11da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Network device configuration 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEVICES 7ce2d2aedSPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso default y if UML 8e0009820SJan Engelhardt depends on NET 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Network device support" 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds any other computer at all. 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links. 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>. 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 251618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat 261618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# that for each of the symbols. 271618cb0cSRandy Dunlapif NETDEVICES 28cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap 29f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jrconfig NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE 30f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr bool "Netdevice multiple hardware queue support" 31f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr ---help--- 32f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr Say Y here if you want to allow the network stack to use multiple 33f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr hardware TX queues on an ethernet device. 34f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr 35f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr Most people will say N here. 36f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr 37253af423SJamal Hadi Salimconfig IFB 38253af423SJamal Hadi Salim tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" 39253af423SJamal Hadi Salim depends on NET_CLS_ACT 40253af423SJamal Hadi Salim ---help--- 413cb2fcccSMatt LaPlante This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of 42253af423SJamal Hadi Salim resources. 43253af423SJamal Hadi Salim To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 44253af423SJamal Hadi Salim will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb 45253af423SJamal Hadi Salim device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. 46253af423SJamal Hadi Salim Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0', 47253af423SJamal Hadi Salim 'ifb1' etc. 48253af423SJamal Hadi Salim Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc 49253af423SJamal Hadi Salim 501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DUMMY 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Dummy net driver support" 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs. 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Administrator's Guide, available from 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>. 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0', 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'dummy1' etc. 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BONDING 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Bonding driver support" 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco, 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux. 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high 7847c51431SJon Mason performance and high availability operation. 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called bonding. 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 86b863ceb7SPatrick McHardyconfig MACVLAN 87b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 88b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy depends on EXPERIMENTAL 89b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy ---help--- 90b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to 91b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface. 92b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy 93b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 94b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy will be called macvlan. 95b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy 961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EQUALIZER 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e. 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want this and read 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eql. If unsure, say N. 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TUN 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds via physical media writes them to the user space program. 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds all routes corresponding to it. 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tun. 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 138e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanovconfig VETH 139e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov tristate "Virtual ethernet device" 140e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov ---help--- 141e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov The device is an ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. When 142e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice versa. 143e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov 1441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1000 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" 146cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PNP 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds provided by your regular phone modem. 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds found at: 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/> 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html> 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/> 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have this card, of course say N. 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1681202d6ffSFrancois Romieuconfig IP1000 1691202d6ffSFrancois Romieu tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" 1701202d6ffSFrancois Romieu depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 1711202d6ffSFrancois Romieu ---help--- 1721202d6ffSFrancois Romieu This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards. 1731202d6ffSFrancois Romieu 1741202d6ffSFrancois Romieu To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1751202d6ffSFrancois Romieu will be called ipg. This is recommended. 1761202d6ffSFrancois Romieu 1771da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17900db8189SAndy Flemingsource "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" 18000db8189SAndy Fleming 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Ethernet 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 185d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NET_ETHERNET 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)" 187d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on !UML 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs), 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs), 1971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair 1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links) 1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links). 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer, 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC. 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N. 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 212d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtif NET_ETHERNET 213d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 2141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MII 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds ethernet card lack MII. 2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22189e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoenconfig MACB 22289e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen tristate "Atmel MACB support" 223d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 2246c36a707Sfrederic RODO select PHYLIB 22589e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen help 22689e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91 22789e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip. 22889e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen 22989e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23089e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen will be called macb. 23189e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen 2321da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig" 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 234825a2ff1SBen Dooksconfig AX88796 235825a2ff1SBen Dooks tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support" 236def47c50SJeff Garzik depends on ARM || MIPS 237825a2ff1SBen Dooks select CRC32 238825a2ff1SBen Dooks select MII 239825a2ff1SBen Dooks help 240825a2ff1SBen Dooks AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide 241825a2ff1SBen Dooks chip detection and resources 242825a2ff1SBen Dooks 24389e536a1SMagnus Dammconfig AX88796_93CX6 24489e536a1SMagnus Damm bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support" 24589e536a1SMagnus Damm depends on AX88796 24689e536a1SMagnus Damm select EEPROM_93CX6 24789e536a1SMagnus Damm help 24889e536a1SMagnus Damm Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom. 24989e536a1SMagnus Damm 2501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support" 252d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip. 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called mace. 2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE_AAUI_PORT 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default" 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MACE 2651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the 2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector), 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N. 2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver. 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BMAC 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support" 275d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds computers. 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called bmac. 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ARIADNE 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ariadne support" 286d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y. 2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ariadne. 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig A2065 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "A2065 support" 296d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called a2065. 3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HYDRA 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hydra support" 307d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hydra. 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZORRO8390 3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support" 317d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible 3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual 3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y. 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3251da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called zorro8390. 3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APNE 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support" 330d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA 3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called apne. 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APOLLO_ELPLUS 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apollo 3c505 support" 341d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on APOLLO 3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card. 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC, 3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds code in the ROM will be for a PC). 3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC8390 3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards" 350d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y 3551da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC89x0 3591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards" 360d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and 3641da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3671da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. This module will 3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called mac89x0. 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACSONIC 3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)" 373d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS, 3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have 3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. This module will 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called macsonic. 3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACMACE 3868b6aaab8SFinn Thain bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet" 387d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes 3921da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME147_NET 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support" 397d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MVME147 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147 4011da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-board computer. Say Y here to include the 4021da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 4031da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 4041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME16x_NET 4061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support" 407d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MVME16x 4081da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola 4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the 4111da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 4131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BVME6000_NET 4151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support" 416d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on BVME6000 4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and 4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds in your kernel. 4211da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATARILANCE 4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Atari Lance support" 425d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ATARI 4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based 4281da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses). 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3LANCE 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support" 433d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUN3 || SUN3X 4341da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80) 4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet. 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now 4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds discontinued) is at 4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>. 4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N. 4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3_82586 4459a482206SAl Viro bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support" 446d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUN3 4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note 4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional 4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds VME boards. 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLANCE 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HP on-board LANCE support" 455d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on DIO 4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an 4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds HP300 machine, say Y here. 4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LASI_82596 4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Lasi ethernet" 463d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on GSC 4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4656de187eeSMatthew Wilcox Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller 4666de187eeSMatthew Wilcox found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet. 4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 468f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerferconfig SNI_82596 469f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer tristate "SNI RM ethernet" 470f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM 471f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer help 472f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller 473f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer built into SNI RM machines. 474f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer 4751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support" 477d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MACH_JAZZ 4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4791da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000, 4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems. 4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_AU1X00_ENET 4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support" 484d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SOC_AU1X00 4850638dec0SHerbert Valerio Riedel select PHYLIB 4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system 4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y. Otherwise, say N. 4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_IOC3_ETH 4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet" 493d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI && SGI_IP27 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 4961da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4971da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 501dcbf8477SRalf Baechleconfig MIPS_SIM_NET 5021e2b980fSRalf Baechle tristate "MIPS simulator Network device" 503d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MIPS_SIM 504dcbf8477SRalf Baechle help 505dcbf8477SRalf Baechle The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is 506dcbf8477SRalf Baechle emulated by the MIPS Simulator. 507dcbf8477SRalf Baechle If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N. 508dcbf8477SRalf Baechle 5091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_O2MACE_ETH 5101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support" 511d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SGI_IP32=y 5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STNIC 5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National DP83902AV support" 515d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUPERH 5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV 5191da177e4SLinus Torvalds ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This 5201da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at 5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>. 5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNLANCE 5261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun LANCE support" 527d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS 5281da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5291da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These 5321da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known 5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds via the NE2100 cards. 5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunlance. 5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAPPYMEAL 5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support" 540d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS || PCI 5411da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra 5441da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad 5461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations. 5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5481da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunhme. 5501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNBMAC 5521da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 553d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL 5541da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5551da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option. 5571da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device. 5581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5591da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunbmac. 5611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNQE 5631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support" 564d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS 5651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as 5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet 5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead. 5701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunqe. 5731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNGEM 5751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun GEM support" 576d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI 5771da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5791da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also 5801da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>. 