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 | |
Jamal Hadi Salim | 253af42 | 2006-01-08 22:34:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | config IFB |
| 29 | tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" |
| 30 | depends on NET_CLS_ACT |
| 31 | ---help--- |
Matt LaPlante | 3cb2fcc | 2006-11-30 05:22:59 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of |
Jamal Hadi Salim | 253af42 | 2006-01-08 22:34:25 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | config DUMMY |
| 42 | tristate "Dummy net driver support" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
| 60 | config BONDING |
| 61 | tristate "Bonding driver support" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | depends on INET |
Brian Haley | 305d552 | 2008-11-04 17:51:14 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |
Jon Mason | 47c5143 | 2006-02-12 11:53:04 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | performance and high availability operation. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
Patrick McHardy | b863ceb | 2007-07-14 18:55:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | config 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 | |
Patrick McHardy | 3dbf8d5 | 2008-02-26 17:52:05 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
Patrick McHardy | b863ceb | 2007-07-14 18:55:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 91 | will be called macvlan. |
| 92 | |
Arnd Bergmann | 20d29d7 | 2010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | config 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 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | config EQUALIZER |
| 106 | tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
| 124 | config TUN |
| 125 | tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
Pavel Emelyanov | e314dbd | 2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | config VETH |
Rusty Russell | 6a9a025 | 2007-11-06 20:35:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device" |
Pavel Emelyanov | e314dbd | 2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | ---help--- |
Rusty Russell | 6a9a025 | 2007-11-06 20:35:55 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 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. |
Pavel Emelyanov | e314dbd | 2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 153 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | config NET_SB1000 |
| 155 | tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" |
Randy Dunlap | cbcd2a4 | 2005-07-27 13:04:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | depends on PNP |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 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 | |
Adrian Bunk | f65fd8f | 2006-01-05 22:45:41 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 178 | source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 179 | |
Randy Dunlap | 81ccb49 | 2010-10-13 15:18:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 180 | config 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 | |
Andy Fleming | 00db818 | 2005-07-30 19:31:23 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 187 | source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" |
| 188 | |
David S. Miller | 19e2f6f | 2011-08-15 23:10:39 -0700 | [diff] [blame^] | 189 | config SUNGEM_PHY |
| 190 | tristate |
| 191 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 192 | # |
| 193 | # Ethernet |
| 194 | # |
| 195 | |
Jeff Kirsher | c1abc95 | 2011-03-29 18:25:21 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig" |
| 197 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 198 | source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" |
| 199 | |
| 200 | source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" |
| 201 | |
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez | 143ee2d | 2008-12-23 16:18:48 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig" |
| 203 | |
Jeff Garzik | 5b2fc49 | 2007-05-09 21:31:55 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" |
| 205 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 206 | source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 207 | |
| 208 | source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" |
| 209 | |
| 210 | source "drivers/atm/Kconfig" |
| 211 | |
Sergey Lapin | 8459464 | 2009-06-08 12:18:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 212 | source "drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig" |
| 213 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 214 | source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" |
| 215 | |
Sjur Braendeland | 9b27105 | 2010-03-30 13:56:30 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 216 | source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig" |
| 217 | |
Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 0d16021 | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 218 | config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND |
| 219 | tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" |
| 220 | depends on XEN |
Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 7003087 | 2009-03-27 16:28:34 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 221 | select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND |
Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 0d16021 | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 222 | default y |
| 223 | help |
Ian Campbell | f942dc2 | 2011-03-15 00:06:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 224 | This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network |
| 225 | devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often |
| 226 | domain 0). |
| 227 | |
| 228 | The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the |
| 229 | CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option. |
| 230 | |
| 231 | If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you |
| 232 | should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose |
| 233 | M here: the module will be called xen-netfront. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND |
| 236 | tristate "Xen backend network device" |
| 237 | depends on XEN_BACKEND |
| 238 | help |
| 239 | This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver |
| 240 | domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other |
| 241 | Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating |
| 242 | system that implements a compatible front end. |
| 243 | |
