309config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
310 bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
311 default n
312 ---help---
313 This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
314 little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
315 big-endian legacy virtio device.
316
317 Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
318 and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
319
320 Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
321 machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
322
e314dbdc 323config VETH
6a9a0250 324 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
e314dbdc 325 ---help---
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326 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
327 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
328 versa.
e314dbdc 329
88491d81 330config VIRTIO_NET
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331 tristate "Virtio network driver"
332 depends on VIRTIO
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333 ---help---
334 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
ecda85e7 335 QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
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337config NLMON
338 tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
339 ---help---
340 This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
341 purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
342 Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
343 messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
344 diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
345 to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
346
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347config NET_VRF
348 tristate "Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Lite)"
35402e31 349 depends on IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
ee15ee5d 350 depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
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351 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
352 depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES || IPV6=n
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353 ---help---
354 This option enables the support for mapping interfaces into VRF's. The
355 support enables VRF devices.
356
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357config VSOCKMON
358 tristate "Virtual vsock monitoring device"
359 depends on VHOST_VSOCK
360 ---help---
361 This option enables a monitoring net device for vsock sockets. It is
362 mostly intended for developers or support to debug vsock issues. If
363 unsure, say N.
364
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365endif # NET_CORE
366
367config SUNGEM_PHY
368 tristate
369
370source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
371
372source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
373
374source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
375
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376source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
377
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378source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
379
380source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
381
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382source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
383
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384config NET_SB1000
385 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
cbcd2a4c 386 depends on PNP
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387 ---help---
388 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
389 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
390 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
391 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
392 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
393 provided by your regular phone modem.
394
395 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
396 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
397 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
398 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
399 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
400 found at:
401
402 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
403 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
404 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
405
406 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
407
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408source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
409
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410source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
411
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412source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
413
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414source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
415
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416source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
417
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418source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
419
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420source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
421
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422source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
423
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424source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
425
0739d643 426source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
427
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428config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
429 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
430 depends on XEN
7003087c 431 select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
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432 default y
433 help
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434 This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
435 devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
436 domain 0).
437
438 The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
439 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
440
441 If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
442 should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
443 M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
444
445config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
446 tristate "Xen backend network device"
447 depends on XEN_BACKEND
448 help
449 This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
450 domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
451 Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
452 system that implements a compatible front end.
453
454 The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
455 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
456
457 The backend driver presents a standard network device
458 endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
459 domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
460 etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
461
462 If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
463 domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
464 compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
465 will be called xen-netback.
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d1a890fa 467config VMXNET3
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468 tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
469 depends on PCI && INET
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470 depends on !(PAGE_SIZE_64KB || ARM64_64K_PAGES || \
471 IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || MICROBLAZE_64K_PAGES || \
472 PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || PPC_64K_PAGES)
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473 help
474 This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
475 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
476 module will be called vmxnet3.
d1a890fa 477
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478config FUJITSU_ES
479 tristate "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device driver"
480 depends on ACPI
481 help
482 This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
483 on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
484
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485config THUNDERBOLT_NET
486 tristate "Networking over Thunderbolt cable"
487 depends on THUNDERBOLT && INET
488 help
489 Select this if you want to create network between two
490 computers over a Thunderbolt cable. The driver supports Apple
491 ThunderboltIP protocol and allows communication with any host
492 supporting the same protocol including Windows and macOS.
493
494 To compile this driver a module, choose M here. The module will be
495 called thunderbolt-net.
496
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497source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
498
d1c0a65f 499endif # NETDEVICES