11da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Network device configuration 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6d5950b43SSam Ravnborgmenu "Network device support" 76967bd81SPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso depends on NET 8d5950b43SSam Ravnborg 91da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NETDEVICES 10ce2d2aedSPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso default y if UML 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Network device support" 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds any other computer at all. 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over 181da177e4SLinus Torvalds telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links. 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>. 241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap 28253af423SJamal Hadi Salimconfig IFB 29253af423SJamal Hadi Salim tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" 30253af423SJamal Hadi Salim depends on NET_CLS_ACT 31253af423SJamal Hadi Salim ---help--- 32253af423SJamal Hadi Salim This is an intermidiate driver that allows sharing of 33253af423SJamal Hadi Salim resources. 34253af423SJamal Hadi Salim To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 35253af423SJamal Hadi Salim will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb 36253af423SJamal Hadi Salim device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. 37253af423SJamal Hadi Salim Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0', 38253af423SJamal Hadi Salim 'ifb1' etc. 39253af423SJamal Hadi Salim Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc 40253af423SJamal Hadi Salim 411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DUMMY 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Dummy net driver support" 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs. 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Administrator's Guide, available from 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>. 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0', 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'dummy1' etc. 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BONDING 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Bonding driver support" 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on INET 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco, 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux. 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high 6947c51431SJon Mason performance and high availability operation. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called bonding. 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EQUALIZER 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e. 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you want this and read 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read 901da177e4SLinus Torvalds section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eql. If unsure, say N. 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TUN 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1001da177e4SLinus Torvalds TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet 1021da177e4SLinus Torvalds device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets 1041da177e4SLinus Torvalds via physical media writes them to the user space program. 1051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1061da177e4SLinus Torvalds When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers 1071da177e4SLinus Torvalds corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and 1091da177e4SLinus Torvalds all routes corresponding to it. 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tun. 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1000 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" 121cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PNP 1221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as 1241da177e4SLinus Torvalds NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds provided by your regular phone modem. 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds found at: 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1371da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/> 1381da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html> 1391da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/> 1401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have this card, of course say N. 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1431da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14500db8189SAndy Flemingsource "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" 14600db8189SAndy Fleming 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Ethernet 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1511da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)" 152cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_ETHERNET 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)" 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over 1611da177e4SLinus Torvalds coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted 1621da177e4SLinus Torvalds pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs), 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs), 1651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair 1661da177e4SLinus Torvalds cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links) 1671da177e4SLinus Torvalds [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links). 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer, 1721da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 1731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC. 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the 1771da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N. 1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1801da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MII 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external 1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your 1861da177e4SLinus Torvalds ethernet card lack MII. 1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1881da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig" 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support" 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && PPC_PMAC && PPC32 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for 1971da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip. 1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called mace. 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2021da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACE_AAUI_PORT 2031da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default" 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MACE 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2061da177e4SLinus Torvalds Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the 2071da177e4SLinus Torvalds MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector), 2081da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say 2091da177e4SLinus Torvalds Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N. 2101da177e4SLinus Torvalds The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as 2111da177e4SLinus Torvalds a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver. 2121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BMAC 2141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support" 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && PPC_PMAC && PPC32 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds computers. 2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called bmac. 2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig OAKNET 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National DP83902AV (Oak ethernet) support" 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && PPC && BROKEN 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if your machine has this type of Ethernet network card. 2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2311da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2321da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called oaknet. 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ARIADNE 2351da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ariadne support" 2361da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ZORRO 2371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2381da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y. 2391da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2411da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2421da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ariadne. 2431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig A2065 2451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "A2065 support" 2461da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ZORRO 2471da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2491da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 2501da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 2511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2521da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2531da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called a2065. 2541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HYDRA 2561da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Hydra support" 2571da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ZORRO 2581da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2601da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. 2611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2621da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2631da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hydra. 2641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZORRO8390 2661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support" 2671da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ZORRO 2681da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2691da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2701da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible 2711da177e4SLinus Torvalds chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual 2721da177e4SLinus Torvalds Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y. 2731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Otherwise, say N. 2741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2751da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2761da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called zorro8390. 2771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APNE 2791da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support" 2801da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && AMIGA_PCMCIA 2811da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 2821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2831da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise, 2841da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 2851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2861da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called apne. 2881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APOLLO_ELPLUS 2901da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apollo 3c505 support" 2911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && APOLLO 2921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card. 2941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC, 2951da177e4SLinus Torvalds except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the 2961da177e4SLinus Torvalds code in the ROM will be for a PC). 2971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2981da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC8390 2991da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards" 3001da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MAC 3011da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3021da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS 3041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y 3051da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3061da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MAC89x0 3091da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards" 3101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MAC && BROKEN 3111da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 3131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and 3141da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3151da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3171da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 3181da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. This module will 3191da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called mac89x0. 3201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACSONIC 3221da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)" 3231da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MAC 3241da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 3251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes 3261da177e4SLinus Torvalds the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS, 3271da177e4SLinus Torvalds a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have 3281da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3291da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3311da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 3321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. This module will 3331da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called macsonic. 3341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MACMACE 3361da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)" 3371da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MAC && EXPERIMENTAL 3381da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in 3411da177e4SLinus Torvalds the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes 3421da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 3431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 3441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME147_NET 3461da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support" 3471da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MVME147 3481da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 3491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147 3511da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-board computer. Say Y here to include the 3521da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 3531da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 3541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MVME16x_NET 3561da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support" 3571da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MVME16x 3581da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3591da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola 3601da177e4SLinus Torvalds MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the 3611da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver for this chip in your kernel. 3621da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 3631da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3641da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig BVME6000_NET 3651da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support" 3661da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && BVME6000 3671da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3681da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and 3691da177e4SLinus Torvalds BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip 3701da177e4SLinus Torvalds in your kernel. 3711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 3721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATARILANCE 3741da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Atari Lance support" 3751da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ATARI 3761da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3771da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based 3781da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or 3791da177e4SLinus Torvalds PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses). 3801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATARI_BIONET 3821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "BioNet-100 support" 3831da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ATARI && ATARI_ACSI && BROKEN 3841da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y to include support for BioData's BioNet-100 Ethernet adapter 3861da177e4SLinus Torvalds for the ACSI port. The driver works (has to work...) with a polled 3871da177e4SLinus Torvalds I/O scheme, so it's rather slow :-( 3881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATARI_PAMSNET 3901da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PAMsNet support" 3911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ATARI && ATARI_ACSI && BROKEN 3921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 3931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y to include support for the PAMsNet Ethernet adapter for the 3941da177e4SLinus Torvalds ACSI port ("ACSI node"). The driver works (has to work...) with a 3951da177e4SLinus Torvalds polled I/O scheme, so it's rather slow :-( 3961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3LANCE 3981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support" 3991da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (SUN3 || SUN3X) 4001da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4011da177e4SLinus Torvalds Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80) 4021da177e4SLinus Torvalds featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y 4031da177e4SLinus Torvalds here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet. 4041da177e4SLinus Torvalds General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now 4051da177e4SLinus Torvalds discontinued) is at 4061da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>. 4071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4081da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N. 4091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUN3_82586 4119a482206SAl Viro bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support" 4121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SUN3 4131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4141da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based 4151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note 4161da177e4SLinus Torvalds that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional 4171da177e4SLinus Torvalds VME boards. 