11da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Network device configuration 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEVICES 7ce2d2aedSPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso default y if UML 8e0009820SJan Engelhardt depends on NET 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Network device support" 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds any other computer at all. 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links. 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>. 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 251618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat 261618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# that for each of the symbols. 271618cb0cSRandy Dunlapif NETDEVICES 28cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap 29f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jrconfig NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE 30f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr bool "Netdevice multiple hardware queue support" 31f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr ---help--- 32f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr Say Y here if you want to allow the network stack to use multiple 33f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr hardware TX queues on an ethernet device. 34f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr 35f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr Most people will say N here. 36f25f4e44SPeter P Waskiewicz Jr 37253af423SJamal Hadi Salimconfig IFB 38253af423SJamal Hadi Salim tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" 39253af423SJamal Hadi Salim depends on NET_CLS_ACT 40253af423SJamal Hadi Salim ---help--- 413cb2fcccSMatt LaPlante This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of 42253af423SJamal Hadi Salim resources. 43253af423SJamal Hadi Salim To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 44253af423SJamal Hadi Salim will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb 45253af423SJamal Hadi Salim device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. 46253af423SJamal Hadi Salim Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0', 47253af423SJamal Hadi Salim 'ifb1' etc. 48253af423SJamal Hadi Salim Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc 49253af423SJamal Hadi Salim 501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DUMMY 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Dummy net driver support" 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs. 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Administrator's Guide, available from 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>. 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0', 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'dummy1' etc. 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BONDING 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Bonding driver support" 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco, 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux. 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high 7847c51431SJon Mason performance and high availability operation. 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called bonding. 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 86b863ceb7SPatrick McHardyconfig MACVLAN 87b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 88b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy depends on EXPERIMENTAL 89b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy ---help--- 90b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to 91b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface. 92b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy 93b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 94b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy will be called macvlan. 95b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy 961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EQUALIZER 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e. 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want this and read 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eql. If unsure, say N. 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TUN 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet 1211da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds via physical media writes them to the user space program. 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds all routes corresponding to it. 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tun. 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 138e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanovconfig VETH 1396a9a0250SRusty Russell tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device" 140e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov ---help--- 1416a9a0250SRusty Russell This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. 1426a9a0250SRusty Russell When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice 1436a9a0250SRusty Russell versa. 144e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov 1451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1000 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" 147cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PNP 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds provided by your regular phone modem. 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds found at: 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/> 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html> 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/> 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have this card, of course say N. 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1691da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17100db8189SAndy Flemingsource "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" 17200db8189SAndy Fleming 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Ethernet 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 177d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NET_ETHERNET 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)" 179d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on !UML 1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over 1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central 1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs), 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs), 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links) 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links). 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer, 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 1971da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have 1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC. 1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 2021da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N. 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 204d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtif NET_ETHERNET 205d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 2061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MII 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds ethernet card lack MII. 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21389e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoenconfig MACB 21489e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen tristate "Atmel MACB support" 2152b3b3516SAndrew Victor depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91CAP9 2166c36a707Sfrederic RODO select PHYLIB 21789e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen help 21889e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91 21989e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip. 22089e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen 22189e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 22289e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen will be called macb. 22389e5785fSHaavard Skinnemoen 2241da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig" 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 226825a2ff1SBen Dooksconfig AX88796 227825a2ff1SBen Dooks tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support" 2288687991aSMagnus Damm depends on ARM || MIPS || SUPERH 229825a2ff1SBen Dooks select CRC32 230825a2ff1SBen Dooks select MII 231825a2ff1SBen Dooks help 232825a2ff1SBen Dooks AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide 233825a2ff1SBen Dooks chip detection and resources 234825a2ff1SBen Dooks 23589e536a1SMagnus Dammconfig AX88796_93CX6 23689e536a1SMagnus Damm bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support" 23789e536a1SMagnus Damm depends on AX88796 23889e536a1SMagnus Damm select EEPROM_93CX6 23989e536a1SMagnus Damm help 24089e536a1SMagnus Damm Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom. 24189e536a1SMagnus Damm 2421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE 2431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support" 244d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the 2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for 2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip. 2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called mace. 2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE_AAUI_PORT 2551da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default" 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MACE 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector), 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say 2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N. 2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver. 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BMAC 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support" 267d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds computers. 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called bmac. 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ARIADNE 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ariadne support" 278d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y. 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ariadne. 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig A2065 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "A2065 support" 288d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called a2065. 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HYDRA 2981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hydra support" 299d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hydra. 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZORRO8390 3081da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support" 309d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ZORRO 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y. 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called zorro8390. 3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APNE 3211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support" 322d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called apne. 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3311da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APOLLO_ELPLUS 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apollo 3c505 support" 333d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on APOLLO 3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card. 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC, 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds code in the ROM will be for a PC). 3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC8390 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards" 342d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y 3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC89x0 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards" 352d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 3551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and 3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 35957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will 3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called mac89x0. 3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACSONIC 3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)" 364d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes 3671da177e4SLinus Torvalds the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS, 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have 3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 37257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will 3731da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called macsonic. 3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACMACE 3768b6aaab8SFinn Thain bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet" 377d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MAC 3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in 3811da177e4SLinus Torvalds the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes 3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME147_NET 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support" 387d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MVME147 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-board computer. Say Y here to include the 3921da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME16x_NET 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support" 397d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MVME16x 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola 4001da177e4SLinus Torvalds MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the 4011da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 4021da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 4031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BVME6000_NET 4051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support" 406d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on BVME6000 4071da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4081da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and 4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip 4101da177e4SLinus Torvalds in your kernel. 4111da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATARILANCE 4141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Atari Lance support" 415d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ATARI 4161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based 4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or 4191da177e4SLinus Torvalds PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses). 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3LANCE 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support" 423d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUN3 || SUN3X 4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80) 4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y 4271da177e4SLinus Torvalds here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet. 4281da177e4SLinus Torvalds General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds discontinued) is at 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>. 4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N. 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3_82586 4359a482206SAl Viro bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support" 436d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUN3 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based 4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note 4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional 4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds VME boards. 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4431da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLANCE 4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HP on-board LANCE support" 445d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on DIO 4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds HP300 machine, say Y here. 4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LASI_82596 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Lasi ethernet" 453d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on GSC 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4556de187eeSMatthew Wilcox Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller 4566de187eeSMatthew Wilcox found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet. 4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 458f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerferconfig SNI_82596 459f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer tristate "SNI RM ethernet" 460f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM 461f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer help 462f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller 463f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer built into SNI RM machines. 464f2ec8030SThomas Bogendoerfer 4651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC 4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support" 467d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MACH_JAZZ 4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000, 4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems. 4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_AU1X00_ENET 4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support" 474d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SOC_AU1X00 4750638dec0SHerbert Valerio Riedel select PHYLIB 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system 4791da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y. Otherwise, say N. 4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_IOC3_ETH 4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet" 483d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI && SGI_IP27 4841da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 4891da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 4901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 491dcbf8477SRalf Baechleconfig MIPS_SIM_NET 4921e2b980fSRalf Baechle tristate "MIPS simulator Network device" 493d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MIPS_SIM 494dcbf8477SRalf Baechle help 495dcbf8477SRalf Baechle The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is 496dcbf8477SRalf Baechle emulated by the MIPS Simulator. 497dcbf8477SRalf Baechle If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N. 498dcbf8477SRalf Baechle 4991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_O2MACE_ETH 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support" 501d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SGI_IP32=y 5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STNIC 5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National DP83902AV support" 505d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SUPERH 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV 5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This 5101da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at 5111da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>. 5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5131da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNLANCE 5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun LANCE support" 517d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS 5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5191da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5201da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc 5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These 5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known 5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds via the NE2100 cards. 5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5261da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunlance. 5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAPPYMEAL 5291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support" 530d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS || PCI 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5321da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra 5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports 5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad 5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations. 5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5391da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunhme. 5401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNBMAC 5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 543d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL 5441da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5461da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option. 5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device. 5481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5501da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunbmac. 