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1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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
29a1606c7dSBen Hutchingsconfig MII
30a1606c7dSBen Hutchings	tristate
31a1606c7dSBen Hutchings
3288491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_CORE
3388491d81SJeff Kirsher	default y
3488491d81SJeff Kirsher	bool "Network core driver support"
35253af423SJamal Hadi Salim	---help---
3688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
3788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
3888491d81SJeff Kirsher
3988491d81SJeff Kirsherif NET_CORE
4088491d81SJeff Kirsher
4188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig BONDING
4288491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "Bonding driver support"
4388491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on INET
4488491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
4588491d81SJeff Kirsher	---help---
4688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
4788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
4888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
4988491d81SJeff Kirsher
5088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
5188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  performance and high availability operation.
5288491d81SJeff Kirsher
5388491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
5488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  information.
5588491d81SJeff Kirsher
56253af423SJamal Hadi Salim	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
5788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  will be called bonding.
58253af423SJamal Hadi Salim
591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DUMMY
601da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Dummy net driver support"
611da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
621da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
631da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
641da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
651da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
669f5db535SIvan Babrou	  If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. It won't
679f5db535SIvan Babrou	  enlarge your kernel. 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
74*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeldconfig WIREGUARD
75*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	tristate "WireGuard secure network tunnel"
76*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	depends on NET && INET
77*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
78*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
79*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select DST_CACHE
80*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO
81*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_LIB_CURVE25519
82*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_LIB_CHACHA20POLY1305
83*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_LIB_BLAKE2S
84*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
85*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
86*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_BLAKE2S_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
87*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
88*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON if (ARM || ARM64) && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
89*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_NEON if ARM64 && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
90*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_ARM if ARM
91*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_NEON if ARM && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
92*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_CHACHA_MIPS if CPU_MIPS32_R2
93*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_MIPS if CPU_MIPS32 || (CPU_MIPS64 && 64BIT)
94*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	help
95*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  WireGuard is a secure, fast, and easy to use replacement for IPSec
96*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  that uses modern cryptography and clever networking tricks. It's
97*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  designed to be fairly general purpose and abstract enough to fit most
98*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  use cases, while at the same time remaining extremely simple to
99*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  configure. See www.wireguard.com for more info.
100*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
101*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  It's safe to say Y or M here, as the driver is very lightweight and
102*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  is only in use when an administrator chooses to add an interface.
103*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
104*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeldconfig WIREGUARD_DEBUG
105*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	bool "Debugging checks and verbose messages"
106*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	depends on WIREGUARD
107*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	help
108*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  This will write log messages for handshake and other events
109*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  that occur for a WireGuard interface. It will also perform some
110*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  extra validation checks and unit tests at various points. This is
111*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  only useful for debugging.
112*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
113*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld	  Say N here unless you know what you're doing.
114*e7096c13SJason A. Donenfeld
11588491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig EQUALIZER
11688491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
11888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
11988491d81SJeff Kirsher	  usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
12088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
12188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
12288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  one double speed connection using this driver.  Naturally, this has
12388491d81SJeff Kirsher	  to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
12488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds
12688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Say Y if you want this and read
12788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>.  You may also want to read
12888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
12988491d81SJeff Kirsher	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
13288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  will be called eql.  If unsure, say N.
13388491d81SJeff Kirsher
13488491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_FC
13588491d81SJeff Kirsher	bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
13688491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on SCSI && PCI
13788491d81SJeff Kirsher	help
13888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
13988491d81SJeff Kirsher	  large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
14088491d81SJeff Kirsher	  intended to replace SCSI.
14188491d81SJeff Kirsher
14288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
14388491d81SJeff Kirsher	  adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
14488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
14588491d81SJeff Kirsher	  "SCSI generic support".
14688491d81SJeff Kirsher
14788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig IFB
14888491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
14988491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on NET_CLS_ACT
15088491d81SJeff Kirsher	---help---
15188491d81SJeff Kirsher	  This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
15288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  resources.