4181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLANCE 4201da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HP on-board LANCE support" 4211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && DIO 4221da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4231da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4241da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an 4251da177e4SLinus Torvalds HP300 machine, say Y here. 4261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LASI_82596 4281da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Lasi ethernet" 4291da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && PARISC && GSC_LASI 4301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4311da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller 4321da177e4SLinus Torvalds built into Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines. 4331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC 4351da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support" 4361da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MACH_JAZZ 4371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4381da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000, 4391da177e4SLinus Torvalds Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems. 4401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_GT96100ETH 4421da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MIPS GT96100 Ethernet support" 4431da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MIPS_GT96100 4441da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4451da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the Ethernet subsystem on your GT96100 card. 4461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MIPS_AU1X00_ENET 4481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support" 4491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SOC_AU1X00 4501da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system 4531da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y. Otherwise, say N. 4541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_SB1250_MAC 4561da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SB1250 Ethernet support" 4571da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC 4581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_IOC3_ETH 4601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet" 461f406db8cSRalf Baechle depends on NET_ETHERNET && PCI && SGI_IP27 4621da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 4631da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 4641da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4651da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 4661da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 4671da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 4681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_IOC3_ETH_HW_RX_CSUM 4701da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Receive hardware checksums" 4711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SGI_IOC3_ETH && INET 4721da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 4731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4741da177e4SLinus Torvalds The SGI IOC3 network adapter supports TCP and UDP checksums in 4751da177e4SLinus Torvalds hardware to offload processing of these checksums from the CPU. At 4761da177e4SLinus Torvalds the moment only acceleration of IPv4 is supported. This option 4771da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables offloading for checksums on receive. If unsure, say Y. 4781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 4791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_IOC3_ETH_HW_TX_CSUM 4801da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Transmit hardware checksums" 4811da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SGI_IOC3_ETH && INET 4821da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 4831da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 4841da177e4SLinus Torvalds The SGI IOC3 network adapter supports TCP and UDP checksums in 4851da177e4SLinus Torvalds hardware to offload processing of these checksums from the CPU. At 4861da177e4SLinus Torvalds the moment only acceleration of IPv4 is supported. This option 4871da177e4SLinus Torvalds enables offloading for checksums on transmit. If unsure, say Y. 4881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 489dcbf8477SRalf Baechleconfig MIPS_SIM_NET 490dcbf8477SRalf Baechle tristate "MIPS simulator Network device (EXPERIMENTAL)" 491dcbf8477SRalf Baechle depends on NETDEVICES && MIPS_SIM && EXPERIMENTAL 492dcbf8477SRalf Baechle help 493dcbf8477SRalf Baechle The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is 494dcbf8477SRalf Baechle emulated by the MIPS Simulator. 495dcbf8477SRalf Baechle If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N. 496dcbf8477SRalf Baechle 4971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGI_O2MACE_ETH 4981da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support" 4991da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SGI_IP32=y 5001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig STNIC 5021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National DP83902AV support" 5031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SUPERH 5041da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5061da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV 5071da177e4SLinus Torvalds ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This 5081da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at 5091da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>. 5101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5111da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 5121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNLANCE 5141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun LANCE support" 5151da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SBUS 5161da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5181da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc 5191da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These 5201da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known 5211da177e4SLinus Torvalds via the NE2100 cards. 5221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5231da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5241da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunlance. 5251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAPPYMEAL 5271da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support" 5281da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (SBUS || PCI) 5291da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5311da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra 5321da177e4SLinus Torvalds systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports 5331da177e4SLinus Torvalds both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad 5341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations. 5351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5361da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5371da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunhme. 5381da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5391da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNBMAC 5401da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 5411da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL 5421da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5431da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5441da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option. 5451da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device. 5461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5471da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunbmac. 5491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNQE 5511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support" 5521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SBUS 5531da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5541da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5551da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as 5561da177e4SLinus Torvalds an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet 5571da177e4SLinus Torvalds "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead. 5581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5591da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 5601da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sunqe. 5611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNGEM 5631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sun GEM support" 5641da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && PCI 5651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 5661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5671da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also 5681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>. 5691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5701f26dac3SDavid S. Millerconfig CASSINI 5711f26dac3SDavid S. Miller tristate "Sun Cassini support" 5721f26dac3SDavid S. Miller depends on NET_ETHERNET && PCI 5731f26dac3SDavid S. Miller select CRC32 5741f26dac3SDavid S. Miller help 5751f26dac3SDavid S. Miller Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also 5761f26dac3SDavid S. Miller <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf> 5771f26dac3SDavid S. Miller 5781da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_3COM 5791da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "3COM cards" 5801da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI) 5811da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 5821da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 5831da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 5841da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 5851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5861da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 5871da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 5881da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 5891da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 5901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 5911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL1 5921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support" 5931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 5941da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 5951da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 5961da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 5971da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a 5981da177e4SLinus Torvalds new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will 5991da177e4SLinus Torvalds have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby 6001da177e4SLinus Torvalds machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card. 6011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6021da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6031da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6041da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c501. 6051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL2 6071da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support" 6081da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA 6091da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 6101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6111da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6121da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6131da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6151da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6161da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6171da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c503. 6181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELPLUS 6201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support" 621a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 6221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in 6241da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of 6251da177e4SLinus Torvalds this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6261da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6281da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6291da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6301da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c505. 6311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL16 6331da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 6341da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 6351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6361da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6371da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6381da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6401da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6411da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6421da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c507. 6431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EL3 6451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support" 6461da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA) 6471da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 6481da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com 6491da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available 6501da177e4SLinus Torvalds from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6521da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS 6531da177e4SLinus Torvalds setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default 6541da177e4SLinus Torvalds media type. 6551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6561da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6571da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6581da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c509. 6591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 3C515 6611da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\"" 662a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API 6631da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6641da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet 6651da177e4SLinus Torvalds network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6661da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6681da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6701da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c515. 6711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6721da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC 6731da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support" 6741da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY 6751da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6761da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6771da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6781da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6801da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6811da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 6821da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 3c523. 6831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ELMC_II 6851da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 6861da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY 6871da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 6881da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 6891da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 6901da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 6911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 6921da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 6931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 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 7161da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this support as a module, choose M here and read 7171da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 7181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TYPHOON 7201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support" 7211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI 7221da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7231da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7241da177e4SLinus Torvalds This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards: 7251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97, 7271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server, 7281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR 7291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7301da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7311da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7341da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 7351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 7361da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called typhoon. 7371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LANCE 7391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support" 740a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_ETHERNET && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 7411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7421da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7431da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are 7451da177e4SLinus Torvalds of this type. 7461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7471da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 7481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lance. This is recommended. 