| 244 | The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the |
| 245 | CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option. |
| 246 | |
| 247 | The backend driver presents a standard network device |
| 248 | endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver |
| 249 | domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed |
| 250 | etc in order to provide full network connectivity. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver |
| 253 | domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To |
| 254 | compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module |
| 255 | will be called xen-netback. |
Jeremy Fitzhardinge | 0d16021 | 2007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | |
Matt Porter | f89efd5 | 2005-09-09 12:10:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | config RIONET |
| 258 | tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" |
Randy Dunlap | a81c52a | 2006-11-01 21:18:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | depends on RAPIDIO |
Matt Porter | f89efd5 | 2005-09-09 12:10:10 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 260 | |
| 261 | config RIONET_TX_SIZE |
| 262 | int "Number of outbound queue entries" |
| 263 | depends on RIONET |
| 264 | default "128" |
| 265 | |
| 266 | config RIONET_RX_SIZE |
| 267 | int "Number of inbound queue entries" |
| 268 | depends on RIONET |
| 269 | default "128" |
| 270 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | config FDDI |
Dave Jones | eb56092 | 2008-12-27 20:43:48 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | tristate "FDDI driver support" |
Maciej W. Rozycki | e89a2cf | 2007-02-05 16:28:27 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | depends on (PCI || EISA || TC) |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | help |
| 275 | Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network |
| 276 | design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can |
| 277 | run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and |
| 278 | want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and |
| 279 | then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people |
| 280 | will say N. |
| 281 | |
| 282 | config DEFXX |
Maciej W. Rozycki | e89a2cf | 2007-02-05 16:28:27 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 283 | tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support" |
| 284 | depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC) |
| 285 | ---help--- |
| 286 | This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA), |
| 287 | EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you |
| 288 | to a local FDDI network. |
| 289 | |
| 290 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 291 | will be called defxx. If unsure, say N. |
| 292 | |
| 293 | config DEFXX_MMIO |
| 294 | bool |
| 295 | prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA |
| 296 | depends on DEFXX |
| 297 | default n if PCI || EISA |
| 298 | default y |
| 299 | ---help--- |
| 300 | This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O |
| 301 | (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO). |
| 302 | Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts |
| 303 | of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA) |
| 304 | adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports, |
| 305 | so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters. |
| 306 | |
| 307 | If unsure, say N. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 308 | |
| 309 | config SKFP |
| 310 | tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support" |
| 311 | depends on FDDI && PCI |
Akinobu Mita | bc63eb9 | 2006-12-19 13:09:08 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 312 | select BITREVERSE |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 313 | ---help--- |
| 314 | Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter. |
| 315 | The following adapters are supported by this driver: |
| 316 | - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP) |
| 317 | - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS) |
| 318 | - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP) |
| 319 | - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP) |
| 320 | - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS) |
| 321 | - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64) |
| 322 | - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS) |
| 323 | - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64) |
| 324 | - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64) |
| 325 | - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS) |
| 326 | - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC |
| 327 | - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC |
| 328 | - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP |
| 329 | - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP |
| 330 | - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC |
| 331 | |
| 332 | Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about |
| 333 | the driver. |
| 334 | |
| 335 | Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to: |
| 336 | <linux@syskonnect.de> |
| 337 | |
| 338 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 339 | will be called skfp. This is recommended. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | config HIPPI |
| 342 | bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
Randy Dunlap | cbcd2a4 | 2005-07-27 13:04:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 343 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 344 | help |
| 345 | HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and |
| 346 | 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI |
| 347 | can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on |
| 348 | single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to |
| 349 | connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network |
| 350 | and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use |
| 351 | under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver |
| 352 | for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here. |
| 353 | |
| 354 | config ROADRUNNER |
| 355 | tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 356 | depends on HIPPI && PCI |
| 357 | help |
| 358 | Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card. |
| 359 | |
| 360 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| 361 | will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N. |