5811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5821f26dac3SDavid S. Millerconfig CASSINI 5831f26dac3SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Cassini support" 584d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI 5851f26dac3SDavid S. Miller select CRC32 5861f26dac3SDavid S. Miller help 5871f26dac3SDavid S. Miller Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also 5881f26dac3SDavid S. Miller <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf> 5891f26dac3SDavid S. Miller 5904c521e42SDavid S. Millerconfig SUNVNET 5914c521e42SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Virtual Network support" 5924c521e42SDavid S. Miller depends on SUN_LDOMS 5934c521e42SDavid S. Miller help 5944c521e42SDavid S. Miller Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains. 5954c521e42SDavid S. Miller 5961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_3COM 5971da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "3COM cards" 598d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI 5991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 6061da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 6081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL1 6101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support" 6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6131da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6151da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a 6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will 6171da177e4SLinus Torvalds have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby 6181da177e4SLinus Torvalds machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card. 6191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6201da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6211da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6221da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c501. 6231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL2 6251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support" 6261da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 6271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 6281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6291da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6301da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6331da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6341da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6351da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c503. 6361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELPLUS 6381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support" 639a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 6401da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6411da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in 6421da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of 6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c505. 6491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL16 6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 6531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6601da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c507. 6611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL3 6631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support" 6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA) 6651da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com 6671da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available 6681da177e4SLinus Torvalds from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6701da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS 6711da177e4SLinus Torvalds setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default 6721da177e4SLinus Torvalds media type. 6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6741da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6761da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c509. 6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 3C515 6791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\"" 680a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API 6811da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6821da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet 6831da177e4SLinus Torvalds network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6841da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c515. 6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC 6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support" 6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY 6931da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6951da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6961da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6981da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 7001da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c523. 7011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC_II 7031da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 7041da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY 7051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7061da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7071da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7081da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7101da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 7111da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 7121da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c527. 7131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VORTEX 7151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support" 7161da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA) 7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 7181da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 71947c51431SJon Mason This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and 72047c51431SJon Mason 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards: 7211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI 7231da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI 7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus 7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Tornado" (3c905) PCI 7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI 7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More 7301da177e4SLinus Torvalds specific information is in 7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at 7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>. 7331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7341da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this support as a module, choose M here and read 7351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 7361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TYPHOON 7381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support" 7391da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI 7401da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7411da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7421da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards: 7431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97, 7451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server, 7461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR 7471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7481da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7491da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7501da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7521da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 7531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 7541da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called typhoon. 7551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LANCE 7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support" 758d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API 7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7611da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7621da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are 7631da177e4SLinus Torvalds of this type. 7641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 7661da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lance. This is recommended. 7671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_SMC 7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Western Digital/SMC cards" 770d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC 7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 7731da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 7771da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 7781da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be 7791da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 7801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WD80x3 7821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "WD80*3 support" 7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7851da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7861da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7871da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7881da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7901da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 7911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 7921da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called wd. 7931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRAMCA 7951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support" 7961da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA 7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running 8001da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 8011da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8031da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8041da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 8051da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-mca. 8061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA 8081da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra support" 8091da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 8101da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8111da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8161da177e4SLinus Torvalds Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards 8171da177e4SLinus Torvalds mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible, 8181da177e4SLinus Torvalds such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many 8191da177e4SLinus Torvalds operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for 8201da177e4SLinus Torvalds this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have 8211da177e4SLinus Torvalds problems. 8221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8231da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8241da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 8251da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra. 8261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA32 8281da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support" 8291da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA 8301da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8321da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 8331da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 8341da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8361da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8371da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 8381da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra32. 8391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 840e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC 841e190d6b1SBryan Wu tristate "Blackfin 536/537 on-chip mac support" 842e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF537 || BF536) && (!BF537_PORT_H) 843e190d6b1SBryan Wu select CRC32 844eeb70af9SBryan Wu select MII 845eeb70af9SBryan Wu select PHYLIB 846e190d6b1SBryan Wu select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE 847e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 848e190d6b1SBryan Wu This is the driver for blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it 849e190d6b1SBryan Wu compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module 850e190d6b1SBryan Wu ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel 851e190d6b1SBryan Wu whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac. 852e190d6b1SBryan Wu 853e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 854e190d6b1SBryan Wu bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets" 855e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC && BF537 856e190d6b1SBryan Wu default y 857e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 85801dd2fbfSMatt LaPlante To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers. 859e190d6b1SBryan Wu Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses. 860e190d6b1SBryan Wu 861e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM 862e190d6b1SBryan Wu int "Number of transmit buffer packets" 863e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC 864e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 865e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 10 100 866e190d6b1SBryan Wu default "10" 867e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 868e190d6b1SBryan Wu Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. 869e190d6b1SBryan Wu 870e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM 871e190d6b1SBryan Wu int "Number of receive buffer packets" 872e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC 873e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 874e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 20 800 875e190d6b1SBryan Wu default "20" 876e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 877e190d6b1SBryan Wu Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. 878e190d6b1SBryan Wu 879e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC_RMII 880e190d6b1SBryan Wu bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)" 881e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL 882e190d6b1SBryan Wu default n 883e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 884e190d6b1SBryan Wu Use Reduced PHY MII Interface 885e190d6b1SBryan Wu 8861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMC9194 8871da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC 9194 support" 8881da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN) 8891da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8901da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8911da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this 8921da177e4SLinus Torvalds option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or 8931da177e4SLinus Torvalds another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled 8941da177e4SLinus Torvalds into the kernel, and read the file 8951da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 8961da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8981da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9001da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc9194. 9011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 902d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtconfig SMC91X 903d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support" 904d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt select CRC32 905d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt select MII 906d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || SOC_AU1X00 || BFIN 907d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt help 908d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets, 909d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it 910d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt compiled into the kernel, and read the file 911d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 912d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. 913d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 914d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be 915d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 916d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a 917d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt> 918d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt as well as <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 919d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 92092aa674dSSascha Hauerconfig NET_NETX 92192aa674dSSascha Hauer tristate "NetX Ethernet support" 92292aa674dSSascha Hauer select MII 923d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ARCH_NETX 92492aa674dSSascha Hauer help 92592aa674dSSascha Hauer This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports 92692aa674dSSascha Hauer 92792aa674dSSascha Hauer To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 92892aa674dSSascha Hauer <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 92992aa674dSSascha Hauer will be called netx-eth. 93092aa674dSSascha Hauer 931a1365275SSascha Hauerconfig DM9000 932a1365275SSascha Hauer tristate "DM9000 support" 933f40d24d9SAlex Landau depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS 934a1365275SSascha Hauer select CRC32 935a1365275SSascha Hauer select MII 936a1365275SSascha Hauer ---help--- 937a1365275SSascha Hauer Support for DM9000 chipset. 938a1365275SSascha Hauer 939a1365275SSascha Hauer To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 940a1365275SSascha Hauer <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 941a1365275SSascha Hauer called dm9000. 942a1365275SSascha Hauer 9430a0c72c9SDustin McIntireconfig SMC911X 9440a0c72c9SDustin McIntire tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support" 9450a0c72c9SDustin McIntire select CRC32 9460a0c72c9SDustin McIntire select MII 947726d722eSMarkus Brunner depends on ARCH_PXA || SUPERH 9480a0c72c9SDustin McIntire help 9490a0c72c9SDustin McIntire This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets 9500a0c72c9SDustin McIntire including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118. 9510a0c72c9SDustin McIntire Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, 9520a0c72c9SDustin McIntire and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9530a0c72c9SDustin McIntire <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. 9540a0c72c9SDustin McIntire 9550a0c72c9SDustin McIntire This driver is also available as a module. The module will be 9560a0c72c9SDustin McIntire called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M 95739f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt> 9580a0c72c9SDustin McIntire 9591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_RACAL 9601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards" 961d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA 9621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9631da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such 9641da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 9651da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9671da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 9681da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 9691da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 9701da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 9711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI5010 9731da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 9741da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP 9751da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 9761da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9771da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9781da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still 9791da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental code. 9801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9811da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9821da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9831da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni5010. 9841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI52 9861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5210 support" 9871da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA 9881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9901da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9931da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9941da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9951da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni52. 