5511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNQE 5531da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support" 554d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on SBUS 5551da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5571da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as 5581da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet 5591da177e4SLinus Torvalds "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead. 5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5611da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5621da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunqe. 5631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNGEM 5651da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun GEM support" 566d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI 5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also 5701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>. 5711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5721f26dac3SDavid S. Millerconfig CASSINI 5731f26dac3SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Cassini support" 574d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PCI 5751f26dac3SDavid S. Miller select CRC32 5761f26dac3SDavid S. Miller help 5771f26dac3SDavid S. Miller Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also 5781f26dac3SDavid S. Miller <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf> 5791f26dac3SDavid S. Miller 5804c521e42SDavid S. Millerconfig SUNVNET 5814c521e42SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Virtual Network support" 5824c521e42SDavid S. Miller depends on SUN_LDOMS 5834c521e42SDavid S. Miller help 5844c521e42SDavid S. Miller Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains. 5854c521e42SDavid S. Miller 5861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_3COM 5871da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "3COM cards" 588d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI 5891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5901da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 5911da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 5921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 5931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 5951da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 5961da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 5971da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 5981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL1 6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support" 6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6041da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a 6061da177e4SLinus Torvalds new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will 6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby 6081da177e4SLinus Torvalds machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card. 6091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 61057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c501. 6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL2 6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support" 6151da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 6171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6191da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6201da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 62257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6231da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c503. 6241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELPLUS 6261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support" 627a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 6281da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in 6301da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of 6311da177e4SLinus Torvalds this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 63457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6351da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c505. 6361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL16 6381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 6391da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 6401da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6421da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 64557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c507. 6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL3 6491da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support" 6501da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA) 6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com 6531da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available 6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS 6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default 6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds media type. 6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 66057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6611da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c509. 6621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 3C515 6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\"" 665a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API 6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6671da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet 6681da177e4SLinus Torvalds network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 67157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c515. 6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC 6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support" 6761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY 6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6791da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6801da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 68257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6831da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c523. 6841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC_II 6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY 6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6901da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 69357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 6941da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c527. 6951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VORTEX 6971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support" 6981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA) 6991da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 7001da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 70147c51431SJon Mason This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and 70247c51431SJon Mason 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards: 7031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7041da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI 7051da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI 7061da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus 7071da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Tornado" (3c905) PCI 7081da177e4SLinus Torvalds "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI 7091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7101da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 7111da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More 7121da177e4SLinus Torvalds specific information is in 7131da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at 7141da177e4SLinus Torvalds the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>. 7151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 71657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this support as a module, choose M here. 7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TYPHOON 7191da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support" 7201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI 7211da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7231da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards: 7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97, 7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server, 7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR 7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7301da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 73357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 7341da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called typhoon. 7351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LANCE 7371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support" 738d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API 7391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7401da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7411da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7421da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are 7431da177e4SLinus Torvalds of this type. 7441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7451da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 7461da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lance. This is recommended. 7471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_SMC 7491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Western Digital/SMC cards" 750d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC 7511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 7531da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7541da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 7581da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be 7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WD80x3 7621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "WD80*3 support" 7631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 7641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7661da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7671da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 77057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called wd. 7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRAMCA 7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support" 7751da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA 7761da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running 7791da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 7801da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 78257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-mca. 7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA 7861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra support" 7871da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 7881da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7891da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7901da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7911da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7941da177e4SLinus Torvalds Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards 7951da177e4SLinus Torvalds mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible, 7961da177e4SLinus Torvalds such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many 7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for 7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have 7991da177e4SLinus Torvalds problems. 8001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 80157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 8021da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra. 8031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA32 8051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support" 8061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA 8071da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8081da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 8101da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 8111da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 81357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra32. 8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 816e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC 817e190d6b1SBryan Wu tristate "Blackfin 536/537 on-chip mac support" 818e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF537 || BF536) && (!BF537_PORT_H) 819e190d6b1SBryan Wu select CRC32 820eeb70af9SBryan Wu select MII 821eeb70af9SBryan Wu select PHYLIB 822e190d6b1SBryan Wu select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE 823e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 824e190d6b1SBryan Wu This is the driver for blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it 825e190d6b1SBryan Wu compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module 826e190d6b1SBryan Wu ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel 827e190d6b1SBryan Wu whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac. 828e190d6b1SBryan Wu 829e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 830e190d6b1SBryan Wu bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets" 831e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC && BF537 832e190d6b1SBryan Wu default y 833e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 83401dd2fbfSMatt LaPlante To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers. 835e190d6b1SBryan Wu Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses. 836e190d6b1SBryan Wu 837e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM 838e190d6b1SBryan Wu int "Number of transmit buffer packets" 839e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC 840e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 841e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 10 100 842e190d6b1SBryan Wu default "10" 843e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 844e190d6b1SBryan Wu Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. 845e190d6b1SBryan Wu 846e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM 847e190d6b1SBryan Wu int "Number of receive buffer packets" 848e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC 849e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 850e190d6b1SBryan Wu range 20 800 851e190d6b1SBryan Wu default "20" 852e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 853e190d6b1SBryan Wu Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. 854e190d6b1SBryan Wu 855e190d6b1SBryan Wuconfig BFIN_MAC_RMII 856e190d6b1SBryan Wu bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)" 857e190d6b1SBryan Wu depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL 858e190d6b1SBryan Wu default n 859e190d6b1SBryan Wu help 860e190d6b1SBryan Wu Use Reduced PHY MII Interface 861e190d6b1SBryan Wu 8621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMC9194 8631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC 9194 support" 8641da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN) 8651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8661da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8671da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this 8681da177e4SLinus Torvalds option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or 8691da177e4SLinus Torvalds another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled 8701da177e4SLinus Torvalds into the kernel, and read the file 8711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 8721da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 87457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 8751da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc9194. 8761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 877d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtconfig SMC91X 878d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support" 879d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt select CRC32 880d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt select MII 88195af9febSMike Frysinger depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || SOC_AU1X00 || BLACKFIN 882d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt help 883d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets, 884d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it 885d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt compiled into the kernel, and read the file 886d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 887d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. 888d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 889d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be 890d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 891d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a 89257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. 893d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 89492aa674dSSascha Hauerconfig NET_NETX 89592aa674dSSascha Hauer tristate "NetX Ethernet support" 89692aa674dSSascha Hauer select MII 897d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ARCH_NETX 89892aa674dSSascha Hauer help 89992aa674dSSascha Hauer This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports 90092aa674dSSascha Hauer 90157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 90292aa674dSSascha Hauer will be called netx-eth. 90392aa674dSSascha Hauer 904a1365275SSascha Hauerconfig DM9000 905a1365275SSascha Hauer tristate "DM9000 support" 906f40d24d9SAlex Landau depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS 907a1365275SSascha Hauer select CRC32 908a1365275SSascha Hauer select MII 909a1365275SSascha Hauer ---help--- 910a1365275SSascha Hauer Support for DM9000 chipset. 911a1365275SSascha Hauer 91257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 91357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called dm9000. 914a1365275SSascha Hauer 9153ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelliconfig ENC28J60 9163ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli tristate "ENC28J60 support" 9173ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET 9183ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli select CRC32 9193ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli ---help--- 9203ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli Support for the Microchip EN28J60 ethernet chip. 9213ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli 9223ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9233ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 9243ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli called enc28j60. 9253ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli 9263ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelliconfig ENC28J60_WRITEVERIFY 9273ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli bool "Enable write verify" 9283ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli depends on ENC28J60 9293ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli ---help--- 9303ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli Enable the verify after the buffer write useful for debugging purpose. 9313ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli If unsure, say N. 9323ec9c11dSClaudio Lanconelli 9330a0c72c9SDustin McIntireconfig SMC911X 9340a0c72c9SDustin McIntire tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support" 9350a0c72c9SDustin McIntire select CRC32 9360a0c72c9SDustin McIntire select MII 9370313d988SPaul Mundt depends on ARCH_PXA || SH_MAGIC_PANEL_R2 9380a0c72c9SDustin McIntire help 9390a0c72c9SDustin McIntire This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets 9400a0c72c9SDustin McIntire including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118. 9410a0c72c9SDustin McIntire Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, 9420a0c72c9SDustin McIntire and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9430a0c72c9SDustin McIntire <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. 9440a0c72c9SDustin McIntire 9450a0c72c9SDustin McIntire This driver is also available as a module. The module will be 9460a0c72c9SDustin McIntire called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M 94739f5fb30SAlexander E. Patrakov here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt> 9480a0c72c9SDustin McIntire 9491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_RACAL 9501da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards" 951d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA 9521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9531da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such 9541da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 9551da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 9581da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 9591da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 9601da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 9611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI5010 9631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 9641da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP 9651da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 9661da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9671da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still 9691da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental code. 9701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 97157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 9721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni5010. 