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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001#
2# Network device configuration
3#
4
Jan Engelhardtd1c0a652007-06-13 12:48:53 -07005menuconfig NETDEVICES
Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrussoce2d2ae2006-01-18 17:42:59 -08006 default y if UML
Jan Engelhardte0009822007-07-21 19:11:35 -07007 depends on NET
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07008 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 Dunlap1618cb02006-09-25 23:11:21 -070024# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
25# that for each of the symbols.
26if NETDEVICES
Randy Dunlapcbcd2a42005-07-27 13:04:35 -070027
Ben Hutchingsa1606c72013-06-18 03:24:51 +010028config MII
29 tristate
30
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -070031config NET_CORE
32 default y
33 bool "Network core driver support"
Jamal Hadi Salim253af422006-01-08 22:34:25 -080034 ---help---
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -070035 You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
36 networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
37
38if NET_CORE
39
40config BONDING
41 tristate "Bonding driver support"
42 depends on INET
43 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
44 ---help---
45 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
46 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
47 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
48
49 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
50 performance and high availability operation.
51
52 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
53 information.
54
Jamal Hadi Salim253af422006-01-08 22:34:25 -080055 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -070056 will be called bonding.
Jamal Hadi Salim253af422006-01-08 22:34:25 -080057
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070058config DUMMY
59 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070060 ---help---
61 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
62 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
63 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
64 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
65 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
66 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
67 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
68 Administrator's Guide, available from
69 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
70
71 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
Alan Cox9f486612012-05-14 03:57:31 +000072 will be called dummy.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070073
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -070074config EQUALIZER
75 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070076 ---help---
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -070077 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
78 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
79 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
80 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
81 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
82 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
83 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070084
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -070085 Say Y if you want this and read
86 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
87 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
88 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070089
90 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -070091 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
92
93config NET_FC
94 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
95 depends on SCSI && PCI
96 help
97 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
98 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
99 intended to replace SCSI.
100
101 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
102 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
103 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
104 "SCSI generic support".
105
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700106config IFB
107 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
108 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
109 ---help---
110 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
111 resources.
112 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
113 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
114 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
115 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
116 'ifb1' etc.
117 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700118
Jiri Pirko3d249d42011-11-11 22:16:48 +0000119source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
120
Patrick McHardyb863ceb2007-07-14 18:55:06 -0700121config MACVLAN
Kees Cookbd085b92012-10-02 11:17:55 -0700122 tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
Patrick McHardyb863ceb2007-07-14 18:55:06 -0700123 ---help---
124 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
125 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
126
Patrick McHardy3dbf8d52008-02-26 17:52:05 -0800127 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
128 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
129
130 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
131
Patrick McHardyb863ceb2007-07-14 18:55:06 -0700132 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
133 will be called macvlan.
134
Arnd Bergmann20d29d72010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000135config MACVTAP
Kees Cookbd085b92012-10-02 11:17:55 -0700136 tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
Arnd Bergmann20d29d72010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000137 depends on MACVLAN
Ben Hutchingsde11b0e2014-10-31 03:10:31 +0000138 depends on INET
Arnd Bergmann20d29d72010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000139 help
140 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
141 on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
142 can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
Jan Luebbec7966b52014-02-10 21:40:51 +0100143 macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
Arnd Bergmann20d29d72010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000144
145 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
146 will be called macvtap.
147
Mahesh Bandewar2ad7bf32014-11-23 23:07:46 -0800148
149config IPVLAN
150 tristate "IP-VLAN support"
151 ---help---
152 This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
153 and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
154 on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
155 making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
156
157 Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
158 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-X.Y.ZZ release:
159
160 "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
161
162 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
163 will be called ipvlan.
164
165
stephen hemmingerd3428942012-10-01 12:32:35 +0000166config VXLAN
167 tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
Kees Cookc9b20a52013-02-22 21:25:38 +0000168 depends on INET
Tom Herbert3ee64f32014-07-13 19:49:42 -0700169 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
stephen hemmingerd3428942012-10-01 12:32:35 +0000170 ---help---
171 This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
172 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
173 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
174 For more information see:
175 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
176
177 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
178 will be called vxlan.
