2 # Network device configuration
8 bool "Network device support"
10 You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
11 any other computer at all.
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.
19 See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
20 Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
24 # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
25 # that for each of the symbols.
33 bool "Network core driver support"
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.)
41 tristate "Bonding driver support"
43 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
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.
49 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
50 performance and high availability operation.
52 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
55 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
56 will be called bonding.
59 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
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.
65 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
66 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
67 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
68 Administrator's Guide, available from
69 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
71 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
75 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
77 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
78 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
79 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
80 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
81 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
82 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
83 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
85 Say Y if you want this and read
86 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
87 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
88 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
90 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
91 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
94 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
95 depends on SCSI && PCI
97 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
98 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
99 intended to replace SCSI.
101 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
102 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
103 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
104 "SCSI generic support".
107 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
108 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
110 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
112 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
113 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
114 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
115 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
117 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
119 source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
122 tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
124 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
125 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
127 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
128 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
130 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
132 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
133 will be called macvlan.
136 tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
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
143 macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
145 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
146 will be called macvtap.
150 tristate "IP-VLAN support"
154 This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
155 and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
156 on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
157 making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
159 Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
160 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-3.19 release:
162 "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
164 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
165 will be called ipvlan.
169 tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
171 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
173 This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
174 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
175 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
176 For more information see:
177 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
179 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
180 will be called vxlan.
183 tristate "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation netdev"
184 depends on INET && GENEVE_CORE
187 This allows one to create geneve virtual interfaces that provide
188 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. GENEVE is often used
189 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
190 For more information see:
191 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-02
193 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
194 will be called geneve.
197 tristate "Network console logging support"
199 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
200 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
202 config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
203 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
204 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
205 !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
207 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
208 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
209 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
210 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
216 config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
220 tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB"
224 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
227 config RIONET_TX_SIZE
228 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
232 config RIONET_RX_SIZE
233 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
238 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
242 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
243 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
244 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
245 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
246 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
248 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
249 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
250 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
251 all routes corresponding to it.
253 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
256 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
259 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
261 config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
262 bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
265 This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
266 little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
267 big-endian legacy virtio device.
269 Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
270 and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
272 Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
273 machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
276 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
278 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
279 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
283 tristate "Virtio network driver"
287 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
288 lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
291 tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
293 This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
294 purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
295 Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
296 messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
297 diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
298 to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
305 source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
307 source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
309 source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
311 source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
313 source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
315 source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
317 source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
320 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
323 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
324 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
325 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
326 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
327 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
328 provided by your regular phone modem.
330 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
331 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
332 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
333 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
334 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
337 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
338 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
339 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
341 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
343 source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
345 source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
347 source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
349 source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
351 source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
353 source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
355 source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
357 source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
359 source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
361 source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
363 config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
364 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
366 select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
369 This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
370 devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
373 The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
374 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
376 If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
377 should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
378 M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
380 config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
381 tristate "Xen backend network device"
382 depends on XEN_BACKEND
384 This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
385 domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
386 Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
387 system that implements a compatible front end.
389 The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
390 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
392 The backend driver presents a standard network device
393 endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
394 domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
395 etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
397 If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
398 domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
399 compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
400 will be called xen-netback.
403 tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
404 depends on PCI && INET
406 This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
407 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
408 module will be called vmxnet3.
410 source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"