11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Network device configuration 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtmenuconfig NETDEVICES 6ce2d2aedSPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso default y if UML 7e0009820SJan Engelhardt depends on NET 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Network device support" 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 101da177e4SLinus Torvalds You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds any other computer at all. 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links. 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>. 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 241618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat 251618cb0cSRandy Dunlap# that for each of the symbols. 261618cb0cSRandy Dunlapif NETDEVICES 27cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap 28a1606c7dSBen Hutchingsconfig MII 29a1606c7dSBen Hutchings tristate 30a1606c7dSBen Hutchings 3188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_CORE 3288491d81SJeff Kirsher default y 3388491d81SJeff Kirsher bool "Network core driver support" 34253af423SJamal Hadi Salim ---help--- 3588491d81SJeff Kirsher You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the 3688491d81SJeff Kirsher networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.) 3788491d81SJeff Kirsher 3888491d81SJeff Kirsherif NET_CORE 3988491d81SJeff Kirsher 4088491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig BONDING 4188491d81SJeff Kirsher tristate "Bonding driver support" 4288491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on INET 4388491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n 4488491d81SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 4588491d81SJeff Kirsher Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet 4688491d81SJeff Kirsher Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco, 4788491d81SJeff Kirsher 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux. 4888491d81SJeff Kirsher 4988491d81SJeff Kirsher The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high 5088491d81SJeff Kirsher performance and high availability operation. 5188491d81SJeff Kirsher 5288491d81SJeff Kirsher Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more 5388491d81SJeff Kirsher information. 5488491d81SJeff Kirsher 55253af423SJamal Hadi Salim To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5688491d81SJeff Kirsher will be called bonding. 57253af423SJamal Hadi Salim 581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DUMMY 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Dummy net driver support" 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs. 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds Administrator's Guide, available from 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 729f486619SAlan Cox will be called dummy. 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7488491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig EQUALIZER 7588491d81SJeff Kirsher tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7788491d81SJeff Kirsher If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this 7888491d81SJeff Kirsher usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use 7988491d81SJeff Kirsher SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone 8088491d81SJeff Kirsher lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like 8188491d81SJeff Kirsher one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has 8288491d81SJeff Kirsher to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL 8388491d81SJeff Kirsher Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e. 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8588491d81SJeff Kirsher Say Y if you want this and read 8688491d81SJeff Kirsher <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read 8788491d81SJeff Kirsher section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from 8888491d81SJeff Kirsher <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 9188491d81SJeff Kirsher will be called eql. If unsure, say N. 9288491d81SJeff Kirsher 9388491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_FC 9488491d81SJeff Kirsher bool "Fibre Channel driver support" 9588491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on SCSI && PCI 9688491d81SJeff Kirsher help 9788491d81SJeff Kirsher Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect 9888491d81SJeff Kirsher large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and 9988491d81SJeff Kirsher intended to replace SCSI. 10088491d81SJeff Kirsher 10188491d81SJeff Kirsher If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel 10288491d81SJeff Kirsher adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your 10388491d81SJeff Kirsher adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and 10488491d81SJeff Kirsher "SCSI generic support". 10588491d81SJeff Kirsher 10688491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig IFB 10788491d81SJeff Kirsher tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" 10888491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on NET_CLS_ACT 10988491d81SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 11088491d81SJeff Kirsher This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of 11188491d81SJeff Kirsher resources. 11288491d81SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 11388491d81SJeff Kirsher will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb 11488491d81SJeff Kirsher device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. 11588491d81SJeff Kirsher Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0', 11688491d81SJeff Kirsher 'ifb1' etc. 11788491d81SJeff Kirsher Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1193d249d4cSJiri Pirkosource "drivers/net/team/Kconfig" 1203d249d4cSJiri Pirko 121b863ceb7SPatrick McHardyconfig MACVLAN 122bd085b93SKees Cook tristate "MAC-VLAN support" 123b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy ---help--- 124b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to 125b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface. 126b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy 1273dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the 1283dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release: 1293dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy 1303dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan" 1313dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy 132b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 133b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy will be called macvlan. 134b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy 13520d29d7aSArnd Bergmannconfig MACVTAP 136bd085b93SKees Cook tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver" 13720d29d7aSArnd Bergmann depends on MACVLAN 13820d29d7aSArnd Bergmann help 13920d29d7aSArnd Bergmann This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based 14020d29d7aSArnd Bergmann on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device 14120d29d7aSArnd Bergmann can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type 142c7966b52SJan Luebbe macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface. 14320d29d7aSArnd Bergmann 14420d29d7aSArnd Bergmann To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 14520d29d7aSArnd Bergmann will be called macvtap. 14620d29d7aSArnd Bergmann 147d342894cSstephen hemmingerconfig VXLAN 148d342894cSstephen hemminger tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)" 149c9b20a5eSKees Cook depends on INET 150e8171045SPravin B Shelar select NET_IP_TUNNEL 151d342894cSstephen hemminger ---help--- 152d342894cSstephen hemminger This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide 153d342894cSstephen hemminger Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used 154d342894cSstephen hemminger to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments. 155d342894cSstephen hemminger For more information see: 156d342894cSstephen hemminger http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02 157d342894cSstephen hemminger 158d342894cSstephen hemminger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 159d342894cSstephen hemminger will be called vxlan. 160d342894cSstephen hemminger 16188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETCONSOLE 16288491d81SJeff Kirsher tristate "Network console logging support" 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16488491d81SJeff Kirsher If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. 16588491d81SJeff Kirsher See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC 16888491d81SJeff Kirsher bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets" 16988491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \ 17088491d81SJeff Kirsher !