9961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI65 9981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI6510 support" 999a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 10001da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10011da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10021da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10031da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10051da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10061da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10071da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni65. 10081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10091da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig" 10101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AT1700 10121da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1013d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL 10141da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10151da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10161da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10171da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10201da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10211da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10221da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called at1700. 10231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEPCA 10251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support" 1026d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || MCA 10271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10281da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10291da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10301da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as 10321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:drivers/net/depca.c>. 10331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10341da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10361da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called depca. 10371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HP100 10391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support" 1040d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || PCI 10411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10421da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10431da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10461da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp100. 10491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_ISA 10511da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Other ISA cards" 1052d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA 10531da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10541da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its 10551da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components 10561da177e4SLinus Torvalds of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y. 10571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 10581da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10601da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 10611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 10631da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 10641da177e4SLinus Torvalds the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be 10651da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 10661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E2100 10681da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cabletron E21xx support" 10691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10701da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10721da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10731da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10741da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10761da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10771da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10781da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e2100. 10791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EWRK3 10811da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support" 10821da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10831da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10841da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10851da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet) 10861da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. If this is for you, say Y and read 10871da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as 10881da177e4SLinus Torvalds well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10891da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10911da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10931da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ewrk3. 10941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS 10961da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpress 16 support" 10971da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10981da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and 11001da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11011da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel 11021da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice 11031da177e4SLinus Torvalds because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver 11041da177e4SLinus Torvalds that should do better. 11051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11061da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11071da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11081da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eexpress. 11091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS_PRO 11111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support" 11121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11131da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11141da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This 111547c51431SJon Mason driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however 11161da177e4SLinus Torvalds that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate 11171da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11201da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11211da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11221da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro. 11231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN_PLUS 11251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support" 11261da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11291da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11301da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11331da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11341da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11351da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp-plus. 11361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN 11381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support" 11391da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11401da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11421da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11431da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11461da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp. 11491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LP486E 11511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet" 11521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller 11551da177e4SLinus Torvalds for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the 11561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Intel Professional Workstation. 11571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ETH16I 11591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support" 11601da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11621da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11631da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11641da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11661da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11671da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11681da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eth16i. 11691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2000 11711da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support" 117257e386ceSAtsushi Nemoto depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938 11731da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11741da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11751da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11761da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11771da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards 11781da177e4SLinus Torvalds without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000. 11791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI 118128beaf65SJesper Juhl NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board 118228beaf65SJesper Juhl controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on 11831da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and 11841da177e4SLinus Torvalds laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support", 11851da177e4SLinus Torvalds below. 11861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11871da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11881da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne. 11901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZNET 11921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1193a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API 11941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11951da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network 11961da177e4SLinus Torvalds (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the 11971da177e4SLinus Torvalds IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported 11981da177e4SLinus Torvalds by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SEEQ8005 12021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 12031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 12041da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12051da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this 12061da177e4SLinus Torvalds is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12071da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12091da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 12101da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 12111da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called seeq8005. 12121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2_MCA 12141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support" 1215d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MCA_LEGACY 12161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 12191da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12201da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12221da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 12231da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 12241da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2. 12251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMLANA 12271da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support" 1228d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MCA && MCA_LEGACY 12291da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 12301da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set 12311da177e4SLinus Torvalds CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel 12321da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver and as a module. 12331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12341da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 12351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The only 12361da177e4SLinus Torvalds currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It 12371da177e4SLinus Torvalds will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window 12381da177e4SLinus Torvalds gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple 12391da177e4SLinus Torvalds boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested 12401da177e4SLinus Torvalds up to now due to lack of hardware. 12411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMVETH 12431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support" 1244d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PSERIES 12451da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 12461da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries 12471da177e4SLinus Torvalds and pSeries systems. 12481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12491da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 12501da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will 12511da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called ibmveth. 12521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12531d3bb996SDavid Gibsonsource "drivers/net/ibm_emac/Kconfig" 12541d3bb996SDavid Gibsonsource "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig" 12551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_PCI 12571da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" 1258d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || PCI 12591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12601da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the 12611da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 12621da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 12651da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 12661da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you 12671da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If 12681da177e4SLinus Torvalds you are unsure, say Y. 12691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCNET32 12711da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support" 12721da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12731da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12741da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 12751da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12761da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card, 12771da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12781da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12801da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 12811da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 12821da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called pcnet32. 12831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12847de745e5SDon Fryconfig PCNET32_NAPI 1285659dd835Spcnet32@verizon.net bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" 1286659dd835Spcnet32@verizon.net depends on PCNET32 12877de745e5SDon Fry help 12887de745e5SDon Fry NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 12897de745e5SDon Fry when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 12907de745e5SDon Fry still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 12917de745e5SDon Fry 12927de745e5SDon Fry If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 12937de745e5SDon Fry deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 12947de745e5SDon Fry then say Y here. 12957de745e5SDon Fry 12967de745e5SDon Fry See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 12977de745e5SDon Fry information. 12987de745e5SDon Fry 12997de745e5SDon Fry If in doubt, say N. 13007de745e5SDon Fry 13011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111_ETH 13021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support" 13031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 13041da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13051da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13061da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13071da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card, 13081da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13091da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13111da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13121da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 13131da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called amd8111e. 1314d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 13151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111E_NAPI 13161da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Enable NAPI support" 13171da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on AMD8111_ETH 13181da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13191da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 13201da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 13211da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 13221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 13241da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 13251da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 13261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13271da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 13281da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 13291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13301da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 13311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE 13331da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support" 13341da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 13351da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13361da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13381da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network 13391da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from 13401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip 13411da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. 13421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13431da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 13441da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called starfire. This is recommended. 13451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI 13471da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13481da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL 13491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13501da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 13511da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 13521da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 13531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13541da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 13551da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 13561da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 13571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13581da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 13591da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 13601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13611da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 13621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AC3200 13641da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13651da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL 13661da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13671da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13681da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 13691da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13721da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 13741da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ac3200. 13751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APRICOT 13771da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet" 13781da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && ISA 13791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13811da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13821da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13841da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13851da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 13861da177e4SLinus Torvalds called apricot. 13871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig B44 1389753f4920SMichael Buesch tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support" 1390753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on SSB_POSSIBLE 1391753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB 13921da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13931da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1394753f4920SMichael Buesch If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y 1395753f4920SMichael Buesch or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13961da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13981da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 14001da177e4SLinus Torvalds called b44. 