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 933dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the 943dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release: 953dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy 963dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan" 973dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy 98b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 99b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy will be called macvlan. 100b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy 1011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EQUALIZER 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e. 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want this and read 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eql. If unsure, say N. 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TUN 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds via physical media writes them to the user space program. 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds all routes corresponding to it. 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tun. 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 143e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanovconfig VETH 1446a9a0250SRusty Russell tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device" 145e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov ---help--- 1466a9a0250SRusty Russell This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. 1476a9a0250SRusty Russell When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice 1486a9a0250SRusty Russell versa. 149e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov 1501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1000 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" 152cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PNP 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds provided by your regular phone modem. 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds found at: 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/> 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html> 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/> 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have this card, of course say N. 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1741da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17600db8189SAndy Flemingsource "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" 17700db8189SAndy Fleming 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Ethernet 1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 182d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NET_ETHERNET 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)" 184d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on !UML 1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common 1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs), 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs), 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links) 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit 1971da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links). 1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer, 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC. 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N. 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 209d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtif NET_ETHERNET 210d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 2111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MII 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds ethernet card lack MII. 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21889e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoenconfig MACB 21989e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen tristate "Atmel MACB support" 2202b3b3516SAndrew Victor depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91CAP9 2216c36a707Sfrederic RODO select PHYLIB 22289e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen help 22389e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91 22489e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip. 22589e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen 22689e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 22789e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen will be called macb. 22889e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen 2291da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig" 2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 231825a2ff1SBen Dooksconfig AX88796 232825a2ff1SBen Dooks tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support" 2338687991aSMagnus Damm depends on ARM || MIPS || SUPERH 234825a2ff1SBen Dooks select CRC32 235825a2ff1SBen Dooks select MII 236825a2ff1SBen Dooks help 237825a2ff1SBen Dooks AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide 238825a2ff1SBen Dooks chip detection and resources 239825a2ff1SBen Dooks 24089e536a1SMagnus Dammconfig AX88796_93CX6 24189e536a1SMagnus Damm bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support" 24289e536a1SMagnus Damm depends on AX88796 24389e536a1SMagnus Damm select EEPROM_93CX6 24489e536a1SMagnus Damm help 24589e536a1SMagnus Damm Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom. 24689e536a1SMagnus Damm 2471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE 2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support" 249d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the 2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip. 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called mace. 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE_AAUI_PORT 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default" 2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MACE 2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector), 2651da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N. 2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver. 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BMAC 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support" 272d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds computers. 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called bmac. 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ARIADNE 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ariadne support" 283d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y. 2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ariadne. 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig A2065 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "A2065 support" 293d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called a2065. 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HYDRA 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hydra support" 304d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3071da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. 3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hydra. 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3121da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZORRO8390 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support" 314d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible 3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual 3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y. 3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called zorro8390. 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APNE 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support" 327d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called apne. 3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APOLLO_ELPLUS 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apollo 3c505 support" 338d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on APOLLO 3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card. 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC, 3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds code in the ROM will be for a PC). 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC8390 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards" 347d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y 3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC89x0 3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards" 357d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3591da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and 3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 36457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will 3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called mac89x0. 3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACSONIC 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)" 369d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes 3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS, 3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have 3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 37757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will 3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called macsonic. 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACMACE 3818b6aaab8SFinn Thain bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet" 382d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes 3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME147_NET 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support" 392d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MVME147 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3951da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-board computer. Say Y here to include the 3971da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME16x_NET 4011da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support" 402d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MVME16x 4031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4041da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola 4051da177e4SLinus Torvalds MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the 4061da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 4071da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 4081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BVME6000_NET 4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support" 411d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on BVME6000 4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4131da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and 4141da177e4SLinus Torvalds BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip 4151da177e4SLinus Torvalds in your kernel. 4161da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATARILANCE 4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Atari Lance support" 420d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ATARI 4211da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based 4231da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or 4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses). 4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3LANCE 4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support" 428d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUN3 || SUN3X 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80) 4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet. 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now 4341da177e4SLinus Torvalds discontinued) is at 4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>. 4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N. 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3_82586 4409a482206SAl Viro bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support" 441d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUN3 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based 4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note 4451da177e4SLinus Torvalds that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional 4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds VME boards. 4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLANCE 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HP on-board LANCE support" 450d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on DIO 4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds HP300 machine, say Y here. 4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LASI_82596 4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Lasi ethernet" 458d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on GSC 4591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4606de187eeSMatthew Wilcox Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller 4616de187eeSMatthew Wilcox found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet. 4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 463f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerferconfig SNI_82596 464f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer tristate "SNI RM ethernet" 465f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM 466f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer help 467f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller 468f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer built into SNI RM machines. 469f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer 4701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC 4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support" 472d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MACH_JAZZ 4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4741da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000, 4751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems. 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_AU1X00_ENET 4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support" 479d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SOC_AU1X00 4800638dec0SHerbert Valerio Riedel select PHYLIB 4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system 4841da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y. Otherwise, say N. 4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_IOC3_ETH 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet" 488d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI && SGI_IP27 4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 4911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4921da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 4931da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 4941da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 4951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 496dcbf8477SRalf Baechleconfig MIPS_SIM_NET 4971e2b980fSRalf Baechle tristate "MIPS simulator Network device" 498d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MIPS_SIM 499dcbf8477SRalf Baechle help 500dcbf8477SRalf Baechle The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is 501dcbf8477SRalf Baechle emulated by the MIPS Simulator. 502dcbf8477SRalf Baechle If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N. 503dcbf8477SRalf Baechle 5041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_O2MACE_ETH 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support" 506d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SGI_IP32=y 5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STNIC 5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National DP83902AV support" 510d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUPERH 5111da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV 5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This 5151da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at 5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>. 5171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 5191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNLANCE 5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun LANCE support" 522d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS 5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc 5261da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These 5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known 5281da177e4SLinus Torvalds via the NE2100 cards. 5291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunlance. 5321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAPPYMEAL 5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support" 535d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS || PCI 5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra 5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports 5401da177e4SLinus Torvalds both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad 5411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations. 5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5441da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunhme. 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNBMAC 5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 548d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL 5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5511da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option. 5521da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device. 5531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5541da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5551da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunbmac. 5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNQE 5581da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support" 559d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS 5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5621da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as 5631da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet 5641da177e4SLinus Torvalds "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead. 5651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5661da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunqe. 5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNGEM 5701da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun GEM support" 571d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI 5721da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also 5751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>. 5761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5771f26dac3SDavid S. Millerconfig CASSINI 5781f26dac3SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Cassini support" 579d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI 5801f26dac3SDavid S. Miller select CRC32 5811f26dac3SDavid S. Miller help 5821f26dac3SDavid S. Miller Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also 5831f26dac3SDavid S. Miller <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf> 5841f26dac3SDavid S. Miller 5854c521e42SDavid S. Millerconfig SUNVNET 5864c521e42SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Virtual Network support" 5874c521e42SDavid S. Miller depends on SUN_LDOMS 5884c521e42SDavid S. Miller help 5894c521e42SDavid S. Miller Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains. 5904c521e42SDavid S. Miller 5911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_3COM 5921da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "3COM cards" 593d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI 5941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 5961da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 5971da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 5981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5991da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL1 6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support" 6061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6081da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6091da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6101da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a 6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will 6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby 6131da177e4SLinus Torvalds machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card. 6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 61557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c501. 6171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL2 6191da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support" 6201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 6211da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 6221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6241da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6251da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 62757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6281da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c503. 