| 362 | |
| 363 | config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS |
| 364 | bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 365 | depends on ROADRUNNER |
| 366 | help |
| 367 | If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB |
| 368 | of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for |
| 369 | transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other |
| 370 | kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have |
| 371 | the memory. |
| 372 | |
| 373 | config PLIP |
| 374 | tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" |
Randy Dunlap | cbcd2a4 | 2005-07-27 13:04:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 375 | depends on PARPORT |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 376 | ---help--- |
| 377 | PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a |
| 378 | reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) |
| 379 | local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to |
| 380 | install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a |
| 381 | CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies |
| 382 | first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option |
| 383 | enabled for this to work. |
| 384 | |
| 385 | The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel |
| 386 | ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected |
| 387 | with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 |
| 388 | bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on |
| 389 | bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a |
| 390 | time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in |
| 391 | <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to |
| 392 | 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows |
| 393 | and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet |
| 394 | driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) |
| 395 | and winsock or NCSA's telnet. |
| 396 | |
| 397 | If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well |
| 398 | as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from |
| 399 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP |
| 400 | protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together |
| 401 | with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges |
| 402 | your kernel by about 8 KB. |
| 403 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module |
| 405 | will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy |
| 406 | a laptop later. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 407 | |
| 408 | config PPP |
| 409 | tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support" |
Ralf Baechle | b6e37e5 | 2006-07-14 12:15:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 410 | select SLHC |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 411 | ---help--- |
| 412 | PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves |
| 413 | the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other |
| 414 | serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because |
| 415 | otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these |
| 416 | days support PPP rather than SLIP. |
| 417 | |
| 418 | To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described |
| 419 | in the PPP-HOWTO, available at |
| 420 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have |
| 421 | the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. |
| 422 | The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. |
| 423 | |
| 424 | There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for |
| 425 | asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and |
| 426 | synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for |
| 427 | example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other |
| 428 | asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to |
| 429 | the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over |
| 430 | synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support |
| 431 | synchronous PPP", below. |
| 432 | |
| 433 | If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then |
| 434 | you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only |
| 435 | compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 436 | here. The module will be called ppp_generic. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 437 | |
| 438 | config PPP_MULTILINK |
| 439 | bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 440 | depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL |
| 441 | help |
| 442 | PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you |
| 443 | to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP |
| 444 | connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth. |
| 445 | |
| 446 | This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a |
| 447 | version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol. |
| 448 | |
| 449 | If unsure, say N. |
| 450 | |
| 451 | config PPP_FILTER |
| 452 | bool "PPP filtering" |
| 453 | depends on PPP |
| 454 | help |
| 455 | Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over |
| 456 | PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as |
| 457 | activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up |
Jon Mason | 47c5143 | 2006-02-12 11:53:04 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 459 | You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and |
| 460 | active-filter options to pppd. |
| 461 | |
| 462 | If unsure, say N. |
| 463 | |
| 464 | config PPP_ASYNC |
| 465 | tristate "PPP support for async serial ports" |
| 466 | depends on PPP |
| 467 | select CRC_CCITT |
| 468 | ---help--- |
| 469 | Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard |
| 470 | asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use |
| 471 | a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you |
| 472 | need this option. |
| 473 | |
| 474 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. |
| 475 | |
| 476 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 477 | |
| 478 | config PPP_SYNC_TTY |
| 479 | tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports" |
| 480 | depends on PPP |
| 481 | help |
| 482 | Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous |
| 483 | (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices |
| 484 | are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1. |
| 485 | |
| 486 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. |
| 487 | |
| 488 | config PPP_DEFLATE |
