2 # Network device configuration
11 bool "Network device support"
13 You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
14 any other computer at all.
16 You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
17 you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
18 telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
19 two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
20 AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
22 See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
23 Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
27 # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
28 # that for each of the symbols.
32 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
33 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
35 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
37 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
38 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
39 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
40 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
42 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
45 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
47 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
48 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
49 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
50 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
51 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
52 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
53 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
54 Administrator's Guide, available from
55 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
57 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
58 will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy
59 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
60 Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0',
64 tristate "Bonding driver support"
66 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
68 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
69 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
70 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
72 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
73 performance and high availability operation.
75 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
78 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
79 will be called bonding.
82 tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
83 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
85 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
86 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
88 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
89 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
91 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
93 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
94 will be called macvlan.
97 tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
100 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
101 on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
102 can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
103 macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
105 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
106 will be called macvtap.
109 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
111 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
112 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
113 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
114 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
115 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
116 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
117 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
119 Say Y if you want this and read
120 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
121 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
122 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
124 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
125 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
128 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
131 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
132 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
133 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
134 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
135 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
137 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
138 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
139 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
140 all routes corresponding to it.
142 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
145 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
148 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
151 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
153 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
154 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
158 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
161 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
162 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
163 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
164 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
165 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
166 provided by your regular phone modem.
168 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
169 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
170 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
171 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
172 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
175 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
176 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
177 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
179 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
181 source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
184 tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
186 Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
187 or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
188 ethernet card lacks MII.
190 source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
196 source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
198 menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
199 bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
202 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
203 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
205 Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over
206 coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted
207 pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central
208 hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs),
209 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs),
210 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair
211 cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links)
212 [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit
213 Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links).
215 If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have
216 an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer,
217 say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
218 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have
219 to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC.
221 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
222 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
223 the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N.
228 tristate "Atmel MACB support"
229 depends on HAVE_NET_MACB
232 The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91
233 parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip.
235 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
238 source "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig"
241 tristate "Korina (IDT RC32434) Ethernet support"
242 depends on NET_ETHERNET && MIKROTIK_RB532
244 If you have a Mikrotik RouterBoard 500 or IDT RC32434
245 based system say Y. Otherwise say N.
248 tristate "MIPS simulator Network device"
251 The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is
252 emulated by the MIPS Simulator.
253 If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N.
256 tristate "Renesas SuperH Ethernet support"
257 depends on SUPERH && \
258 (CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7710 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7712 || \
259 CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7763 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7619 || \
260 CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7724 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7757)
266 Renesas SuperH Ethernet device driver.
267 This driver supporting CPUs are:
268 - SH7710, SH7712, SH7763, SH7619, SH7724, and SH7757.
271 tristate "Blackfin on-chip MAC support"
272 depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF516 || BF518 || BF526 || BF527 || BF536 || BF537)
276 select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE
278 This is the driver for Blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it
279 compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module
280 ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
281 whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac.
283 config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
284 bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets"
285 depends on BFIN_MAC && (BF527 || BF537)
288 To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
289 Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses.
291 config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM
292 int "Number of transmit buffer packets"
294 range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
298 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
300 config BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM
301 int "Number of receive buffer packets"
303 range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
307 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
309 config BFIN_MAC_USE_HWSTAMP
310 bool "Use IEEE 1588 hwstamp"
311 depends on BFIN_MAC && BF518
314 To support the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP), select y here
317 tristate "NetX Ethernet support"
321 This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports
323 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
324 will be called netx-eth.
326 config TI_DAVINCI_EMAC
327 tristate "TI DaVinci EMAC Support"
328 depends on ARM && ( ARCH_DAVINCI || ARCH_OMAP3 )
329 select TI_DAVINCI_MDIO
330 select TI_DAVINCI_CPDMA
333 This driver supports TI's DaVinci Ethernet .
335 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
336 will be called davinci_emac_driver. This is recommended.