6291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELPLUS 6311da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support" 632a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 6331da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6341da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in 6351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of 6361da177e4SLinus Torvalds this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6371da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 63957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6401da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c505. 6411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL16 6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 6441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 6451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6481da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 65057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c507. 6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL3 6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support" 6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA) 6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com 6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available 6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6611da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS 6621da177e4SLinus Torvalds setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default 6631da177e4SLinus Torvalds media type. 6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 66557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c509. 6671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 3C515 6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\"" 670a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API 6711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6721da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet 6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6741da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 67657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c515. 6781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC 6801da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support" 6811da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY 6821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6841da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 68757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c523. 6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC_II 6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && 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 69857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6991da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c527. 7001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VORTEX 7021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support" 7031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA) 7041da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 7051da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 70647c51431SJon Mason This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and 70747c51431SJon Mason 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards: 7081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7091da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI 7101da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI 7111da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus 7121da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Tornado" (3c905) PCI 7131da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI 7141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7151da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 7161da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More 7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds specific information is in 7181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at 7191da177e4SLinus Torvalds the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>. 7201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 72157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this support as a module, choose M here. 7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TYPHOON 7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support" 7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI 7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards: 7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97, 7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server, 7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR 7331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7341da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7351da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7361da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 73857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 7391da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called typhoon. 7401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LANCE 7421da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support" 743d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API 7441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7451da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7461da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are 7481da177e4SLinus Torvalds of this type. 7491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7501da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 7511da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lance. This is recommended. 7521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_SMC 7541da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Western Digital/SMC cards" 755d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC 7561da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 7581da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7611da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 7621da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 7631da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be 7641da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WD80x3 7671da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "WD80*3 support" 7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 77557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 7761da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called wd. 7771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRAMCA 7791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support" 7801da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA 7811da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running 7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 7851da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 78757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 7881da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-mca. 7891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA 7911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra support" 7921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 7931da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7941da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7961da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7991da177e4SLinus Torvalds Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards 8001da177e4SLinus Torvalds mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible, 8011da177e4SLinus Torvalds such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many 8021da177e4SLinus Torvalds operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for 8031da177e4SLinus Torvalds this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have 8041da177e4SLinus Torvalds problems. 8051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 80657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 8071da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra. 8081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA32 8101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support" 8111da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA 8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 8161da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 81857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 8191da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra32. 8201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 821e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC 8226893ff1cSMichael Hennerich tristate "Blackfin 527/536/537 on-chip mac support" 8236893ff1cSMichael Hennerich depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF527 || BF537 || BF536) && (!BF537_PORT_H) 824e190d6b1SBryan Wu select CRC32 825eeb70af9SBryan Wu select MII 826eeb70af9SBryan Wu select PHYLIB 827e190d6b1SBryan Wu select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE 828e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 829e190d6b1SBryan Wu This is the driver for blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it 830e190d6b1SBryan Wu compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module 831e190d6b1SBryan Wu ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel 832e190d6b1SBryan Wu whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac. 833e190d6b1SBryan Wu 834e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 835e190d6b1SBryan Wu bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets" 8366893ff1cSMichael Hennerich depends on BFIN_MAC && (BF527 || BF537) 837e190d6b1SBryan Wu default y 838e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 83901dd2fbfSMatt LaPlante To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers. 840e190d6b1SBryan Wu Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses. 841e190d6b1SBryan Wu 842e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM 843e190d6b1SBryan Wu int "Number of transmit buffer packets" 844e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC 845e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 846e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 10 100 847e190d6b1SBryan Wu default "10" 848e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 849e190d6b1SBryan Wu Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. 850e190d6b1SBryan Wu 851e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM 852e190d6b1SBryan Wu int "Number of receive buffer packets" 853e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC 854e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 855e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 20 800 856e190d6b1SBryan Wu default "20" 857e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 858e190d6b1SBryan Wu Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. 859e190d6b1SBryan Wu 860e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC_RMII 861e190d6b1SBryan Wu bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)" 862e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL 8636893ff1cSMichael Hennerich default y if BFIN527_EZKIT 8646893ff1cSMichael Hennerich default n if BFIN537_STAMP 865e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 866e190d6b1SBryan Wu Use Reduced PHY MII Interface 867e190d6b1SBryan Wu 8681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMC9194 8691da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC 9194 support" 8701da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN) 8711da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8721da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8731da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this 8741da177e4SLinus Torvalds option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or 8751da177e4SLinus Torvalds another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled 8761da177e4SLinus Torvalds into the kernel, and read the file 8771da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 8781da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 88057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 8811da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc9194. 8821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 883d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtconfig SMC91X 884d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support" 885d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt select CRC32 886d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt select MII 887b920de1bSDavid Howells depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || \ 888b920de1bSDavid Howells SOC_AU1X00 || BLACKFIN || MN10300 889d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt help 890d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets, 891d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it 892d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt compiled into the kernel, and read the file 893d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 894d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. 895d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 896d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be 897d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 898d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a 89957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. 900d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 90192aa674dSSascha Hauerconfig NET_NETX 90292aa674dSSascha Hauer tristate "NetX Ethernet support" 90392aa674dSSascha Hauer select MII 904d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ARCH_NETX 90592aa674dSSascha Hauer help 90692aa674dSSascha Hauer This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports 90792aa674dSSascha Hauer 90857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 90992aa674dSSascha Hauer will be called netx-eth. 91092aa674dSSascha Hauer 911a1365275SSascha Hauerconfig DM9000 912a1365275SSascha Hauer tristate "DM9000 support" 913f40d24d9SAlex Landau depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS 914a1365275SSascha Hauer select CRC32 915a1365275SSascha Hauer select MII 916a1365275SSascha Hauer ---help--- 917a1365275SSascha Hauer Support for DM9000 chipset. 918a1365275SSascha Hauer 91957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 92057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called dm9000. 921a1365275SSascha Hauer 9223ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelliconfig ENC28J60 9233ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli tristate "ENC28J60 support" 9243ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET 9253ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli select CRC32 9263ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli ---help--- 9273ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli Support for the Microchip EN28J60 ethernet chip. 9283ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli 9292bfc79deSJohann Felix Soden To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be 9303ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli called enc28j60. 9313ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli 9323ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelliconfig ENC28J60_WRITEVERIFY 9333ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli bool "Enable write verify" 9343ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli depends on ENC28J60 9353ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli ---help--- 9363ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli Enable the verify after the buffer write useful for debugging purpose. 9373ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli If unsure, say N. 9383ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli 9395b2b4ff0SBen Dooksconfig DM9000_DEBUGLEVEL 9405b2b4ff0SBen Dooks int "DM9000 maximum debug level" 9415b2b4ff0SBen Dooks depends on DM9000 9425b2b4ff0SBen Dooks default 4 9435b2b4ff0SBen Dooks help 9445b2b4ff0SBen Dooks The maximum level of debugging code compiled into the DM9000 9455b2b4ff0SBen Dooks driver. 9465b2b4ff0SBen Dooks 9470a0c72c9SDustin McIntireconfig SMC911X 9480a0c72c9SDustin McIntire tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support" 9490a0c72c9SDustin McIntire select CRC32 9500a0c72c9SDustin McIntire select MII 9510313d988SPaul Mundt depends on ARCH_PXA || SH_MAGIC_PANEL_R2 9520a0c72c9SDustin McIntire help 9530a0c72c9SDustin McIntire This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets 9540a0c72c9SDustin McIntire including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118. 9550a0c72c9SDustin McIntire Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, 9560a0c72c9SDustin McIntire and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9570a0c72c9SDustin McIntire <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. 9580a0c72c9SDustin McIntire 9590a0c72c9SDustin McIntire This driver is also available as a module. The module will be 9600a0c72c9SDustin McIntire called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M 96139f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt> 9620a0c72c9SDustin McIntire 9631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_RACAL 9641da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards" 965d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA 9661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9671da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such 9681da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 9691da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 9721da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 9731da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 9741da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 9751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI5010 9771da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 9781da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP 9791da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 9801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9811da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9821da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still 9831da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental code. 9841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 98557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 9861da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni5010. 9871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI52 9891da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5210 support" 9901da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA 9911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9921da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9931da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9941da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 99657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 9971da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni52. 9981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI65 10001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI6510 support" 1001a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 10021da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10041da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10051da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10081da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni65. 10091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10101da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig" 10111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10121da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AT1700 10131da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1014d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL 10151da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10161da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10181da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10191da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 102157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 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 103457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10351da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called depca. 10361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HP100 10381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support" 1039d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || PCI 10401da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10421da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 104557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10461da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp100. 