9731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI52 9751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5210 support" 9761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA 9771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9791da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9801da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 98257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 9831da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni52. 9841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9851da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI65 9861da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI6510 support" 987a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 9881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9901da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 99357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 9941da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni65. 9951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9961da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig" 9971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AT1700 9991da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1000d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL 10011da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 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 at1700. 10091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEPCA 10111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support" 1012d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || MCA 10131da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10141da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10151da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10161da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10171da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as 10181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:drivers/net/depca.c>. 10191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 102057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10211da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called depca. 10221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HP100 10241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support" 1025d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || PCI 10261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10281da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10291da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 103157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10321da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp100. 10331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_ISA 10351da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Other ISA cards" 1036d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA 10371da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10381da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its 10391da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components 10401da177e4SLinus Torvalds of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y. 10411da177e4SLinus Torvalds Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 10421da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10441da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 10451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10461da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 10471da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 10481da177e4SLinus Torvalds the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be 10491da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 10501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E2100 10521da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cabletron E21xx support" 10531da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10541da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10551da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10561da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10571da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10581da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 106057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10611da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e2100. 10621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EWRK3 10641da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support" 10651da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10661da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10671da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10681da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet) 10691da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. If this is for you, say Y and read 10701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as 10711da177e4SLinus Torvalds well as 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 ewrk3. 10761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS 10781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpress 16 support" 10791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10801da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and 10821da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10831da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel 10841da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice 10851da177e4SLinus Torvalds because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver 10861da177e4SLinus Torvalds that should do better. 10871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 108857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 10891da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eexpress. 10901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS_PRO 10921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support" 10931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10941da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This 109647c51431SJon Mason driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however 10971da177e4SLinus Torvalds that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate 10981da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10991da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 110157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11021da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro. 11031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN_PLUS 11051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support" 11061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11071da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11081da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11091da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11101da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11111da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 111357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11141da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp-plus. 11151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN 11171da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support" 11181da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11191da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11211da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11221da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11231da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 112557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11261da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp. 11271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LP486E 11291da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet" 11301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11321da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller 11331da177e4SLinus Torvalds for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the 11341da177e4SLinus Torvalds Intel Professional Workstation. 11351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ETH16I 11371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support" 11381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 11391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11401da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11411da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11421da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 114457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11451da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eth16i. 11461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2000 11481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support" 114957e386ceSAtsushi Nemoto depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938 11501da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11511da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11531da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11541da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards 11551da177e4SLinus Torvalds without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000. 11561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11571da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI 115828beaf65SJesper Juhl NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board 115928beaf65SJesper Juhl controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on 11601da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and 11611da177e4SLinus Torvalds laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support", 11621da177e4SLinus Torvalds below. 11631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 116457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11651da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne. 11661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZNET 11681da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1169a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API 11701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11711da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network 11721da177e4SLinus Torvalds (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the 11731da177e4SLinus Torvalds IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported 11741da177e4SLinus Torvalds by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SEEQ8005 11781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 11791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 11801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11811da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this 11821da177e4SLinus Torvalds is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11831da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 118557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11861da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called seeq8005. 11871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2_MCA 11891da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support" 1190d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MCA_LEGACY 11911da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11931da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11941da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11951da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 119757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 11981da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2. 11991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMLANA 12011da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support" 1202d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MCA && MCA_LEGACY 12031da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 12041da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set 12051da177e4SLinus Torvalds CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel 12061da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver and as a module. 12071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 120857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The only 12091da177e4SLinus Torvalds currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It 12101da177e4SLinus Torvalds will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window 12111da177e4SLinus Torvalds gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple 12121da177e4SLinus Torvalds boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested 12131da177e4SLinus Torvalds up to now due to lack of hardware. 12141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMVETH 12161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support" 1217d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PPC_PSERIES 12181da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 12191da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries 12201da177e4SLinus Torvalds and pSeries systems. 12211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 122257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will 12231da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called ibmveth. 12241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12251d3bb996SDavid Gibsonsource "drivers/net/ibm_emac/Kconfig" 12261d3bb996SDavid Gibsonsource "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig" 12271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12281da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_PCI 12291da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" 1230d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on ISA || EISA || PCI 12311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12321da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the 12331da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 12341da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12361da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 12371da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 12381da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you 12391da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If 12401da177e4SLinus Torvalds you are unsure, say Y. 12411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCNET32 12431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support" 12441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12451da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12461da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 12471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12481da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card, 12491da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12501da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 125257ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 12531da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called pcnet32. 12541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12557de745e5SDon Fryconfig PCNET32_NAPI 1256659dd835Spcnet32@verizon.net bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" 1257659dd835Spcnet32@verizon.net depends on PCNET32 12587de745e5SDon Fry help 12597de745e5SDon Fry NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 12607de745e5SDon Fry when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 12617de745e5SDon Fry still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 12627de745e5SDon Fry 12637de745e5SDon Fry If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 12647de745e5SDon Fry deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 12657de745e5SDon Fry then say Y here. 12667de745e5SDon Fry 12677de745e5SDon Fry If in doubt, say N. 12687de745e5SDon Fry 12691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111_ETH 12701da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support" 12711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12721da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12731da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 12741da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12751da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card, 12761da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12771da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 127957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 12801da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called amd8111e. 1281d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt 12821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111E_NAPI 1283bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" 12841da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on AMD8111_ETH 12851da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12861da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 12871da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 12881da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 12891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12901da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 12911da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 12921da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 12931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 12951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE 12971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support" 12981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12991da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13001da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13011da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network 13031da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from 13041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip 13051da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. 13061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13071da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 13081da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called starfire. This is recommended. 13091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI 13111da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL 13131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13141da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 13151da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 13161da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 13171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 13191da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 13201da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 13211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13221da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 13231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AC3200 13251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13261da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL 13271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13291da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 13301da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 133357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 13341da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ac3200. 13351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APRICOT 13371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet" 13381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && ISA 13391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13401da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13411da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13421da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 134457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 134557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called apricot. 13461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig B44 1348753f4920SMichael Buesch tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support" 1349753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on SSB_POSSIBLE 1350753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB 13511da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1353753f4920SMichael Buesch If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y 1354753f4920SMichael Buesch or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13551da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 135757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 135857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called b44. 13591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1360753f4920SMichael Buesch# Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible 1361753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT 1362753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1363753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE 1364753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB_PCIHOST 1365753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1366753f4920SMichael Buesch 1367753f4920SMichael Buesch# Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible 1368753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT 1369753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1370753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE 1371753f4920SMichael Buesch select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE 1372753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1373753f4920SMichael Buesch 1374753f4920SMichael Bueschconfig B44_PCI 1375753f4920SMichael Buesch bool 1376753f4920SMichael Buesch depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT 1377753f4920SMichael Buesch default y 1378753f4920SMichael Buesch 13791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FORCEDETH 138082770086SAdrian Bunk tristate "nForce Ethernet support" 138182770086SAdrian Bunk depends on NET_PCI && PCI 13821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13841da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13851da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 138757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 138857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called forcedeth. 