14011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1402753f4920SMichael Buesch# Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible 1403753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT 1404753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1405753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE 1406753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB_PCIHOST 1407753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1408753f4920SMichael Buesch 1409753f4920SMichael Buesch# Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible 1410753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT 1411753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1412753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE 1413753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE 1414753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1415753f4920SMichael Buesch 1416753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCI 1417753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1418753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT 1419753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1420753f4920SMichael Buesch 14211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FORCEDETH 142282770086SAdrian Bunk tristate "nForce Ethernet support" 142382770086SAdrian Bunk depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 14261da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14271da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14291da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 14301da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 14311da177e4SLinus Torvalds called forcedeth. 14321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1433e27cdba5SStephen Hemmingerconfig FORCEDETH_NAPI 1434e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger bool "Use Rx and Tx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1435e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL 1436e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger help 1437e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 1438e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 1439e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 1440e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger 1441e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 1442e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 1443e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger then say Y here. 1444e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger 1445e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 1446e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger information. 1447e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger 1448e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger If in doubt, say N. 14491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CS89x0 14511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CS89x0 support" 14529c878967SDeepak Saxena depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X) 14531da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 14551da177e4SLinus Torvalds network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the 14561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14571da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as 14581da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>. 14591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14601da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 14611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 1462fd85d765SJean Delvare called cs89x0. 14631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TC35815 14651da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support" 1466eea221ceSAtsushi Nemoto depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS 1467eea221ceSAtsushi Nemoto select MII 14681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEPRO100 14701da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)" 14711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14721da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14741da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet) 14751da177e4SLinus Torvalds card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14761da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14781da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 14791da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 14801da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro100. 14811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E100 14841da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support" 14851da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14861da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14871da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14881da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters. 14891da177e4SLinus Torvalds To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number 14901da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number 14911da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits). 14921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 14941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14951da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 14961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14971da177e4SLinus Torvalds to identify the adapter. 14981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14991da177e4SLinus Torvalds For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see: 15001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15011da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp> 15021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15031da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 15041da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>. 15051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15061da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15071da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15081da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e100. 15091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LNE390 15111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15131da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15141da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15151da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15161da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15171da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15191da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15201da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15211da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lne390. 15221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEALNX 15241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support" 15251da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 15261da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 15281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet 15301da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. Specifications and data at 15311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>. 15321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NATSEMI 15341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support" 15351da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 15361da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15381da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series, 15391da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys 15401da177e4SLinus Torvalds and others, including the 83815 chip. 15411da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 15421da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>. 15431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2K_PCI 15451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)" 15461da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 15471da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15481da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15491da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work 15501da177e4SLinus Torvalds with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000 15511da177e4SLinus Torvalds support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card, 15521da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15551da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards: 15561da177e4SLinus Torvalds RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2 15571da177e4SLinus Torvalds NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond 15581da177e4SLinus Torvalds Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229 15591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15601da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15621da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2k-pci. 15631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE3210 15651da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15661da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15671da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15681da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15691da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15701da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver 15721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different. 15731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15741da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15761da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne3210. 15771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ES3210 15791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15801da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15811da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15841da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15851da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15871da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15881da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called es3210. 15901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139CP 15921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 15941da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15951da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 15961da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15971da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 15981da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read 15991da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 16001da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 16011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16021da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16031da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139cp. This is recommended. 16041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO 1606f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 16071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16081da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16091da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16101da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16111da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 1612f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and 1613f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 16141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16151da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16161da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139too. This is recommended. 16171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_PIO 16191da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO" 16201da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 16211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 16221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16231da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead 16241da177e4SLinus Torvalds of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems 16251da177e4SLinus Torvalds in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure, 16261da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 16271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER 16291da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)" 16301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 16311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16321da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implements a function which might come in handy in case you 16331da177e4SLinus Torvalds are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek 16341da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries 16351da177e4SLinus Torvalds to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is 16361da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer. 16371da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 16381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_8129 16401da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards" 16411da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 16421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16431da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and 16441da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver, 16451da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some 16461da177e4SLinus Torvalds memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y. 16471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139_OLD_RX_RESET 16491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use older RX-reset method" 16501da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 16511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16521da177e4SLinus Torvalds The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid 16531da177e4SLinus Torvalds reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new" 16541da177e4SLinus Torvalds RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you 16551da177e4SLinus Torvalds experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the 16561da177e4SLinus Torvalds old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N. 16571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SIS900 16591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 16601da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16611da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16626da0f685SAdrian Bunk select MII 16631da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16641da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 16651da177e4SLinus Torvalds the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in 1666c3cf560eSAdrian Bunk SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets. 16671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16681da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use 16691da177e4SLinus Torvalds your phone line as a network cable. 16701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sis900. This is recommended. 16731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EPIC100 16751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC EtherPower II" 16761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16771da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16781da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16801da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC, 16811da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100). 16821da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16831da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>. 16841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE 16861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sundance Alta support" 16871da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16881da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16891da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16901da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16911da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip. 16921da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>. 16941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE_MMIO 16961da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 16971da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SUNDANCE 16981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16991da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers. 17001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled) 17011da177e4SLinus Torvalds is known to solve bugs on certain chips. 17021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 17041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TLAN 17061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TI ThunderLAN support" 17071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) && !64BIT 17081da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip 17101da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the 17111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17121da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 17131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17141da177e4SLinus Torvalds Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent, 17151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file 17161da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details. 17171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17181da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 17191da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 17201da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tlan. 17211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>. 17231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE 17251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Rhine support" 17261da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 17271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 17281da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 17291da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17301da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A), 17311da177e4SLinus Torvalds Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type 17321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges 17331da177e4SLinus Torvalds (e.g. VT8235). 17341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17351da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 17361da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-rhine. 17371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE_MMIO 17391da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 17401da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VIA_RHINE 17411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17421da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of 17431da177e4SLinus Torvalds programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in 17441da177e4SLinus Torvalds processing time in parts of the driver. 17451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17461da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 17471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1748633949a1SRoger Luethiconfig VIA_RHINE_NAPI 1749633949a1SRoger Luethi bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 1750633949a1SRoger Luethi depends on VIA_RHINE 1751633949a1SRoger Luethi help 1752633949a1SRoger Luethi NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 1753633949a1SRoger Luethi when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. 1754633949a1SRoger Luethi 1755633949a1SRoger Luethi If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 1756633949a1SRoger Luethi deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 1757633949a1SRoger Luethi then say Y here. 1758633949a1SRoger Luethi 1759633949a1SRoger Luethi See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 1760633949a1SRoger Luethi information. 1761633949a1SRoger Luethi 17621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LAN_SAA9730 1763f2b67c79SRalf Baechle bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support" 1764f2b67c79SRalf Baechle depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS_ATLAS 17651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17661da177e4SLinus Torvalds The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used 17671da177e4SLinus Torvalds in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless 17681da177e4SLinus Torvalds workstations. 17691da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA9730_flyer_1>. 17701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1771bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barrosconfig SC92031 1772bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1773bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 1774bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros select CRC32 1775bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros ---help--- 1776bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 1777bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you 1778bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros have one of these, say Y here. 1779bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros 1780bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1781bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros will be called sc92031. This is recommended. 