10471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_ISA 10491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Other ISA cards" 1050d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA 10511da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its 10531da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components 10541da177e4SLinus Torvalds of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y. 10551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 10561da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10581da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 10591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 10611da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 10621da177e4SLinus Torvalds the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be 10631da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 10641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E2100 10661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cabletron E21xx support" 10671da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10681da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10691da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10701da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10711da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10721da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 107457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10751da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e2100. 10761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EWRK3 10781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support" 10791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10801da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10811da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10821da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet) 10831da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. If this is for you, say Y and read 10841da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as 10851da177e4SLinus Torvalds well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 108857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ewrk3. 10901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS 10921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpress 16 support" 10931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10941da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and 10961da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10971da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel 10981da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice 10991da177e4SLinus Torvalds because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver 11001da177e4SLinus Torvalds that should do better. 11011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 110257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11031da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eexpress. 11041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS_PRO 11061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support" 11071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11081da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This 111047c51431SJon Mason driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however 11111da177e4SLinus Torvalds that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate 11121da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11131da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 111557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11161da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro. 11171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN_PLUS 11191da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support" 11201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11211da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11241da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11251da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 112757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11281da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp-plus. 11291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN 11311da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support" 11321da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11331da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11341da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11351da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11361da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11371da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 113957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11401da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp. 11411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LP486E 11431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet" 11441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11461da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller 11471da177e4SLinus Torvalds for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the 11481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Intel Professional Workstation. 11491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ETH16I 11511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support" 11521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11541da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11551da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 115857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11591da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eth16i. 11601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2000 11621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support" 116357e386ceSAtsushi Nemoto depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938 11641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11651da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11661da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11671da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards 11691da177e4SLinus Torvalds without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000. 11701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11711da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI 117228beaf65SJesper Juhl NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board 117328beaf65SJesper Juhl controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on 11741da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and 11751da177e4SLinus Torvalds laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support", 11761da177e4SLinus Torvalds below. 11771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 117857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11791da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne. 11801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZNET 11821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1183a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API 11841da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11851da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network 11861da177e4SLinus Torvalds (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the 11871da177e4SLinus Torvalds IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported 11881da177e4SLinus Torvalds by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11891da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SEEQ8005 11921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 11931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 11941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11951da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this 11961da177e4SLinus Torvalds is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11971da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 119957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 12001da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called seeq8005. 12011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2_MCA 12031da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support" 1204d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MCA_LEGACY 12051da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12061da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12071da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 12081da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12091da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 121157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 12121da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2. 12131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMLANA 12151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support" 1216e6353f30SAdrian Bunk depends on MCA 12171da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 12181da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set 12191da177e4SLinus Torvalds CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel 12201da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver and as a module. 12211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 122257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The only 12231da177e4SLinus Torvalds currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It 12241da177e4SLinus Torvalds will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window 12251da177e4SLinus Torvalds gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple 12261da177e4SLinus Torvalds boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested 12271da177e4SLinus Torvalds up to now due to lack of hardware. 12281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMVETH 12301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support" 1231d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PSERIES 12321da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 12331da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries 12341da177e4SLinus Torvalds and pSeries systems. 12351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 123657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will 12371da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called ibmveth. 12381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12391d3bb996SDavid Gibsonsource "drivers/net/ibm_emac/Kconfig" 12401d3bb996SDavid Gibsonsource "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig" 12411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_PCI 12431da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" 1244d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || PCI 12451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12461da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the 12471da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 12481da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 12511da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 12521da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you 12531da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If 12541da177e4SLinus Torvalds you are unsure, say Y. 12551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCNET32 12571da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support" 12581da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12591da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12601da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 12611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12621da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card, 12631da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12641da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 126657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 12671da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called pcnet32. 12681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12697de745e5SDon Fryconfig PCNET32_NAPI 1270659dd835Spcnet32@verizon.net bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" 1271659dd835Spcnet32@verizon.net depends on PCNET32 12727de745e5SDon Fry help 12737de745e5SDon Fry NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 12747de745e5SDon Fry when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 12757de745e5SDon Fry still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 12767de745e5SDon Fry 12777de745e5SDon Fry If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 12787de745e5SDon Fry deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 12797de745e5SDon Fry then say Y here. 12807de745e5SDon Fry 12817de745e5SDon Fry If in doubt, say N. 12827de745e5SDon Fry 12831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111_ETH 12841da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support" 12851da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12861da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12871da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 12881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card, 12901da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 129357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 12941da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called amd8111e. 1295d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 12961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111E_NAPI 1297bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" 12981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on AMD8111_ETH 12991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13001da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 13011da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 13021da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 13031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13041da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 13051da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 13061da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 13071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13081da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 13091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE 13111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support" 13121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 13131da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13141da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13151da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13161da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network 13171da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from 13181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip 13191da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. 13201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13211da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 13221da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called starfire. This is recommended. 13231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI 13251da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13261da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL 13271da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13281da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 13291da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 13301da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 13311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13321da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 13331da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 13341da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 13351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 13371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AC3200 13391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13401da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL 13411da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13431da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 13441da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13451da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 134757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 13481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ac3200. 13491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APRICOT 13511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet" 13521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && ISA 13531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13541da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13551da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 135857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 135957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called apricot. 13601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig B44 1362753f4920SMichael Buesch tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support" 1363753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on SSB_POSSIBLE 1364753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB 13651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1367753f4920SMichael Buesch If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y 1368753f4920SMichael Buesch or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 137157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 137257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called b44. 13731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1374753f4920SMichael Buesch# Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible 1375753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT 1376753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1377753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE 1378753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB_PCIHOST 1379753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1380753f4920SMichael Buesch 1381753f4920SMichael Buesch# Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible 1382753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT 1383753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1384753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE 1385753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE 1386753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1387753f4920SMichael Buesch 1388753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCI 1389753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1390753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT 1391753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1392753f4920SMichael Buesch 13931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FORCEDETH 139482770086SAdrian Bunk tristate "nForce Ethernet support" 139582770086SAdrian Bunk depends on NET_PCI && PCI 13961da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13971da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13981da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 140157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 140257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called forcedeth. 14031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1404e27cdba5SStephen Hemmingerconfig FORCEDETH_NAPI 1405bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1406e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL 1407e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger help 1408e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 1409e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 1410e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 1411e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger 1412e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 1413e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 1414e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger then say Y here. 1415e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger 1416e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger If in doubt, say N. 14171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CS89x0 14191da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CS89x0 support" 14209c878967SDeepak Saxena depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X) 14211da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 14231da177e4SLinus Torvalds network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the 14241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14251da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as 14261da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>. 14271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 142857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 142957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called cs89x0. 