| 489 | tristate "PPP Deflate compression" |
| 490 | depends on PPP |
| 491 | select ZLIB_INFLATE |
| 492 | select ZLIB_DEFLATE |
| 493 | ---help--- |
| 494 | Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the |
| 495 | Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress |
| 496 | each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the |
| 497 | other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the |
| 498 | Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if |
| 499 | they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. |
| 500 | |
| 501 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. |
| 502 | |
| 503 | config PPP_BSDCOMP |
| 504 | tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression" |
| 505 | depends on PPP |
| 506 | ---help--- |
| 507 | Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses |
| 508 | the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is |
| 509 | sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link |
| 510 | (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression |
| 511 | method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, |
| 512 | it is safe to say Y here. |
| 513 | |
| 514 | The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression", |
| 515 | above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better |
| 516 | and is patent-free. |
| 517 | |
| 518 | Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a |
| 519 | module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory |
| 520 | modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N. |
| 521 | |
Matt Domsch | b3f9b92 | 2005-11-08 09:40:47 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 522 | config PPP_MPPE |
Philippe De Muyter | e85eb11 | 2010-11-11 12:31:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 523 | tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 524 | depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL |
| 525 | select CRYPTO |
| 526 | select CRYPTO_SHA1 |
| 527 | select CRYPTO_ARC4 |
| 528 | select CRYPTO_ECB |
| 529 | ---help--- |
| 530 | Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the |
| 531 | Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. |
Matt Domsch | b3f9b92 | 2005-11-08 09:40:47 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 532 | |
Philippe De Muyter | e85eb11 | 2010-11-11 12:31:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 533 | See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on |
| 534 | configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method. |
Matt Domsch | b3f9b92 | 2005-11-08 09:40:47 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 535 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 536 | config PPPOE |
| 537 | tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 538 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP |
| 539 | help |
| 540 | Support for PPP over Ethernet. |
| 541 | |
| 542 | This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS |
| 543 | repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the |
| 544 | RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) |
| 545 | which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under |
| 546 | the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). |
| 547 | |
Dmitry Kozlov | 00959ad | 2010-08-21 23:05:39 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 548 | config PPTP |
| 549 | tristate "PPP over IPv4 (PPTP) (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 550 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX |
| 551 | help |
| 552 | Support for PPP over IPv4.(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) |
| 553 | |
| 554 | This driver requires pppd plugin to work in client mode or |
| 555 | modified pptpd (poptop) to work in server mode. |
| 556 | See http://accel-pptp.sourceforge.net/ for information how to |
| 557 | utilize this module. |
| 558 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 559 | config PPPOATM |
| 560 | tristate "PPP over ATM" |
| 561 | depends on ATM && PPP |
| 562 | help |
| 563 | Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames. |
| 564 | This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364, |
| 565 | which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and |
| 566 | changes its encapsulation unilaterally. |
| 567 | |
James Chapman | 3557baa | 2007-06-27 15:49:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 568 | config PPPOL2TP |
| 569 | tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
James Chapman | fd558d1 | 2010-04-02 06:18:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 570 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && L2TP && PPP |
James Chapman | 3557baa | 2007-06-27 15:49:24 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 571 | help |
| 572 | Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol |
| 573 | used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP |
| 574 | tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses. |
| 575 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 576 | config SLIP |
| 577 | tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 578 | ---help--- |
| 579 | Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to |
| 580 | connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some |
| 581 | other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a |
| 582 | Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line |
| 583 | Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over |
| 584 | serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables; |
| 585 | nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same |
| 586 | purpose. |
| 587 | |
| 588 | Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you |
| 589 | to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP |
| 590 | around (available from |
| 591 | <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which |
| 592 | allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If |
| 593 | you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The |
| 594 | NET-3-HOWTO, available from |
| 595 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to |
| 596 | configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just |
| 597 | want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full |
| 598 | Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on |
| 599 | some Internet connected Unix computer. Read |
| 600 | <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP |
