| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # | 
|  | 2 | # Network device configuration | 
|  | 3 | # | 
|  | 4 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | menuconfig NETDEVICES | 
| Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso | ce2d2ae | 2006-01-18 17:42:59 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | default y if UML | 
| Jan Engelhardt | e000982 | 2007-07-21 19:11:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | depends on NET | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |  | 
| Randy Dunlap | 1618cb0 | 2006-09-25 23:11:21 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat | 
|  | 25 | # that for each of the symbols. | 
|  | 26 | if NETDEVICES | 
| Randy Dunlap | cbcd2a4 | 2005-07-27 13:04:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 27 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | config NET_CORE | 
|  | 29 | default y | 
|  | 30 | bool "Network core driver support" | 
| Jamal Hadi Salim | 253af42 | 2006-01-08 22:34:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | ---help--- | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the | 
|  | 33 | networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.) | 
|  | 34 |  | 
|  | 35 | if NET_CORE | 
|  | 36 |  | 
|  | 37 | config BONDING | 
|  | 38 | tristate "Bonding driver support" | 
|  | 39 | depends on INET | 
|  | 40 | depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n | 
|  | 41 | ---help--- | 
|  | 42 | Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet | 
|  | 43 | Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco, | 
|  | 44 | 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux. | 
|  | 45 |  | 
|  | 46 | The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high | 
|  | 47 | performance and high availability operation. | 
|  | 48 |  | 
|  | 49 | Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more | 
|  | 50 | information. | 
|  | 51 |  | 
| Jamal Hadi Salim | 253af42 | 2006-01-08 22:34:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | will be called bonding. | 
| Jamal Hadi Salim | 253af42 | 2006-01-08 22:34:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 54 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | config DUMMY | 
|  | 56 | tristate "Dummy net driver support" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | ---help--- | 
|  | 58 | This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to | 
|  | 59 | this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP | 
|  | 60 | address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently | 
|  | 61 | inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs. | 
|  | 62 | If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this | 
|  | 63 | thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your | 
|  | 64 | kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network | 
|  | 65 | Administrator's Guide, available from | 
|  | 66 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>. | 
|  | 67 |  | 
|  | 68 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
|  | 69 | will be called dummy.  If you want to use more than one dummy | 
|  | 70 | device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. | 
|  | 71 | Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0', | 
|  | 72 | 'dummy1' etc. | 
|  | 73 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | config EQUALIZER | 
|  | 75 | tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | ---help--- | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 84 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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>. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 89 |  | 
|  | 90 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | will be called eql.  If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 92 |  | 
|  | 93 | config NET_FC | 
|  | 94 | bool "Fibre Channel driver support" | 
|  | 95 | depends on SCSI && PCI | 
|  | 96 | help | 
|  | 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. | 
|  | 100 |  | 
|  | 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". | 
|  | 105 |  | 
|  | 106 | config MII | 
|  | 107 | tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" | 
|  | 108 | help | 
|  | 109 | Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external | 
|  | 110 | or internal device.  It is safe to say Y or M here even if your | 
|  | 111 | ethernet card lacks MII. | 
|  | 112 |  | 
|  | 113 | source "drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig" | 
|  | 114 |  | 
|  | 115 | config IFB | 
|  | 116 | tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" | 
|  | 117 | depends on NET_CLS_ACT | 
|  | 118 | ---help--- | 
|  | 119 | This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of | 
|  | 120 | resources. | 
|  | 121 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
|  | 122 | will be called ifb.  If you want to use more than one ifb | 
|  | 123 | device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. | 
|  | 124 | Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0', | 
|  | 125 | 'ifb1' etc. | 
|  | 126 | Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 127 |  | 
| Patrick McHardy | b863ceb | 2007-07-14 18:55:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 128 | config MACVLAN | 
|  | 129 | tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
|  | 130 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL | 
|  | 131 | ---help--- | 
|  | 132 | This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to | 
|  | 133 | or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface. | 
|  | 134 |  | 
| Patrick McHardy | 3dbf8d5 | 2008-02-26 17:52:05 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the | 
|  | 136 | iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release: | 
|  | 137 |  | 
|  | 138 | "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan" | 
|  | 139 |  | 