14301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TC35815 14321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support" 1433eea221ceSAtsushi Nemoto depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS 1434eea221ceSAtsushi Nemoto select MII 14351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEPRO100 14371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)" 14381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14391da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14401da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet) 14421da177e4SLinus Torvalds card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 144557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 14461da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro100. 14471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E100 14501da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support" 14511da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14521da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14531da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14541da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters. 14551da177e4SLinus Torvalds To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number 14561da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number 14571da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits). 14581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14591da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 14601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 14621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14631da177e4SLinus Torvalds to identify the adapter. 14641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14651da177e4SLinus Torvalds For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see: 14661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14671da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp> 14681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14691da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 14701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>. 14711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 147257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 14731da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e100. 14741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LNE390 14761da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 14771da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 14781da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 14811da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14821da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 148457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 14851da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lne390. 14861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEALNX 14881da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support" 14891da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14901da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14911da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet 14941da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. Specifications and data at 14951da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>. 14961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NATSEMI 14981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support" 14991da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 15001da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15021da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series, 15031da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys 15041da177e4SLinus Torvalds and others, including the 83815 chip. 15051da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 15061da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>. 15071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2K_PCI 15091da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)" 15101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 15111da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15121da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15131da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work 15141da177e4SLinus Torvalds with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000 15151da177e4SLinus Torvalds support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card, 15161da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15171da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15191da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards: 15201da177e4SLinus Torvalds RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2 15211da177e4SLinus Torvalds NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond 15221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229 15231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 152457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 15251da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2k-pci. 15261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE3210 15281da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15291da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15301da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15311da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15321da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15331da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15341da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver 15351da177e4SLinus Torvalds will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different. 15361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 153757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 15381da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne3210. 15391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ES3210 15411da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15421da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15431da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15451da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15461da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 154957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 15501da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called es3210. 15511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139CP 15531da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15541da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 15551da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15561da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 15571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15581da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 15591da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read 15601da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15631da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 15641da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139cp. This is recommended. 15651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO 1567f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 15681da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 15691da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15701da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 15711da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15721da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 1573f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and 1574f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15761da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 15771da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139too. This is recommended. 15781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_PIO 15801da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO" 15811da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 15821da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15841da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead 15851da177e4SLinus Torvalds of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems 15861da177e4SLinus Torvalds in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure, 15871da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 15881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER 15901da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)" 15911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15931da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implements a function which might come in handy in case you 15941da177e4SLinus Torvalds are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek 15951da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries 15961da177e4SLinus Torvalds to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is 15971da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer. 15981da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 15991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_8129 16011da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards" 16021da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 16031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16041da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and 16051da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver, 16061da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some 16071da177e4SLinus Torvalds memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y. 16081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139_OLD_RX_RESET 16101da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use older RX-reset method" 16111da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 16121da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16131da177e4SLinus Torvalds The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid 16141da177e4SLinus Torvalds reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new" 16151da177e4SLinus Torvalds RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you 16161da177e4SLinus Torvalds experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the 16171da177e4SLinus Torvalds old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N. 16181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16197a47dd7aSSten Wangconfig R6040 16207a47dd7aSSten Wang tristate "RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 16217a47dd7aSSten Wang depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16227a47dd7aSSten Wang select CRC32 16237a47dd7aSSten Wang select MII 16247a47dd7aSSten Wang help 16257a47dd7aSSten Wang This is a driver for the R6040 Fast Ethernet MACs found in the 16267a47dd7aSSten Wang the RDC R-321x System-on-chips. 16277a47dd7aSSten Wang 16287a47dd7aSSten Wang To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16297a47dd7aSSten Wang will be called r6040. This is recommended. 16307a47dd7aSSten Wang 16311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SIS900 16321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 16331da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16341da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16356da0f685SAdrian Bunk select MII 16361da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16371da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 16381da177e4SLinus Torvalds the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in 1639c3cf560eSAdrian Bunk SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets. 16401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16411da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use 16421da177e4SLinus Torvalds your phone line as a network cable. 16431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16441da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16451da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sis900. This is recommended. 16461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EPIC100 16481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC EtherPower II" 16491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16501da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16511da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16531da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC, 16541da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100). 16551da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>. 16571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE 16591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sundance Alta support" 16601da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16611da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16621da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16631da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16641da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip. 16651da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16661da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>. 16671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE_MMIO 16691da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 16701da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SUNDANCE 16711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16721da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers. 16731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled) 16741da177e4SLinus Torvalds is known to solve bugs on certain chips. 16751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16761da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 16771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TLAN 16791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TI ThunderLAN support" 16801da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) && !64BIT 16811da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16821da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip 16831da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the 16841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 16851da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 16861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent, 16881da177e4SLinus Torvalds Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file 16891da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details. 16901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 169157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 16921da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tlan. 16931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>. 16951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE 16971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Rhine support" 16981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16991da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 17001da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 17011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17021da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A), 17031da177e4SLinus Torvalds Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type 17041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges 17051da177e4SLinus Torvalds (e.g. VT8235). 17061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17071da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 17081da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-rhine. 17091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE_MMIO 17111da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 17121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VIA_RHINE 17131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17141da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of 17151da177e4SLinus Torvalds programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in 17161da177e4SLinus Torvalds processing time in parts of the driver. 17171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 17191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1720633949a1SRoger Luethiconfig VIA_RHINE_NAPI 1721633949a1SRoger Luethi bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 1722633949a1SRoger Luethi depends on VIA_RHINE 1723633949a1SRoger Luethi help 1724633949a1SRoger Luethi NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 1725633949a1SRoger Luethi when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. 1726633949a1SRoger Luethi 1727633949a1SRoger Luethi If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 1728633949a1SRoger Luethi deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 1729633949a1SRoger Luethi then say Y here. 1730633949a1SRoger Luethi 17311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LAN_SAA9730 1732f2b67c79SRalf Baechle bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support" 1733f2b67c79SRalf Baechle depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS_ATLAS 17341da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17351da177e4SLinus Torvalds The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used 17361da177e4SLinus Torvalds in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless 17371da177e4SLinus Torvalds workstations. 17381da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA9730_flyer_1>. 17391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1740bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barrosconfig SC92031 1741bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1742bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 1743bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros select CRC32 1744bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros ---help--- 1745bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 1746bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you 1747bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros have one of these, say Y here. 1748bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros 1749bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1750bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros will be called sc92031. This is recommended. 1751bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros 1752d95b39c3SMatteo Croceconfig CPMAC 1753d95b39c3SMatteo Croce tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 17548353ec7bSAnton Vorontsov depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7 && BROKEN 1755d95b39c3SMatteo Croce select PHYLIB 1756d95b39c3SMatteo Croce help 1757d95b39c3SMatteo Croce TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support 1758d95b39c3SMatteo Croce 17591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_POCKET 17601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Pocket and portable adapters" 1761d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PARPORT 17621da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel 17641da177e4SLinus Torvalds port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have 17651da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17661da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 17671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17681da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA 17691da177e4SLinus Torvalds (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for 17701da177e4SLinus Torvalds credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you 17711da177e4SLinus Torvalds need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file 17721da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here. 17731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at 17751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or 17761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>. 17771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17781da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 17791da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 17801da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you 17811da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific device in the following questions. 17821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATP 17841da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support" 178532fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86 17861da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 17871da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17881da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 17891da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, 17901da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you 17911da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have 17921da177e4SLinus Torvalds said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers 17931da177e4SLinus Torvalds don't like each other. 17941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17951da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 17961da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called atp. 17971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE600 17991da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support" 180032fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 18011da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18021da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 18031da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 18041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 18051da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 18061da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 18071da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 18081da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 18091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18101da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 18111da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de600. 