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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 IFB
29 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
30 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
31 ---help---
3cb2fccc 32 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
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33 resources.
34 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
35 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
36 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
37 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
38 'ifb1' etc.
39 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
40
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41config DUMMY
42 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
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43 ---help---
44 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
45 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
46 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
47 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
48 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
49 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
50 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
51 Administrator's Guide, available from
52 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
53
54 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
55 will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy
56 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
57 Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0',
58 'dummy1' etc.
59
60config BONDING
61 tristate "Bonding driver support"
1da177e4 62 depends on INET
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64 ---help---
65 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
66 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
67 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
68
69 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
47c51431 70 performance and high availability operation.
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71
72 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
73 information.
74
75 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
76 will be called bonding.
77
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78config MACVLAN
79 tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
80 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
81 ---help---
82 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
83 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
84
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85 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
86 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
87
88 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
89
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90 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
91 will be called macvlan.
92
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93config MACVTAP
94 tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
95 depends on MACVLAN
96 help
97 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
98 on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
99 can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
100 macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
101
102 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
103 will be called macvtap.
104
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105config EQUALIZER
106 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
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107 ---help---
108 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
109 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
110 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
111 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
112 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
113 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
114 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
115
116 Say Y if you want this and read
117 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
118 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
119 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
120
121 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
122 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
123
124config TUN
125 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
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126 select CRC32
127 ---help---
128 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
129 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
130 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
131 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
132 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
133
134 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
135 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
136 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
137 all routes corresponding to it.
138
139 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
140 information.
141
142 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
143 will be called tun.
144
145 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
146
e314dbdc 147config VETH
6a9a0250 148 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
e314dbdc 149 ---help---
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150 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
151 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
152 versa.
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154config NET_SB1000
155 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
cbcd2a4c 156 depends on PNP
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157 ---help---
158 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
159 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
160 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
161 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
162 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
163 provided by your regular phone modem.
164
165 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
166 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
167 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
168 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
169 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
170 found at:
171
172 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
173 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
174 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
175
176 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
177
f65fd8fb 178source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
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180config MII
181 tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
182 help
183 Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
184 or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
185 ethernet card lacks MII.
186
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187source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
188
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189#
190# Ethernet
191#
192
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193source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
194
d1c0a65f 195menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
1da177e4 196 bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
d1c0a65f 197 depends on !UML
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198 ---help---
199 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
200 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
201
202 Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over
203 coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted
204 pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central
205 hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs),
206 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs),
207 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair
208 cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links)
209 [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit
210 Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links).
211
212 If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have
213 an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer,
214 say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
215 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have
216 to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC.
217
218 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
219 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
220 the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N.
221
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222if NET_ETHERNET
223
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224config SH_ETH
225 tristate "Renesas SuperH Ethernet support"
226 depends on SUPERH && \
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227 (CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7710 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7712 || \
228 CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7763 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7619 || \
f29a3d04 229 CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7724 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7757)
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230 select CRC32
231 select MII
232 select MDIO_BITBANG
233 select PHYLIB
234 help
235 Renesas SuperH Ethernet device driver.
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236 This driver supporting CPUs are:
237 - SH7710, SH7712, SH7763, SH7619, SH7724, and SH7757.
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239config NET_NETX
240 tristate "NetX Ethernet support"
241 select MII
d1c0a65f 242 depends on ARCH_NETX
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243 help
244 This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports
245
57ce45dd 246 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
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247 will be called netx-eth.
248
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249config DM9000
250 tristate "DM9000 support"
f40d24d9 251 depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS
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252 select CRC32
253 select MII
254 ---help---
255 Support for DM9000 chipset.
256
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257 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
258 will be called dm9000.
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260config DM9000_DEBUGLEVEL
261 int "DM9000 maximum debug level"
262 depends on DM9000
263 default 4
264 help
265 The maximum level of debugging code compiled into the DM9000
266 driver.
267
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268config DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL
269 bool "Force simple NSR based PHY polling"
270 depends on DM9000
271 ---help---
272 This configuration forces the DM9000 to use the NSR's LinkStatus
273 bit to determine if the link is up or down instead of the more
274 costly MII PHY reads. Note, this will not work if the chip is
275 operating with an external PHY.