| Patrick McHardy | b863ceb | 2007-07-14 18:55:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 140 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
|  | 141 | will be called macvlan. | 
|  | 142 |  | 
| Arnd Bergmann | 20d29d7 | 2010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | config MACVTAP | 
|  | 144 | tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
|  | 145 | depends on MACVLAN | 
|  | 146 | help | 
|  | 147 | This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based | 
|  | 148 | on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device | 
|  | 149 | can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type | 
|  | 150 | macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface. | 
|  | 151 |  | 
|  | 152 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
|  | 153 | will be called macvtap. | 
|  | 154 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 155 | config NETCONSOLE | 
|  | 156 | tristate "Network console logging support" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | ---help--- | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 158 | If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. | 
|  | 159 | See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 160 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC | 
|  | 162 | bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets" | 
|  | 163 | depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \ | 
|  | 164 | !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m) | 
|  | 165 | help | 
|  | 166 | This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target | 
|  | 167 | parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses) | 
|  | 168 | at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs. | 
|  | 169 | See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 170 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | config NETPOLL | 
|  | 172 | def_bool NETCONSOLE | 
|  | 173 |  | 
|  | 174 | config NETPOLL_TRAP | 
|  | 175 | bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" | 
|  | 176 | default n | 
|  | 177 | depends on NETPOLL | 
|  | 178 |  | 
|  | 179 | config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER | 
|  | 180 | def_bool NETPOLL | 
|  | 181 |  | 
|  | 182 | config RIONET | 
|  | 183 | tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" | 
|  | 184 | depends on RAPIDIO | 
|  | 185 |  | 
|  | 186 | config RIONET_TX_SIZE | 
|  | 187 | int "Number of outbound queue entries" | 
|  | 188 | depends on RIONET | 
|  | 189 | default "128" | 
|  | 190 |  | 
|  | 191 | config RIONET_RX_SIZE | 
|  | 192 | int "Number of inbound queue entries" | 
|  | 193 | depends on RIONET | 
|  | 194 | default "128" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 195 |  | 
|  | 196 | config TUN | 
|  | 197 | tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | select CRC32 | 
|  | 199 | ---help--- | 
|  | 200 | TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space | 
|  | 201 | programs.  It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet | 
|  | 202 | device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, | 
|  | 203 | receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets | 
|  | 204 | via physical media writes them to the user space program. | 
|  | 205 |  | 
|  | 206 | When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers | 
|  | 207 | corresponding net device tunX or tapX.  After a program closed above | 
|  | 208 | devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and | 
|  | 209 | all routes corresponding to it. | 
|  | 210 |  | 
|  | 211 | Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more | 
|  | 212 | information. | 
|  | 213 |  | 
|  | 214 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module | 
|  | 215 | will be called tun. | 
|  | 216 |  | 
|  | 217 | If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. | 
|  | 218 |  | 
| Pavel Emelyanov | e314dbd | 2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 219 | config VETH | 
| Rusty Russell | 6a9a025 | 2007-11-06 20:35:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 220 | tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device" | 
| Pavel Emelyanov | e314dbd | 2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | ---help--- | 
| Rusty Russell | 6a9a025 | 2007-11-06 20:35:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. | 
|  | 223 | When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice | 
|  | 224 | versa. | 
| Pavel Emelyanov | e314dbd | 2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 225 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | config VIRTIO_NET | 
|  | 227 | tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" | 
|  | 228 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO | 
|  | 229 | ---help--- | 
|  | 230 | This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with | 
|  | 231 | lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M. | 
|  | 232 |  | 
|  | 233 | endif # NET_CORE | 
|  | 234 |  | 
|  | 235 | config SUNGEM_PHY | 
|  | 236 | tristate | 
|  | 237 |  | 
|  | 238 | source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" | 
|  | 239 |  | 
|  | 240 | source "drivers/atm/Kconfig" | 
|  | 241 |  | 
|  | 242 | source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig" | 
|  | 243 |  | 
|  | 244 | source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig" | 
|  | 245 |  | 
|  | 246 | source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig" | 
|  | 247 |  | 
| Paul Bolle | fecc735 | 2011-11-08 10:31:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig" | 
|  | 249 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 250 | config NET_SB1000 | 
|  | 251 | tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" | 
| Randy Dunlap | cbcd2a4 | 2005-07-27 13:04:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 252 | depends on PNP | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 253 | ---help--- | 
|  | 254 | This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as | 