18121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE620 18141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support" 181532fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 18161da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18171da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 18181da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 18191da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 18201da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 18211da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 18221da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 18231da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 18241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18251da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 18261da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de620. 18271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGISEEQ 18291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support" 183049b11bc3SThomas Bogendoerfer depends on SGI_HAS_SEEQ 18311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is 18331da177e4SLinus Torvalds used in many Silicon Graphics machines. 18341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DECLANCE 18361da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support" 1837d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MACH_DECSTATION 18381da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 18391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18401da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by 18411da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the 18421da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.) 18431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 68360_ENET 18451da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller" 18461da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on M68360 18471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of 18491da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Motorola 68360 processor. 18501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEC 18522af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)" 1853892b6252SGreg Ungerer depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x 18541da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet 18562af6921fSGreg Ungerer controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18572af6921fSGreg Ungerer 18582af6921fSGreg Ungererconfig FEC2 18592af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)" 18602af6921fSGreg Ungerer depends on FEC 18612af6921fSGreg Ungerer help 18622af6921fSGreg Ungerer Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast 18632af6921fSGreg Ungerer ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18655d031e9eSDomen Puncerconfig FEC_MPC52xx 18665d031e9eSDomen Puncer tristate "MPC52xx FEC driver" 1867644fdf9bSGrant Likely depends on PPC_MERGE && PPC_MPC52xx && PPC_BESTCOMM_FEC 18685d031e9eSDomen Puncer select CRC32 18695d031e9eSDomen Puncer select PHYLIB 18705d031e9eSDomen Puncer ---help--- 18715d031e9eSDomen Puncer This option enables support for the MPC5200's on-chip 18725d031e9eSDomen Puncer Fast Ethernet Controller 18735d031e9eSDomen Puncer If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx.ko'. 18745d031e9eSDomen Puncer 18755d031e9eSDomen Puncerconfig FEC_MPC52xx_MDIO 18765d031e9eSDomen Puncer bool "MPC52xx FEC MDIO bus driver" 18775d031e9eSDomen Puncer depends on FEC_MPC52xx 18785d031e9eSDomen Puncer default y 18795d031e9eSDomen Puncer ---help--- 18805d031e9eSDomen Puncer The MPC5200's FEC can connect to the Ethernet either with 18815d031e9eSDomen Puncer an external MII PHY chip or 10 Mbps 7-wire interface 18825d031e9eSDomen Puncer (Motorola? industry standard). 18835d031e9eSDomen Puncer If your board uses an external PHY connected to FEC, enable this. 18845d031e9eSDomen Puncer If not sure, enable. 18855d031e9eSDomen Puncer If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx_phy.ko'. 18865d031e9eSDomen Puncer 18871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE_H8300 18881da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300" 1889d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on H8300 18901da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible 18921da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor. 18931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18941da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig" 189548257c4fSPantelis Antoniousource "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig" 18961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1897d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NET_ETHERNET 18981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18991da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 19001da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Gigabit Ethernet 19011da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 19021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1903f30486d5SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEV_1000 1904f30486d5SJan Engelhardt bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" 1905cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 1906f30486d5SJan Engelhardt default y 190706bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt ---help--- 190806bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common 190906bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. 191006bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 191106bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers. 191206bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt This option alone does not add any kernel code. 191306bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed 191406bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead. 191506bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 191606bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 1917f30486d5SJan Engelhardt 1918f30486d5SJan Engelhardtif NETDEV_1000 19191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC 19211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support" 19221da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19231da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear 19251da177e4SLinus Torvalds GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet 19261da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000 19271da177e4SLinus Torvalds bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this 19281da177e4SLinus Torvalds as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig 19291da177e4SLinus Torvalds line. 19301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19311da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 19321da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called acenic. 19331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I 19351da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs" 19361da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ACENIC 19371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19381da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave 19391da177e4SLinus Torvalds out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer 19401da177e4SLinus Torvalds being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B 19411da177e4SLinus Torvalds version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by 19421da177e4SLinus Torvalds app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a 19431da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tigon II, say N here. 19441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19451da177e4SLinus Torvalds The safe and default value for this is N. 19461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DL2K 1948df950828SKomuro tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support" 19491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19501da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 19511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1952df950828SKomuro This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards, 1953df950828SKomuro which includes 19541da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 19551da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 1956df950828SKomuro Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 19571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19581da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 19591da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called dl2k. 19601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000 19621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" 19631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19641da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19651da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of 19661da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 19671da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 19681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 19701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19711da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 19721da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 19731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19741da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 19751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19761da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 19771da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>. 19781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 197957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 19801da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e1000. 19811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000_NAPI 19831da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 19841da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on E1000 19851da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19861da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 19871da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 19881da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 19891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19901da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 19911da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 19921da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 19931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 19951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 199635ec56bbSJesse Brandeburgconfig E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT 199735ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters" 199835ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg depends on E1000 199935ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg help 200035ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express 20019e6b4873SJames Ring hardware. 200235ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 200335ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg If in doubt, say N. 200435ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 2005bc7f75faSAuke Kokconfig E1000E 2006bc7f75faSAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support" 2007bc7f75faSAuke Kok depends on PCI 2008bc7f75faSAuke Kok ---help--- 2009bc7f75faSAuke Kok This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit 2010bc7f75faSAuke Kok ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters, 2011bc7f75faSAuke Kok use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to 2012bc7f75faSAuke Kok identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 2013bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2014bc7f75faSAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 2015bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2016bc7f75faSAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 2017bc7f75faSAuke Kok website at: 2018bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2019bc7f75faSAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 2020bc7f75faSAuke Kok 202157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 2022bc7f75faSAuke Kok will be called e1000e. 2023bc7f75faSAuke Kok 202460e23317SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000E_ENABLED 202560e23317SLinus Torvalds def_bool E1000E != n 202660e23317SLinus Torvalds 2027ab7a9831SStephen Hemmingerconfig IP1000 2028ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" 2029ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 2030ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger select MII 2031ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2032ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards. 2033ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger 2034ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2035ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger will be called ipg. This is recommended. 2036ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger 20379d5c8243SAuke Kokconfig IGB 20389d5c8243SAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) 82575 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support" 20399d5c8243SAuke Kok depends on PCI 20409d5c8243SAuke Kok ---help--- 20419d5c8243SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) 82575 gigabit ethernet family of 20429d5c8243SAuke Kok adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 20439d5c8243SAuke Kok to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 20449d5c8243SAuke Kok 20459d5c8243SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 20469d5c8243SAuke Kok 20479d5c8243SAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 20489d5c8243SAuke Kok website at: 20499d5c8243SAuke Kok 20509d5c8243SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 20519d5c8243SAuke Kok 20529d5c8243SAuke Kok More specific information on configuring the driver is in 20539d5c8243SAuke Kok <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>. 20549d5c8243SAuke Kok 20552bfc79deSJohann Felix Soden To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 20569d5c8243SAuke Kok will be called igb. 20579d5c8243SAuke Kok 205815d014d1SLennert Buytenheksource "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig" 205915d014d1SLennert Buytenhek 20601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MYRI_SBUS 20611da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support" 20621da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SBUS 20631da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20641da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards. 20651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20661da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 20671da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended. 20681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NS83820 207047c51431SJon Mason tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support" 20711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20731da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series 20741da177e4SLinus Torvalds of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include 20751da177e4SLinus Torvalds the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX, 20761da177e4SLinus Torvalds SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of 20771da177e4SLinus Torvalds zero copy. 20781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAMACHI 20801da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support" 20811da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20821da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 20831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20841da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read 20851da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 20861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 20871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 208857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be 20891da177e4SLinus Torvalds called hamachi. 20901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig YELLOWFIN 20921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 20931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 20941da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 20951da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 20961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet 20971da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is 20981da177e4SLinus Torvalds used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See 20991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more 21001da177e4SLinus Torvalds information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general. 21011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21021da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 21031da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called yellowfin. This is recommended. 21041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169 21061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" 21071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 21081da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 21091da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 21101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. 21111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21121da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 21131da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called r8169. This is recommended. 21141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_NAPI 2116bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 21171da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL 21181da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 21191da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 21201da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 21211da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 21221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 21241da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 21251da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 21261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 21281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_VLAN 21301da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "VLAN support" 21311da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q 21321da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 21331da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required 21341da177e4SLinus Torvalds by the kernel 802.1Q code. 21351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 21371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21381a9e8549SMaciej W. Rozyckiconfig SB1250_MAC 213925a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support" 214025a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC 2141f5279ffdSMaciej W. Rozycki select PHYLIB 214225a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 214325a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the 214425a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include 214525a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455 214625a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki and BCM1480 chips. 214725a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki 214825a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 214925a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki will be called sb1250-mac. 215025a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki 2151890e8d0aSFrancois Romieuconfig SIS190 2152e797637fSFrancois Romieu tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support" 2153890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu depends on PCI 2154890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu select CRC32 2155e9985d53SAdrian Bunk select MII 2156890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu ---help--- 2157e797637fSFrancois Romieu Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or 2158e797637fSFrancois Romieu a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to 2159e797637fSFrancois Romieu appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965 2160e797637fSFrancois Romieu and SiS 966 south bridge. 2161890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2162890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2163890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu will be called sis190. This is recommended. 