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m) 17188491d81SJeff Kirsher help 17288491d81SJeff Kirsher This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target 17388491d81SJeff Kirsher parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses) 17488491d81SJeff Kirsher at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs. 17588491d81SJeff Kirsher See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETPOLL 17888491d81SJeff Kirsher def_bool NETCONSOLE 17988491d81SJeff Kirsher 18088491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETPOLL_TRAP 18188491d81SJeff Kirsher bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" 18288491d81SJeff Kirsher default n 18388491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on NETPOLL 18488491d81SJeff Kirsher 18588491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_POLL_CONTROLLER 18688491d81SJeff Kirsher def_bool NETPOLL 18788491d81SJeff Kirsher 188548c237cSJon Masonconfig NTB_NETDEV 189548c237cSJon Mason tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB" 190548c237cSJon Mason depends on NTB 191548c237cSJon Mason 19288491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET 19388491d81SJeff Kirsher tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" 19488491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on RAPIDIO 19588491d81SJeff Kirsher 19688491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET_TX_SIZE 19788491d81SJeff Kirsher int "Number of outbound queue entries" 19888491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on RIONET 19988491d81SJeff Kirsher default "128" 20088491d81SJeff Kirsher 20188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET_RX_SIZE 20288491d81SJeff Kirsher int "Number of inbound queue entries" 20388491d81SJeff Kirsher depends on RIONET 20488491d81SJeff Kirsher default "128" 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TUN 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, 2131da177e4SLinus Torvalds receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds via physical media writes them to the user space program. 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds all routes corresponding to it. 2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more 2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tun. 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. 2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 229e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanovconfig VETH 2306a9a0250SRusty Russell tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device" 231e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov ---help--- 2326a9a0250SRusty Russell This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. 2336a9a0250SRusty Russell When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice 2346a9a0250SRusty Russell versa. 235e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov 23688491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig VIRTIO_NET 237bd085b93SKees Cook tristate "Virtio network driver" 238bd085b93SKees Cook depends on VIRTIO 2398cabd6a0SMichael Dalton select AVERAGE 24088491d81SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 24188491d81SJeff Kirsher This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with 24288491d81SJeff Kirsher lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. 24388491d81SJeff Kirsher 244e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmannconfig NLMON 245e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device" 246e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann ---help--- 247e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The 248e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets. 249e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink 250e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further 251e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support 252e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N. 253e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann 25488491d81SJeff Kirsherendif # NET_CORE 25588491d81SJeff Kirsher 25688491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig SUNGEM_PHY 25788491d81SJeff Kirsher tristate 25888491d81SJeff Kirsher 25988491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" 26088491d81SJeff Kirsher 26188491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/atm/Kconfig" 26288491d81SJeff Kirsher 26388491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig" 26488491d81SJeff Kirsher 2653b158859SBen Hutchingssource "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig" 2663b158859SBen Hutchings 26788491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig" 26888491d81SJeff Kirsher 26988491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig" 27088491d81SJeff Kirsher 271fecc7351SPaul Bollesource "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig" 272fecc7351SPaul Bolle 2731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1000 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" 275cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PNP 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as 2781da177e4SLinus Torvalds NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds provided by your regular phone modem. 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read 2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing 2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be 2891da177e4SLinus Torvalds found at: 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/> 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html> 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/> 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have this card, of course say N. 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 29700db8189SAndy Flemingsource "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" 29800db8189SAndy Fleming 29918e635f4SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig" 30018e635f4SJeff Kirsher 30188491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig" 30288491d81SJeff Kirsher 303b5451d78SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig" 304b5451d78SJeff Kirsher 30588491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" 30688491d81SJeff Kirsher 30788491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" 30888491d81SJeff Kirsher 3091da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 311143ee2d5SInaky Perez-Gonzalezsource "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig" 312143ee2d5SInaky Perez-Gonzalez 3131da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3150739d643Salex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.comsource "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig" 3160739d643Salex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com 3170d160211SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND 3180d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" 3190d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge depends on XEN 3207003087cSJeremy Fitzhardinge select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND 3210d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge default y 3220d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge help 323f942dc25SIan Campbell This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network 324f942dc25SIan Campbell devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often 325f942dc25SIan Campbell domain 0). 326f942dc25SIan Campbell 327f942dc25SIan Campbell The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the 328f942dc25SIan Campbell CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option. 329f942dc25SIan Campbell 330f942dc25SIan Campbell If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you 331f942dc25SIan Campbell should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose 332f942dc25SIan Campbell M here: the module will be called xen-netfront. 333f942dc25SIan Campbell 334f942dc25SIan Campbellconfig XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND 335f942dc25SIan Campbell tristate "Xen backend network device" 336f942dc25SIan Campbell depends on XEN_BACKEND 337f942dc25SIan Campbell help 338f942dc25SIan Campbell This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver 339f942dc25SIan Campbell domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other 340f942dc25SIan Campbell Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating 341f942dc25SIan Campbell system that implements a compatible front end. 342f942dc25SIan Campbell 343f942dc25SIan Campbell The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the 344f942dc25SIan Campbell CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option. 345f942dc25SIan Campbell 346f942dc25SIan Campbell The backend driver presents a standard network device 347f942dc25SIan Campbell endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver 348f942dc25SIan Campbell domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed 349f942dc25SIan Campbell etc in order to provide full network connectivity. 350f942dc25SIan Campbell 351f942dc25SIan Campbell If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver 352f942dc25SIan Campbell domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To 353f942dc25SIan Campbell compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module 354f942dc25SIan Campbell will be called xen-netback. 3550d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge 356d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewaraconfig VMXNET3 357d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver" 358115924b6SShreyas Bhatewara depends on PCI && INET 359d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara help 360d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC. 361d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 362d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara module will be called vmxnet3. 363d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara 36495fa0405SHaiyang Zhangsource "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig" 36595fa0405SHaiyang Zhang 366d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEVICES 367