179
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700180config NETCONSOLE
181 tristate "Network console logging support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700182 ---help---
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700183 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
184 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700185
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700186config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
187 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
188 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
189 !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
190 help
191 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
192 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
193 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
194 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700195
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700196config NETPOLL
197 def_bool NETCONSOLE
198
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700199config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
200 def_bool NETPOLL
201
Jon Mason548c2372012-11-16 19:27:13 -0700202config NTB_NETDEV
203 tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB"
204 depends on NTB
205
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700206config RIONET
207 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
208 depends on RAPIDIO
209
210config RIONET_TX_SIZE
211 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
212 depends on RIONET
213 default "128"
214
215config RIONET_RX_SIZE
216 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
217 depends on RIONET
218 default "128"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700219
220config TUN
221 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
Ben Hutchingsde11b0e2014-10-31 03:10:31 +0000222 depends on INET
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700223 select CRC32
224 ---help---
225 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
226 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
227 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
228 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
229 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
230
231 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
232 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
233 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
234 all routes corresponding to it.
235
236 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
237 information.
238
239 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
240 will be called tun.
241
242 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
243
Pavel Emelyanove314dbd2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700244config VETH
Rusty Russell6a9a0252007-11-06 20:35:55 -0800245 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
Pavel Emelyanove314dbd2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700246 ---help---
Rusty Russell6a9a0252007-11-06 20:35:55 -0800247 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
248 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
249 versa.
Pavel Emelyanove314dbd2007-09-25 16:14:46 -0700250
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700251config VIRTIO_NET
Kees Cookbd085b92012-10-02 11:17:55 -0700252 tristate "Virtio network driver"
253 depends on VIRTIO
Michael Dalton8cabd6a2014-01-17 01:27:08 -0800254 select AVERAGE
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700255 ---help---
256 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
257 lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
258
Daniel Borkmanne4fc4082013-06-21 19:38:08 +0200259config NLMON
260 tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
261 ---help---
262 This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
263 purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
264 Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
265 messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
266 diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
267 to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
268
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700269endif # NET_CORE
270
271config SUNGEM_PHY
272 tristate
273
274source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
275
276source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
277
278source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
279
Ben Hutchings3b158852011-11-27 17:08:33 +0000280source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
281
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700282source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
283
284source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
285
Paul Bollefecc7352011-11-08 10:31:10 +0000286source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
287
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700288config NET_SB1000
289 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
Randy Dunlapcbcd2a42005-07-27 13:04:35 -0700290 depends on PNP
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700291 ---help---
292 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
293 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
294 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
295 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
296 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
297 provided by your regular phone modem.
298
299 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
300 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
301 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
302 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
303 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
304 found at:
305
306 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
307 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
308 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
309
310 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
311
Andy Fleming00db8182005-07-30 19:31:23 -0400312source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
313
Jeff Kirsher18e635f2011-08-03 03:01:58 -0700314source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
315
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700316source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
317
Jeff Kirsherb5451d72011-08-03 03:17:13 -0700318source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
319
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700320source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
321
Jeff Kirsher88491d82011-08-23 00:42:10 -0700322source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
323
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700324source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
325
Inaky Perez-Gonzalez143ee2d2008-12-23 16:18:48 -0800326source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
327
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700328source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
329
alex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com0739d642012-08-26 05:10:11 +0000330source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
331
Jeremy Fitzhardinge0d160212007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700332config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
333 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
334 depends on XEN
Jeremy Fitzhardinge70030872009-03-27 16:28:34 -0700335 select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
Jeremy Fitzhardinge0d160212007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700336 default y
337 help
Ian Campbellf942dc22011-03-15 00:06:18 +0000338 This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
339 devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
340 domain 0).
341
342 The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
343 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
344
345 If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
346 should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
347 M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
348
349config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
350 tristate "Xen backend network device"
351 depends on XEN_BACKEND
352 help
353 This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
354 domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
355 Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
356 system that implements a compatible front end.
357
358 The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
359 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
360
361 The backend driver presents a standard network device
362 endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
363 domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
364 etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
365
366 If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
367 domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
368 compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
369 will be called xen-netback.
Jeremy Fitzhardinge0d160212007-07-17 18:37:06 -0700370
Shreyas Bhatewarad1a890fa2009-10-13 00:15:51 -0700371config VMXNET3
Philippe De Muytere85eb112010-11-11 12:31:21 +0000372 tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
373 depends on PCI && INET
374 help
375 This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
376 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
377 module will be called vmxnet3.
Shreyas Bhatewarad1a890fa2009-10-13 00:15:51 -0700378
Haiyang Zhang95fa0402011-11-28 13:35:35 -0800379source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
380
Jan Engelhardtd1c0a652007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700381endif # NETDEVICES