2164890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2165baef58b1SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKGE 21667a160c73SStephen Hemminger tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support" 21677a160c73SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 2168baef58b1SStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2169baef58b1SStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2170baef58b1SStephen Hemminger This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 2171baef58b1SStephen Hemminger and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver 217246a60f2dSStephen Hemminger with better performance and more complete ethtool support. 2173baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2174baef58b1SStephen Hemminger It does not support the link failover and network management 21755ad887faSStephen Hemminger features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does. 2176baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2177c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset: 2178c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T, 2179c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872. 2180c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2181c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver, 2182c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters. 2183c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2184c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2185c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake will be called skge. This is recommended. 2186cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2187678aa1f6SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKGE_DEBUG 2188678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger bool "Debugging interface" 2189678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger depends on SKGE && DEBUG_FS 2190678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger help 2191678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. 2192678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger The file debugfs/skge/ethX displays the state of the internal 2193678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger transmit and receive rings. 2194678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger 2195678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger If unsure, say N. 2196678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger 2197cd28ab6aSStephen Hemmingerconfig SKY2 21988a3e3bfdSStephen Hemminger tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support" 2199f479b322SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 2200cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2201cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2202cab00891SMatt LaPlante This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the 2203c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell Yukon 2 chipset: 2204c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/ 2205c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21 2206c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2207f479b322SStephen Hemminger There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and 2208f479b322SStephen Hemminger Genesis based adapters: skge. 2209cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2210cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2211cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger will be called sky2. This is recommended. 2212cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 22133cf26753SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKY2_DEBUG 22143cf26753SStephen Hemminger bool "Debugging interface" 22153cf26753SStephen Hemminger depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS 22163cf26753SStephen Hemminger help 22173cf26753SStephen Hemminger This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. 22183cf26753SStephen Hemminger The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal 22193cf26753SStephen Hemminger transmit and receive rings. 2220c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 22213cf26753SStephen Hemminger If unsure, say N. 22221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22235ad887faSStephen Hemmingerconfig SK98LIN 22245ad887faSStephen Hemminger tristate "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support (DEPRECATED)" 22255ad887faSStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 22265ad887faSStephen Hemminger ---help--- 22275ad887faSStephen Hemminger Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 22285ad887faSStephen Hemminger compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 22295ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22305ad887faSStephen Hemminger This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. This driver is 22315ad887faSStephen Hemminger deprecated and will be removed from the kernel in the near future, 22325ad887faSStephen Hemminger it has been replaced by the skge driver. skge is cleaner and 22335ad887faSStephen Hemminger seems to work better. 22345ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22355ad887faSStephen Hemminger This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A separate 22365ad887faSStephen Hemminger driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters. 22375ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22385ad887faSStephen Hemminger The following adapters are supported by this driver: 22395ad887faSStephen Hemminger - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 22405ad887faSStephen Hemminger - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 22415ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22425ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22435ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22445ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22455ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22465ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX/2TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22475ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2971SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22485ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2971T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22495ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Belkin Gigabit Desktop Card 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45 22505ad887faSStephen Hemminger - EG1032 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 22515ad887faSStephen Hemminger - EG1064 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 22525ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Abit) 22535ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Albatron) 22545ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Asus) 22555ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (ECS) 22565ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Epox) 22575ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Foxconn) 22585ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Gigabyte) 22595ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Iwill) 22605ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Intel) 22615ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8001 Adapter 22625ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8002 Adapter 22635ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8003 Adapter 22645ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8004 Adapter 22655ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8006 Adapter 22665ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8007 Adapter 22675ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8008 Adapter 22685ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8009 Adapter 22695ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8010 Adapter 22705ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8011 Adapter 22715ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8012 Adapter 22725ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8052 Adapter 22735ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (32 bit) 22745ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (64 bit) 22755ad887faSStephen Hemminger - N-Way PCI-Bus Giga-Card 1000/100/10Mbps(L) 22765ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22775ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9521 V2.0 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22785ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9821 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T) 22795ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9821 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22805ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9822 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T dual link) 22815ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9841 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX) 22825ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9841 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX Adapter 22835ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9842 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX dual link) 22845ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9843 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX) 22855ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9843 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22865ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9844 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX dual link) 22875ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9851 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22885ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9861 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition) 22895ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9861 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22905ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9862 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition dual link) 22915ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9871 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX) 22925ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-ZX Adapter 22935ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9872 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX dual link) 22945ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9452TXV.2) 22955ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22965ad887faSStephen Hemminger The adapters support Jumbo Frames. 22975ad887faSStephen Hemminger The dual link adapters support link-failover and dual port features. 22985ad887faSStephen Hemminger Both Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx adapters support 22995ad887faSStephen Hemminger the scatter-gather functionality with sendfile(). Please refer to 23005ad887faSStephen Hemminger <file:Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt> for more information about 23015ad887faSStephen Hemminger optional driver parameters. 23025ad887faSStephen Hemminger Questions concerning this driver may be addressed to: 23035ad887faSStephen Hemminger <linux@syskonnect.de> 23045ad887faSStephen Hemminger 23055ad887faSStephen Hemminger If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be 23065ad887faSStephen Hemminger inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 23075ad887faSStephen Hemminger say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will 23085ad887faSStephen Hemminger be called sk98lin. This is recommended. 23095ad887faSStephen Hemminger 23101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_VELOCITY 23111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Velocity support" 231273815538SYoichi Yuasa depends on PCI 23131da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 23141da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 23151da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 23161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here. 23181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23191da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 23201da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-velocity. 23211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TIGON3 23231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support" 23241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 23251da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23261da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards. 23271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23281da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23291da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tg3. This is recommended. 23301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2331b6016b76SMichael Chanconfig BNX2 2332b6016b76SMichael Chan tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support" 2333b6016b76SMichael Chan depends on PCI 2334fba9fe91SMichael Chan select CRC32 2335fba9fe91SMichael Chan select ZLIB_INFLATE 2336b6016b76SMichael Chan help 2337b6016b76SMichael Chan This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards. 2338b6016b76SMichael Chan 2339b6016b76SMichael Chan To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2340b6016b76SMichael Chan will be called bnx2. This is recommended. 2341b6016b76SMichael Chan 2342aaec0fabSJens Osterkampconfig SPIDER_NET 2343aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver" 23443342cf0eSKou Ishizaki depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB) 23459b15879aSChristoph Hellwig select FW_LOADER 2346aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp help 2347aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the 2348aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM. 2349aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp 23505e123b84SZang Roy-r61911config TSI108_ETH 23515e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support" 23525e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE 23535e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 help 23545e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports. 23555e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23565e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 will be called tsi108_eth. 23575e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 235802c18891SMasakazu Mokunoconfig GELIC_NET 235902c18891SMasakazu Mokuno tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver" 236002c18891SMasakazu Mokuno depends on PPC_PS3 236102c18891SMasakazu Mokuno help 236202c18891SMasakazu Mokuno This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game 236302c18891SMasakazu Mokuno console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet. 236402c18891SMasakazu Mokuno 236502c18891SMasakazu Mokuno To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 236602c18891SMasakazu Mokuno module will be called ps3_gelic. 236702c18891SMasakazu Mokuno 236809dde54cSMasakazu Mokunoconfig GELIC_WIRELESS 236909dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno bool "PS3 Wireless support" 237009dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno depends on GELIC_NET 237109dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno help 237209dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno This option adds the support for the wireless feature of PS3. 237309dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno If you have the wireless-less model of PS3 or have no plan to 237409dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno use wireless feature, disabling this option saves memory. As 237509dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno the driver automatically distinguishes the models, you can 237609dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno safely enable this option even if you have a wireless-less model. 237709dde54cSMasakazu Mokuno 23781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GIANFAR 23791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Gianfar Ethernet" 23803a83156bSKumar Gala depends on FSL_SOC 2381bb40dcbbSAndy Fleming select PHYLIB 2382bf41a7c5SDave Jiang select CRC32 23831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2384ef82a306SJon Loeliger This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx, 2385ef82a306SJon Loeliger and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540. 23861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GFAR_NAPI 2388bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 23891da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on GIANFAR 23901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2391ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UCC_GETH 23927d776cb5STimur Tabi tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet" 23937d776cb5STimur Tabi depends on QUICC_ENGINE 2394296baae2SJan Altenberg select PHYLIB 2395ce973b14SLi Yang help 23967d776cb5STimur Tabi This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine, 23977d776cb5STimur Tabi which is available on some Freescale SOCs. 2398ce973b14SLi Yang 2399ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_NAPI 2400bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 2401ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2402ce973b14SLi Yang 2403ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET 2404ce973b14SLi Yang bool "Magic Packet detection support" 2405ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2406ce973b14SLi Yang 2407ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_FILTERING 2408ce973b14SLi Yang bool "Mac address filtering support" 2409ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2410ce973b14SLi Yang 2411d5b9049dSMichael Reissconfig UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND 2412d5b9049dSMichael Reiss bool "Transmit on Demand support" 2413ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2414ce973b14SLi Yang 24151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MV643XX_ETH 24169c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek tristate "Marvell Discovery (643XX) and Orion ethernet support" 24179c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32) || ARCH_ORION 2418cd6478c8SDale Farnsworth select MII 24191da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 24209c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek This driver supports the gigabit ethernet MACs in the 24219c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek Marvell Discovery PPC/MIPS chipset family (MV643XX) and 24229c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek in the Marvell Orion ARM SoC family. 24239c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek 24249c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek Some boards that use the Discovery chipset are the Momenco 24259c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and Pegasos II. 24261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24275a4faa87SRon Mercerconfig QLA3XXX 24285a4faa87SRon Mercer tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support" 24295a4faa87SRon Mercer depends on PCI 24305a4faa87SRon Mercer help 24315a4faa87SRon Mercer This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards. 24325a4faa87SRon Mercer 24335a4faa87SRon Mercer To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24345a4faa87SRon Mercer will be called qla3xxx. 24355a4faa87SRon Mercer 2436f3cc28c7SJay Cliburnconfig ATL1 2437f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn tristate "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2438a1ca14b1SJay Cliburn depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 2439f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn select CRC32 2440f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn select MII 2441f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn help 2442f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn This driver supports the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter. 2443f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn 2444f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 2445f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn will be called atl1. 