1782bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros 1783d95b39c3SMatteo Croceconfig CPMAC 1784d95b39c3SMatteo Croce tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1785d95b39c3SMatteo Croce depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7 1786d95b39c3SMatteo Croce select PHYLIB 1787d95b39c3SMatteo Croce select FIXED_PHY 1788d95b39c3SMatteo Croce select FIXED_MII_100_FDX 1789d95b39c3SMatteo Croce help 1790d95b39c3SMatteo Croce TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support 1791d95b39c3SMatteo Croce 17921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_POCKET 17931da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Pocket and portable adapters" 1794d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PARPORT 17951da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel 17971da177e4SLinus Torvalds port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have 17981da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 18001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18011da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA 18021da177e4SLinus Torvalds (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for 18031da177e4SLinus Torvalds credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you 18041da177e4SLinus Torvalds need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file 18051da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here. 18061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18071da177e4SLinus Torvalds Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at 18081da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or 18091da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>. 18101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 18121da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 18131da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you 18141da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific device in the following questions. 18151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATP 18171da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support" 181832fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86 18191da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 18201da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18211da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 18221da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, 18231da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you 18241da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have 18251da177e4SLinus Torvalds said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers 18261da177e4SLinus Torvalds don't like each other. 18271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18281da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 18291da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called atp. 18301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE600 18321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support" 183332fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 18341da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18351da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 18361da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 18371da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 18381da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 18391da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 18401da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 18411da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 18421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18431da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 18441da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de600. 18451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE620 18471da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support" 184832fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 18491da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18501da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 18511da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 18521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 18531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 18541da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 18551da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 18561da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 18571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18581da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 18591da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de620. 18601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGISEEQ 18621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support" 1863d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SGI_IP22 18641da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is 18661da177e4SLinus Torvalds used in many Silicon Graphics machines. 18671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DECLANCE 18691da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support" 1870d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MACH_DECSTATION 18711da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 18721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18731da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by 18741da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the 18751da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.) 18761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 68360_ENET 18781da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller" 18791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on M68360 18801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of 18821da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Motorola 68360 processor. 18831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEC 18852af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)" 1886892b6252SGreg Ungerer depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x 18871da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18881da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet 18892af6921fSGreg Ungerer controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18902af6921fSGreg Ungerer 18912af6921fSGreg Ungererconfig FEC2 18922af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)" 18932af6921fSGreg Ungerer depends on FEC 18942af6921fSGreg Ungerer help 18952af6921fSGreg Ungerer Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast 18962af6921fSGreg Ungerer ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE_H8300 18991da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300" 1900d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on H8300 19011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible 19031da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor. 19041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19051da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig" 190648257c4fSPantelis Antoniousource "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig" 19071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1908d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NET_ETHERNET 19091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19101da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 19111da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Gigabit Ethernet 19121da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 19131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1914f30486d5SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEV_1000 1915f30486d5SJan Engelhardt bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" 1916cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 1917f30486d5SJan Engelhardt default y 191806bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt ---help--- 191906bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common 192006bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. 192106bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 192206bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers. 192306bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt This option alone does not add any kernel code. 192406bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed 192506bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead. 192606bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 192706bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 1928f30486d5SJan Engelhardt 1929f30486d5SJan Engelhardtif NETDEV_1000 19301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC 19321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support" 19331da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19341da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear 19361da177e4SLinus Torvalds GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet 19371da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000 19381da177e4SLinus Torvalds bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this 19391da177e4SLinus Torvalds as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig 19401da177e4SLinus Torvalds line. 19411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19421da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 19431da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called acenic. 19441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I 19461da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs" 19471da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ACENIC 19481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave 19501da177e4SLinus Torvalds out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer 19511da177e4SLinus Torvalds being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B 19521da177e4SLinus Torvalds version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by 19531da177e4SLinus Torvalds app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a 19541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tigon II, say N here. 19551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19561da177e4SLinus Torvalds The safe and default value for this is N. 19571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DL2K 1959df950828SKomuro tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support" 19601da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19611da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 19621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1963df950828SKomuro This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards, 1964df950828SKomuro which includes 19651da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 19661da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 1967df950828SKomuro Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 19681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19691da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 19701da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called dl2k. 19711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000 19731da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" 19741da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19751da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19761da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of 19771da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 19781da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 19791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19801da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 19811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19821da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 19831da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 19841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19851da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 19861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19871da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 19881da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>. 19891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19901da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 19911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 19921da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e1000. 19931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000_NAPI 19951da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 19961da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on E1000 19971da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19981da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 19991da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 20001da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 20011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20021da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 20031da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 20041da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 20051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20061da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 20071da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 20081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 20101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 201135ec56bbSJesse Brandeburgconfig E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT 201235ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters" 201335ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg depends on E1000 201435ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg help 201535ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express 20169e6b4873SJames Ring hardware. 201735ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 201835ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg If in doubt, say N. 201935ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 2020bc7f75faSAuke Kokconfig E1000E 2021bc7f75faSAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support" 2022bc7f75faSAuke Kok depends on PCI 2023bc7f75faSAuke Kok ---help--- 2024bc7f75faSAuke Kok This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit 2025bc7f75faSAuke Kok ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters, 2026bc7f75faSAuke Kok use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to 2027bc7f75faSAuke Kok identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 2028bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2029bc7f75faSAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 2030bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2031bc7f75faSAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 2032bc7f75faSAuke Kok website at: 2033bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2034bc7f75faSAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 2035bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2036bc7f75faSAuke Kok More specific information on configuring the driver is in 2037bc7f75faSAuke Kok <file:Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt>. 2038bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2039bc7f75faSAuke Kok To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 2040bc7f75faSAuke Kok <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 2041bc7f75faSAuke Kok will be called e1000e. 2042bc7f75faSAuke Kok 204315d014d1SLennert Buytenheksource "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig" 204415d014d1SLennert Buytenhek 20451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MYRI_SBUS 20461da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support" 20471da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SBUS 20481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20491da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards. 20501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 20521da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended. 20531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NS83820 205547c51431SJon Mason tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support" 20561da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20581da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series 20591da177e4SLinus Torvalds of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include 20601da177e4SLinus Torvalds the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX, 20611da177e4SLinus Torvalds SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of 20621da177e4SLinus Torvalds zero copy. 20631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAMACHI 20651da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support" 20661da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20671da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 20681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20691da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read 20701da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 20711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 20721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20731da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 20741da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 20751da177e4SLinus Torvalds called hamachi. 20761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig YELLOWFIN 20781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 20791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 20801da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 20811da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 20821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet 20831da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is 20841da177e4SLinus Torvalds used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See 20851da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more 20861da177e4SLinus Torvalds information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general. 20871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20881da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 20891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called yellowfin. This is recommended. 20901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169 20921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" 20931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20941da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 20951da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 20961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. 20971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20981da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 20991da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called r8169. This is recommended. 21001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_NAPI 21021da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx and Tx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 21031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL 21041da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 21051da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 21061da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 21071da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 21081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 21101da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 21111da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 21121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21131da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 21141da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 21151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21161da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 21171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_VLAN 21191da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "VLAN support" 21201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q 21211da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 21221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required 21231da177e4SLinus Torvalds by the kernel 802.1Q code. 21241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 21261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21271a9e8549SMaciej W. Rozyckiconfig SB1250_MAC 212825a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support" 212925a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC 2130f5279ffdSMaciej W. Rozycki select PHYLIB 213125a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 213225a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the 213325a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include 213425a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455 213525a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki and BCM1480 chips. 