276
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277config ENC28J60
278 tristate "ENC28J60 support"
279 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET
280 select CRC32
281 ---help---
282 Support for the Microchip EN28J60 ethernet chip.
283
2bfc79de 284 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
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285 called enc28j60.
286
287config ENC28J60_WRITEVERIFY
288 bool "Enable write verify"
289 depends on ENC28J60
290 ---help---
291 Enable the verify after the buffer write useful for debugging purpose.
292 If unsure, say N.
293
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294config ETHOC
295 tristate "OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC support"
0ebe74e7 296 depends on NET_ETHERNET && HAS_IOMEM && HAS_DMA
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297 select MII
298 select PHYLIB
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299 select CRC32
300 select BITREVERSE
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301 help
302 Say Y here if you want to use the OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC.
303
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304config GRETH
305 tristate "Aeroflex Gaisler GRETH Ethernet MAC support"
cf261b23 306 depends on SPARC
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307 select PHYLIB
308 select CRC32
309 help
310 Say Y here if you want to use the Aeroflex Gaisler GRETH Ethernet MAC.
311
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312config DNET
313 tristate "Dave ethernet support (DNET)"
4b97926d 314 depends on NET_ETHERNET && HAS_IOMEM
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315 select PHYLIB
316 help
317 The Dave ethernet interface (DNET) is found on Qong Board FPGA.
318 Say Y to include support for the DNET chip.
319
320 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
321 will be called dnet.
322
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323config HP100
324 tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support"
d1c0a65f 325 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
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326 help
327 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
328 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
329 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
330
57ce45dd 331 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
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332 will be called hp100.
333
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334config NET_PCI
335 bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers"
d1c0a65f 336 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
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337 help
338 This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the
339 bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
340 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
341
342 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
343 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
344 the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you
345 will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If
346 you are unsure, say Y.
347
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348config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE
349 tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support"
350 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
351 select CRC32
352 select MII
353 help
354 Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network
355 adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from
356 Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip
357 driver.
358
359 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
360 will be called starfire. This is recommended.
361
1da177e4 362config FORCEDETH
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363 tristate "nForce Ethernet support"
364 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
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365 help
366 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
367 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
368 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
369
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370 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
371 will be called forcedeth.
1da177e4 372
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373config FEALNX
374 tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support"
375 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
376 select CRC32
377 select MII
378 help
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379 Say Y here to support the Myson MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet
380 cards. <http://www.myson.com.tw/>
1da177e4 381
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382config NET_POCKET
383 bool "Pocket and portable adapters"
d1c0a65f 384 depends on PARPORT
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385 ---help---
386 Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel
387 port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have
388 one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
389 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
390
391 If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA
392 (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for
393 credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you
394 need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file
395 <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here.
396
397 Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at
398 <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or
399 Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>.
400
401 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
402 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
403 the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you
404 will be asked for your specific device in the following questions.
405
d1c0a65f 406endif # NET_ETHERNET
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407
408#
409# Gigabit Ethernet
410#
411
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412menuconfig NETDEV_1000
413 bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
cbcd2a4c 414 depends on !UML
f30486d5 415 default y
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416 ---help---
417 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
418 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
419
420 Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
421 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
422 Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
423 under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
424
425 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
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426
427if NETDEV_1000
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f30486d5 429endif # NETDEV_1000
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430
431#
432# 10 Gigabit Ethernet
433#
434
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435menuconfig NETDEV_10000
436 bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
cbcd2a4c 437 depends on !UML
f30486d5 438 default y
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439 ---help---
440 Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
441 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
442
443 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
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444
445if NETDEV_10000
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447config MDIO
448 tristate
449
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450config SUNGEM_PHY
451 tristate
452
f30486d5 453endif # NETDEV_10000
1da177e4 454
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455source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
456
457source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
458
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459source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
460
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461source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
462
1da177e4 463source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig"
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464
465source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
466
467source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
468
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469source "drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig"
470
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471source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
472
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473source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
474
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475config TILE_NET
476 tristate "Tilera GBE/XGBE network driver support"
477 depends on TILE
478 default y
479 select CRC32
480 help
481 This is a standard Linux network device driver for the
482 on-chip Tilera Gigabit Ethernet and XAUI interfaces.