2446f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn 2447f30486d5SJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEV_1000 24481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24491da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 24501da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 10 Gigabit Ethernet 24511da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 24521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2453f30486d5SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEV_10000 2454f30486d5SJan Engelhardt bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" 2455cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 2456f30486d5SJan Engelhardt default y 245706bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt ---help--- 245806bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers. 245906bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt This option alone does not add any kernel code. 246006bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 246106bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 2462f30486d5SJan Engelhardt 2463f30486d5SJan Engelhardtif NETDEV_10000 24641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24658199d3a7SChristoph Lameterconfig CHELSIO_T1 24668199d3a7SChristoph Lameter tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support" 24678199d3a7SChristoph Lameter depends on PCI 246857834ca1SStephen Hemminger select CRC32 24698199d3a7SChristoph Lameter help 2470f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit 2471f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and 2472f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger performance tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>. 24738199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24748199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit 24758199d3a7SChristoph Lameter our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>. 24768199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24778199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For customer support, please visit our customer support page at 24788199d3a7SChristoph Lameter <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>. 24798199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24808199d3a7SChristoph Lameter Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>. 24818199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24828199d3a7SChristoph Lameter To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24838199d3a7SChristoph Lameter will be called cxgb. 24848199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 2485352c417dSStephen Hemmingerconfig CHELSIO_T1_1G 2486352c417dSStephen Hemminger bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support" 2487352c417dSStephen Hemminger depends on CHELSIO_T1 2488352c417dSStephen Hemminger help 2489352c417dSStephen Hemminger Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you 2490352c417dSStephen Hemminger are using only 10G cards say 'N' here. 2491352c417dSStephen Hemminger 24927fe26a60SStephen Hemmingerconfig CHELSIO_T1_NAPI 24937fe26a60SStephen Hemminger bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 24947fe26a60SStephen Hemminger depends on CHELSIO_T1 24957fe26a60SStephen Hemminger default y 24967fe26a60SStephen Hemminger help 24977fe26a60SStephen Hemminger NAPI is a driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 24987fe26a60SStephen Hemminger when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. 24997fe26a60SStephen Hemminger 25004d22de3eSDivy Le Rayconfig CHELSIO_T3 25014d22de3eSDivy Le Ray tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support" 25024d22de3eSDivy Le Ray depends on PCI 25032e283962SDivy Le Ray select FW_LOADER 25044d22de3eSDivy Le Ray help 25054d22de3eSDivy Le Ray This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet 25064d22de3eSDivy Le Ray adapters. 25074d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 25084d22de3eSDivy Le Ray For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit 25094d22de3eSDivy Le Ray our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>. 25104d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 25114d22de3eSDivy Le Ray For customer support, please visit our customer support page at 25124d22de3eSDivy Le Ray <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>. 25134d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 25144d22de3eSDivy Le Ray Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>. 25154d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 25164d22de3eSDivy Le Ray To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 25174d22de3eSDivy Le Ray will be called cxgb3. 25184d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 25197a291083SJan-Bernd Themannconfig EHEA 25207a291083SJan-Bernd Themann tristate "eHEA Ethernet support" 2521e0d5dab2SRandy Dunlap depends on IBMEBUS && INET 2522d4dc4ec9SJan-Bernd Themann select INET_LRO 25237a291083SJan-Bernd Themann ---help--- 25247a291083SJan-Bernd Themann This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter. 25257a291083SJan-Bernd Themann 25267a291083SJan-Bernd Themann To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25277a291083SJan-Bernd Themann will be called ehea. 25287a291083SJan-Bernd Themann 25299a799d71SAuke Kokconfig IXGBE 25309a799d71SAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support" 25319a799d71SAuke Kok depends on PCI 25329a799d71SAuke Kok ---help--- 25339a799d71SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of 25349a799d71SAuke Kok adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 25359a799d71SAuke Kok to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 25369a799d71SAuke Kok 25379a799d71SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 25389a799d71SAuke Kok 25399a799d71SAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 25409a799d71SAuke Kok website at: 25419a799d71SAuke Kok 25429a799d71SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 25439a799d71SAuke Kok 254457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25459a799d71SAuke Kok will be called ixgbe. 25469a799d71SAuke Kok 25471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB 25481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" 25491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 25501da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25519a799d71SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for 25529a799d71SAuke Kok PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver 25539a799d71SAuke Kok instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 25541da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 25551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 25571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25581da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 25591da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 25601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 25621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25631da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 25641da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>. 25651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 256657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25671da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ixgb. 25681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB_NAPI 25701da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 25711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL 25721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25731da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 25741da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 25751da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 25761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25771da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 25781da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 25791da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 25801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 25821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO 25841da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC" 25851da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 25861da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25871da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO. 25889eb343aeSAkinobu Mita More specific information on configuring the driver is in 25899eb343aeSAkinobu Mita <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>. 25901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO_NAPI 25921da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 25931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL 25941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25951da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 25961da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 25971da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 25981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 26001da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 26011da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 26021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 26041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26050da34b6dSBrice Goglinconfig MYRI10GE 26060da34b6dSBrice Goglin tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support" 2607e0d5dab2SRandy Dunlap depends on PCI && INET 26080da34b6dSBrice Goglin select FW_LOADER 26090da34b6dSBrice Goglin select CRC32 26101e6e9342SAndrew Gallatin select INET_LRO 26110da34b6dSBrice Goglin ---help--- 26120da34b6dSBrice Goglin This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in 26130da34b6dSBrice Goglin Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough, 26140da34b6dSBrice Goglin you will need a newer firmware image. 26150da34b6dSBrice Goglin You may get this image or more information, at: 26160da34b6dSBrice Goglin 2617d2794905SBrice Goglin <http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE.html> 26180da34b6dSBrice Goglin 261957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 26200da34b6dSBrice Goglin will be called myri10ge. 26210da34b6dSBrice Goglin 26223d396eb1SAmit S. Kaleconfig NETXEN_NIC 26233d396eb1SAmit S. Kale tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC" 26245ac36615SRandy Dunlap depends on PCI 26253d396eb1SAmit S. Kale help 26263d396eb1SAmit S. Kale This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card. 26273d396eb1SAmit S. Kale 2628a3138df9SDavid S. Millerconfig NIU 2629a3138df9SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support" 2630a3138df9SDavid S. Miller depends on PCI 2631a3138df9SDavid S. Miller help 2632a3138df9SDavid S. Miller This enables support for cards based upon Sun's 2633a3138df9SDavid S. Miller Neptune chipset. 2634a3138df9SDavid S. Miller 2635f5cd7872SOlof Johanssonconfig PASEMI_MAC 2636f5cd7872SOlof Johansson tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC" 2637f5cd7872SOlof Johansson depends on PPC64 && PCI 2638bb6e9590SOlof Johansson select PHYLIB 263928ae79f5SOlof Johansson select INET_LRO 2640f5cd7872SOlof Johansson help 2641f5cd7872SOlof Johansson This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on 2642f5cd7872SOlof Johansson PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips. 2643f5cd7872SOlof Johansson 2644225c7b1fSRoland Dreierconfig MLX4_CORE 2645225c7b1fSRoland Dreier tristate 2646225c7b1fSRoland Dreier depends on PCI 2647225c7b1fSRoland Dreier default n 2648225c7b1fSRoland Dreier 2649225c7b1fSRoland Dreierconfig MLX4_DEBUG 2650225c7b1fSRoland Dreier bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED) 2651f550d94cSPaul Mundt depends on MLX4_CORE 2652225c7b1fSRoland Dreier default y 2653225c7b1fSRoland Dreier ---help--- 2654225c7b1fSRoland Dreier This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the 2655225c7b1fSRoland Dreier mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the 2656225c7b1fSRoland Dreier debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after 2657225c7b1fSRoland Dreier the driver is loaded through sysfs). 2658225c7b1fSRoland Dreier 26591a348cccSAndy Gospodarekconfig TEHUTI 26601a348cccSAndy Gospodarek tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet" 26611a348cccSAndy Gospodarek depends on PCI 26621a348cccSAndy Gospodarek help 26631a348cccSAndy Gospodarek Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC 26641a348cccSAndy Gospodarek 2665a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamirconfig BNX2X 2666a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII 10Gb support" 2667a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir depends on PCI 266807b270eaSLee Schermerhorn select ZLIB_INFLATE 2669a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir help 2670a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII 10 gigabit Ethernet cards. 2671a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2672a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir will be called bnx2x. This is recommended. 2673a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir 2674a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir 2675f30486d5SJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEV_10000 26761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26771da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" 26781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26791da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" 26801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26815b2fc499SJeff Garziksource "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" 26825b2fc499SJeff Garzik 26831da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" 26841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26851da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" 26861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26871da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/atm/Kconfig" 26881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26891da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" 26901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26910d160211SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND 26920d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" 26930d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge depends on XEN 26940d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge default y 26950d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge help 26960d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to 26970d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge access network devices exported exported by a virtual 26980d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge machine containing a physical network device driver. The 26990d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains; 27000d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost 27010d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge certainly want to enable this. 27020d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge 27031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISERIES_VETH 27041da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support" 2705cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PPC_ISERIES 27061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2707f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET 2708f89efd52SMatt Porter tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" 2709a81c52a8SRandy Dunlap depends on RAPIDIO 2710f89efd52SMatt Porter 2711f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_TX_SIZE 2712f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of outbound queue entries" 2713f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2714f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2715f89efd52SMatt Porter 2716f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_RX_SIZE 2717f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of inbound queue entries" 2718f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2719f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2720f89efd52SMatt Porter 27211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FDDI 27221da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "FDDI driver support" 2723e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on (PCI || EISA || TC) 27241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network 27261da177e4SLinus Torvalds design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can 27271da177e4SLinus Torvalds run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and 27281da177e4SLinus Torvalds want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and 27291da177e4SLinus Torvalds then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people 27301da177e4SLinus Torvalds will say N. 27311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEFXX 2733e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support" 2734e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC) 2735e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 2736e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA), 2737e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you 2738e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki to a local FDDI network. 2739e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2740e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2741e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki will be called defxx. If unsure, say N. 2742e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2743e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozyckiconfig DEFXX_MMIO 2744e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki bool 2745e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA 2746e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on DEFXX 2747e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki default n if PCI || EISA 2748e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki default y 2749e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 2750e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O 2751e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO). 2752e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts 2753e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA) 2754e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports, 2755e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters. 2756e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2757e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki If unsure, say N. 27581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SKFP 27601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support" 27611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on FDDI && PCI 2762bc63eb9cSAkinobu Mita select BITREVERSE 27631da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 27641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter. 27651da177e4SLinus Torvalds The following adapters are supported by this driver: 27661da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP) 27671da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS) 27681da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP) 27691da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP) 27701da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS) 27711da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64) 27721da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS) 27731da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64) 27741da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64) 27751da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS) 27761da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC 27771da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC 27781da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP 27791da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP 27801da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC 27811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about 27831da177e4SLinus Torvalds the driver. 27841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to: 27861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <linux@syskonnect.de> 27871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27881da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 27891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called skfp. This is recommended. 