213625a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki 213725a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 213825a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki will be called sb1250-mac. 213925a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki 2140890e8d0aSFrancois Romieuconfig SIS190 2141e797637fSFrancois Romieu tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support" 2142890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu depends on PCI 2143890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu select CRC32 2144e9985d53SAdrian Bunk select MII 2145890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu ---help--- 2146e797637fSFrancois Romieu Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or 2147e797637fSFrancois Romieu a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to 2148e797637fSFrancois Romieu appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965 2149e797637fSFrancois Romieu and SiS 966 south bridge. 2150890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2151890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2152890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu will be called sis190. This is recommended. 2153890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2154baef58b1SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKGE 21557a160c73SStephen Hemminger tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support" 21567a160c73SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 2157baef58b1SStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2158baef58b1SStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2159baef58b1SStephen Hemminger This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 2160baef58b1SStephen Hemminger and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver 216146a60f2dSStephen Hemminger with better performance and more complete ethtool support. 2162baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2163baef58b1SStephen Hemminger It does not support the link failover and network management 21645ad887faSStephen Hemminger features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does. 2165baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2166c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset: 2167c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T, 2168c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872. 2169c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2170c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver, 2171c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters. 2172c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2173c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2174c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake will be called skge. This is recommended. 2175cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2176678aa1f6SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKGE_DEBUG 2177678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger bool "Debugging interface" 2178678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger depends on SKGE && DEBUG_FS 2179678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger help 2180678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. 2181678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger The file debugfs/skge/ethX displays the state of the internal 2182678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger transmit and receive rings. 2183678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger 2184678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger If unsure, say N. 2185678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger 2186cd28ab6aSStephen Hemmingerconfig SKY2 21878a3e3bfdSStephen Hemminger tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support" 2188f479b322SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 2189cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2190cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2191cab00891SMatt LaPlante This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the 2192c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell Yukon 2 chipset: 2193c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/ 2194c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21 2195c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2196f479b322SStephen Hemminger There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and 2197f479b322SStephen Hemminger Genesis based adapters: skge. 2198cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2199cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2200cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger will be called sky2. This is recommended. 2201cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 22023cf26753SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKY2_DEBUG 22033cf26753SStephen Hemminger bool "Debugging interface" 22043cf26753SStephen Hemminger depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS 22053cf26753SStephen Hemminger help 22063cf26753SStephen Hemminger This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. 22073cf26753SStephen Hemminger The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal 22083cf26753SStephen Hemminger transmit and receive rings. 2209c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 22103cf26753SStephen Hemminger If unsure, say N. 22111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22125ad887faSStephen Hemmingerconfig SK98LIN 22135ad887faSStephen Hemminger tristate "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support (DEPRECATED)" 22145ad887faSStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 22155ad887faSStephen Hemminger ---help--- 22165ad887faSStephen Hemminger Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 22175ad887faSStephen Hemminger compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 22185ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22195ad887faSStephen Hemminger This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. This driver is 22205ad887faSStephen Hemminger deprecated and will be removed from the kernel in the near future, 22215ad887faSStephen Hemminger it has been replaced by the skge driver. skge is cleaner and 22225ad887faSStephen Hemminger seems to work better. 22235ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22245ad887faSStephen Hemminger This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A separate 22255ad887faSStephen Hemminger driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters. 22265ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22275ad887faSStephen Hemminger The following adapters are supported by this driver: 22285ad887faSStephen Hemminger - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 22295ad887faSStephen Hemminger - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 22305ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22315ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22325ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22335ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22345ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22355ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX/2TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22365ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2971SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22375ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2971T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22385ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Belkin Gigabit Desktop Card 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45 22395ad887faSStephen Hemminger - EG1032 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 22405ad887faSStephen Hemminger - EG1064 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 22415ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Abit) 22425ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Albatron) 22435ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Asus) 22445ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (ECS) 22455ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Epox) 22465ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Foxconn) 22475ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Gigabyte) 22485ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Iwill) 22495ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Intel) 22505ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8001 Adapter 22515ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8002 Adapter 22525ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8003 Adapter 22535ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8004 Adapter 22545ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8006 Adapter 22555ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8007 Adapter 22565ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8008 Adapter 22575ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8009 Adapter 22585ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8010 Adapter 22595ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8011 Adapter 22605ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8012 Adapter 22615ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8052 Adapter 22625ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (32 bit) 22635ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (64 bit) 22645ad887faSStephen Hemminger - N-Way PCI-Bus Giga-Card 1000/100/10Mbps(L) 22655ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22665ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9521 V2.0 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22675ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9821 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T) 22685ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9821 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22695ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9822 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T dual link) 22705ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9841 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX) 22715ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9841 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX Adapter 22725ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9842 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX dual link) 22735ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9843 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX) 22745ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9843 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22755ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9844 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX dual link) 22765ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9851 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22775ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9861 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition) 22785ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9861 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22795ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9862 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition dual link) 22805ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9871 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX) 22815ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-ZX Adapter 22825ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9872 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX dual link) 22835ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9452TXV.2) 22845ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22855ad887faSStephen Hemminger The adapters support Jumbo Frames. 22865ad887faSStephen Hemminger The dual link adapters support link-failover and dual port features. 22875ad887faSStephen Hemminger Both Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx adapters support 22885ad887faSStephen Hemminger the scatter-gather functionality with sendfile(). Please refer to 22895ad887faSStephen Hemminger <file:Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt> for more information about 22905ad887faSStephen Hemminger optional driver parameters. 22915ad887faSStephen Hemminger Questions concerning this driver may be addressed to: 22925ad887faSStephen Hemminger <linux@syskonnect.de> 22935ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22945ad887faSStephen Hemminger If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be 22955ad887faSStephen Hemminger inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 22965ad887faSStephen Hemminger say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will 22975ad887faSStephen Hemminger be called sk98lin. This is recommended. 22985ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_VELOCITY 23001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Velocity support" 230173815538SYoichi Yuasa depends on PCI 23021da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 23031da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 23041da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 23051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23061da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here. 23071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23081da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 23091da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-velocity. 23101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TIGON3 23121da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support" 23131da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 23141da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23151da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards. 23161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23171da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23181da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tg3. This is recommended. 23191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2320b6016b76SMichael Chanconfig BNX2 2321b6016b76SMichael Chan tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support" 2322b6016b76SMichael Chan depends on PCI 2323fba9fe91SMichael Chan select CRC32 2324fba9fe91SMichael Chan select ZLIB_INFLATE 2325b6016b76SMichael Chan help 2326b6016b76SMichael Chan This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards. 2327b6016b76SMichael Chan 2328b6016b76SMichael Chan To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2329b6016b76SMichael Chan will be called bnx2. This is recommended. 2330b6016b76SMichael Chan 2331aaec0fabSJens Osterkampconfig SPIDER_NET 2332aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver" 23333342cf0eSKou Ishizaki depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB) 23349b15879aSChristoph Hellwig select FW_LOADER 2335aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp help 2336aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the 2337aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM. 2338aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp 23395e123b84SZang Roy-r61911config TSI108_ETH 23405e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support" 23415e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE 23425e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 help 23435e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports. 23445e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23455e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 will be called tsi108_eth. 23465e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 234702c18891SMasakazu Mokunoconfig GELIC_NET 234802c18891SMasakazu Mokuno tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver" 234902c18891SMasakazu Mokuno depends on PPC_PS3 235002c18891SMasakazu Mokuno help 235102c18891SMasakazu Mokuno This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game 235202c18891SMasakazu Mokuno console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet. 235302c18891SMasakazu Mokuno 235402c18891SMasakazu Mokuno To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 235502c18891SMasakazu Mokuno module will be called ps3_gelic. 235602c18891SMasakazu Mokuno 23571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GIANFAR 23581da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Gianfar Ethernet" 2359ef82a306SJon Loeliger depends on 85xx || 83xx || PPC_86xx 2360bb40dcbbSAndy Fleming select PHYLIB 2361bf41a7c5SDave Jiang select CRC32 23621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2363ef82a306SJon Loeliger This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx, 2364ef82a306SJon Loeliger and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540. 23651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GFAR_NAPI 23671da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "NAPI Support" 23681da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on GIANFAR 23691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2370ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UCC_GETH 23717d776cb5STimur Tabi tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet" 23727d776cb5STimur Tabi depends on QUICC_ENGINE 2373296baae2SJan Altenberg select PHYLIB 2374ce973b14SLi Yang help 23757d776cb5STimur Tabi This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine, 23767d776cb5STimur Tabi which is available on some Freescale SOCs. 2377ce973b14SLi Yang 2378ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_NAPI 2379ce973b14SLi Yang bool "NAPI Support" 2380ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2381ce973b14SLi Yang 2382ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET 2383ce973b14SLi Yang bool "Magic Packet detection support" 2384ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2385ce973b14SLi Yang 2386ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_FILTERING 2387ce973b14SLi Yang bool "Mac address filtering support" 2388ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2389ce973b14SLi Yang 2390d5b9049dSMichael Reissconfig UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND 2391d5b9049dSMichael Reiss bool "Transmit on Demand support" 2392ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2393ce973b14SLi Yang 23941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MV643XX_ETH 23951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MV-643XX Ethernet support" 2396688b3d72SRalf Baechle depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32) 2397cd6478c8SDale Farnsworth select MII 23981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23991da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the gigabit Ethernet on the Marvell MV643XX 24001da177e4SLinus Torvalds chipset which is used in the Momenco Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and 24011da177e4SLinus Torvalds Pegasos II, amongst other PPC and MIPS boards. 24021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24035a4faa87SRon Mercerconfig QLA3XXX 24045a4faa87SRon Mercer tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support" 24055a4faa87SRon Mercer depends on PCI 24065a4faa87SRon Mercer help 24075a4faa87SRon Mercer This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards. 24085a4faa87SRon Mercer 24095a4faa87SRon Mercer To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24105a4faa87SRon Mercer will be called qla3xxx. 24115a4faa87SRon Mercer 2412f3cc28c7SJay Cliburnconfig ATL1 2413f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn tristate "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2414a1ca14b1SJay Cliburn depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 2415f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn select CRC32 2416f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn select MII 2417f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn help 2418f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn This driver supports the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter. 2419f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn 2420f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 2421f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn will be called atl1. 2422f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn 2423f30486d5SJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEV_1000 24241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24251da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 24261da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 10 Gigabit Ethernet 24271da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 24281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2429f30486d5SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEV_10000 2430f30486d5SJan Engelhardt bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" 2431cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 2432f30486d5SJan Engelhardt default y 243306bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt ---help--- 243406bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers. 243506bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt This option alone does not add any kernel code. 243606bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 243706bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 2438f30486d5SJan Engelhardt 2439f30486d5SJan Engelhardtif NETDEV_10000 24401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24418199d3a7SChristoph Lameterconfig CHELSIO_T1 24428199d3a7SChristoph Lameter tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support" 24438199d3a7SChristoph Lameter depends on PCI 244457834ca1SStephen Hemminger select CRC32 24458199d3a7SChristoph Lameter help 2446f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit 2447f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and 2448f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger performance tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>. 