7491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_SMC 7511da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Western Digital/SMC cards" 7521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC) 7531da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7541da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 7551da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7581da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 7591da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 7601da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be 7611da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 7621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7631da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig WD80x3 7641da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "WD80*3 support" 7651da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 7661da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7671da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7681da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7691da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7721da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 7731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 7741da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called wd. 7751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRAMCA 7771da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support" 7781da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA 7791da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 7811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running 7821da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 7831da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7851da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 7861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 7871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-mca. 7881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA 7901da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra support" 7911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA 7921da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 7931da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 7941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 7951da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 7961da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 7971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards 7991da177e4SLinus Torvalds mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible, 8001da177e4SLinus Torvalds such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many 8011da177e4SLinus Torvalds operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for 8021da177e4SLinus Torvalds this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have 8031da177e4SLinus Torvalds problems. 8041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8051da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8061da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 8071da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra. 8081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ULTRA32 8101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support" 8111da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA 8121da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8141da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 8151da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 8161da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8181da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8191da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 8201da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc-ultra32. 8211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMC91X 8231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support" 8241da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8251da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 82655793455SPete Popov depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || SOC_AU1X00) 8271da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8281da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets, 8291da177e4SLinus Torvalds including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it 8301da177e4SLinus Torvalds compiled into the kernel, and read the file 8311da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 8321da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>. 8331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8341da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be 8351da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). 8361da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a 8371da177e4SLinus Torvalds module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt> as well 8381da177e4SLinus Torvalds as <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 8391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SMC9194 8411da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC 9194 support" 8421da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN) 8431da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 8441da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8451da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this 8461da177e4SLinus Torvalds option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or 8471da177e4SLinus Torvalds another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled 8481da177e4SLinus Torvalds into the kernel, and read the file 8491da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO, 8501da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8521da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 8541da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called smc9194. 8551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 856a1365275SSascha Hauerconfig DM9000 857a1365275SSascha Hauer tristate "DM9000 support" 858b6d08c0eSFranck depends on (ARM || MIPS) && NET_ETHERNET 859a1365275SSascha Hauer select CRC32 860a1365275SSascha Hauer select MII 861a1365275SSascha Hauer ---help--- 862a1365275SSascha Hauer Support for DM9000 chipset. 863a1365275SSascha Hauer 864a1365275SSascha Hauer To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 865a1365275SSascha Hauer <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 866a1365275SSascha Hauer called dm9000. 867a1365275SSascha Hauer 8681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_VENDOR_RACAL 8691da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards" 8701da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ISA 8711da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8721da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such 8731da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 8741da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 8751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 8771da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 8781da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 8791da177e4SLinus Torvalds your specific card in the following questions. 8801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8811da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI5010 8821da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 8831da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP 8841da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 8851da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 8861da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 8871da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still 8881da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental code. 8891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8901da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 8911da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 8921da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni5010. 8931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI52 8951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI5210 support" 8961da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA 8971da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 8981da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 8991da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9001da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9021da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9031da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9041da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni52. 9051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9061da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NI65 9071da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NI6510 support" 908a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API 9091da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9101da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9111da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9121da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9141da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9151da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9161da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ni65. 9171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9181da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig" 9191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AT1700 9211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 9221da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL 9231da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 9241da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 9251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9261da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9271da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9291da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9301da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9311da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called at1700. 9321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEPCA 9341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support" 9351da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ISA || EISA || MCA) 9361da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 9371da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 9381da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9391da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9401da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as 9411da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:drivers/net/depca.c>. 9421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9431da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9451da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called depca. 9461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HP100 9481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support" 9491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 9501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9511da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9521da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9551da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9571da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp100. 9581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_ISA 9601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Other ISA cards" 9611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && ISA 9621da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 9631da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its 9641da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components 9651da177e4SLinus Torvalds of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y. 9661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 9671da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9691da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 9701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 9721da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 9731da177e4SLinus Torvalds the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be 9741da177e4SLinus Torvalds asked for your specific card in the following questions. 9751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9761da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E2100 9771da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Cabletron E21xx support" 9781da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 9791da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 9801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 9811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 9821da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9831da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9851da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 9861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 9871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e2100. 9881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EWRK3 9901da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support" 9911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 9921da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 9931da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 9941da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet) 9951da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. If this is for you, say Y and read 9961da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as 9971da177e4SLinus Torvalds well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 9981da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 9991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10001da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10011da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10021da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ewrk3. 10031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS 10051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpress 16 support" 10061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10071da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10081da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and 10091da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10101da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel 10111da177e4SLinus Torvalds EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice 10121da177e4SLinus Torvalds because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver 10131da177e4SLinus Torvalds that should do better. 10141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10151da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10161da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10171da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eexpress. 10181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEXPRESS_PRO 10201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support" 10211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10221da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This 102447c51431SJon Mason driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however 10251da177e4SLinus Torvalds that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate 10261da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10271da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10291da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10301da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10311da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro. 10321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN_PLUS 10341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support" 10351da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10361da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10371da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10381da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10391da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10401da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10421da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10441da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp-plus. 10451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HPLAN 10471da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support" 10481da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10491da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10511da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10521da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10551da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10571da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called hp. 10581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LP486E 10601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet" 10611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller 10641da177e4SLinus Torvalds for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the 10651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Intel Professional Workstation. 10661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ETH16I 10681da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support" 10691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA 10701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 10711da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10721da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10731da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 10741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10751da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10761da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10771da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eth16i. 10781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2000 10801da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support" 10811da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R 10821da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 10831da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 10841da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 10851da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 10861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards 10871da177e4SLinus Torvalds without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000. 10881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI 109028beaf65SJesper Juhl NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board 109128beaf65SJesper Juhl controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on 10921da177e4SLinus Torvalds an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and 10931da177e4SLinus Torvalds laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support", 10941da177e4SLinus Torvalds below. 10951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10961da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 10971da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 10981da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne. 10991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ZNET 11011da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 1102a5532606SAl Viro depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API 11031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11041da177e4SLinus Torvalds The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network 11051da177e4SLinus Torvalds (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the 11061da177e4SLinus Torvalds IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported 11071da177e4SLinus Torvalds by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11081da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SEEQ8005 11111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 11121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL 11131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11141da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this 11151da177e4SLinus Torvalds is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11161da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11181da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11191da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11201da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called seeq8005. 