15388491d81SJeff Kirsher	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
15488491d81SJeff Kirsher	  will be called ifb.  If you want to use more than one ifb
15588491d81SJeff Kirsher	  device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
15688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
15788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  'ifb1' etc.
15888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds
1603d249d4cSJiri Pirkosource "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
1613d249d4cSJiri Pirko
162b863ceb7SPatrick McHardyconfig MACVLAN
163bd085b93SKees Cook	tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
164b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	---help---
165b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
166b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
167b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy
1683dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy	  Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
1693dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy	  iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
1703dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy
1713dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy	  "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
1723dbf8d56SPatrick McHardy
173b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
174b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy	  will be called macvlan.
175b863ceb7SPatrick McHardy
17620d29d7aSArnd Bergmannconfig MACVTAP
177bd085b93SKees Cook	tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
17820d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	depends on MACVLAN
179de11b0e8SBen Hutchings	depends on INET
1809a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	select TAP
18120d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	help
18220d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
18320d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
18420d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
185c7966b52SJan Luebbe	  macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
18620d29d7aSArnd Bergmann
18720d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
18820d29d7aSArnd Bergmann	  will be called macvtap.
18920d29d7aSArnd Bergmann
190c675e06aSDaniel Borkmannconfig IPVLAN_L3S
191c675e06aSDaniel Borkmann	depends on NETFILTER
192a37d45b6SRandy Dunlap	depends on IPVLAN
193c675e06aSDaniel Borkmann	def_bool y
194c675e06aSDaniel Borkmann	select NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
1952ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
1962ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewarconfig IPVLAN
1972ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	tristate "IP-VLAN support"
198265de6d1SMahesh Bandewar	depends on INET
1997f897db3SArnd Bergmann	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
2002ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	---help---
2012ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
2022ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
2032ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
2042ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
2052ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
2062ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
207f4c2b7a0SMahesh Bandewar	  iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-3.19 release:
2082ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
2092ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
2102ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
2112ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2122ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar	  will be called ipvlan.
2132ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
214235a9d89SSainath Grandhiconfig IPVTAP
215235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	tristate "IP-VLAN based tap driver"
216235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	depends on IPVLAN
217235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	depends on INET
218235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	select TAP
219235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	---help---
220235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
221235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  on the IP-VLAN network interface, called ipvtap. An ipvtap device
222235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  can be added in the same way as a ipvlan device, using 'type
223235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  ipvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
224235a9d89SSainath Grandhi
225235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
226235a9d89SSainath Grandhi	  will be called ipvtap.
2272ad7bf36SMahesh Bandewar
228d342894cSstephen hemmingerconfig VXLAN
229d342894cSstephen hemminger	tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
230c9b20a5eSKees Cook	depends on INET
2313ee64f39STom Herbert	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
23297e219b7SEric Dumazet	select GRO_CELLS
233d342894cSstephen hemminger	---help---
234d342894cSstephen hemminger	  This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
235d342894cSstephen hemminger	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
236d342894cSstephen hemminger	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
237d342894cSstephen hemminger	  For more information see:
238d342894cSstephen hemminger	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
239d342894cSstephen hemminger
240d342894cSstephen hemminger	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
241d342894cSstephen hemminger	  will be called vxlan.
242d342894cSstephen hemminger
2432d07dc79SJohn W. Linvilleconfig GENEVE
244371bd106SPravin B Shelar	tristate "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation"
245a7603ac1SMatteo Croce	depends on INET
246094be092STobias Regnery	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
247a7603ac1SMatteo Croce	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
24897e219b7SEric Dumazet	select GRO_CELLS
2492d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	---help---
2502d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  This allows one to create geneve virtual interfaces that provide
2512d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. GENEVE is often used
2522d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
2532d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  For more information see:
2542d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-02
2552d07dc79SJohn W. Linville
2562d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2572d07dc79SJohn W. Linville	  will be called geneve.