13891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1390e27cdba5SStephen Hemmingerconfig FORCEDETH_NAPI 1391bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1392e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL 1393e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger help 1394e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 1395e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 1396e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 1397e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger 1398e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 1399e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 1400e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger then say Y here. 1401e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger 1402e27cdba5SStephen Hemminger If in doubt, say N. 14031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CS89x0 14051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CS89x0 support" 14069c878967SDeepak Saxena depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X) 14071da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 14091da177e4SLinus Torvalds network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the 14101da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14111da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as 14121da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>. 14131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 141457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 141557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called cs89x0. 14161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TC35815 14181da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support" 1419eea221ceSAtsushi Nemoto depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS 1420eea221ceSAtsushi Nemoto select MII 14211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEPRO100 14231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)" 14241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14251da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet) 14281da177e4SLinus Torvalds card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14291da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 143157ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 14321da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro100. 14331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E100 14361da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support" 14371da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14381da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14391da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14401da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters. 14411da177e4SLinus Torvalds To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number 14421da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number 14431da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits). 14441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14451da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 14461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 14481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14491da177e4SLinus Torvalds to identify the adapter. 14501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14511da177e4SLinus Torvalds For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see: 14521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp> 14541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14551da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 14561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>. 14571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 145857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 14591da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e100. 14601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LNE390 14621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 14631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 14641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14661da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 14671da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 147057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 14711da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lne390. 14721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEALNX 14741da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support" 14751da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14761da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14771da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14791da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet 14801da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. Specifications and data at 14811da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>. 14821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NATSEMI 14841da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support" 14851da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14861da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14871da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14881da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series, 14891da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys 14901da177e4SLinus Torvalds and others, including the 83815 chip. 14911da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 14921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>. 14931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2K_PCI 14951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)" 14961da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14971da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14981da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14991da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work 15001da177e4SLinus Torvalds with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000 15011da177e4SLinus Torvalds support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card, 15021da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15031da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15051da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards: 15061da177e4SLinus Torvalds RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2 15071da177e4SLinus Torvalds NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond 15081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229 15091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 151057ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 15111da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2k-pci. 15121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE3210 15141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15151da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15171da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15181da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15191da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15201da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver 15211da177e4SLinus Torvalds will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different. 15221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 152357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 15241da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne3210. 15251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ES3210 15271da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15281da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15291da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15311da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15321da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15331da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 153557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 15361da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called es3210. 15371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139CP 15391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15401da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 15411da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15421da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 15431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15441da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 15451da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read 15461da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15491da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 15501da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139cp. This is recommended. 15511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO 1553f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 15541da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 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 1559f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and 1560f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15621da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 15631da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139too. This is recommended. 15641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_PIO 15661da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO" 15671da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 15681da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15691da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15701da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead 15711da177e4SLinus Torvalds of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems 15721da177e4SLinus Torvalds in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure, 15731da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 15741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER 15761da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)" 15771da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15791da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implements a function which might come in handy in case you 15801da177e4SLinus Torvalds are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek 15811da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries 15821da177e4SLinus Torvalds to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is 15831da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer. 15841da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 15851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_8129 15871da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards" 15881da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15891da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15901da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and 15911da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver, 15921da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some 15931da177e4SLinus Torvalds memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y. 15941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139_OLD_RX_RESET 15961da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use older RX-reset method" 15971da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15991da177e4SLinus Torvalds The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid 16001da177e4SLinus Torvalds reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new" 16011da177e4SLinus Torvalds RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you 16021da177e4SLinus Torvalds experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the 16031da177e4SLinus Torvalds old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N. 16041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16057a47dd7aSSten Wangconfig R6040 16067a47dd7aSSten Wang tristate "RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 16077a47dd7aSSten Wang depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16087a47dd7aSSten Wang select CRC32 16097a47dd7aSSten Wang select MII 16107a47dd7aSSten Wang help 16117a47dd7aSSten Wang This is a driver for the R6040 Fast Ethernet MACs found in the 16127a47dd7aSSten Wang the RDC R-321x System-on-chips. 16137a47dd7aSSten Wang 16147a47dd7aSSten Wang To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16157a47dd7aSSten Wang will be called r6040. This is recommended. 16167a47dd7aSSten Wang 16171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SIS900 16181da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 16191da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16201da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16216da0f685SAdrian Bunk select MII 16221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16231da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 16241da177e4SLinus Torvalds the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in 1625c3cf560eSAdrian Bunk SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets. 16261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16271da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use 16281da177e4SLinus Torvalds your phone line as a network cable. 16291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16301da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16311da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sis900. This is recommended. 16321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EPIC100 16341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC EtherPower II" 16351da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16361da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16371da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16381da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16391da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC, 16401da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100). 16411da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16421da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>. 16431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE 16451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sundance Alta support" 16461da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16471da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16481da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16501da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip. 16511da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16521da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>. 16531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE_MMIO 16551da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 16561da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SUNDANCE 16571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16581da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers. 16591da177e4SLinus Torvalds Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled) 16601da177e4SLinus Torvalds is known to solve bugs on certain chips. 16611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16621da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 16631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TLAN 16651da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TI ThunderLAN support" 16661da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) && !64BIT 16671da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16681da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip 16691da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the 16701da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 16711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 16721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent, 16741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file 16751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details. 16761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 167757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 16781da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tlan. 16791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>. 16811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE 16831da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Rhine support" 16841da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16851da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16861da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16871da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16881da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A), 16891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type 16901da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges 16911da177e4SLinus Torvalds (e.g. VT8235). 16921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16931da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 16941da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-rhine. 16951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE_MMIO 16971da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 16981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VIA_RHINE 16991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17001da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of 17011da177e4SLinus Torvalds programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in 17021da177e4SLinus Torvalds processing time in parts of the driver. 17031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17041da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 17051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1706633949a1SRoger Luethiconfig VIA_RHINE_NAPI 1707633949a1SRoger Luethi bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 1708633949a1SRoger Luethi depends on VIA_RHINE 1709633949a1SRoger Luethi help 1710633949a1SRoger Luethi NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 1711633949a1SRoger Luethi when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. 1712633949a1SRoger Luethi 1713633949a1SRoger Luethi If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 1714633949a1SRoger Luethi deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 1715633949a1SRoger Luethi then say Y here. 1716633949a1SRoger Luethi 17171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LAN_SAA9730 1718f2b67c79SRalf Baechle bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support" 1719f2b67c79SRalf Baechle depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS_ATLAS 17201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17211da177e4SLinus Torvalds The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used 17221da177e4SLinus Torvalds in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless 17231da177e4SLinus Torvalds workstations. 17241da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA9730_flyer_1>. 17251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1726bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barrosconfig SC92031 1727bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1728bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 1729bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros select CRC32 1730bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros ---help--- 1731bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 1732bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you 1733bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros have one of these, say Y here. 1734bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros 1735bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1736bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros will be called sc92031. This is recommended. 1737bf345707SCesar Eduardo Barros 1738d95b39c3SMatteo Croceconfig CPMAC 1739d95b39c3SMatteo Croce tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1740d95b39c3SMatteo Croce depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7 1741d95b39c3SMatteo Croce select PHYLIB 1742d95b39c3SMatteo Croce select FIXED_PHY 1743d95b39c3SMatteo Croce select FIXED_MII_100_FDX 1744d95b39c3SMatteo Croce help 1745d95b39c3SMatteo Croce TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support 1746d95b39c3SMatteo Croce 17471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_POCKET 17481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Pocket and portable adapters" 1749d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on PARPORT 17501da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel 17521da177e4SLinus Torvalds port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have 17531da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17541da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 17551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17561da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA 17571da177e4SLinus Torvalds (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for 17581da177e4SLinus Torvalds credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you 17591da177e4SLinus Torvalds need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file 17601da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here. 17611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at 17631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or 17641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>. 