24498199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24508199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit 24518199d3a7SChristoph Lameter our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>. 24528199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24538199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For customer support, please visit our customer support page at 24548199d3a7SChristoph Lameter <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>. 24558199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24568199d3a7SChristoph Lameter Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>. 24578199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24588199d3a7SChristoph Lameter To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24598199d3a7SChristoph Lameter will be called cxgb. 24608199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 2461352c417dSStephen Hemmingerconfig CHELSIO_T1_1G 2462352c417dSStephen Hemminger bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support" 2463352c417dSStephen Hemminger depends on CHELSIO_T1 2464352c417dSStephen Hemminger help 2465352c417dSStephen Hemminger Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you 2466352c417dSStephen Hemminger are using only 10G cards say 'N' here. 2467352c417dSStephen Hemminger 24687fe26a60SStephen Hemmingerconfig CHELSIO_T1_NAPI 24697fe26a60SStephen Hemminger bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 24707fe26a60SStephen Hemminger depends on CHELSIO_T1 24717fe26a60SStephen Hemminger default y 24727fe26a60SStephen Hemminger help 24737fe26a60SStephen Hemminger NAPI is a driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 24747fe26a60SStephen Hemminger when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. 24757fe26a60SStephen Hemminger 24764d22de3eSDivy Le Rayconfig CHELSIO_T3 24774d22de3eSDivy Le Ray tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support" 24784d22de3eSDivy Le Ray depends on PCI 24792e283962SDivy Le Ray select FW_LOADER 24804d22de3eSDivy Le Ray help 24814d22de3eSDivy Le Ray This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet 24824d22de3eSDivy Le Ray adapters. 24834d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24844d22de3eSDivy Le Ray For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit 24854d22de3eSDivy Le Ray our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>. 24864d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24874d22de3eSDivy Le Ray For customer support, please visit our customer support page at 24884d22de3eSDivy Le Ray <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>. 24894d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24904d22de3eSDivy Le Ray Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>. 24914d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24924d22de3eSDivy Le Ray To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24934d22de3eSDivy Le Ray will be called cxgb3. 24944d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24957a291083SJan-Bernd Themannconfig EHEA 24967a291083SJan-Bernd Themann tristate "eHEA Ethernet support" 24977a291083SJan-Bernd Themann depends on IBMEBUS 2498d4dc4ec9SJan-Bernd Themann select INET_LRO 24997a291083SJan-Bernd Themann ---help--- 25007a291083SJan-Bernd Themann This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter. 25017a291083SJan-Bernd Themann 25027a291083SJan-Bernd Themann To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25037a291083SJan-Bernd Themann will be called ehea. 25047a291083SJan-Bernd Themann 25059a799d71SAuke Kokconfig IXGBE 25069a799d71SAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support" 25079a799d71SAuke Kok depends on PCI 25089a799d71SAuke Kok ---help--- 25099a799d71SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of 25109a799d71SAuke Kok adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 25119a799d71SAuke Kok to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 25129a799d71SAuke Kok 25139a799d71SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 25149a799d71SAuke Kok 25159a799d71SAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 25169a799d71SAuke Kok website at: 25179a799d71SAuke Kok 25189a799d71SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 25199a799d71SAuke Kok 25209a799d71SAuke Kok More specific information on configuring the driver is in 25219a799d71SAuke Kok <file:Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt>. 25229a799d71SAuke Kok 25239a799d71SAuke Kok To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 25249a799d71SAuke Kok <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 25259a799d71SAuke Kok will be called ixgbe. 25269a799d71SAuke Kok 25271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB 25281da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" 25291da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 25301da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25319a799d71SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for 25329a799d71SAuke Kok PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver 25339a799d71SAuke Kok instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 25341da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 25351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25361da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 25371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25381da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 25391da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 25401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25411da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 25421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25431da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 25441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>. 25451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25461da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 25471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 25481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ixgb. 25491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB_NAPI 25511da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 25521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL 25531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25541da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 25551da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 25561da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 25571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25581da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 25591da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 25601da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 25611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25621da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 25631da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 25641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25651da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 25661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO 25681da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC" 25691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 25701da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25711da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO. 25729eb343aeSAkinobu Mita More specific information on configuring the driver is in 25739eb343aeSAkinobu Mita <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>. 25741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO_NAPI 25761da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 25771da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL 25781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25791da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 25801da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 25811da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 25821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 25841da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 25851da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 25861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25871da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 25881da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 25891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25901da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 25911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25920da34b6dSBrice Goglinconfig MYRI10GE 25930da34b6dSBrice Goglin tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support" 25940da34b6dSBrice Goglin depends on PCI 25950da34b6dSBrice Goglin select FW_LOADER 25960da34b6dSBrice Goglin select CRC32 25971e6e9342SAndrew Gallatin select INET_LRO 25980da34b6dSBrice Goglin ---help--- 25990da34b6dSBrice Goglin This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in 26000da34b6dSBrice Goglin Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough, 26010da34b6dSBrice Goglin you will need a newer firmware image. 26020da34b6dSBrice Goglin You may get this image or more information, at: 26030da34b6dSBrice Goglin 2604d2794905SBrice Goglin <http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE.html> 26050da34b6dSBrice Goglin 26060da34b6dSBrice Goglin To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 26070da34b6dSBrice Goglin <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 26080da34b6dSBrice Goglin will be called myri10ge. 26090da34b6dSBrice Goglin 26103d396eb1SAmit S. Kaleconfig NETXEN_NIC 26113d396eb1SAmit S. Kale tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC" 26125ac36615SRandy Dunlap depends on PCI 26133d396eb1SAmit S. Kale help 26143d396eb1SAmit S. Kale This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card. 26153d396eb1SAmit S. Kale 2616a3138df9SDavid S. Millerconfig NIU 2617a3138df9SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support" 2618a3138df9SDavid S. Miller depends on PCI 2619a3138df9SDavid S. Miller help 2620a3138df9SDavid S. Miller This enables support for cards based upon Sun's 2621a3138df9SDavid S. Miller Neptune chipset. 2622a3138df9SDavid S. Miller 2623f5cd7872SOlof Johanssonconfig PASEMI_MAC 2624f5cd7872SOlof Johansson tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC" 2625f5cd7872SOlof Johansson depends on PPC64 && PCI 2626bb6e9590SOlof Johansson select PHYLIB 2627f5cd7872SOlof Johansson help 2628f5cd7872SOlof Johansson This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on 2629f5cd7872SOlof Johansson PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips. 2630f5cd7872SOlof Johansson 2631225c7b1fSRoland Dreierconfig MLX4_CORE 2632225c7b1fSRoland Dreier tristate 2633225c7b1fSRoland Dreier depends on PCI 2634225c7b1fSRoland Dreier default n 2635225c7b1fSRoland Dreier 2636225c7b1fSRoland Dreierconfig MLX4_DEBUG 2637225c7b1fSRoland Dreier bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED) 2638f550d94cSPaul Mundt depends on MLX4_CORE 2639225c7b1fSRoland Dreier default y 2640225c7b1fSRoland Dreier ---help--- 2641225c7b1fSRoland Dreier This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the 2642225c7b1fSRoland Dreier mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the 2643225c7b1fSRoland Dreier debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after 2644225c7b1fSRoland Dreier the driver is loaded through sysfs). 2645225c7b1fSRoland Dreier 26461a348cccSAndy Gospodarekconfig TEHUTI 26471a348cccSAndy Gospodarek tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet" 26481a348cccSAndy Gospodarek depends on PCI 26491a348cccSAndy Gospodarek help 26501a348cccSAndy Gospodarek Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC 26511a348cccSAndy Gospodarek 2652f30486d5SJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEV_10000 26531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26541da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" 26551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26561da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" 26571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26585b2fc499SJeff Garziksource "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" 26595b2fc499SJeff Garzik 26601da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" 26611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26621da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" 26631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26641da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/atm/Kconfig" 26651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26661da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" 26671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26680d160211SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND 26690d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" 26700d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge depends on XEN 26710d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge default y 26720d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge help 26730d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to 26740d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge access network devices exported exported by a virtual 26750d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge machine containing a physical network device driver. The 26760d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains; 26770d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost 26780d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge certainly want to enable this. 26790d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge 26801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISERIES_VETH 26811da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support" 2682cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PPC_ISERIES 26831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2684f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET 2685f89efd52SMatt Porter tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" 2686a81c52a8SRandy Dunlap depends on RAPIDIO 2687f89efd52SMatt Porter 2688f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_TX_SIZE 2689f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of outbound queue entries" 2690f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2691f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2692f89efd52SMatt Porter 2693f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_RX_SIZE 2694f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of inbound queue entries" 2695f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2696f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2697f89efd52SMatt Porter 26981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FDDI 26991da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "FDDI driver support" 2700e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on (PCI || EISA || TC) 27011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network 27031da177e4SLinus Torvalds design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can 27041da177e4SLinus Torvalds run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and 27051da177e4SLinus Torvalds want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and 27061da177e4SLinus Torvalds then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people 27071da177e4SLinus Torvalds will say N. 27081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEFXX 2710e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support" 2711e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC) 2712e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 2713e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA), 2714e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you 2715e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki to a local FDDI network. 2716e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2717e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2718e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki will be called defxx. If unsure, say N. 2719e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2720e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozyckiconfig DEFXX_MMIO 2721e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki bool 2722e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA 2723e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on DEFXX 2724e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki default n if PCI || EISA 2725e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki default y 2726e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 2727e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O 2728e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO). 2729e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts 2730e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA) 2731e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports, 2732e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters. 2733e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2734e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki If unsure, say N. 27351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SKFP 27371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support" 27381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on FDDI && PCI 2739bc63eb9cSAkinobu Mita select BITREVERSE 27401da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 27411da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter. 27421da177e4SLinus Torvalds The following adapters are supported by this driver: 27431da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP) 27441da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS) 27451da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP) 27461da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP) 27471da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS) 27481da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64) 27491da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS) 27501da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64) 27511da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64) 27521da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS) 27531da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC 27541da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC 27551da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP 27561da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP 27571da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC 27581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27591da177e4SLinus Torvalds Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about 27601da177e4SLinus Torvalds the driver. 27611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to: 27631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <linux@syskonnect.de> 27641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27651da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 27661da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called skfp. This is recommended. 27671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HIPPI 27691da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2770cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI 27711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27721da177e4SLinus Torvalds HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and 27731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI 27741da177e4SLinus Torvalds can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on 27751da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to 27761da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network 27771da177e4SLinus Torvalds and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use 27781da177e4SLinus Torvalds under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver 27791da177e4SLinus Torvalds for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here. 27801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER 27821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 27831da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on HIPPI && PCI 27841da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card. 27861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27871da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 27881da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N. 27891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS 27911da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)" 27921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ROADRUNNER 27931da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB 27951da177e4SLinus Torvalds of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for 27961da177e4SLinus Torvalds transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other 27971da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have 27981da177e4SLinus Torvalds the memory. 