11211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SKMC 11231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SKnet MCA support" 11241da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MCA && BROKEN 11251da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11261da177e4SLinus Torvalds These are Micro Channel Ethernet adapters. You need to say Y to "MCA 11271da177e4SLinus Torvalds support" in order to use this driver. Supported cards are the SKnet 11281da177e4SLinus Torvalds Junior MC2 and the SKnet MC2(+). The driver automatically 11291da177e4SLinus Torvalds distinguishes between the two cards. Note that using multiple boards 11301da177e4SLinus Torvalds of different type hasn't been tested with this driver. Say Y if you 11311da177e4SLinus Torvalds have one of these Ethernet adapters. 11321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11331da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11341da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11351da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sk_mca. 11361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11371da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2_MCA 11381da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support" 11391da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MCA_LEGACY 11401da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 11411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 11421da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 11431da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 11451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11461da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 11481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2. 11491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMLANA 11511da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support" 11521da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MCA && MCA_LEGACY 11531da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11541da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set 11551da177e4SLinus Torvalds CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel 11561da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver and as a module. 11571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11581da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11591da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The only 11601da177e4SLinus Torvalds currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It 11611da177e4SLinus Torvalds will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window 11621da177e4SLinus Torvalds gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple 11631da177e4SLinus Torvalds boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested 11641da177e4SLinus Torvalds up to now due to lack of hardware. 11651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBMVETH 11671da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support" 1168cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on NET_ETHERNET && PPC_PSERIES 11691da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 11701da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries 11711da177e4SLinus Torvalds and pSeries systems. 11721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11731da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 11741da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will 11751da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called ibmveth. 11761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBM_EMAC 117837448f7dSEugene Surovegin tristate "PowerPC 4xx on-chip Ethernet support" 11791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 4xx 118037448f7dSEugene Surovegin help 118137448f7dSEugene Surovegin This driver supports the PowerPC 4xx EMAC family of on-chip 11821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet controllers. 11831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBM_EMAC_RXB 11851da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Number of receive buffers" 11861da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IBM_EMAC 118737448f7dSEugene Surovegin default "128" 11881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 11891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IBM_EMAC_TXB 11901da177e4SLinus Torvalds int "Number of transmit buffers" 11911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IBM_EMAC 119237448f7dSEugene Surovegin default "64" 11931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 119437448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_POLL_WEIGHT 119537448f7dSEugene Surovegin int "MAL NAPI polling weight" 11961da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IBM_EMAC 119737448f7dSEugene Surovegin default "32" 11981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 119937448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_RX_COPY_THRESHOLD 120037448f7dSEugene Surovegin int "RX skb copy threshold (bytes)" 120137448f7dSEugene Surovegin depends on IBM_EMAC 120237448f7dSEugene Surovegin default "256" 120337448f7dSEugene Surovegin 120437448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_RX_SKB_HEADROOM 120537448f7dSEugene Surovegin int "Additional RX skb headroom (bytes)" 12061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IBM_EMAC 12071da177e4SLinus Torvalds default "0" 120837448f7dSEugene Surovegin help 120937448f7dSEugene Surovegin Additional receive skb headroom. Note, that driver 121037448f7dSEugene Surovegin will always reserve at least 2 bytes to make IP header 121147c51431SJon Mason aligned, so usually there is no need to add any additional 121237448f7dSEugene Surovegin headroom. 121337448f7dSEugene Surovegin 121437448f7dSEugene Surovegin If unsure, set to 0. 121537448f7dSEugene Surovegin 121637448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_PHY_RX_CLK_FIX 121737448f7dSEugene Surovegin bool "PHY Rx clock workaround" 12181b195916SEugene Surovegin depends on IBM_EMAC && (405EP || 440GX || 440EP || 440GR) 121937448f7dSEugene Surovegin help 122037448f7dSEugene Surovegin Enable this if EMAC attached to a PHY which doesn't generate 122137448f7dSEugene Surovegin RX clock if there is no link, if this is the case, you will 122237448f7dSEugene Surovegin see "TX disable timeout" or "RX disable timeout" in the system 122337448f7dSEugene Surovegin log. 122437448f7dSEugene Surovegin 122537448f7dSEugene Surovegin If unsure, say N. 122637448f7dSEugene Surovegin 122737448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_DEBUG 122837448f7dSEugene Surovegin bool "Debugging" 122937448f7dSEugene Surovegin depends on IBM_EMAC 123037448f7dSEugene Surovegin default n 123137448f7dSEugene Surovegin 123237448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_ZMII 123337448f7dSEugene Surovegin bool 123437448f7dSEugene Surovegin depends on IBM_EMAC && (NP405H || NP405L || 44x) 123537448f7dSEugene Surovegin default y 123637448f7dSEugene Surovegin 123737448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_RGMII 123837448f7dSEugene Surovegin bool 123937448f7dSEugene Surovegin depends on IBM_EMAC && 440GX 124037448f7dSEugene Surovegin default y 124137448f7dSEugene Surovegin 124237448f7dSEugene Suroveginconfig IBM_EMAC_TAH 124337448f7dSEugene Surovegin bool 124437448f7dSEugene Surovegin depends on IBM_EMAC && 440GX 124537448f7dSEugene Surovegin default y 12461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_PCI 12481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" 12491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ISA || EISA || PCI) 12501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12511da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the 12521da177e4SLinus Torvalds bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 12531da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 12561da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 12571da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you 12581da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If 12591da177e4SLinus Torvalds you are unsure, say Y. 12601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PCNET32 12621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support" 12631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12651da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 12661da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12671da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card, 12681da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 12721da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 12731da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called pcnet32. 12741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111_ETH 12761da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support" 12771da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 12781da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 12791da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 12801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card, 12821da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 12831da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12851da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 12861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 12871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called amd8111e. 12881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AMD8111E_NAPI 12891da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Enable NAPI support" 12901da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on AMD8111_ETH 12911da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 12921da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 12931da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 12941da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 12951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 12961da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 12971da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 12981da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 12991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13001da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 13011da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 13021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 13041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE 13061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support" 13071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 13081da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13091da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13101da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13111da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network 13121da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from 13131da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip 13141da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver. 13151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13161da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 13171da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called starfire. This is recommended. 13181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI 13201da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL 13221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13231da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 13241da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 13251da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 13261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13271da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 13281da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 13291da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 13301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13311da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 13321da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 13331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13341da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 13351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig AC3200 13371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL 13391da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 13401da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13411da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 13421da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13431da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13451da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13461da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 13471da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ac3200. 13481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13491da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig APRICOT 13501da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet" 13511da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && ISA 13521da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13531da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13541da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13551da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13571da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13581da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 13591da177e4SLinus Torvalds called apricot. 13601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig B44 13621da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Broadcom 4400 ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 13631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 13641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 13651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13661da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13671da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13701da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 13721da177e4SLinus Torvalds called b44. 13731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FORCEDETH 137582770086SAdrian Bunk tristate "nForce Ethernet support" 137682770086SAdrian Bunk depends on NET_PCI && PCI 13771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 13781da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and 13791da177e4SLinus Torvalds read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13801da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 13811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13821da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13831da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 13841da177e4SLinus Torvalds called forcedeth. 13851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13871da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig CS89x0 13881da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "CS89x0 support" 13899c878967SDeepak Saxena depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X) 13901da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 13911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a 13921da177e4SLinus Torvalds network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the 13931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 13941da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as 13951da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>. 13961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13971da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 13981da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 1399fd85d765SJean Delvare called cs89x0. 14001da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14011da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TC35815 14021da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support" 14031da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI && TOSHIBA_JMR3927 14041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14051da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DGRS 14061da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Digi Intl. RightSwitch SE-X support" 14071da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) 14081da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14091da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is support for the Digi International RightSwitch series of 14101da177e4SLinus Torvalds PCI/EISA Ethernet switch cards. These include the SE-4 and the SE-6 14111da177e4SLinus Torvalds models. If you have a network card of this type, say Y and read the 14121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14131da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More specific 14141da177e4SLinus Torvalds information is contained in <file:Documentation/networking/dgrs.txt>. 14151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14161da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 14171da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 14181da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called dgrs. 14191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14201da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EEPRO100 14211da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)" 14221da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14231da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14241da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14251da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet) 14261da177e4SLinus Torvalds card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 14271da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 14281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14291da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 14301da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 14311da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called eepro100. 14321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14341da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E100 14351da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support" 14361da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14371da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14381da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 14391da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters. 14401da177e4SLinus Torvalds To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number 14411da177e4SLinus Torvalds on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number 14421da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits). 14431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14441da177e4SLinus Torvalds Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 14451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14461da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 14471da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14481da177e4SLinus Torvalds to identify the adapter. 