2582d07dc79SJohn W. Linville
259459aa660SPablo Neiraconfig GTP
260459aa660SPablo Neira	tristate "GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U)"
261c22da366SMatteo Croce	depends on INET
262c22da366SMatteo Croce	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
263459aa660SPablo Neira	---help---
264459aa660SPablo Neira	  This allows one to create gtp virtual interfaces that provide
265459aa660SPablo Neira	  the GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U). This tunneling protocol
266459aa660SPablo Neira	  is used to prevent subscribers from accessing mobile carrier core
267459aa660SPablo Neira	  network infrastructure. This driver requires a userspace software that
268459aa660SPablo Neira	  implements the signaling protocol (GTP-C) to update its PDP context
269459aa660SPablo Neira	  base, such as OpenGGSN <http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/). This
270459aa660SPablo Neira	  tunneling protocol is implemented according to the GSM TS 09.60 and
271459aa660SPablo Neira	  3GPP TS 29.060 standards.
272459aa660SPablo Neira
273459aa660SPablo Neira	  To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
274459aa660SPablo Neira	  wil be called gtp.
275459aa660SPablo Neira
276c09440f7SSabrina Dubrocaconfig MACSEC
277c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
278ab2ed017SArnd Bergmann	select CRYPTO
279c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	select CRYPTO_AES
280c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	select CRYPTO_GCM
28197e219b7SEric Dumazet	select GRO_CELLS
282c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	---help---
283c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca	   MACsec is an encryption standard for Ethernet.
284c09440f7SSabrina Dubroca
28588491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETCONSOLE
28688491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "Network console logging support"
2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
28888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
28988491d81SJeff Kirsher	  See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds
29188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
29288491d81SJeff Kirsher	bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
29388491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
29488491d81SJeff Kirsher			!(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
29588491d81SJeff Kirsher	help
29688491d81SJeff Kirsher	  This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
29788491d81SJeff Kirsher	  parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
29888491d81SJeff Kirsher	  at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
29988491d81SJeff Kirsher	  See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds
30188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NETPOLL
30288491d81SJeff Kirsher	def_bool NETCONSOLE
30383fe27eaSPranith Kumar	select SRCU
30488491d81SJeff Kirsher
30588491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
30688491d81SJeff Kirsher	def_bool NETPOLL
30788491d81SJeff Kirsher
308548c237cSJon Masonconfig NTB_NETDEV
309ec110bc7SAllen Hubbe	tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB Transport"
310ec110bc7SAllen Hubbe	depends on NTB_TRANSPORT
311548c237cSJon Mason
31288491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET
31388491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
31488491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on RAPIDIO
31588491d81SJeff Kirsher
31688491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET_TX_SIZE
31788491d81SJeff Kirsher	int "Number of outbound queue entries"
31888491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on RIONET
31988491d81SJeff Kirsher	default "128"
32088491d81SJeff Kirsher
32188491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig RIONET_RX_SIZE
32288491d81SJeff Kirsher	int "Number of inbound queue entries"
32388491d81SJeff Kirsher	depends on RIONET
32488491d81SJeff Kirsher	default "128"
3251da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TUN
3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
328de11b0e8SBen Hutchings	depends on INET
3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds	select CRC32
3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  programs.  It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
3351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  via physical media writes them to the user space program.
3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  corresponding net device tunX or tapX.  After a program closed above
3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  all routes corresponding to it.
3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  information.
3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3451da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  will be called tun.
3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds
3509a393b5dSSainath Grandhiconfig TAP
3519a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	tristate
3529a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	---help---
3539a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	  This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
3549a393b5dSSainath Grandhi	  interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
3559a393b5dSSainath Grandhi
3568b8e658bSGreg Kurzconfig TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
3578b8e658bSGreg Kurz	bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
3588b8e658bSGreg Kurz	default n
3598b8e658bSGreg Kurz	---help---
3608b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
3618b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
3628b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  big-endian legacy virtio device.
3638b8e658bSGreg Kurz
3648b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
3658b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
3668b8e658bSGreg Kurz
3678b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
3688b8e658bSGreg Kurz	  machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
3698b8e658bSGreg Kurz
370e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanovconfig VETH
3716a9a0250SRusty Russell	tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
372e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov	---help---
3736a9a0250SRusty Russell	  This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
3746a9a0250SRusty Russell	  When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
3756a9a0250SRusty Russell	  versa.