17651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 17671da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 17681da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you 17691da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific device in the following questions. 17701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATP 17721da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support" 177332fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86 17741da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 17751da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17761da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 17771da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, 17781da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you 17791da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have 17801da177e4SLinus Torvalds said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers 17811da177e4SLinus Torvalds don't like each other. 17821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17831da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 17841da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called atp. 17851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE600 17871da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support" 178832fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 17891da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17901da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 17911da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 17921da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 17941da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 17951da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 17961da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 17971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17981da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 17991da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de600. 18001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE620 18021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support" 180332fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 18041da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18051da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 18061da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 18071da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 18081da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 18091da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 18101da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 18111da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 18121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18131da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 18141da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de620. 18151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGISEEQ 18171da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support" 181849b11bc3SThomas Bogendoerfer depends on SGI_HAS_SEEQ 18191da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18201da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is 18211da177e4SLinus Torvalds used in many Silicon Graphics machines. 18221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DECLANCE 18241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support" 1825d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on MACH_DECSTATION 18261da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 18271da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18281da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by 18291da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the 18301da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.) 18311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 68360_ENET 18331da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller" 18341da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on M68360 18351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18361da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of 18371da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Motorola 68360 processor. 18381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEC 18402af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)" 1841892b6252SGreg Ungerer depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x 18421da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18431da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet 18442af6921fSGreg Ungerer controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18452af6921fSGreg Ungerer 18462af6921fSGreg Ungererconfig FEC2 18472af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)" 18482af6921fSGreg Ungerer depends on FEC 18492af6921fSGreg Ungerer help 18502af6921fSGreg Ungerer Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast 18512af6921fSGreg Ungerer ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18535d031e9eSDomen Puncerconfig FEC_MPC52xx 18545d031e9eSDomen Puncer tristate "MPC52xx FEC driver" 1855644fdf9bSGrant Likely depends on PPC_MERGE && PPC_MPC52xx && PPC_BESTCOMM_FEC 18565d031e9eSDomen Puncer select CRC32 18575d031e9eSDomen Puncer select PHYLIB 18585d031e9eSDomen Puncer ---help--- 18595d031e9eSDomen Puncer This option enables support for the MPC5200's on-chip 18605d031e9eSDomen Puncer Fast Ethernet Controller 18615d031e9eSDomen Puncer If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx.ko'. 18625d031e9eSDomen Puncer 18635d031e9eSDomen Puncerconfig FEC_MPC52xx_MDIO 18645d031e9eSDomen Puncer bool "MPC52xx FEC MDIO bus driver" 18655d031e9eSDomen Puncer depends on FEC_MPC52xx 18665d031e9eSDomen Puncer default y 18675d031e9eSDomen Puncer ---help--- 18685d031e9eSDomen Puncer The MPC5200's FEC can connect to the Ethernet either with 18695d031e9eSDomen Puncer an external MII PHY chip or 10 Mbps 7-wire interface 18705d031e9eSDomen Puncer (Motorola? industry standard). 18715d031e9eSDomen Puncer If your board uses an external PHY connected to FEC, enable this. 18725d031e9eSDomen Puncer If not sure, enable. 18735d031e9eSDomen Puncer If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx_phy.ko'. 18745d031e9eSDomen Puncer 18751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE_H8300 18761da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300" 1877d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardt depends on H8300 18781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18791da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible 18801da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor. 18811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18821da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig" 188348257c4fSPantelis Antoniousource "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig" 18841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1885d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NET_ETHERNET 18861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18871da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 18881da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Gigabit Ethernet 18891da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 18901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1891f30486d5SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEV_1000 1892f30486d5SJan Engelhardt bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" 1893cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 1894f30486d5SJan Engelhardt default y 189506bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt ---help--- 189606bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common 189706bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. 189806bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 189906bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers. 190006bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt This option alone does not add any kernel code. 190106bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed 190206bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead. 190306bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 190406bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 1905f30486d5SJan Engelhardt 1906f30486d5SJan Engelhardtif NETDEV_1000 19071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC 19091da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support" 19101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19111da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear 19131da177e4SLinus Torvalds GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet 19141da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000 19151da177e4SLinus Torvalds bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this 19161da177e4SLinus Torvalds as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig 19171da177e4SLinus Torvalds line. 19181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19191da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 19201da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called acenic. 19211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I 19231da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs" 19241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ACENIC 19251da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19261da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave 19271da177e4SLinus Torvalds out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer 19281da177e4SLinus Torvalds being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B 19291da177e4SLinus Torvalds version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by 19301da177e4SLinus Torvalds app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a 19311da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tigon II, say N here. 19321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19331da177e4SLinus Torvalds The safe and default value for this is N. 19341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DL2K 1936df950828SKomuro tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support" 19371da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19381da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 19391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1940df950828SKomuro This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards, 1941df950828SKomuro which includes 19421da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 19431da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 1944df950828SKomuro Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 19451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19461da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 19471da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called dl2k. 19481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000 19501da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" 19511da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19521da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19531da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of 19541da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 19551da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 19561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19571da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 19581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19591da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 19601da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 19611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19621da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 19631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19641da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 19651da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>. 19661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 196757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 19681da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e1000. 19691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000_NAPI 19711da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 19721da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on E1000 19731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19741da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 19751da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 19761da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 19771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 19791da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 19801da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 19811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19821da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 19831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 198435ec56bbSJesse Brandeburgconfig E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT 198535ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters" 198635ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg depends on E1000 198735ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg help 198835ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express 19899e6b4873SJames Ring hardware. 199035ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 199135ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg If in doubt, say N. 199235ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 1993bc7f75faSAuke Kokconfig E1000E 1994bc7f75faSAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support" 199560e23317SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 1996bc7f75faSAuke Kok ---help--- 1997bc7f75faSAuke Kok This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit 1998bc7f75faSAuke Kok ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters, 1999bc7f75faSAuke Kok use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to 2000bc7f75faSAuke Kok identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 2001bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2002bc7f75faSAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 2003bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2004bc7f75faSAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 2005bc7f75faSAuke Kok website at: 2006bc7f75faSAuke Kok 2007bc7f75faSAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 2008bc7f75faSAuke Kok 200957ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 2010bc7f75faSAuke Kok will be called e1000e. 2011bc7f75faSAuke Kok 201260e23317SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000E_ENABLED 201360e23317SLinus Torvalds def_bool E1000E != n 201460e23317SLinus Torvalds 2015ab7a9831SStephen Hemmingerconfig IP1000 2016ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" 2017ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 2018ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger select MII 2019ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2020ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards. 2021ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger 2022ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2023ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger will be called ipg. This is recommended. 2024ab7a9831SStephen Hemminger 20259d5c8243SAuke Kokconfig IGB 20269d5c8243SAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) 82575 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support" 20279d5c8243SAuke Kok depends on PCI 20289d5c8243SAuke Kok ---help--- 20299d5c8243SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) 82575 gigabit ethernet family of 20309d5c8243SAuke Kok adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 20319d5c8243SAuke Kok to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 20329d5c8243SAuke Kok 20339d5c8243SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 20349d5c8243SAuke Kok 20359d5c8243SAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 20369d5c8243SAuke Kok website at: 20379d5c8243SAuke Kok 20389d5c8243SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 20399d5c8243SAuke Kok 20409d5c8243SAuke Kok More specific information on configuring the driver is in 20419d5c8243SAuke Kok <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>. 20429d5c8243SAuke Kok 20439d5c8243SAuke Kok To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 20449d5c8243SAuke Kok <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 20459d5c8243SAuke Kok will be called igb. 20469d5c8243SAuke Kok 204715d014d1SLennert Buytenheksource "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig" 204815d014d1SLennert Buytenhek 20491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MYRI_SBUS 20501da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support" 20511da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SBUS 20521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20531da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards. 20541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20551da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 20561da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended. 20571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NS83820 205947c51431SJon Mason tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support" 20601da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20611da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20621da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series 20631da177e4SLinus Torvalds of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include 20641da177e4SLinus Torvalds the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX, 20651da177e4SLinus Torvalds SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of 20661da177e4SLinus Torvalds zero copy. 20671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAMACHI 20691da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support" 20701da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20711da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 20721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20731da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read 20741da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 20751da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 20761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 207757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be 20781da177e4SLinus Torvalds called hamachi. 20791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig YELLOWFIN 20811da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 20821da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 20831da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 20841da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 20851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet 20861da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is 20871da177e4SLinus Torvalds used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See 20881da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more 20891da177e4SLinus Torvalds information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general. 20901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20911da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 20921da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called yellowfin. This is recommended. 20931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169 20951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" 20961da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20971da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 20981da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 20991da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. 21001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21011da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 21021da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called r8169. This is recommended. 21031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_NAPI 2105bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 21061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL 21071da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 21081da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 21091da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 21101da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 21111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21121da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 21131da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 21141da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 21151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21161da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 21171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_VLAN 21191da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "VLAN support" 21201da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q 21211da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 21221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required 21231da177e4SLinus Torvalds by the kernel 802.1Q code. 21241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 21261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21271a9e8549SMaciej W. Rozyckiconfig SB1250_MAC 212825a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support" 212925a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC 2130f5279ffdSMaciej W. Rozycki select PHYLIB 213125a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 213225a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the 213325a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include 213425a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455 213525a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki and BCM1480 chips. 