14491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14501da177e4SLinus Torvalds For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see: 14511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14521da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp> 14531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14541da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 14551da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>. 14561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14571da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 14581da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 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 14701da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 14711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 14721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called lne390. 14731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEALNX 14751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support" 14761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14771da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14781da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 14791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet 14811da177e4SLinus Torvalds cards. Specifications and data at 14821da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>. 14831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NATSEMI 14851da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support" 14861da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14871da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 14891da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series, 14901da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys 14911da177e4SLinus Torvalds and others, including the 83815 chip. 14921da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 14931da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>. 14941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 14951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE2K_PCI 14961da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)" 14971da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 14981da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 14991da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15001da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work 15011da177e4SLinus Torvalds with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000 15021da177e4SLinus Torvalds support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card, 15031da177e4SLinus Torvalds say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15041da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15061da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards: 15071da177e4SLinus Torvalds RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2 15081da177e4SLinus Torvalds NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond 15091da177e4SLinus Torvalds Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229 15101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15111da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15121da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15131da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne2k-pci. 15141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE3210 15161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15171da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15181da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15191da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15201da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15211da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15221da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver 15231da177e4SLinus Torvalds will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different. 15241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15251da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15261da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15271da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ne3210. 15281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ES3210 15301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15311da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL 15321da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15331da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15341da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 15351da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15361da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15381da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 15391da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 15401da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called es3210. 15411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139CP 15431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 15441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 15451da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15461da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 15471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15481da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 15491da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read 15501da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 15511da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15531da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 15541da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139cp. This is recommended. 15551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO 1557f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 15581da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 15591da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 15601da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 15611da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 15621da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 1563f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and 1564f04e3f09SAdrian Bunk read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 15651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15661da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 15671da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called 8139too. This is recommended. 15681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_PIO 15701da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO" 15711da177e4SLinus Torvalds default y 15721da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15731da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15741da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead 15751da177e4SLinus Torvalds of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems 15761da177e4SLinus Torvalds in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure, 15771da177e4SLinus Torvalds say N. 15781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER 15801da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)" 15811da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15831da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implements a function which might come in handy in case you 15841da177e4SLinus Torvalds are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek 15851da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries 15861da177e4SLinus Torvalds to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is 15871da177e4SLinus Torvalds experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer. 15881da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 15891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139TOO_8129 15911da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards" 15921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 15931da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 15941da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and 15951da177e4SLinus Torvalds RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver, 15961da177e4SLinus Torvalds instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some 15971da177e4SLinus Torvalds memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y. 15981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 8139_OLD_RX_RESET 16001da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use older RX-reset method" 16011da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 8139TOO 16021da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16031da177e4SLinus Torvalds The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid 16041da177e4SLinus Torvalds reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new" 16051da177e4SLinus Torvalds RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you 16061da177e4SLinus Torvalds experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the 16071da177e4SLinus Torvalds old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N. 16081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SIS900 16101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" 16111da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16121da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16136da0f685SAdrian Bunk select MII 16141da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16151da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on 16161da177e4SLinus Torvalds the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in 1617c3cf560eSAdrian Bunk SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets. 16181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16191da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use 16201da177e4SLinus Torvalds your phone line as a network cable. 16211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16221da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 16231da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called sis900. This is recommended. 16241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig EPIC100 16261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SMC EtherPower II" 16271da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16281da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16291da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16311da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC, 16321da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100). 16331da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16341da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>. 16351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE 16371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sundance Alta support" 16381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16391da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16401da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16421da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip. 16431da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information and updates are available from 16441da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>. 16451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SUNDANCE_MMIO 16471da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 16481da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SUNDANCE 16491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers. 16511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled) 16521da177e4SLinus Torvalds is known to solve bugs on certain chips. 16531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16541da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 16551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TLAN 16571da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "TI ThunderLAN support" 16581da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) && !64BIT 16591da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 16601da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip 16611da177e4SLinus Torvalds which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the 16621da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 16631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 16641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16651da177e4SLinus Torvalds Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent, 16661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file 16671da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details. 16681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16691da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 16701da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 16711da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tlan. 16721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16731da177e4SLinus Torvalds Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>. 16741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16751da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE 16761da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Rhine support" 16771da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 16781da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 16791da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 16801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16811da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A), 16821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type 16831da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges 16841da177e4SLinus Torvalds (e.g. VT8235). 16851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16861da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 16871da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-rhine. 16881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16891da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_RHINE_MMIO 16901da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" 16911da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on VIA_RHINE 16921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16931da177e4SLinus Torvalds This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of 16941da177e4SLinus Torvalds programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in 16951da177e4SLinus Torvalds processing time in parts of the driver. 16961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16971da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 16981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig LAN_SAA9730 17001da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 17011da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && EXPERIMENTAL && MIPS 17021da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17031da177e4SLinus Torvalds The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used 17041da177e4SLinus Torvalds in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless 17051da177e4SLinus Torvalds workstations. 17061da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA9730_flyer_1>. 17071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_POCKET 17091da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Pocket and portable adapters" 171032fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_ETHERNET && PARPORT 17111da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel 17131da177e4SLinus Torvalds port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have 17141da177e4SLinus Torvalds one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17151da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 17161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17171da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA 17181da177e4SLinus Torvalds (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for 17191da177e4SLinus Torvalds credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you 17201da177e4SLinus Torvalds need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file 17211da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here. 17221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17231da177e4SLinus Torvalds Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at 17241da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or 17251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>. 17261da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 17281da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 17291da177e4SLinus Torvalds the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you 17301da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be asked for your specific device in the following questions. 17311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ATP 17331da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support" 173432fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86 17351da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 17361da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17371da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 17381da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, 17391da177e4SLinus Torvalds available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you 17401da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have 17411da177e4SLinus Torvalds said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers 17421da177e4SLinus Torvalds don't like each other. 17431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17441da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 17451da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called atp. 17461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE600 17481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support" 174932fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 17501da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17511da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 17521da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 17531da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17541da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 17551da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 17561da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 17571da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 17581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17591da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 17601da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de600. 17611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DE620 17631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support" 176432fa2bfcSGrant Coady depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT 17651da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 17661da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel 17671da177e4SLinus Torvalds port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the 17681da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 17691da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use 17701da177e4SLinus Torvalds this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel 17711da177e4SLinus Torvalds port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the 17721da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel. 17731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17741da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 17751da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called de620. 