27901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HIPPI 27921da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2793cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI 27941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27951da177e4SLinus Torvalds HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and 27961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI 27971da177e4SLinus Torvalds can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on 27981da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to 27991da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network 28001da177e4SLinus Torvalds and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use 28011da177e4SLinus Torvalds under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver 28021da177e4SLinus Torvalds for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here. 28031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER 28051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 28061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on HIPPI && PCI 28071da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 28081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card. 28091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28101da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 28111da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N. 28121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS 28141da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)" 28151da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ROADRUNNER 28161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 28171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB 28181da177e4SLinus Torvalds of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for 28191da177e4SLinus Torvalds transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other 28201da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have 28211da177e4SLinus Torvalds the memory. 28221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PLIP 28241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" 2825cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PARPORT 28261da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28271da177e4SLinus Torvalds PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a 28281da177e4SLinus Torvalds reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) 28291da177e4SLinus Torvalds local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to 28301da177e4SLinus Torvalds install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a 28311da177e4SLinus Torvalds CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies 28321da177e4SLinus Torvalds first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option 28331da177e4SLinus Torvalds enabled for this to work. 28341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28351da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel 28361da177e4SLinus Torvalds ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected 28371da177e4SLinus Torvalds with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 28381da177e4SLinus Torvalds bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on 28391da177e4SLinus Torvalds bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a 28401da177e4SLinus Torvalds time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in 28411da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to 28421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows 28431da177e4SLinus Torvalds and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet 28441da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) 28451da177e4SLinus Torvalds and winsock or NCSA's telnet. 28461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28471da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well 28481da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from 28491da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP 28501da177e4SLinus Torvalds protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together 28511da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges 28521da177e4SLinus Torvalds your kernel by about 8 KB. 28531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 285457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 285557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy 285657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk a laptop later. 28571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP 28591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support" 2860b6e37e55SRalf Baechle select SLHC 28611da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28621da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves 28631da177e4SLinus Torvalds the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other 28641da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because 28651da177e4SLinus Torvalds otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these 28661da177e4SLinus Torvalds days support PPP rather than SLIP. 28671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28681da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described 28691da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the PPP-HOWTO, available at 28701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have 28711da177e4SLinus Torvalds the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. 28721da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. 28731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28741da177e4SLinus Torvalds There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for 28751da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and 28761da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for 28771da177e4SLinus Torvalds example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other 28781da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to 28791da177e4SLinus Torvalds the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over 28801da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support 28811da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP", below. 28821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then 28841da177e4SLinus Torvalds you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only 28851da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M 288657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk here. The module will be called ppp_generic. 28871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_MULTILINK 28891da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 28901da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 28911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 28921da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you 28931da177e4SLinus Torvalds to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP 28941da177e4SLinus Torvalds connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth. 28951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28961da177e4SLinus Torvalds This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a 28971da177e4SLinus Torvalds version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol. 28981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 29001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_FILTER 29021da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP filtering" 29031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29041da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over 29061da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as 29071da177e4SLinus Torvalds activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up 290847c51431SJon Mason a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely. 29091da177e4SLinus Torvalds You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and 29101da177e4SLinus Torvalds active-filter options to pppd. 29111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29121da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 29131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_ASYNC 29151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for async serial ports" 29161da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29171da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 29181da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29191da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard 29201da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use 29211da177e4SLinus Torvalds a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you 29221da177e4SLinus Torvalds need this option. 29231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29241da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29261da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 29271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_SYNC_TTY 29291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports" 29301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous 29331da177e4SLinus Torvalds (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices 29341da177e4SLinus Torvalds are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1. 29351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29361da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_DEFLATE 29391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP Deflate compression" 29401da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29411da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_INFLATE 29421da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_DEFLATE 29431da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29441da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the 29451da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress 29461da177e4SLinus Torvalds each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the 29471da177e4SLinus Torvalds other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the 29481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if 29491da177e4SLinus Torvalds they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. 29501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29531da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_BSDCOMP 29541da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression" 29551da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29561da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses 29581da177e4SLinus Torvalds the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is 29591da177e4SLinus Torvalds sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link 29601da177e4SLinus Torvalds (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression 29611da177e4SLinus Torvalds method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, 29621da177e4SLinus Torvalds it is safe to say Y here. 29631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29641da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression", 29651da177e4SLinus Torvalds above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better 29661da177e4SLinus Torvalds and is patent-free. 29671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29681da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a 29691da177e4SLinus Torvalds module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory 29701da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N. 29711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2972b3f9b92aSMatt Domschconfig PPP_MPPE 2973b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2974b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 2975b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO 2976b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_SHA1 2977b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_ARC4 2978bcbaecbbSPatrick McHardy select CRYPTO_ECB 2979b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch ---help--- 2980b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the 2981b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. 2982b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 2983b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on 2984b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method. 2985b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 29861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOE 29871da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)" 29881da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP 29891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for PPP over Ethernet. 29911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29921da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS 29931da177e4SLinus Torvalds repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the 29941da177e4SLinus Torvalds RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) 29951da177e4SLinus Torvalds which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under 29961da177e4SLinus Torvalds the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). 29971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOATM 29991da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over ATM" 30001da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ATM && PPP 30011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames. 30031da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364, 30041da177e4SLinus Torvalds which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and 30051da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes its encapsulation unilaterally. 30061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30073557baabSJames Chapmanconfig PPPOL2TP 30083557baabSJames Chapman tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3009143cf353SJames Chapman depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET 30103557baabSJames Chapman help 30113557baabSJames Chapman Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol 30123557baabSJames Chapman used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP 30133557baabSJames Chapman tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses. 30143557baabSJames Chapman 30153557baabSJames Chapman This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a 30163557baabSJames Chapman userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel 30173557baabSJames Chapman and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP 30183557baabSJames Chapman (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/). 30193557baabSJames Chapman 30201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP 30211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" 30221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to 30241da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some 30251da177e4SLinus Torvalds other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a 30261da177e4SLinus Torvalds Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line 30271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over 30281da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables; 30291da177e4SLinus Torvalds nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same 30301da177e4SLinus Torvalds purpose. 30311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you 30331da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP 30341da177e4SLinus Torvalds around (available from 30351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 30361da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If 30371da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The 30381da177e4SLinus Torvalds NET-3-HOWTO, available from 30391da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to 30401da177e4SLinus Torvalds configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just 30411da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full 30421da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on 30431da177e4SLinus Torvalds some Internet connected Unix computer. Read 30441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP 30451da177e4SLinus Torvalds support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N. 30461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 304757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 304857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called slip. 30491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_COMPRESSED 30511da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CSLIP compressed headers" 30521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 3053b6e37e55SRalf Baechle select SLHC 30541da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30551da177e4SLinus Torvalds This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the 30561da177e4SLinus Torvalds TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported 30571da177e4SLinus Torvalds on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and 30581da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If 30591da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from 30601da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 30611da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you 30621da177e4SLinus Torvalds definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from 30631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure 30641da177e4SLinus Torvalds CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel. 30651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3066b6e37e55SRalf Baechleconfig SLHC 3067b6e37e55SRalf Baechle tristate 3068b6e37e55SRalf Baechle help 3069b6e37e55SRalf Baechle This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression 3070b6e37e55SRalf Baechle routines. 3071b6e37e55SRalf Baechle 30721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_SMART 30731da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Keepalive and linefill" 30741da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 30751da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the 30771da177e4SLinus Torvalds RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality 30781da177e4SLinus Torvalds analogue lines. 30791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 30811da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation" 30821da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 30831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial 30851da177e4SLinus Torvalds networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven 30861da177e4SLinus Torvalds bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP: 30871da177e4SLinus Torvalds "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over 30881da177e4SLinus Torvalds the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other 30891da177e4SLinus Torvalds end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP 30901da177e4SLinus Torvalds over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N. 30911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_FC 30931da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Fibre Channel driver support" 3094cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on SCSI && PCI 30951da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect 30971da177e4SLinus Torvalds large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and 30981da177e4SLinus Torvalds intended to replace SCSI. 30991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 31001da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel 31011da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your 31021da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and 31031da177e4SLinus Torvalds "SCSI generic support". 31041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 31051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NETCONSOLE 31061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 31075e43db77SMatt Mackall depends on EXPERIMENTAL 31081da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 31091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. 31101da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 31111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 31120bcc1816SSatyam Sharmaconfig NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC 31130bcc1816SSatyam Sharma bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)" 31140bcc1816SSatyam Sharma depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL 31150bcc1816SSatyam Sharma select CONFIGFS_FS 31160bcc1816SSatyam Sharma help 31170bcc1816SSatyam Sharma This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target 31180bcc1816SSatyam Sharma parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses) 31190bcc1816SSatyam Sharma at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs. 31200bcc1816SSatyam Sharma See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 31210bcc1816SSatyam Sharma 312254208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL 312354208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETCONSOLE 312454208991SRandy Dunlap 312554208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL_TRAP 312654208991SRandy Dunlap bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" 312754208991SRandy Dunlap default n 312854208991SRandy Dunlap depends on NETPOLL 312954208991SRandy Dunlap 313054208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NET_POLL_CONTROLLER 313154208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETPOLL 313254208991SRandy Dunlap 3133296f96fcSRusty Russellconfig VIRTIO_NET 3134296f96fcSRusty Russell tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3135296f96fcSRusty Russell depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO 3136296f96fcSRusty Russell ---help--- 31370ad07ec1SAnthony Liguori This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with 31380ad07ec1SAnthony Liguori lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. 3139296f96fcSRusty Russell 3140d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEVICES 3141