| 601 | support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N. |
| 602 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 603 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module |
| 604 | will be called slip. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 605 | |
| 606 | config SLIP_COMPRESSED |
| 607 | bool "CSLIP compressed headers" |
| 608 | depends on SLIP |
Ralf Baechle | b6e37e5 | 2006-07-14 12:15:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 609 | select SLHC |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 610 | ---help--- |
| 611 | This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the |
| 612 | TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported |
| 613 | on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and |
| 614 | answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If |
| 615 | you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from |
| 616 | <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which |
| 617 | allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you |
| 618 | definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from |
| 619 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure |
| 620 | CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel. |
| 621 | |
Ralf Baechle | b6e37e5 | 2006-07-14 12:15:40 +0100 | [diff] [blame] | 622 | config SLHC |
| 623 | tristate |
| 624 | help |
| 625 | This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression |
| 626 | routines. |
| 627 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 628 | config SLIP_SMART |
| 629 | bool "Keepalive and linefill" |
| 630 | depends on SLIP |
| 631 | help |
| 632 | Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the |
| 633 | RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality |
| 634 | analogue lines. |
| 635 | |
| 636 | config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 |
| 637 | bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation" |
| 638 | depends on SLIP |
| 639 | help |
| 640 | Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial |
| 641 | networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven |
| 642 | bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP: |
| 643 | "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over |
| 644 | the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other |
| 645 | end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP |
| 646 | over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N. |
| 647 | |
| 648 | config NET_FC |
| 649 | bool "Fibre Channel driver support" |
Randy Dunlap | cbcd2a4 | 2005-07-27 13:04:35 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 650 | depends on SCSI && PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 651 | help |
| 652 | Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect |
| 653 | large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and |
| 654 | intended to replace SCSI. |
| 655 | |
| 656 | If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel |
| 657 | adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your |
| 658 | adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and |
| 659 | "SCSI generic support". |
| 660 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 661 | config NETCONSOLE |
Amerigo Wang | ecbacf8 | 2010-03-21 23:59:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 662 | tristate "Network console logging support" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 663 | ---help--- |
| 664 | If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. |
| 665 | See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. |
| 666 | |
Satyam Sharma | 0bcc181 | 2007-08-10 15:35:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 667 | config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC |
Amerigo Wang | ecbacf8 | 2010-03-21 23:59:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 668 | bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets" |
Randy Dunlap | 58fa459 | 2011-06-21 08:01:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 669 | depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \ |
| 670 | !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m) |
Satyam Sharma | 0bcc181 | 2007-08-10 15:35:05 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 671 | help |
| 672 | This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target |
| 673 | parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses) |
| 674 | at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs. |
| 675 | See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. |
| 676 | |
Randy Dunlap | 5420899 | 2005-07-18 13:45:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 677 | config NETPOLL |
| 678 | def_bool NETCONSOLE |
| 679 | |
Randy Dunlap | 5420899 | 2005-07-18 13:45:12 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 680 | config NETPOLL_TRAP |
| 681 | bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" |
| 682 | default n |
| 683 | depends on NETPOLL |
| 684 | |
| 685 | config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER |
| 686 | def_bool NETPOLL |
| 687 | |
Rusty Russell | 296f96f | 2007-10-22 11:03:37 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 688 | config VIRTIO_NET |
| 689 | tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 690 | depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO |
| 691 | ---help--- |
Anthony Liguori | 0ad07ec | 2007-11-07 20:46:31 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 692 | This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with |
Philippe De Muyter | e85eb11 | 2010-11-11 12:31:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 693 | lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. |
Rusty Russell | 296f96f | 2007-10-22 11:03:37 +1000 | [diff] [blame] | 694 | |
Shreyas Bhatewara | d1a890fa | 2009-10-13 00:15:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 695 | config VMXNET3 |
Philippe De Muyter | e85eb11 | 2010-11-11 12:31:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 696 | tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver" |
| 697 | depends on PCI && INET |
| 698 | help |
| 699 | This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC. |
| 700 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| 701 | module will be called vmxnet3. |
Shreyas Bhatewara | d1a890fa | 2009-10-13 00:15:51 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 702 | |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 703 | endif # NETDEVICES |