17761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SGISEEQ 17781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support" 17791da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && SGI_IP22 17801da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17811da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is 17821da177e4SLinus Torvalds used in many Silicon Graphics machines. 17831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17841da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DECLANCE 17851da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support" 17861da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_ETHERNET && MACH_DECSTATION 17871da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 17881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17891da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by 17901da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the 17911da177e4SLinus Torvalds DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.) 17921da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17931da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig 68360_ENET 17941da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller" 17951da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on M68360 17961da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17971da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of 17981da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Motorola 68360 processor. 17991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18001da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FEC 18012af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)" 1802892b6252SGreg Ungerer depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x 18031da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18041da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet 18052af6921fSGreg Ungerer controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18062af6921fSGreg Ungerer 18072af6921fSGreg Ungererconfig FEC2 18082af6921fSGreg Ungerer bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)" 18092af6921fSGreg Ungerer depends on FEC 18102af6921fSGreg Ungerer help 18112af6921fSGreg Ungerer Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast 18122af6921fSGreg Ungerer ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. 18131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NE_H8300 18151da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300" 18161da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on H8300 && NET_ETHERNET 18171da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible 18191da177e4SLinus Torvalds controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor. 18201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18211da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig" 182248257c4fSPantelis Antoniousource "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig" 18231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 18251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18261da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 18271da177e4SLinus Torvalds# Gigabit Ethernet 18281da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 18291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" 1831cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 18321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC 18341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support" 18351da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 18361da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18371da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear 18381da177e4SLinus Torvalds GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet 18391da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000 18401da177e4SLinus Torvalds bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this 18411da177e4SLinus Torvalds as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig 18421da177e4SLinus Torvalds line. 18431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18441da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 18451da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called acenic. 18461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I 18481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs" 18491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ACENIC 18501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave 18521da177e4SLinus Torvalds out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer 18531da177e4SLinus Torvalds being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B 18541da177e4SLinus Torvalds version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by 18551da177e4SLinus Torvalds app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a 18561da177e4SLinus Torvalds Tigon II, say N here. 18571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18581da177e4SLinus Torvalds The safe and default value for this is N. 18591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DL2K 18611da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet support" 18621da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 18631da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 18641da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18651da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports D-Link 2000-based gigabit ethernet cards, which 18661da177e4SLinus Torvalds includes 18671da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 18681da177e4SLinus Torvalds D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 18691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18701da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 18711da177e4SLinus Torvalds module will be called dl2k. 18721da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18731da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000 18741da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" 18751da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 18761da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 18771da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of 18781da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 18791da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 18801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18811da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 18821da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18831da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 18841da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 18851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18861da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 18871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18881da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 18891da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>. 18901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18911da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 18921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 18931da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called e1000. 18941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 18951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig E1000_NAPI 18961da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" 18971da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on E1000 18981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 18991da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 19001da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 19011da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 19021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 19041da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 19051da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 19061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19071da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 19081da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 19091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19101da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 19111da177e4SLinus Torvalds 191235ec56bbSJesse Brandeburgconfig E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT 191335ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters" 191435ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg depends on E1000 191535ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg help 191635ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express 19179e6b4873SJames Ring hardware. 191835ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 191935ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg If in doubt, say N. 192035ec56bbSJesse Brandeburg 192115d014d1SLennert Buytenheksource "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig" 192215d014d1SLennert Buytenhek 19231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MYRI_SBUS 19241da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support" 19251da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SBUS 19261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19271da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards. 19281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19291da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 19301da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended. 19311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19321da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NS83820 193347c51431SJon Mason tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support" 19341da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19351da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19361da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series 19371da177e4SLinus Torvalds of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include 19381da177e4SLinus Torvalds the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX, 19391da177e4SLinus Torvalds SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of 19401da177e4SLinus Torvalds zero copy. 19411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HAMACHI 19431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support" 19441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19451da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 19461da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19471da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read 19481da177e4SLinus Torvalds the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 19491da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 19501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 19521da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 19531da177e4SLinus Torvalds called hamachi. 19541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19551da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig YELLOWFIN 19561da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 19571da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 19581da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 19591da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19601da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet 19611da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is 19621da177e4SLinus Torvalds used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See 19631da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more 19641da177e4SLinus Torvalds information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general. 19651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19661da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 19671da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called yellowfin. This is recommended. 19681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19691da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169 19701da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" 19711da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 19721da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 19731da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 19741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. 19751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19761da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 19771da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called r8169. This is recommended. 19781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_NAPI 19801da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx and Tx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 19811da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL 19821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19831da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 19841da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 19851da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 19861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19871da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 19881da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 19891da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 19901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19911da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 19921da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 19931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19941da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 19951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19961da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig R8169_VLAN 19971da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "VLAN support" 19981da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q 19991da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 20001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required 20011da177e4SLinus Torvalds by the kernel 802.1Q code. 20021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20031da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say Y. 20041da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2005890e8d0aSFrancois Romieuconfig SIS190 2006e797637fSFrancois Romieu tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support" 2007890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu depends on PCI 2008890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu select CRC32 2009e9985d53SAdrian Bunk select MII 2010890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu ---help--- 2011e797637fSFrancois Romieu Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or 2012e797637fSFrancois Romieu a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to 2013e797637fSFrancois Romieu appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965 2014e797637fSFrancois Romieu and SiS 966 south bridge. 2015890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2016890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2017890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu will be called sis190. This is recommended. 2018890e8d0aSFrancois Romieu 2019baef58b1SStephen Hemmingerconfig SKGE 20207a160c73SStephen Hemminger tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support" 20217a160c73SStephen Hemminger depends on PCI 2022baef58b1SStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2023baef58b1SStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2024baef58b1SStephen Hemminger This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 2025baef58b1SStephen Hemminger and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver 202646a60f2dSStephen Hemminger with better performance and more complete ethtool support. 2027baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2028baef58b1SStephen Hemminger It does not support the link failover and network management 2029baef58b1SStephen Hemminger features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does. 2030baef58b1SStephen Hemminger 2031c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset: 2032c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T, 2033c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872. 2034c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2035c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver, 2036c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters. 2037c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2038c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2039c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake will be called skge. This is recommended. 2040cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2041cd28ab6aSStephen Hemmingerconfig SKY2 2042cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2043cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL 2044cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger select CRC32 2045cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger ---help--- 2046c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the the 2047c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell Yukon 2 chipset: 2048c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/ 2049c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21 2050c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2051c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver does not support the original Yukon chipset: a seperate 2052c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake driver, skge, is provided for Yukon-based adapters. 2053cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 2054cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2055cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger will be called sky2. This is recommended. 2056cd28ab6aSStephen Hemminger 20571da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SK98LIN 20581da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support" 20591da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 20601da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 20611da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx 2062c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. 