376e314dbdcSPavel Emelyanov
37788491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig VIRTIO_NET
378bd085b93SKees Cook	tristate "Virtio network driver"
379bd085b93SKees Cook	depends on VIRTIO
380ba5e4426SSridhar Samudrala	select NET_FAILOVER
38188491d81SJeff Kirsher	---help---
38288491d81SJeff Kirsher	  This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with
383ecda85e7SJuergen Gross	  QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
38488491d81SJeff Kirsher
385e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmannconfig NLMON
386e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
387e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	---help---
388e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
389e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
390e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
391e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
392e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
393e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann	  to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
394e4fc408eSDaniel Borkmann
395193125dbSDavid Ahernconfig NET_VRF
396193125dbSDavid Ahern	tristate "Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Lite)"
39735402e31SDavid Ahern	depends on IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
398ee15ee5dSDavid Ahern	depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
39935402e31SDavid Ahern	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
40035402e31SDavid Ahern	depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES || IPV6=n
401193125dbSDavid Ahern	---help---
402193125dbSDavid Ahern	  This option enables the support for mapping interfaces into VRF's. The
403193125dbSDavid Ahern	  support enables VRF devices.
404193125dbSDavid Ahern
4050b2e6644SGerard Garciaconfig VSOCKMON
4060b2e6644SGerard Garcia	tristate "Virtual vsock monitoring device"
4070b2e6644SGerard Garcia	depends on VHOST_VSOCK
4080b2e6644SGerard Garcia	---help---
4090b2e6644SGerard Garcia	  This option enables a monitoring net device for vsock sockets. It is
4100b2e6644SGerard Garcia	  mostly intended for developers or support to debug vsock issues. If
4110b2e6644SGerard Garcia	  unsure, say N.
4120b2e6644SGerard Garcia
41388491d81SJeff Kirsherendif # NET_CORE
41488491d81SJeff Kirsher
41588491d81SJeff Kirsherconfig SUNGEM_PHY
41688491d81SJeff Kirsher	tristate
41788491d81SJeff Kirsher
41888491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
41988491d81SJeff Kirsher
42088491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
42188491d81SJeff Kirsher
42288491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
42388491d81SJeff Kirsher
4243b158859SBen Hutchingssource "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
4253b158859SBen Hutchings
42688491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
42788491d81SJeff Kirsher
42888491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
42988491d81SJeff Kirsher
430fecc7351SPaul Bollesource "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
431fecc7351SPaul Bolle
4321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1000
4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds	tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
434cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap	depends on PNP
4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds	---help---
4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
4411da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  provided by your regular phone modem.
4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
445b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/sb1000.txt> for
446b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  information on how to use this module, as it needs special ppp
447b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  scripts for establishing a connection. Further documentation
448b255e500SJakub Kicinski	  and the necessary scripts can be found at:
4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds	  If you don't have this card, of course say N.
4551da177e4SLinus Torvalds
45600db8189SAndy Flemingsource "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
45700db8189SAndy Fleming
45818e635f4SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
45918e635f4SJeff Kirsher
46088491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
46188491d81SJeff Kirsher
462b5451d78SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
463b5451d78SJeff Kirsher
46488491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
46588491d81SJeff Kirsher
46688491d81SJeff Kirshersource "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
46788491d81SJeff Kirsher
4681da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
4691da177e4SLinus Torvalds
470143ee2d5SInaky Perez-Gonzalezsource "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
471143ee2d5SInaky Perez-Gonzalez
4721da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds
4740739d643Salex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.comsource "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
4750739d643Salex.bluesman.smirnov@gmail.com
4760d160211SJeremy Fitzhardingeconfig XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
4770d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
4780d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	depends on XEN
4797003087cSJeremy Fitzhardinge	select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
4800d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	default y
4810d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge	help
482f942dc25SIan Campbell	  This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
483f942dc25SIan Campbell	  devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
484f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain 0).