213625a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki 213725a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 213825a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki will be called sb1250-mac. 213925a72dfeSMaciej W. Rozycki 2140890e8d0aSFrancois Romieuconfig SIS190 2141e797637fSFrancois Romieu tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support" 2142890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu depends on PCI 2143890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu select CRC32 2144e9985d53SAdrian Bunk select MII 2145890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu ---help--- 2146e797637fSFrancois Romieu Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or 2147e797637fSFrancois Romieu a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to 2148e797637fSFrancois Romieu appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965 2149e797637fSFrancois Romieu and SiS 966 south bridge. 2150890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2151890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2152890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu will be called sis190. This is recommended. 2153890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2154baef58b1SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKGE 21557a160c73SStephen Hemminger tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support" 21567a160c73SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 2157baef58b1SStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2158baef58b1SStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2159baef58b1SStephen Hemminger This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 2160baef58b1SStephen Hemminger and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver 216146a60f2dSStephen Hemminger with better performance and more complete ethtool support. 2162baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2163baef58b1SStephen Hemminger It does not support the link failover and network management 21645ad887faSStephen Hemminger features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does. 2165baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2166c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset: 2167c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T, 2168c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872. 2169c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2170c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver, 2171c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters. 2172c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2173c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2174c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake will be called skge. This is recommended. 2175cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2176678aa1f6SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKGE_DEBUG 2177678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger bool "Debugging interface" 2178678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger depends on SKGE && DEBUG_FS 2179678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger help 2180678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. 2181678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger The file debugfs/skge/ethX displays the state of the internal 2182678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger transmit and receive rings. 2183678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger 2184678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger If unsure, say N. 2185678aa1f6SStephen Hemminger 2186cd28ab6aSStephen Hemmingerconfig SKY2 21878a3e3bfdSStephen Hemminger tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support" 2188f479b322SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 2189cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2190cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2191cab00891SMatt LaPlante This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the 2192c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell Yukon 2 chipset: 2193c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/ 2194c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21 2195c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2196f479b322SStephen Hemminger There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and 2197f479b322SStephen Hemminger Genesis based adapters: skge. 2198cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2199cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2200cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger will be called sky2. This is recommended. 2201cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 22023cf26753SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKY2_DEBUG 22033cf26753SStephen Hemminger bool "Debugging interface" 22043cf26753SStephen Hemminger depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS 22053cf26753SStephen Hemminger help 22063cf26753SStephen Hemminger This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. 22073cf26753SStephen Hemminger The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal 22083cf26753SStephen Hemminger transmit and receive rings. 2209c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 22103cf26753SStephen Hemminger If unsure, say N. 22111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22125ad887faSStephen Hemmingerconfig SK98LIN 22135ad887faSStephen Hemminger tristate "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support (DEPRECATED)" 22145ad887faSStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 22155ad887faSStephen Hemminger ---help--- 22165ad887faSStephen Hemminger Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 22175ad887faSStephen Hemminger compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 22185ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22195ad887faSStephen Hemminger This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. This driver is 22205ad887faSStephen Hemminger deprecated and will be removed from the kernel in the near future, 22215ad887faSStephen Hemminger it has been replaced by the skge driver. skge is cleaner and 22225ad887faSStephen Hemminger seems to work better. 22235ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22245ad887faSStephen Hemminger This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A separate 22255ad887faSStephen Hemminger driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters. 22265ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22275ad887faSStephen Hemminger The following adapters are supported by this driver: 22285ad887faSStephen Hemminger - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 22295ad887faSStephen Hemminger - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 22305ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22315ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22325ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22335ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22345ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22355ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX/2TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22365ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2971SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22375ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Allied Telesyn AT-2971T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 22385ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Belkin Gigabit Desktop Card 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45 22395ad887faSStephen Hemminger - EG1032 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 22405ad887faSStephen Hemminger - EG1064 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 22415ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Abit) 22425ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Albatron) 22435ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Asus) 22445ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (ECS) 22455ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Epox) 22465ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Foxconn) 22475ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Gigabyte) 22485ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Iwill) 22495ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Intel) 22505ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8001 Adapter 22515ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8002 Adapter 22525ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8003 Adapter 22535ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8004 Adapter 22545ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8006 Adapter 22555ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8007 Adapter 22565ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8008 Adapter 22575ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8009 Adapter 22585ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8010 Adapter 22595ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8011 Adapter 22605ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8012 Adapter 22615ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell RDK-8052 Adapter 22625ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (32 bit) 22635ad887faSStephen Hemminger - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (64 bit) 22645ad887faSStephen Hemminger - N-Way PCI-Bus Giga-Card 1000/100/10Mbps(L) 22655ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22665ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9521 V2.0 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22675ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9821 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T) 22685ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9821 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 22695ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9822 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T dual link) 22705ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9841 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX) 22715ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9841 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX Adapter 22725ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9842 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX dual link) 22735ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9843 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX) 22745ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9843 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22755ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9844 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX dual link) 22765ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9851 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22775ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9861 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition) 22785ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9861 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 22795ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9862 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition dual link) 22805ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9871 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX) 22815ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-ZX Adapter 22825ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SK-9872 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX dual link) 22835ad887faSStephen Hemminger - SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9452TXV.2) 22845ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22855ad887faSStephen Hemminger The adapters support Jumbo Frames. 22865ad887faSStephen Hemminger The dual link adapters support link-failover and dual port features. 22875ad887faSStephen Hemminger Both Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx adapters support 22885ad887faSStephen Hemminger the scatter-gather functionality with sendfile(). Please refer to 22895ad887faSStephen Hemminger <file:Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt> for more information about 22905ad887faSStephen Hemminger optional driver parameters. 22915ad887faSStephen Hemminger Questions concerning this driver may be addressed to: 22925ad887faSStephen Hemminger <linux@syskonnect.de> 22935ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22945ad887faSStephen Hemminger If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be 22955ad887faSStephen Hemminger inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 22965ad887faSStephen Hemminger say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will 22975ad887faSStephen Hemminger be called sk98lin. This is recommended. 22985ad887faSStephen Hemminger 22991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_VELOCITY 23001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Velocity support" 230173815538SYoichi Yuasa depends on PCI 23021da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 23031da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 23041da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 23051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23061da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here. 23071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23081da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 23091da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-velocity. 23101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TIGON3 23121da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support" 23131da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 23141da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23151da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards. 23161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23171da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23181da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tg3. This is recommended. 23191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2320b6016b76SMichael Chanconfig BNX2 2321b6016b76SMichael Chan tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support" 2322b6016b76SMichael Chan depends on PCI 2323fba9fe91SMichael Chan select CRC32 2324fba9fe91SMichael Chan select ZLIB_INFLATE 2325b6016b76SMichael Chan help 2326b6016b76SMichael Chan This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards. 2327b6016b76SMichael Chan 2328b6016b76SMichael Chan To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2329b6016b76SMichael Chan will be called bnx2. This is recommended. 2330b6016b76SMichael Chan 2331aaec0fabSJens Osterkampconfig SPIDER_NET 2332aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver" 23333342cf0eSKou Ishizaki depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB) 23349b15879aSChristoph Hellwig select FW_LOADER 2335aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp help 2336aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the 2337aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM. 2338aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp 23395e123b84SZang Roy-r61911config TSI108_ETH 23405e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support" 23415e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE 23425e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 help 23435e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports. 23445e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23455e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 will be called tsi108_eth. 23465e123b84SZang Roy-r61911 234702c18891SMasakazu Mokunoconfig GELIC_NET 234802c18891SMasakazu Mokuno tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver" 234902c18891SMasakazu Mokuno depends on PPC_PS3 235002c18891SMasakazu Mokuno help 235102c18891SMasakazu Mokuno This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game 235202c18891SMasakazu Mokuno console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet. 235302c18891SMasakazu Mokuno 235402c18891SMasakazu Mokuno To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 235502c18891SMasakazu Mokuno module will be called ps3_gelic. 235602c18891SMasakazu Mokuno 23571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GIANFAR 23581da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Gianfar Ethernet" 2359ef82a306SJon Loeliger depends on 85xx || 83xx || PPC_86xx 2360bb40dcbbSAndy Fleming select PHYLIB 2361bf41a7c5SDave Jiang select CRC32 23621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2363ef82a306SJon Loeliger This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx, 2364ef82a306SJon Loeliger and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540. 23651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GFAR_NAPI 2367bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 23681da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on GIANFAR 23691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2370ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UCC_GETH 23717d776cb5STimur Tabi tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet" 23727d776cb5STimur Tabi depends on QUICC_ENGINE 2373296baae2SJan Altenberg select PHYLIB 2374ce973b14SLi Yang help 23757d776cb5STimur Tabi This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine, 23767d776cb5STimur Tabi which is available on some Freescale SOCs. 2377ce973b14SLi Yang 2378ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_NAPI 2379bf45abebSRandy Dunlap bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 2380ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2381ce973b14SLi Yang 2382ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET 2383ce973b14SLi Yang bool "Magic Packet detection support" 2384ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2385ce973b14SLi Yang 2386ce973b14SLi Yangconfig UGETH_FILTERING 2387ce973b14SLi Yang bool "Mac address filtering support" 2388ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2389ce973b14SLi Yang 2390d5b9049dSMichael Reissconfig UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND 2391d5b9049dSMichael Reiss bool "Transmit on Demand support" 2392ce973b14SLi Yang depends on UCC_GETH 2393ce973b14SLi Yang 23941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MV643XX_ETH 23959c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek tristate "Marvell Discovery (643XX) and Orion ethernet support" 23969c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32) || ARCH_ORION 2397cd6478c8SDale Farnsworth select MII 23981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23999c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek This driver supports the gigabit ethernet MACs in the 24009c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek Marvell Discovery PPC/MIPS chipset family (MV643XX) and 24019c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek in the Marvell Orion ARM SoC family. 24029c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek 24039c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek Some boards that use the Discovery chipset are the Momenco 24049c1bbdfeSLennert Buytenhek Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and Pegasos II. 24051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24065a4faa87SRon Mercerconfig QLA3XXX 24075a4faa87SRon Mercer tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support" 24085a4faa87SRon Mercer depends on PCI 24095a4faa87SRon Mercer help 24105a4faa87SRon Mercer This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards. 24115a4faa87SRon Mercer 24125a4faa87SRon Mercer To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24135a4faa87SRon Mercer will be called qla3xxx. 24145a4faa87SRon Mercer 2415f3cc28c7SJay Cliburnconfig ATL1 2416f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn tristate "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2417a1ca14b1SJay Cliburn depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 2418f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn select CRC32 2419f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn select MII 2420f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn help 2421f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn This driver supports the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter. 2422f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn 2423f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 2424f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn will be called atl1. 