338 config TI_DAVINCI_MDIO
339 tristate "TI DaVinci MDIO Support"
340 depends on ARM && ( ARCH_DAVINCI || ARCH_OMAP3 )
343 This driver supports TI's DaVinci MDIO module.
345 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
346 will be called davinci_mdio. This is recommended.
348 config TI_DAVINCI_CPDMA
349 tristate "TI DaVinci CPDMA Support"
350 depends on ARM && ( ARCH_DAVINCI || ARCH_OMAP3 )
352 This driver supports TI's DaVinci CPDMA dma engine.
354 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
355 will be called davinci_cpdma. This is recommended.
358 tristate "DM9000 support"
359 depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS
363 Support for DM9000 chipset.
365 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
366 will be called dm9000.
368 config DM9000_DEBUGLEVEL
369 int "DM9000 maximum debug level"
373 The maximum level of debugging code compiled into the DM9000
376 config DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL
377 bool "Force simple NSR based PHY polling"
380 This configuration forces the DM9000 to use the NSR's LinkStatus
381 bit to determine if the link is up or down instead of the more
382 costly MII PHY reads. Note, this will not work if the chip is
383 operating with an external PHY.
386 tristate "ENC28J60 support"
387 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET
390 Support for the Microchip EN28J60 ethernet chip.
392 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
395 config ENC28J60_WRITEVERIFY
396 bool "Enable write verify"
399 Enable the verify after the buffer write useful for debugging purpose.
403 tristate "OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC support"
404 depends on NET_ETHERNET && HAS_IOMEM && HAS_DMA
410 Say Y here if you want to use the OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC.
413 tristate "Aeroflex Gaisler GRETH Ethernet MAC support"
418 Say Y here if you want to use the Aeroflex Gaisler GRETH Ethernet MAC.
421 tristate "Dave ethernet support (DNET)"
422 depends on NET_ETHERNET && HAS_IOMEM
425 The Dave ethernet interface (DNET) is found on Qong Board FPGA.
426 Say Y to include support for the DNET chip.
428 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
432 tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support"
433 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
435 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
436 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
437 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
439 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
440 will be called hp100.
443 bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers"
444 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
446 This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the
447 bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
448 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
450 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
451 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
452 the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you
453 will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If
454 you are unsure, say Y.
456 config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE
457 tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support"
458 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
462 Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network
463 adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from
464 Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip
467 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
468 will be called starfire. This is recommended.
471 tristate "nForce Ethernet support"
472 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
474 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
475 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
476 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
478 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
479 will be called forcedeth.
482 tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support"
483 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
487 Say Y here to support the Myson MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet
488 cards. <http://www.myson.com.tw/>
491 tristate "RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
492 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
497 This is a driver for the R6040 Fast Ethernet MACs found in the
498 the RDC R-321x System-on-chips.
500 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
501 will be called r6040. This is recommended.
504 tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
505 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
509 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
510 the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in
511 SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets.
513 This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use
514 your phone line as a network cable.
516 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
517 will be called sis900. This is recommended.
520 tristate "TI ThunderLAN support"
521 depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA)
523 If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip
524 which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the
525 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
526 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
528 Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent,
529 Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file
530 <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details.
532 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
535 Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>.
538 tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
539 depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7
542 TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support
545 bool "Pocket and portable adapters"
548 Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel
549 port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have
550 one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
551 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
553 If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA
554 (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for
555 credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you
556 need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file
557 <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here.
559 Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at
560 <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or
561 Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>.
563 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
564 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
565 the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you
566 will be asked for your specific device in the following questions.