27991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PLIP 28011da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" 2802cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PARPORT 28031da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28041da177e4SLinus Torvalds PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a 28051da177e4SLinus Torvalds reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) 28061da177e4SLinus Torvalds local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to 28071da177e4SLinus Torvalds install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a 28081da177e4SLinus Torvalds CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies 28091da177e4SLinus Torvalds first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option 28101da177e4SLinus Torvalds enabled for this to work. 28111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28121da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel 28131da177e4SLinus Torvalds ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected 28141da177e4SLinus Torvalds with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 28151da177e4SLinus Torvalds bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on 28161da177e4SLinus Torvalds bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a 28171da177e4SLinus Torvalds time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in 28181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to 28191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows 28201da177e4SLinus Torvalds and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet 28211da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) 28221da177e4SLinus Torvalds and winsock or NCSA's telnet. 28231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28241da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well 28251da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from 28261da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP 28271da177e4SLinus Torvalds protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together 28281da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges 28291da177e4SLinus Torvalds your kernel by about 8 KB. 28301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28311da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 28321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 28331da177e4SLinus Torvalds called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy a laptop 28341da177e4SLinus Torvalds later. 28351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP 28371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support" 2838b6e37e55SRalf Baechle select SLHC 28391da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28401da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves 28411da177e4SLinus Torvalds the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other 28421da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because 28431da177e4SLinus Torvalds otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these 28441da177e4SLinus Torvalds days support PPP rather than SLIP. 28451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28461da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described 28471da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the PPP-HOWTO, available at 28481da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have 28491da177e4SLinus Torvalds the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. 28501da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. 28511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28521da177e4SLinus Torvalds There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for 28531da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and 28541da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for 28551da177e4SLinus Torvalds example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other 28561da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to 28571da177e4SLinus Torvalds the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over 28581da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support 28591da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP", below. 28601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28611da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then 28621da177e4SLinus Torvalds you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only 28631da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M 28641da177e4SLinus Torvalds here and read <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 28651da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called ppp_generic. 28661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_MULTILINK 28681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 28691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 28701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 28711da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you 28721da177e4SLinus Torvalds to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP 28731da177e4SLinus Torvalds connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth. 28741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28751da177e4SLinus Torvalds This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a 28761da177e4SLinus Torvalds version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol. 28771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 28791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_FILTER 28811da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP filtering" 28821da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 28831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 28841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over 28851da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as 28861da177e4SLinus Torvalds activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up 288747c51431SJon Mason a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely. 28881da177e4SLinus Torvalds You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and 28891da177e4SLinus Torvalds active-filter options to pppd. 28901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28911da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 28921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_ASYNC 28941da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for async serial ports" 28951da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 28961da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 28971da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard 28991da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use 29001da177e4SLinus Torvalds a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you 29011da177e4SLinus Torvalds need this option. 29021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29031da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29051da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 29061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_SYNC_TTY 29081da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports" 29091da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous 29121da177e4SLinus Torvalds (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices 29131da177e4SLinus Torvalds are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1. 29141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29151da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_DEFLATE 29181da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP Deflate compression" 29191da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29201da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_INFLATE 29211da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_DEFLATE 29221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the 29241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress 29251da177e4SLinus Torvalds each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the 29261da177e4SLinus Torvalds other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the 29271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if 29281da177e4SLinus Torvalds they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. 29291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29301da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_BSDCOMP 29331da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression" 29341da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29351da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29361da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses 29371da177e4SLinus Torvalds the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is 29381da177e4SLinus Torvalds sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link 29391da177e4SLinus Torvalds (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression 29401da177e4SLinus Torvalds method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, 29411da177e4SLinus Torvalds it is safe to say Y here. 29421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29431da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression", 29441da177e4SLinus Torvalds above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better 29451da177e4SLinus Torvalds and is patent-free. 29461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29471da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a 29481da177e4SLinus Torvalds module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory 29491da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N. 29501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2951b3f9b92aSMatt Domschconfig PPP_MPPE 2952b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2953b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 2954b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO 2955b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_SHA1 2956b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_ARC4 2957bcbaecbbSPatrick McHardy select CRYPTO_ECB 2958b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch ---help--- 2959b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the 2960b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. 2961b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 2962b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on 2963b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method. 2964b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 29651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOE 29661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)" 29671da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP 29681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for PPP over Ethernet. 29701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29711da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS 29721da177e4SLinus Torvalds repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the 29731da177e4SLinus Torvalds RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) 29741da177e4SLinus Torvalds which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under 29751da177e4SLinus Torvalds the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). 29761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOATM 29781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over ATM" 29791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ATM && PPP 29801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames. 29821da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364, 29831da177e4SLinus Torvalds which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and 29841da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes its encapsulation unilaterally. 29851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29863557baabSJames Chapmanconfig PPPOL2TP 29873557baabSJames Chapman tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2988143cf353SJames Chapman depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET 29893557baabSJames Chapman help 29903557baabSJames Chapman Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol 29913557baabSJames Chapman used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP 29923557baabSJames Chapman tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses. 29933557baabSJames Chapman 29943557baabSJames Chapman This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a 29953557baabSJames Chapman userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel 29963557baabSJames Chapman and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP 29973557baabSJames Chapman (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/). 29983557baabSJames Chapman 29991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP 30001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" 30011da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to 30031da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some 30041da177e4SLinus Torvalds other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a 30051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line 30061da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over 30071da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables; 30081da177e4SLinus Torvalds nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same 30091da177e4SLinus Torvalds purpose. 30101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you 30121da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP 30131da177e4SLinus Torvalds around (available from 30141da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 30151da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If 30161da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The 30171da177e4SLinus Torvalds NET-3-HOWTO, available from 30181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to 30191da177e4SLinus Torvalds configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just 30201da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full 30211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on 30221da177e4SLinus Torvalds some Internet connected Unix computer. Read 30231da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP 30241da177e4SLinus Torvalds support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N. 30251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30261da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 30271da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 30281da177e4SLinus Torvalds called slip. 30291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_COMPRESSED 30311da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CSLIP compressed headers" 30321da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 3033b6e37e55SRalf Baechle select SLHC 30341da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30351da177e4SLinus Torvalds This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the 30361da177e4SLinus Torvalds TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported 30371da177e4SLinus Torvalds on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and 30381da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If 30391da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from 30401da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 30411da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you 30421da177e4SLinus Torvalds definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from 30431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure 30441da177e4SLinus Torvalds CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel. 30451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3046b6e37e55SRalf Baechleconfig SLHC 3047b6e37e55SRalf Baechle tristate 3048b6e37e55SRalf Baechle help 3049b6e37e55SRalf Baechle This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression 3050b6e37e55SRalf Baechle routines. 3051b6e37e55SRalf Baechle 30521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_SMART 30531da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Keepalive and linefill" 30541da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 30551da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the 30571da177e4SLinus Torvalds RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality 30581da177e4SLinus Torvalds analogue lines. 30591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 30611da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation" 30621da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 30631da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial 30651da177e4SLinus Torvalds networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven 30661da177e4SLinus Torvalds bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP: 30671da177e4SLinus Torvalds "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over 30681da177e4SLinus Torvalds the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other 30691da177e4SLinus Torvalds end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP 30701da177e4SLinus Torvalds over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N. 30711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_FC 30731da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Fibre Channel driver support" 3074cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on SCSI && PCI 30751da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect 30771da177e4SLinus Torvalds large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and 30781da177e4SLinus Torvalds intended to replace SCSI. 30791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel 30811da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your 30821da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and 30831da177e4SLinus Torvalds "SCSI generic support". 30841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SHAPER 30863b6a792fSJiri Slaby tristate "Traffic Shaper (OBSOLETE)" 3087cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on EXPERIMENTAL 30881da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30891da177e4SLinus Torvalds The traffic shaper is a virtual network device that allows you to 30901da177e4SLinus Torvalds limit the rate of outgoing data flow over some other network device. 30911da177e4SLinus Torvalds The traffic that you want to slow down can then be routed through 30921da177e4SLinus Torvalds these virtual devices. See 30931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/shaper.txt> for more information. 30941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30953b6a792fSJiri Slaby An alternative to this traffic shaper are traffic schedulers which 30963b6a792fSJiri Slaby you'll get if you say Y to "QoS and/or fair queuing" in 30973b6a792fSJiri Slaby "Networking options". 30981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30991da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 31001da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called shaper. If unsure, say N. 31011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 31021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NETCONSOLE 31031da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 31045e43db77SMatt Mackall depends on EXPERIMENTAL 31051da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 31061da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. 31071da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 31081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 31090bcc1816SSatyam Sharmaconfig NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC 31100bcc1816SSatyam Sharma bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)" 31110bcc1816SSatyam Sharma depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL 31120bcc1816SSatyam Sharma select CONFIGFS_FS 31130bcc1816SSatyam Sharma help 31140bcc1816SSatyam Sharma This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target 31150bcc1816SSatyam Sharma parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses) 31160bcc1816SSatyam Sharma at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs. 31170bcc1816SSatyam Sharma See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 31180bcc1816SSatyam Sharma 311954208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL 312054208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETCONSOLE 312154208991SRandy Dunlap 312254208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL_TRAP 312354208991SRandy Dunlap bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" 312454208991SRandy Dunlap default n 312554208991SRandy Dunlap depends on NETPOLL 312654208991SRandy Dunlap 312754208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NET_POLL_CONTROLLER 312854208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETPOLL 312954208991SRandy Dunlap 3130d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEVICES 3131