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  1. #
  2. # Network device configuration
  3. #
  4. menuconfig NETDEVICES
  5. default y if UML
  6. depends on NET
  7. bool "Network device support"
  8. ---help---
  9. You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
  10. any other computer at all.
  11. You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
  12. you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
  13. telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
  14. two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
  15. AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
  16. See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
  17. Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
  18. If unsure, say Y.
  19. # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
  20. # that for each of the symbols.
  21. if NETDEVICES
  22. config IFB
  23. tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
  24. depends on NET_CLS_ACT
  25. ---help---
  26. This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
  27. resources.
  28. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  29. will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
  30. device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
  31. Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
  32. 'ifb1' etc.
  33. Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
  34. config DUMMY
  35. tristate "Dummy net driver support"
  36. ---help---
  37. This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
  38. this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
  39. address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
  40. inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
  41. If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
  42. thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
  43. kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
  44. Administrator's Guide, available from
  45. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
  46. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  47. will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy
  48. device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
  49. Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0',
  50. 'dummy1' etc.
  51. config BONDING
  52. tristate "Bonding driver support"
  53. depends on INET
  54. depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
  55. ---help---
  56. Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
  57. Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
  58. 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
  59. The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
  60. performance and high availability operation.
  61. Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
  62. information.
  63. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  64. will be called bonding.
  65. config MACVLAN
  66. tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  67. depends on EXPERIMENTAL
  68. ---help---
  69. This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
  70. or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
  71. Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
  72. iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
  73. "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
  74. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  75. will be called macvlan.
  76. config MACVTAP
  77. tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  78. depends on MACVLAN
  79. help
  80. This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
  81. on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
  82. can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
  83. macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
  84. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  85. will be called macvtap.
  86. config EQUALIZER
  87. tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
  88. ---help---
  89. If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
  90. usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
  91. SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
  92. lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
  93. one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
  94. to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
  95. Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
  96. Say Y if you want this and read
  97. <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
  98. section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
  99. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  100. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  101. will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
  102. config TUN
  103. tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
  104. select CRC32
  105. ---help---
  106. TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
  107. programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
  108. device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
  109. receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
  110. via physical media writes them to the user space program.
  111. When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
  112. corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
  113. devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
  114. all routes corresponding to it.
  115. Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
  116. information.
  117. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  118. will be called tun.
  119. If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
  120. config VETH
  121. tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
  122. ---help---
  123. This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
  124. When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
  125. versa.
  126. config NET_SB1000
  127. tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
  128. depends on PNP
  129. ---help---
  130. This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
  131. NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
  132. cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
  133. TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
  134. downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
  135. provided by your regular phone modem.
  136. At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
  137. you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
  138. <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
  139. to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
  140. a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
  141. found at:
  142. <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
  143. <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
  144. <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
  145. If you don't have this card, of course say N.
  146. source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
  147. config MII
  148. tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
  149. help
  150. Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
  151. or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
  152. ethernet card lacks MII.
  153. source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
  154. config SUNGEM_PHY
  155. tristate
  156. #
  157. # Ethernet
  158. #
  159. source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
  160. source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
  161. source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
  162. source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
  163. source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
  164. source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
  165. source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
  166. source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig"
  167. source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
  168. source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
  169. source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
  170. source "drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig"
  171. source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
  172. source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
  173. config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
  174. tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
  175. depends on XEN
  176. select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
  177. default y
  178. help
  179. This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
  180. devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
  181. domain 0).
  182. The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
  183. CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
  184. If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
  185. should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
  186. M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
  187. config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
  188. tristate "Xen backend network device"
  189. depends on XEN_BACKEND
  190. help
  191. This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
  192. domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
  193. Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
  194. system that implements a compatible front end.
  195. The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
  196. CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
  197. The backend driver presents a standard network device
  198. endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
  199. domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
  200. etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
  201. If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
  202. domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
  203. compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
  204. will be called xen-netback.
  205. config RIONET
  206. tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
  207. depends on RAPIDIO
  208. config RIONET_TX_SIZE
  209. int "Number of outbound queue entries"
  210. depends on RIONET
  211. default "128"
  212. config RIONET_RX_SIZE
  213. int "Number of inbound queue entries"
  214. depends on RIONET
  215. default "128"
  216. config SLIP
  217. tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
  218. ---help---
  219. Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
  220. connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
  221. other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
  222. Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
  223. Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
  224. serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
  225. nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
  226. purpose.
  227. Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
  228. to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
  229. around (available from
  230. <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
  231. allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
  232. you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
  233. NET-3-HOWTO, available from
  234. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
  235. configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
  236. want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
  237. Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
  238. some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
  239. <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
  240. support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
  241. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
  242. will be called slip.
  243. config SLIP_COMPRESSED
  244. bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
  245. depends on SLIP
  246. select SLHC
  247. ---help---
  248. This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
  249. TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
  250. on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
  251. answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
  252. you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
  253. <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
  254. allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
  255. definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
  256. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
  257. CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
  258. config SLHC
  259. tristate
  260. help
  261. This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
  262. routines.
  263. config SLIP_SMART
  264. bool "Keepalive and linefill"
  265. depends on SLIP
  266. help
  267. Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
  268. RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
  269. analogue lines.
  270. config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
  271. bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
  272. depends on SLIP
  273. help
  274. Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
  275. networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
  276. bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
  277. "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
  278. the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
  279. end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
  280. over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
  281. config NET_FC
  282. bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
  283. depends on SCSI && PCI
  284. help
  285. Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
  286. large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
  287. intended to replace SCSI.
  288. If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
  289. adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
  290. adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
  291. "SCSI generic support".
  292. config NETCONSOLE
  293. tristate "Network console logging support"
  294. ---help---
  295. If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
  296. See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
  297. config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
  298. bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
  299. depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
  300. !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
  301. help
  302. This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
  303. parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
  304. at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
  305. See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
  306. config NETPOLL
  307. def_bool NETCONSOLE
  308. config NETPOLL_TRAP
  309. bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
  310. default n
  311. depends on NETPOLL
  312. config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
  313. def_bool NETPOLL
  314. config VIRTIO_NET
  315. tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
  316. depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
  317. ---help---
  318. This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
  319. lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
  320. config VMXNET3
  321. tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
  322. depends on PCI && INET
  323. help
  324. This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
  325. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  326. module will be called vmxnet3.
  327. endif # NETDEVICES