2425f3cc28c7SJay Cliburn 2426f30486d5SJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEV_1000 24271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24281da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 24291da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 10 Gigabit Ethernet 24301da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 24311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2432f30486d5SJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEV_10000 2433f30486d5SJan Engelhardt bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" 2434cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 2435f30486d5SJan Engelhardt default y 243606bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt ---help--- 243706bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers. 243806bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt This option alone does not add any kernel code. 243906bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt 244006bfb7ebSJan Engelhardt If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. 2441f30486d5SJan Engelhardt 2442f30486d5SJan Engelhardtif NETDEV_10000 24431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24448199d3a7SChristoph Lameterconfig CHELSIO_T1 24458199d3a7SChristoph Lameter tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support" 24468199d3a7SChristoph Lameter depends on PCI 244757834ca1SStephen Hemminger select CRC32 24488199d3a7SChristoph Lameter help 2449f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit 2450f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and 2451f1d3d38aSStephen Hemminger performance tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>. 24528199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24538199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit 24548199d3a7SChristoph Lameter our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>. 24558199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24568199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For customer support, please visit our customer support page at 24578199d3a7SChristoph Lameter <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>. 24588199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24598199d3a7SChristoph Lameter Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>. 24608199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 24618199d3a7SChristoph Lameter To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24628199d3a7SChristoph Lameter will be called cxgb. 24638199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 2464352c417dSStephen Hemmingerconfig CHELSIO_T1_1G 2465352c417dSStephen Hemminger bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support" 2466352c417dSStephen Hemminger depends on CHELSIO_T1 2467352c417dSStephen Hemminger help 2468352c417dSStephen Hemminger Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you 2469352c417dSStephen Hemminger are using only 10G cards say 'N' here. 2470352c417dSStephen Hemminger 24717fe26a60SStephen Hemmingerconfig CHELSIO_T1_NAPI 24727fe26a60SStephen Hemminger bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 24737fe26a60SStephen Hemminger depends on CHELSIO_T1 24747fe26a60SStephen Hemminger default y 24757fe26a60SStephen Hemminger help 24767fe26a60SStephen Hemminger NAPI is a driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 24777fe26a60SStephen Hemminger when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. 24787fe26a60SStephen Hemminger 24794d22de3eSDivy Le Rayconfig CHELSIO_T3 24804d22de3eSDivy Le Ray tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support" 24814d22de3eSDivy Le Ray depends on PCI 24822e283962SDivy Le Ray select FW_LOADER 24834d22de3eSDivy Le Ray help 24844d22de3eSDivy Le Ray This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet 24854d22de3eSDivy Le Ray adapters. 24864d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24874d22de3eSDivy Le Ray For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit 24884d22de3eSDivy Le Ray our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>. 24894d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24904d22de3eSDivy Le Ray For customer support, please visit our customer support page at 24914d22de3eSDivy Le Ray <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>. 24924d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24934d22de3eSDivy Le Ray Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>. 24944d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24954d22de3eSDivy Le Ray To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24964d22de3eSDivy Le Ray will be called cxgb3. 24974d22de3eSDivy Le Ray 24987a291083SJan-Bernd Themannconfig EHEA 24997a291083SJan-Bernd Themann tristate "eHEA Ethernet support" 2500e0d5dab2SRandy Dunlap depends on IBMEBUS && INET 2501d4dc4ec9SJan-Bernd Themann select INET_LRO 25027a291083SJan-Bernd Themann ---help--- 25037a291083SJan-Bernd Themann This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter. 25047a291083SJan-Bernd Themann 25057a291083SJan-Bernd Themann To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25067a291083SJan-Bernd Themann will be called ehea. 25077a291083SJan-Bernd Themann 25089a799d71SAuke Kokconfig IXGBE 25099a799d71SAuke Kok tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support" 25109a799d71SAuke Kok depends on PCI 25119a799d71SAuke Kok ---help--- 25129a799d71SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of 25139a799d71SAuke Kok adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 25149a799d71SAuke Kok to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 25159a799d71SAuke Kok 25169a799d71SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 25179a799d71SAuke Kok 25189a799d71SAuke Kok For general information and support, go to the Intel support 25199a799d71SAuke Kok website at: 25209a799d71SAuke Kok 25219a799d71SAuke Kok <http://support.intel.com> 25229a799d71SAuke Kok 252357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25249a799d71SAuke Kok will be called ixgbe. 25259a799d71SAuke Kok 25261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB 25271da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" 25281da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 25291da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25309a799d71SAuke Kok This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for 25319a799d71SAuke Kok PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver 25329a799d71SAuke Kok instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 25331da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 25341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 25361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25371da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 25381da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 25391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25401da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 25411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25421da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 25431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>. 25441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 254557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25461da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ixgb. 25471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB_NAPI 25491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 25501da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL 25511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25521da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 25531da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 25541da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 25551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25561da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 25571da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 25581da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 25591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25601da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 25611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO 25631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC" 25641da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 25651da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25661da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO. 25679eb343aeSAkinobu Mita More specific information on configuring the driver is in 25689eb343aeSAkinobu Mita <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>. 25691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO_NAPI 25711da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 25721da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL 25731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25741da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 25751da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 25761da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 25771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 25791da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 25801da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 25811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25821da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 25831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25840da34b6dSBrice Goglinconfig MYRI10GE 25850da34b6dSBrice Goglin tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support" 2586e0d5dab2SRandy Dunlap depends on PCI && INET 25870da34b6dSBrice Goglin select FW_LOADER 25880da34b6dSBrice Goglin select CRC32 25891e6e9342SAndrew Gallatin select INET_LRO 25900da34b6dSBrice Goglin ---help--- 25910da34b6dSBrice Goglin This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in 25920da34b6dSBrice Goglin Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough, 25930da34b6dSBrice Goglin you will need a newer firmware image. 25940da34b6dSBrice Goglin You may get this image or more information, at: 25950da34b6dSBrice Goglin 2596d2794905SBrice Goglin <http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE.html> 25970da34b6dSBrice Goglin 259857ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 25990da34b6dSBrice Goglin will be called myri10ge. 26000da34b6dSBrice Goglin 26013d396eb1SAmit S. Kaleconfig NETXEN_NIC 26023d396eb1SAmit S. Kale tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC" 26035ac36615SRandy Dunlap depends on PCI 26043d396eb1SAmit S. Kale help 26053d396eb1SAmit S. Kale This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card. 26063d396eb1SAmit S. Kale 2607a3138df9SDavid S. Millerconfig NIU 2608a3138df9SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support" 2609a3138df9SDavid S. Miller depends on PCI 2610a3138df9SDavid S. Miller help 2611a3138df9SDavid S. Miller This enables support for cards based upon Sun's 2612a3138df9SDavid S. Miller Neptune chipset. 2613a3138df9SDavid S. Miller 2614f5cd7872SOlof Johanssonconfig PASEMI_MAC 2615f5cd7872SOlof Johansson tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC" 2616f5cd7872SOlof Johansson depends on PPC64 && PCI 2617bb6e9590SOlof Johansson select PHYLIB 261828ae79f5SOlof Johansson select INET_LRO 2619f5cd7872SOlof Johansson help 2620f5cd7872SOlof Johansson This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on 2621f5cd7872SOlof Johansson PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips. 2622f5cd7872SOlof Johansson 2623225c7b1fSRoland Dreierconfig MLX4_CORE 2624225c7b1fSRoland Dreier tristate 2625225c7b1fSRoland Dreier depends on PCI 2626225c7b1fSRoland Dreier default n 2627225c7b1fSRoland Dreier 2628225c7b1fSRoland Dreierconfig MLX4_DEBUG 2629225c7b1fSRoland Dreier bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED) 2630f550d94cSPaul Mundt depends on MLX4_CORE 2631225c7b1fSRoland Dreier default y 2632225c7b1fSRoland Dreier ---help--- 2633225c7b1fSRoland Dreier This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the 2634225c7b1fSRoland Dreier mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the 2635225c7b1fSRoland Dreier debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after 2636225c7b1fSRoland Dreier the driver is loaded through sysfs). 2637225c7b1fSRoland Dreier 26381a348cccSAndy Gospodarekconfig TEHUTI 26391a348cccSAndy Gospodarek tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet" 26401a348cccSAndy Gospodarek depends on PCI 26411a348cccSAndy Gospodarek help 26421a348cccSAndy Gospodarek Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC 26431a348cccSAndy Gospodarek 2644a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamirconfig BNX2X 2645a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII 10Gb support" 2646a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir depends on PCI 264707b270eaSLee Schermerhorn select ZLIB_INFLATE 2648a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir help 2649a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII 10 gigabit Ethernet cards. 2650a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2651a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir will be called bnx2x. This is recommended. 2652a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir 2653a2fbb9eaSEliezer Tamir 2654f30486d5SJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEV_10000 26551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26561da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" 26571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26581da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" 26591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26605b2fc499SJeff Garziksource "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" 26615b2fc499SJeff Garzik 26621da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" 26631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26641da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" 26651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26661da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/atm/Kconfig" 26671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26681da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" 26691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26700d160211SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND 26710d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" 26720d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge depends on XEN 26730d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge default y 26740d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge help 26750d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to 26760d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge access network devices exported exported by a virtual 26770d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge machine containing a physical network device driver. The 26780d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains; 26790d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost 26800d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge certainly want to enable this. 26810d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge 26821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISERIES_VETH 26831da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support" 2684cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PPC_ISERIES 26851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2686f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET 2687f89efd52SMatt Porter tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" 2688a81c52a8SRandy Dunlap depends on RAPIDIO 2689f89efd52SMatt Porter 2690f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_TX_SIZE 2691f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of outbound queue entries" 2692f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2693f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2694f89efd52SMatt Porter 2695f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_RX_SIZE 2696f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of inbound queue entries" 2697f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2698f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2699f89efd52SMatt Porter 27001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FDDI 27011da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "FDDI driver support" 2702e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on (PCI || EISA || TC) 27031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network 27051da177e4SLinus Torvalds design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can 27061da177e4SLinus Torvalds run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and 27071da177e4SLinus Torvalds want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and 27081da177e4SLinus Torvalds then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people 27091da177e4SLinus Torvalds will say N. 27101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27111da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEFXX 2712e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support" 2713e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC) 2714e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 2715e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA), 2716e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you 2717e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki to a local FDDI network. 2718e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2719e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2720e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki will be called defxx. If unsure, say N. 2721e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2722e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozyckiconfig DEFXX_MMIO 2723e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki bool 2724e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA 2725e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki depends on DEFXX 2726e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki default n if PCI || EISA 2727e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki default y 2728e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki ---help--- 2729e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O 2730e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO). 2731e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts 2732e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA) 2733e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports, 2734e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters. 2735e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki 2736e89a2cfbSMaciej W. Rozycki If unsure, say N. 27371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SKFP 27391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support" 27401da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on FDDI && PCI 2741bc63eb9cSAkinobu Mita select BITREVERSE 27421da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 27431da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter. 27441da177e4SLinus Torvalds The following adapters are supported by this driver: 27451da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP) 27461da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS) 27471da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP) 27481da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP) 27491da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS) 27501da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64) 27511da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS) 27521da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64) 27531da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64) 27541da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS) 27551da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC 27561da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC 27571da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP 27581da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP 27591da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC 27601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27611da177e4SLinus Torvalds Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about 27621da177e4SLinus Torvalds the driver. 27631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to: 27651da177e4SLinus Torvalds <linux@syskonnect.de> 27661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27671da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 27681da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called skfp. This is recommended. 