2063c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2064c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. A cleaner driver is 2065c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake also available (skge) which seems to work better than this one. 2066c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2067c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A seperate 2068c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters. 2069c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake 2070c6f0d75aSDaniel Drake The following adapters are supported by this driver: 20711da177e4SLinus Torvalds - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 20721da177e4SLinus Torvalds - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter 20731da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20741da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20751da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20761da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20771da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20781da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX/2TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20791da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2971SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20801da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Allied Telesyn AT-2971T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter 20811da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Belkin Gigabit Desktop Card 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45 20821da177e4SLinus Torvalds - EG1032 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 20831da177e4SLinus Torvalds - EG1064 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter 20841da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Abit) 20851da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Albatron) 20861da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Asus) 20871da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (ECS) 20881da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Epox) 20891da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Foxconn) 20901da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Gigabyte) 20911da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Iwill) 20921da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Intel) 20931da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8001 Adapter 20941da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8002 Adapter 20951da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8003 Adapter 20961da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8004 Adapter 20971da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8006 Adapter 20981da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8007 Adapter 20991da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8008 Adapter 21001da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8009 Adapter 21011da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8010 Adapter 21021da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8011 Adapter 21031da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8012 Adapter 21041da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell RDK-8052 Adapter 21051da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (32 bit) 21061da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (64 bit) 21071da177e4SLinus Torvalds - N-Way PCI-Bus Giga-Card 1000/100/10Mbps(L) 21081da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 21091da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9521 V2.0 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 21101da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9821 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T) 21111da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9821 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter 21121da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9822 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T dual link) 21131da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9841 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX) 21141da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9841 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX Adapter 21151da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9842 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX dual link) 21161da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9843 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX) 21171da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9843 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 21181da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9844 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX dual link) 21191da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9851 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 21201da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9861 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition) 21211da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9861 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter 21221da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9862 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition dual link) 21231da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9871 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX) 21241da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-ZX Adapter 21251da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-9872 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX dual link) 21261da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9452TXV.2) 21271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21281da177e4SLinus Torvalds The adapters support Jumbo Frames. 21291da177e4SLinus Torvalds The dual link adapters support link-failover and dual port features. 21301da177e4SLinus Torvalds Both Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx adapters support 21311da177e4SLinus Torvalds the scatter-gather functionality with sendfile(). Please refer to 21321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt> for more information about 21331da177e4SLinus Torvalds optional driver parameters. 21341da177e4SLinus Torvalds Questions concerning this driver may be addressed to: 21351da177e4SLinus Torvalds <linux@syskonnect.de> 21361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21371da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be 21381da177e4SLinus Torvalds inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want), 21391da177e4SLinus Torvalds say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will 21401da177e4SLinus Torvalds be called sk98lin. This is recommended. 21411da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21421da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig VIA_VELOCITY 21431da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "VIA Velocity support" 21441da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on NET_PCI && PCI 21451da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC32 21461da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 21471da177e4SLinus Torvalds select MII 21481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 21491da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here. 21501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 21521da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called via-velocity. 21531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig TIGON3 21551da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support" 21561da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 21571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 21581da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards. 21591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21601da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 21611da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called tg3. This is recommended. 21621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2163b6016b76SMichael Chanconfig BNX2 2164b6016b76SMichael Chan tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support" 2165b6016b76SMichael Chan depends on PCI 2166fba9fe91SMichael Chan select CRC32 2167fba9fe91SMichael Chan select ZLIB_INFLATE 2168b6016b76SMichael Chan help 2169b6016b76SMichael Chan This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards. 2170b6016b76SMichael Chan 2171b6016b76SMichael Chan To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 2172b6016b76SMichael Chan will be called bnx2. This is recommended. 2173b6016b76SMichael Chan 2174aaec0fabSJens Osterkampconfig SPIDER_NET 2175aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver" 2176b35de2ebSJens Osterkamp depends on PCI && PPC_CELL 21779b15879aSChristoph Hellwig select FW_LOADER 2178aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp help 2179aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the 2180aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM. 2181aaec0fabSJens Osterkamp 21821da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GIANFAR 21831da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Gianfar Ethernet" 21841da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on 85xx || 83xx 2185bb40dcbbSAndy Fleming select PHYLIB 21861da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 21871da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC85xx 21881da177e4SLinus Torvalds family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540 21891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig GFAR_NAPI 21911da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "NAPI Support" 21921da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on GIANFAR 21931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21941da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MV643XX_ETH 21951da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "MV-643XX Ethernet support" 219616b81757SBenjamin Herrenschmidt depends on MOMENCO_OCELOT_C || MOMENCO_JAGUAR_ATX || MV64360 || MOMENCO_OCELOT_3 || PPC_MULTIPLATFORM 2197cd6478c8SDale Farnsworth select MII 21981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 21991da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the gigabit Ethernet on the Marvell MV643XX 22001da177e4SLinus Torvalds chipset which is used in the Momenco Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and 22011da177e4SLinus Torvalds Pegasos II, amongst other PPC and MIPS boards. 22021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22031da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MV643XX_ETH_0 22041da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MV-643XX Port 0" 22051da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MV643XX_ETH 22061da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 22071da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for Port 0 of the Marvell MV643XX Gigabit 22081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet. 22091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MV643XX_ETH_1 22111da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MV-643XX Port 1" 22121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MV643XX_ETH 22131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 22141da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for Port 1 of the Marvell MV643XX Gigabit 22151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet. 22161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig MV643XX_ETH_2 22181da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "MV-643XX Port 2" 22191da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on MV643XX_ETH 22201da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 22211da177e4SLinus Torvalds This enables support for Port 2 of the Marvell MV643XX Gigabit 22221da177e4SLinus Torvalds Ethernet. 22231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 22251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22261da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 22271da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 10 Gigabit Ethernet 22281da177e4SLinus Torvalds# 22291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsmenu "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" 2231cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on !UML 22321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22338199d3a7SChristoph Lameterconfig CHELSIO_T1 22348199d3a7SChristoph Lameter tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support" 22358199d3a7SChristoph Lameter depends on PCI 22368199d3a7SChristoph Lameter help 22378199d3a7SChristoph Lameter This driver supports Chelsio N110 and N210 models 10Gb Ethernet 22388199d3a7SChristoph Lameter cards. More information about adapter features and performance 22398199d3a7SChristoph Lameter tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>. 22408199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 22418199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit 22428199d3a7SChristoph Lameter our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>. 22438199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 22448199d3a7SChristoph Lameter For customer support, please visit our customer support page at 22458199d3a7SChristoph Lameter <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>. 22468199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 22478199d3a7SChristoph Lameter Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>. 22488199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 22498199d3a7SChristoph Lameter To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 22508199d3a7SChristoph Lameter will be called cxgb. 22518199d3a7SChristoph Lameter 22521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB 22531da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" 22541da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 22551da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 22561da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of 22571da177e4SLinus Torvalds adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go 22581da177e4SLinus Torvalds to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: 22591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22601da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm> 22611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22621da177e4SLinus Torvalds For general information and support, go to the Intel support 22631da177e4SLinus Torvalds website at: 22641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22651da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://support.intel.com> 22661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22671da177e4SLinus Torvalds More specific information on configuring the driver is in 22681da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>. 22691da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22701da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 22711da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module 22721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called ixgb. 22731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig IXGB_NAPI 22751da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 22761da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL 22771da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 22781da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 22791da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 22801da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 22811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22821da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 22831da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 22841da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 22851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22861da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 22871da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 22881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 22901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22911da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO 22921da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC" 22931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PCI 22941da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 22951da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO. 22969eb343aeSAkinobu Mita More specific information on configuring the driver is in 22979eb343aeSAkinobu Mita <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>. 22981da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22991da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig S2IO_NAPI 23001da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 23011da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL 23021da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23031da177e4SLinus Torvalds NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load 23041da177e4SLinus Torvalds when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is 23051da177e4SLinus Torvalds still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. 23061da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23071da177e4SLinus Torvalds If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be 23081da177e4SLinus Torvalds deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), 23091da177e4SLinus Torvalds then say Y here. 23101da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23111da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more 23121da177e4SLinus Torvalds information. 23131da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23141da177e4SLinus Torvalds If in doubt, say N. 23151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23161da177e4SLinus Torvaldsendmenu 23171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23181da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" 23191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23201da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" 23211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23221da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" 23231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23241da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" 23251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23261da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/atm/Kconfig" 23271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23281da177e4SLinus Torvaldssource "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" 23291da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23301da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ISERIES_VETH 23311da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support" 2332cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PPC_ISERIES 23331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2334f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET 2335f89efd52SMatt Porter tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" 2336f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on NETDEVICES && RAPIDIO 2337f89efd52SMatt Porter 2338f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_TX_SIZE 2339f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of outbound queue entries" 2340f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2341f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2342f89efd52SMatt Porter 2343f89efd52SMatt Porterconfig RIONET_RX_SIZE 2344f89efd52SMatt Porter int "Number of inbound queue entries" 2345f89efd52SMatt Porter depends on RIONET 2346f89efd52SMatt Porter default "128" 2347f89efd52SMatt Porter 23481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig FDDI 23491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "FDDI driver support" 2350cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on (PCI || EISA) 23511da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network 23531da177e4SLinus Torvalds design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can 23541da177e4SLinus Torvalds run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and 23551da177e4SLinus Torvalds want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and 23561da177e4SLinus Torvalds then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people 23571da177e4SLinus Torvalds will say N. 23581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig DEFXX 23601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Digital DEFEA and DEFPA adapter support" 23611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA) 23621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23631da177e4SLinus Torvalds This is support for the DIGITAL series of EISA (DEFEA) and PCI 23641da177e4SLinus Torvalds (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you to a local FDDI network. 