483
484 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
485 will be called tile_net.
486
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487config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
488 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
489 depends on XEN
7003087c 490 select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
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491 default y
492 help
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493 This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
494 devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
495 domain 0).
496
497 The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
498 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
499
500 If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
501 should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
502 M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
503
504config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
505 tristate "Xen backend network device"
506 depends on XEN_BACKEND
507 help
508 This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
509 domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
510 Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
511 system that implements a compatible front end.
512
513 The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
514 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
515
516 The backend driver presents a standard network device
517 endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
518 domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
519 etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
520
521 If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
522 domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
523 compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
524 will be called xen-netback.
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526config RIONET
527 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
a81c52a8 528 depends on RAPIDIO
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529
530config RIONET_TX_SIZE
531 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
532 depends on RIONET
533 default "128"
534
535config RIONET_RX_SIZE
536 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
537 depends on RIONET
538 default "128"
539
1da177e4 540config FDDI
eb56092f 541 tristate "FDDI driver support"
e89a2cfb 542 depends on (PCI || EISA || TC)
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543 help
544 Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network
545 design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can
546 run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and
547 want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and
548 then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people
549 will say N.
550
551config DEFXX
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552 tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support"
553 depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC)
554 ---help---
555 This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA),
556 EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you
557 to a local FDDI network.
558
559 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
560 will be called defxx. If unsure, say N.
561
562config DEFXX_MMIO
563 bool
564 prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA
565 depends on DEFXX
566 default n if PCI || EISA
567 default y
568 ---help---
569 This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O
570 (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO).
571 Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts
572 of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA)
573 adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports,
574 so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters.
575
576 If unsure, say N.
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578config SKFP
579 tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support"
580 depends on FDDI && PCI
bc63eb9c 581 select BITREVERSE
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582 ---help---
583 Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter.
584 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
585 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
586 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
587 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
588 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
589 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
590 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
591 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
592 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
593 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
594 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
595 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
596 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
597 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
598 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
599 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
600
601 Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about
602 the driver.
603
604 Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to:
605 <linux@syskonnect.de>
606
607 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
608 will be called skfp. This is recommended.
609
610config HIPPI
611 bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
cbcd2a4c 612 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI
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613 help
614 HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and
615 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI
616 can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on
617 single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to
618 connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network
619 and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use
620 under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver
621 for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here.
622
623config ROADRUNNER
624 tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
625 depends on HIPPI && PCI
626 help
627 Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card.
628
629 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
630 will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N.
631
632config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS
633 bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)"
634 depends on ROADRUNNER
635 help
636 If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB
637 of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for
638 transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other
639 kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have
640 the memory.
641
642config PLIP
643 tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support"
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645 ---help---
646 PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a
647 reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more)
648 local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to
649 install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a
650 CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies
651 first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option
652 enabled for this to work.
653
654 The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel
655 ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected
656 with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4
657 bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on
658 bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a
659 time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in
660 <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to
661 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows
662 and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet
663 driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>)
664 and winsock or NCSA's telnet.
665
666 If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well
667 as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from
668 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP
669 protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together
670 with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges
671 your kernel by about 8 KB.
672
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674 will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy
675 a laptop later.
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676
677config PPP
678 tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support"
b6e37e55 679 select SLHC
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680 ---help---
681 PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves
682 the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other
683 serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because
684 otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these
685 days support PPP rather than SLIP.
686
687 To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described
688 in the PPP-HOWTO, available at
689 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have
690 the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
691 The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB.
692
693 There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for
694 asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and
695 synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for
696 example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other
697 asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to
698 the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over
699 synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support
700 synchronous PPP", below.
701
702 If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then
703 you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only
704 compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M
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707config PPP_MULTILINK
708 bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
709 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
710 help
711 PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you
712 to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP
713 connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth.
714
715 This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a
716 version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol.
717
718 If unsure, say N.
719
720config PPP_FILTER
721 bool "PPP filtering"
722 depends on PPP
723 help
724 Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over
725 PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as
726 activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up
47c51431 727 a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely.