485f942dc25SIan Campbell
486f942dc25SIan Campbell	  The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
487f942dc25SIan Campbell	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
488f942dc25SIan Campbell
489f942dc25SIan Campbell	  If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
490f942dc25SIan Campbell	  should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
491f942dc25SIan Campbell	  M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
492f942dc25SIan Campbell
493f942dc25SIan Campbellconfig XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
494f942dc25SIan Campbell	tristate "Xen backend network device"
495f942dc25SIan Campbell	depends on XEN_BACKEND
496f942dc25SIan Campbell	help
497f942dc25SIan Campbell	  This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
498f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
499f942dc25SIan Campbell	  Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
500f942dc25SIan Campbell	  system that implements a compatible front end.
501f942dc25SIan Campbell
502f942dc25SIan Campbell	  The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
503f942dc25SIan Campbell	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
504f942dc25SIan Campbell
505f942dc25SIan Campbell	  The backend driver presents a standard network device
506f942dc25SIan Campbell	  endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
507f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
508f942dc25SIan Campbell	  etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
509f942dc25SIan Campbell
510f942dc25SIan Campbell	  If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
511f942dc25SIan Campbell	  domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
512f942dc25SIan Campbell	  compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
513f942dc25SIan Campbell	  will be called xen-netback.
5140d160211SJeremy Fitzhardinge
515d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewaraconfig VMXNET3
516d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
517115924b6SShreyas Bhatewara	depends on PCI && INET
518fbdf0e28SArnd Bergmann	depends on !(PAGE_SIZE_64KB || ARM64_64K_PAGES || \
519fbdf0e28SArnd Bergmann		     IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || MICROBLAZE_64K_PAGES || \
520fbdf0e28SArnd Bergmann		     PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || PPC_64K_PAGES)
521d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	help
522d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	  This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
523d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
524d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara	  module will be called vmxnet3.
525d1a890faSShreyas Bhatewara
526658d439bSTaku Izumiconfig FUJITSU_ES
527658d439bSTaku Izumi	tristate "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device driver"
528658d439bSTaku Izumi	depends on ACPI
529658d439bSTaku Izumi	help
530658d439bSTaku Izumi	  This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
531658d439bSTaku Izumi	  on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
532658d439bSTaku Izumi
533e69b6c02SAmir Levyconfig THUNDERBOLT_NET
534e69b6c02SAmir Levy	tristate "Networking over Thunderbolt cable"
535e69b6c02SAmir Levy	depends on THUNDERBOLT && INET
536e69b6c02SAmir Levy	help
537e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  Select this if you want to create network between two
538e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  computers over a Thunderbolt cable. The driver supports Apple
539e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  ThunderboltIP protocol and allows communication with any host
540e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  supporting the same protocol including Windows and macOS.
541e69b6c02SAmir Levy
542e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  To compile this driver a module, choose M here. The module will be
543e69b6c02SAmir Levy	  called thunderbolt-net.
544e69b6c02SAmir Levy
54595fa0405SHaiyang Zhangsource "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
54695fa0405SHaiyang Zhang
54783c9e13aSJakub Kicinskiconfig NETDEVSIM
54883c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	tristate "Simulated networking device"
54983c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	depends on DEBUG_FS
550f6b19b35SJiri Pirko	select NET_DEVLINK
55183c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	help
55283c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  This driver is a developer testing tool and software model that can
55383c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  be used to test various control path networking APIs, especially
55483c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  HW-offload related.
55583c9e13aSJakub Kicinski
55683c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
55783c9e13aSJakub Kicinski	  will be called netdevsim.
55883c9e13aSJakub Kicinski
559cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudralaconfig NET_FAILOVER
560cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	tristate "Failover driver"
561cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	select FAILOVER
562cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	help
563cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  This provides an automated failover mechanism via APIs to create
564cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  and destroy a failover master netdev and manages a primary and
565cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  standby slave netdevs that get registered via the generic failover
566cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  infrastructure. This can be used by paravirtual drivers to enable
567cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  an alternate low latency datapath. It also enables live migration of
568cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  a VM with direct attached VF by failing over to the paravirtual
569cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala	  datapath when the VF is unplugged.
570cfc80d9aSSridhar Samudrala
571d1c0a65fSJan Engelhardtendif # NETDEVICES
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