|  | 255 | NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal | 
|  | 256 | cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable | 
|  | 257 | TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way | 
|  | 258 | downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is | 
|  | 259 | provided by your regular phone modem. | 
|  | 260 |  | 
|  | 261 | At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if | 
|  | 262 | you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read | 
|  | 263 | <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how | 
|  | 264 | to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing | 
|  | 265 | a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be | 
|  | 266 | found at: | 
|  | 267 |  | 
|  | 268 | <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/> | 
|  | 269 | <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html> | 
|  | 270 | <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/> | 
|  | 271 |  | 
|  | 272 | If you don't have this card, of course say N. | 
|  | 273 |  | 
| Andy Fleming | 00db818 | 2005-07-30 19:31:23 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" | 
|  | 275 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 18e635f | 2011-08-03 03:01:58 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 276 | source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig" | 
|  | 277 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 278 | source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig" | 
|  | 279 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | b5451d7 | 2011-08-03 03:17:13 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 280 | source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig" | 
|  | 281 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 282 | source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" | 
|  | 283 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 284 | source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" | 
|  | 285 |  | 
| Jeff Kirsher | 88491d8 | 2011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" | 
|  | 287 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 288 | source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" | 
|  | 289 |  | 
| Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | 143ee2d | 2008-12-23 16:18:48 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 290 | source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig" | 
|  | 291 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" | 
|  | 293 |  | 
| Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 0d16021 | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 294 | config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND | 
|  | 295 | tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" | 
|  | 296 | depends on XEN | 
| Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 7003087 | 2009-03-27 16:28:34 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 297 | select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND | 
| Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 0d16021 | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 298 | default y | 
|  | 299 | help | 
| Ian Campbell | f942dc2 | 2011-03-15 00:06:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 300 | This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network | 
|  | 301 | devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often | 
|  | 302 | domain 0). | 
|  | 303 |  | 
|  | 304 | The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the | 
|  | 305 | CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option. | 
|  | 306 |  | 
|  | 307 | If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you | 
|  | 308 | should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose | 
|  | 309 | M here: the module will be called xen-netfront. | 
|  | 310 |  | 
|  | 311 | config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND | 
|  | 312 | tristate "Xen backend network device" | 
|  | 313 | depends on XEN_BACKEND | 
|  | 314 | help | 
|  | 315 | This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver | 
|  | 316 | domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other | 
|  | 317 | Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating | 
|  | 318 | system that implements a compatible front end. | 
|  | 319 |  | 
|  | 320 | The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the | 
|  | 321 | CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option. | 
|  | 322 |  | 
|  | 323 | The backend driver presents a standard network device | 
|  | 324 | endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver | 
|  | 325 | domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed | 
|  | 326 | etc in order to provide full network connectivity. | 
|  | 327 |  | 
|  | 328 | If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver | 
|  | 329 | domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To | 
|  | 330 | compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module | 
|  | 331 | will be called xen-netback. | 
| Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 0d16021 | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 332 |  | 
| Shreyas Bhatewara | d1a890f | 2009-10-13 00:15:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | config VMXNET3 | 
| Philippe De Muyter | e85eb11 | 2010-11-11 12:31:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 334 | tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver" | 
|  | 335 | depends on PCI && INET | 
|  | 336 | help | 
|  | 337 | This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC. | 
|  | 338 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 339 | module will be called vmxnet3. | 
| Shreyas Bhatewara | d1a890f | 2009-10-13 00:15:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 340 |  | 
| Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 341 | endif # NETDEVICES |