568 config XILINX_EMACLITE
569 tristate "Xilinx 10/100 Ethernet Lite support"
570 depends on PPC32 || MICROBLAZE
573 This driver supports the 10/100 Ethernet Lite from Xilinx.
576 tristate "Lantiq SoC ETOP driver"
577 depends on SOC_TYPE_XWAY
579 Support for the MII0 inside the Lantiq SoC
581 source "drivers/net/octeon/Kconfig"
589 menuconfig NETDEV_1000
590 bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
594 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
595 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
597 Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
598 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
599 Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
600 under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
602 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
607 tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
608 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
611 This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards.
613 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
614 will be called ipg. This is recommended.
617 tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support"
621 If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read
622 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
623 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
625 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
629 tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
630 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
633 Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet
634 adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is
635 used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See
636 <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more
637 information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general.
639 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
640 will be called yellowfin. This is recommended.
643 tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support"
648 Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or
649 a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to
650 appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965
651 and SiS 966 south bridge.
653 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
654 will be called sis190. This is recommended.
657 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support"
658 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE
660 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports.
661 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
662 will be called tsi108_eth.
664 config XILINX_LL_TEMAC
665 tristate "Xilinx LL TEMAC (LocalLink Tri-mode Ethernet MAC) driver"
666 depends on PPC || MICROBLAZE
669 This driver supports the Xilinx 10/100/1000 LocalLink TEMAC
670 core used in Xilinx Spartan and Virtex FPGAs
673 tristate "JMicron(R) PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
678 This driver supports the PCI-Express gigabit ethernet adapters
679 based on JMicron JMC250 chipset.
681 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
685 tristate "S6105 GMAC ethernet support"
686 depends on XTENSA_VARIANT_S6000
689 This driver supports the on chip ethernet device on the
690 S6105 xtensa processor.
692 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
693 will be called s6gmac.
698 # 10 Gigabit Ethernet
701 menuconfig NETDEV_10000
702 bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
706 Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
707 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
709 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
721 source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
723 source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
725 source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
727 source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
729 source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig"
731 source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
733 source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
735 source "drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig"
737 source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
739 source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
742 tristate "Tilera GBE/XGBE network driver support"
747 This is a standard Linux network device driver for the
748 on-chip Tilera Gigabit Ethernet and XAUI interfaces.
750 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
751 will be called tile_net.
753 config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
754 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
756 select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
759 This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
760 devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
763 The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
764 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
766 If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
767 should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
768 M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
770 config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
771 tristate "Xen backend network device"
772 depends on XEN_BACKEND
774 This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
775 domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
776 Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
777 system that implements a compatible front end.
779 The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
780 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
782 The backend driver presents a standard network device
783 endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
784 domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
785 etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
787 If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
788 domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
789 compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
790 will be called xen-netback.
793 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
796 config RIONET_TX_SIZE
797 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
801 config RIONET_RX_SIZE
802 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
807 tristate "FDDI driver support"
808 depends on (PCI || EISA || TC)
810 Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network
811 design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can
812 run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and
813 want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and
814 then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people
818 tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support"
819 depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC)
821 This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA),
822 EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you
823 to a local FDDI network.
825 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
826 will be called defxx. If unsure, say N.
830 prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA
832 default n if PCI || EISA
835 This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O
836 (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO).
837 Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts
838 of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA)
839 adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports,
840 so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters.
845 tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support"
846 depends on FDDI && PCI
849 Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter.
850 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
851 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
852 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
853 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
854 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
855 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
856 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
857 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
858 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
859 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
860 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
861 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
862 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
863 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
864 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
865 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
867 Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about
870 Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to:
871 <linux@syskonnect.de>
873 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
874 will be called skfp. This is recommended.
877 bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
878 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI
880 HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and
881 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI
882 can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on
883 single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to
884 connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network
885 and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use
886 under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver
887 for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here.
890 tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
891 depends on HIPPI && PCI
893 Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card.
895 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
896 will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N.
898 config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS
899 bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)"
900 depends on ROADRUNNER
902 If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB
903 of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for
904 transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other
905 kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have
909 tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support"
912 PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a
913 reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more)
914 local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to
915 install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a
916 CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies
917 first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option
918 enabled for this to work.