27691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27701da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HIPPI 27711da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2772cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI 27731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27741da177e4SLinus Torvalds HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and 27751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI 27761da177e4SLinus Torvalds can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on 27771da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to 27781da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network 27791da177e4SLinus Torvalds and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use 27801da177e4SLinus Torvalds under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver 27811da177e4SLinus Torvalds for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here. 27821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27831da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER 27841da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 27851da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on HIPPI && PCI 27861da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27871da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card. 27881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27891da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 27901da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N. 27911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS 27931da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)" 27941da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ROADRUNNER 27951da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 27961da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB 27971da177e4SLinus Torvalds of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for 27981da177e4SLinus Torvalds transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other 27991da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have 28001da177e4SLinus Torvalds the memory. 28011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PLIP 28031da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" 2804cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PARPORT 28051da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28061da177e4SLinus Torvalds PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a 28071da177e4SLinus Torvalds reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) 28081da177e4SLinus Torvalds local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to 28091da177e4SLinus Torvalds install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a 28101da177e4SLinus Torvalds CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies 28111da177e4SLinus Torvalds first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option 28121da177e4SLinus Torvalds enabled for this to work. 28131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28141da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel 28151da177e4SLinus Torvalds ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected 28161da177e4SLinus Torvalds with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 28171da177e4SLinus Torvalds bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on 28181da177e4SLinus Torvalds bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a 28191da177e4SLinus Torvalds time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in 28201da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to 28211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows 28221da177e4SLinus Torvalds and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet 28231da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) 28241da177e4SLinus Torvalds and winsock or NCSA's telnet. 28251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28261da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well 28271da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from 28281da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP 28291da177e4SLinus Torvalds protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together 28301da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges 28311da177e4SLinus Torvalds your kernel by about 8 KB. 28321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 283357ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 283457ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy 283557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk a laptop later. 28361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP 28381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support" 2839b6e37e55SRalf Baechle select SLHC 28401da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28411da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves 28421da177e4SLinus Torvalds the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other 28431da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because 28441da177e4SLinus Torvalds otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these 28451da177e4SLinus Torvalds days support PPP rather than SLIP. 28461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28471da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described 28481da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the PPP-HOWTO, available at 28491da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have 28501da177e4SLinus Torvalds the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. 28511da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. 28521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28531da177e4SLinus Torvalds There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for 28541da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and 28551da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for 28561da177e4SLinus Torvalds example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other 28571da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to 28581da177e4SLinus Torvalds the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over 28591da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support 28601da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP", below. 28611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28621da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then 28631da177e4SLinus Torvalds you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only 28641da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M 286557ce45ddSAdrian Bunk here. The module will be called ppp_generic. 28661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_MULTILINK 28681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 28691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 28701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 28711da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you 28721da177e4SLinus Torvalds to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP 28731da177e4SLinus Torvalds connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth. 28741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28751da177e4SLinus Torvalds This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a 28761da177e4SLinus Torvalds version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol. 28771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 28791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_FILTER 28811da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP filtering" 28821da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 28831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 28841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over 28851da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as 28861da177e4SLinus Torvalds activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up 288747c51431SJon Mason a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely. 28881da177e4SLinus Torvalds You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and 28891da177e4SLinus Torvalds active-filter options to pppd. 28901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28911da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 28921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 28931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_ASYNC 28941da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for async serial ports" 28951da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 28961da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 28971da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 28981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard 28991da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use 29001da177e4SLinus Torvalds a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you 29011da177e4SLinus Torvalds need this option. 29021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29031da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29051da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 29061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_SYNC_TTY 29081da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports" 29091da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous 29121da177e4SLinus Torvalds (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices 29131da177e4SLinus Torvalds are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1. 29141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29151da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_DEFLATE 29181da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP Deflate compression" 29191da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29201da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_INFLATE 29211da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_DEFLATE 29221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the 29241da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress 29251da177e4SLinus Torvalds each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the 29261da177e4SLinus Torvalds other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the 29271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if 29281da177e4SLinus Torvalds they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. 29291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29301da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 29311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_BSDCOMP 29331da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression" 29341da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 29351da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 29361da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses 29371da177e4SLinus Torvalds the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is 29381da177e4SLinus Torvalds sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link 29391da177e4SLinus Torvalds (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression 29401da177e4SLinus Torvalds method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, 29411da177e4SLinus Torvalds it is safe to say Y here. 29421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29431da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression", 29441da177e4SLinus Torvalds above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better 29451da177e4SLinus Torvalds and is patent-free. 29461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29471da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a 29481da177e4SLinus Torvalds module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory 29491da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N. 29501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2951b3f9b92aSMatt Domschconfig PPP_MPPE 2952b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2953b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 2954b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO 2955b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_SHA1 2956b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_ARC4 2957bcbaecbbSPatrick McHardy select CRYPTO_ECB 2958b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch ---help--- 2959b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the 2960b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. 2961b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 2962b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on 2963b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method. 2964b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 29651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOE 29661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)" 29671da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP 29681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for PPP over Ethernet. 29701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29711da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS 29721da177e4SLinus Torvalds repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the 29731da177e4SLinus Torvalds RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) 29741da177e4SLinus Torvalds which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under 29751da177e4SLinus Torvalds the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). 29761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOATM 29781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over ATM" 29791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ATM && PPP 29801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 29811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames. 29821da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364, 29831da177e4SLinus Torvalds which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and 29841da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes its encapsulation unilaterally. 29851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29863557baabSJames Chapmanconfig PPPOL2TP 29873557baabSJames Chapman tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2988143cf353SJames Chapman depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET 29893557baabSJames Chapman help 29903557baabSJames Chapman Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol 29913557baabSJames Chapman used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP 29923557baabSJames Chapman tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses. 29933557baabSJames Chapman 29943557baabSJames Chapman This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a 29953557baabSJames Chapman userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel 29963557baabSJames Chapman and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP 29973557baabSJames Chapman (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/). 29983557baabSJames Chapman 29991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP 30001da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" 30011da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30021da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to 30031da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some 30041da177e4SLinus Torvalds other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a 30051da177e4SLinus Torvalds Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line 30061da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over 30071da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables; 30081da177e4SLinus Torvalds nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same 30091da177e4SLinus Torvalds purpose. 30101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you 30121da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP 30131da177e4SLinus Torvalds around (available from 30141da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 30151da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If 30161da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The 30171da177e4SLinus Torvalds NET-3-HOWTO, available from 30181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to 30191da177e4SLinus Torvalds configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just 30201da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full 30211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on 30221da177e4SLinus Torvalds some Internet connected Unix computer. Read 30231da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP 30241da177e4SLinus Torvalds support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N. 30251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 302657ce45ddSAdrian Bunk To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 302757ce45ddSAdrian Bunk will be called slip. 30281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_COMPRESSED 30301da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CSLIP compressed headers" 30311da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 3032b6e37e55SRalf Baechle select SLHC 30331da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30341da177e4SLinus Torvalds This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the 30351da177e4SLinus Torvalds TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported 30361da177e4SLinus Torvalds on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and 30371da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If 30381da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from 30391da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 30401da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you 30411da177e4SLinus Torvalds definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from 30421da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure 30431da177e4SLinus Torvalds CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel. 30441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3045b6e37e55SRalf Baechleconfig SLHC 3046b6e37e55SRalf Baechle tristate 3047b6e37e55SRalf Baechle help 3048b6e37e55SRalf Baechle This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression 3049b6e37e55SRalf Baechle routines. 3050b6e37e55SRalf Baechle 30511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_SMART 30521da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Keepalive and linefill" 30531da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 30541da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the 30561da177e4SLinus Torvalds RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality 30571da177e4SLinus Torvalds analogue lines. 30581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 30601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation" 30611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 30621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial 30641da177e4SLinus Torvalds networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven 30651da177e4SLinus Torvalds bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP: 30661da177e4SLinus Torvalds "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over 30671da177e4SLinus Torvalds the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other 30681da177e4SLinus Torvalds end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP 30691da177e4SLinus Torvalds over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N. 30701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30711da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_FC 30721da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Fibre Channel driver support" 3073cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on SCSI && PCI 30741da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 30751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect 30761da177e4SLinus Torvalds large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and 30771da177e4SLinus Torvalds intended to replace SCSI. 30781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30791da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel 30801da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your 30811da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and 30821da177e4SLinus Torvalds "SCSI generic support". 30831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NETCONSOLE 30851da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 30865e43db77SMatt Mackall depends on EXPERIMENTAL 30871da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 30881da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. 30891da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 30901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 30910bcc1816SSatyam Sharmaconfig NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC 30920bcc1816SSatyam Sharma bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)" 30930bcc1816SSatyam Sharma depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL 30940bcc1816SSatyam Sharma select CONFIGFS_FS 30950bcc1816SSatyam Sharma help 30960bcc1816SSatyam Sharma This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target 30970bcc1816SSatyam Sharma parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses) 30980bcc1816SSatyam Sharma at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs. 30990bcc1816SSatyam Sharma See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 31000bcc1816SSatyam Sharma 310154208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL 310254208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETCONSOLE 310354208991SRandy Dunlap 310454208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL_TRAP 310554208991SRandy Dunlap bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" 310654208991SRandy Dunlap default n 310754208991SRandy Dunlap depends on NETPOLL 310854208991SRandy Dunlap 310954208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NET_POLL_CONTROLLER 311054208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETPOLL 311154208991SRandy Dunlap 3112296f96fcSRusty Russellconfig VIRTIO_NET 3113296f96fcSRusty Russell tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3114296f96fcSRusty Russell depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO 3115296f96fcSRusty Russell ---help--- 3116296f96fcSRusty Russell This is the virtual network driver for lguest. Say Y or M. 3117296f96fcSRusty Russell 3118d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEVICES 3119