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728 You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and
729 active-filter options to pppd.
730
731 If unsure, say N.
732
733config PPP_ASYNC
734 tristate "PPP support for async serial ports"
735 depends on PPP
736 select CRC_CCITT
737 ---help---
738 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard
739 asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use
740 a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you
741 need this option.
742
743 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
744
745 If unsure, say Y.
746
747config PPP_SYNC_TTY
748 tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports"
749 depends on PPP
750 help
751 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous
752 (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices
753 are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1.
754
755 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
756
757config PPP_DEFLATE
758 tristate "PPP Deflate compression"
759 depends on PPP
760 select ZLIB_INFLATE
761 select ZLIB_DEFLATE
762 ---help---
763 Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the
764 Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress
765 each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the
766 other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the
767 Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if
768 they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here.
769
770 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
771
772config PPP_BSDCOMP
773 tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression"
774 depends on PPP
775 ---help---
776 Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses
777 the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is
778 sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link
779 (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression
780 method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it,
781 it is safe to say Y here.
782
783 The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression",
784 above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better
785 and is patent-free.
786
787 Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a
788 module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory
789 modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N.
790
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792 tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
793 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
794 select CRYPTO
795 select CRYPTO_SHA1
796 select CRYPTO_ARC4
797 select CRYPTO_ECB
798 ---help---
799 Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the
800 Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
801
802 See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on
803 configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method.
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805config PPPOE
806 tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)"
807 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP
808 help
809 Support for PPP over Ethernet.
810
811 This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS
812 repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the
813 RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>)
814 which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under
815 the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE").
816
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817config PPTP
818 tristate "PPP over IPv4 (PPTP) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
819 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
820 help
821 Support for PPP over IPv4.(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
822
823 This driver requires pppd plugin to work in client mode or
824 modified pptpd (poptop) to work in server mode.
825 See http://accel-pptp.sourceforge.net/ for information how to
826 utilize this module.
827
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828config PPPOATM
829 tristate "PPP over ATM"
830 depends on ATM && PPP
831 help
832 Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames.
833 This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364,
834 which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and
835 changes its encapsulation unilaterally.
836
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837config PPPOL2TP
838 tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)"
fd558d18 839 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && L2TP && PPP
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840 help
841 Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
842 used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
843 tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses.
844
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846 tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
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847 ---help---
848 Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
849 connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
850 other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
851 Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
852 Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
853 serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
854 nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
855 purpose.
856
857 Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
858 to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
859 around (available from
860 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
861 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
862 you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
863 NET-3-HOWTO, available from
864 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
865 configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
866 want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
867 Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
868 some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
869 <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
870 support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
871
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873 will be called slip.
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875config SLIP_COMPRESSED
876 bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
877 depends on SLIP
b6e37e55 878 select SLHC
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879 ---help---
880 This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
881 TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
882 on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
883 answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
884 you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
885 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
886 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
887 definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
888 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
889 CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
890
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892 tristate
893 help
894 This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
895 routines.
896
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897config SLIP_SMART
898 bool "Keepalive and linefill"
899 depends on SLIP
900 help
901 Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
902 RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
903 analogue lines.
904
905config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
906 bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
907 depends on SLIP
908 help
909 Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
910 networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
911 bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
912 "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
913 the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
914 end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
915 over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
916
917config NET_FC
918 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
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920 help
921 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
922 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
923 intended to replace SCSI.
924
925 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
926 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
927 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
928 "SCSI generic support".
929
1da177e4 930config NETCONSOLE
ecbacf8d 931 tristate "Network console logging support"
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932 ---help---
933 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
934 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
935
0bcc1816 936config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
ecbacf8d 937 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
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938 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
939 !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
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940 help
941 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
942 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
943 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
944 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
945
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946config NETPOLL
947 def_bool NETCONSOLE
948
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950 bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
951 default n
952 depends on NETPOLL
953
954config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
955 def_bool NETPOLL
956
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958 tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
959 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
960 ---help---
0ad07ec1 961 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
e85eb117 962 lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
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965 tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
966 depends on PCI && INET
967 help
968 This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
969 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
970 module will be called vmxnet3.
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d1c0a65f 972endif # NETDEVICES