920 The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel
921 ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected
922 with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4
923 bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on
924 bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a
925 time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in
926 <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to
927 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows
928 and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet
929 driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>)
930 and winsock or NCSA's telnet.
932 If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well
933 as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from
934 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP
935 protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together
936 with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges
937 your kernel by about 8 KB.
939 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
940 will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy
944 tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support"
947 PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves
948 the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other
949 serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because
950 otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these
951 days support PPP rather than SLIP.
953 To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described
954 in the PPP-HOWTO, available at
955 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have
956 the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
957 The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB.
959 There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for
960 asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and
961 synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for
962 example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other
963 asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to
964 the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over
965 synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support
966 synchronous PPP", below.
968 If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then
969 you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only
970 compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M
971 here. The module will be called ppp_generic.
974 bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
975 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
977 PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you
978 to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP
979 connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth.
981 This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a
982 version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol.
990 Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over
991 PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as
992 activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up
993 a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely.
994 You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and
995 active-filter options to pppd.
1000 tristate "PPP support for async serial ports"
1004 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard
1005 asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use
1006 a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you
1009 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
1014 tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports"
1017 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous
1018 (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices
1019 are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1.
1021 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
1024 tristate "PPP Deflate compression"
1029 Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the
1030 Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress
1031 each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the
1032 other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the
1033 Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if
1034 they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here.
1036 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
1039 tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression"
1042 Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses
1043 the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is
1044 sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link
1045 (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression
1046 method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it,
1047 it is safe to say Y here.
1049 The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression",
1050 above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better
1053 Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a
1054 module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory
1055 modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N.
1058 tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1059 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
1065 Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the
1066 Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
1068 See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on
1069 configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method.
1072 tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1073 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP
1075 Support for PPP over Ethernet.
1077 This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS
1078 repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the
1079 RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>)
1080 which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under
1081 the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE").
1084 tristate "PPP over IPv4 (PPTP) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1085 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
1087 Support for PPP over IPv4.(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)
1089 This driver requires pppd plugin to work in client mode or
1090 modified pptpd (poptop) to work in server mode.
1091 See http://accel-pptp.sourceforge.net/ for information how to
1092 utilize this module.
1095 tristate "PPP over ATM"
1096 depends on ATM && PPP
1098 Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames.
1099 This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364,
1100 which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and
1101 changes its encapsulation unilaterally.
1104 tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1105 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && L2TP && PPP
1107 Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
1108 used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
1109 tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses.
1112 tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
1114 Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
1115 connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
1116 other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
1117 Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
1118 Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
1119 serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
1120 nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
1123 Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
1124 to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
1125 around (available from
1126 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
1127 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
1128 you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
1129 NET-3-HOWTO, available from
1130 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
1131 configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
1132 want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
1133 Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
1134 some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
1135 <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
1136 support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
1138 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1139 will be called slip.
1141 config SLIP_COMPRESSED
1142 bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
1146 This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
1147 TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
1148 on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
1149 answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
1150 you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
1151 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
1152 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
1153 definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
1154 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
1155 CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
1160 This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
1164 bool "Keepalive and linefill"
1167 Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
1168 RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
1171 config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
1172 bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
1175 Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
1176 networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
1177 bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
1178 "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
1179 the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
1180 end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
1181 over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
1184 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
1185 depends on SCSI && PCI
1187 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
1188 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
1189 intended to replace SCSI.
1191 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
1192 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
1193 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
1194 "SCSI generic support".
1197 tristate "Network console logging support"
1199 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
1200 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
1202 config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
1203 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
1204 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
1205 !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
1207 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
1208 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
1209 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
1210 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
1216 bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
1220 config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
1224 tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1225 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
1227 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
1228 lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
1231 tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
1232 depends on PCI && INET
1234 This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
1235 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1236 module will be called vmxnet3.