23651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SKFP 23671da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support" 23681da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on FDDI && PCI 23691da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 23701da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter. 23711da177e4SLinus Torvalds The following adapters are supported by this driver: 23721da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP) 23731da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS) 23741da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP) 23751da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP) 23761da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS) 23771da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64) 23781da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS) 23791da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64) 23801da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64) 23811da177e4SLinus Torvalds - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS) 23821da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC 23831da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC 23841da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP 23851da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP 23861da177e4SLinus Torvalds - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC 23871da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23881da177e4SLinus Torvalds Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about 23891da177e4SLinus Torvalds the driver. 23901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to: 23921da177e4SLinus Torvalds <linux@syskonnect.de> 23931da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23941da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 23951da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called skfp. This is recommended. 23961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig HIPPI 23981da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2399cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI 24001da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 24011da177e4SLinus Torvalds HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and 24021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI 24031da177e4SLinus Torvalds can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on 24041da177e4SLinus Torvalds single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to 24051da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network 24061da177e4SLinus Torvalds and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use 24071da177e4SLinus Torvalds under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver 24081da177e4SLinus Torvalds for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here. 24091da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER 24111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 24121da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on HIPPI && PCI 24131da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 24141da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card. 24151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24161da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 24171da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N. 24181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS 24201da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)" 24211da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ROADRUNNER 24221da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 24231da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB 24241da177e4SLinus Torvalds of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for 24251da177e4SLinus Torvalds transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other 24261da177e4SLinus Torvalds kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have 24271da177e4SLinus Torvalds the memory. 24281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24291da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PLIP 24301da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" 2431cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on PARPORT 24321da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 24331da177e4SLinus Torvalds PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a 24341da177e4SLinus Torvalds reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) 24351da177e4SLinus Torvalds local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to 24361da177e4SLinus Torvalds install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a 24371da177e4SLinus Torvalds CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies 24381da177e4SLinus Torvalds first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option 24391da177e4SLinus Torvalds enabled for this to work. 24401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24411da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel 24421da177e4SLinus Torvalds ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected 24431da177e4SLinus Torvalds with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 24441da177e4SLinus Torvalds bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on 24451da177e4SLinus Torvalds bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a 24461da177e4SLinus Torvalds time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in 24471da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to 24481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows 24491da177e4SLinus Torvalds and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet 24501da177e4SLinus Torvalds driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) 24511da177e4SLinus Torvalds and winsock or NCSA's telnet. 24521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24531da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well 24541da177e4SLinus Torvalds as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from 24551da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP 24561da177e4SLinus Torvalds protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together 24571da177e4SLinus Torvalds with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges 24581da177e4SLinus Torvalds your kernel by about 8 KB. 24591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24601da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 24611da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 24621da177e4SLinus Torvalds called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy a laptop 24631da177e4SLinus Torvalds later. 24641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP 24661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support" 24671da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 24681da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves 24691da177e4SLinus Torvalds the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other 24701da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because 24711da177e4SLinus Torvalds otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these 24721da177e4SLinus Torvalds days support PPP rather than SLIP. 24731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24741da177e4SLinus Torvalds To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described 24751da177e4SLinus Torvalds in the PPP-HOWTO, available at 24761da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have 24771da177e4SLinus Torvalds the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. 24781da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. 24791da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24801da177e4SLinus Torvalds There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for 24811da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and 24821da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for 24831da177e4SLinus Torvalds example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other 24841da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to 24851da177e4SLinus Torvalds the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over 24861da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support 24871da177e4SLinus Torvalds synchronous PPP", below. 24881da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24891da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then 24901da177e4SLinus Torvalds you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only 24911da177e4SLinus Torvalds compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M 24921da177e4SLinus Torvalds here and read <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 24931da177e4SLinus Torvalds The module will be called ppp_generic. 24941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 24951da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_MULTILINK 24961da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 24971da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 24981da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 24991da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you 25001da177e4SLinus Torvalds to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP 25011da177e4SLinus Torvalds connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth. 25021da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25031da177e4SLinus Torvalds This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a 25041da177e4SLinus Torvalds version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol. 25051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25061da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 25071da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25081da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_FILTER 25091da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "PPP filtering" 25101da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 25111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over 25131da177e4SLinus Torvalds PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as 25141da177e4SLinus Torvalds activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up 251547c51431SJon Mason a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely. 25161da177e4SLinus Torvalds You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and 25171da177e4SLinus Torvalds active-filter options to pppd. 25181da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25191da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say N. 25201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_ASYNC 25221da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for async serial ports" 25231da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 25241da177e4SLinus Torvalds select CRC_CCITT 25251da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25261da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard 25271da177e4SLinus Torvalds asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use 25281da177e4SLinus Torvalds a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you 25291da177e4SLinus Torvalds need this option. 25301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25311da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 25321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25331da177e4SLinus Torvalds If unsure, say Y. 25341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25351da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_SYNC_TTY 25361da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports" 25371da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 25381da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25391da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous 25401da177e4SLinus Torvalds (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices 25411da177e4SLinus Torvalds are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1. 25421da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25431da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 25441da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25451da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_DEFLATE 25461da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP Deflate compression" 25471da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 25481da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_INFLATE 25491da177e4SLinus Torvalds select ZLIB_DEFLATE 25501da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the 25521da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress 25531da177e4SLinus Torvalds each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the 25541da177e4SLinus Torvalds other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the 25551da177e4SLinus Torvalds Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if 25561da177e4SLinus Torvalds they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. 25571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25581da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. 25591da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25601da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPP_BSDCOMP 25611da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression" 25621da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on PPP 25631da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 25641da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses 25651da177e4SLinus Torvalds the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is 25661da177e4SLinus Torvalds sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link 25671da177e4SLinus Torvalds (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression 25681da177e4SLinus Torvalds method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, 25691da177e4SLinus Torvalds it is safe to say Y here. 25701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25711da177e4SLinus Torvalds The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression", 25721da177e4SLinus Torvalds above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better 25731da177e4SLinus Torvalds and is patent-free. 25741da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25751da177e4SLinus Torvalds Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a 25761da177e4SLinus Torvalds module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory 25771da177e4SLinus Torvalds modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N. 25781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2579b3f9b92aSMatt Domschconfig PPP_MPPE 2580b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2581b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL 2582b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO 2583b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_SHA1 2584b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch select CRYPTO_ARC4 2585b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch ---help--- 2586b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the 2587b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. 2588b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 2589b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on 2590b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method. 2591b3f9b92aSMatt Domsch 25921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOE 25931da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)" 25941da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP 25951da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 25961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support for PPP over Ethernet. 25971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 25981da177e4SLinus Torvalds This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS 25991da177e4SLinus Torvalds repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the 26001da177e4SLinus Torvalds RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) 26011da177e4SLinus Torvalds which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under 26021da177e4SLinus Torvalds the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). 26031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26041da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig PPPOATM 26051da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "PPP over ATM" 26061da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on ATM && PPP 26071da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 26081da177e4SLinus Torvalds Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames. 26091da177e4SLinus Torvalds This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364, 26101da177e4SLinus Torvalds which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and 26111da177e4SLinus Torvalds changes its encapsulation unilaterally. 26121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP 26141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" 26151da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 26161da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to 26171da177e4SLinus Torvalds connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some 26181da177e4SLinus Torvalds other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a 26191da177e4SLinus Torvalds Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line 26201da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over 26211da177e4SLinus Torvalds serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables; 26221da177e4SLinus Torvalds nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same 26231da177e4SLinus Torvalds purpose. 26241da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26251da177e4SLinus Torvalds Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you 26261da177e4SLinus Torvalds to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP 26271da177e4SLinus Torvalds around (available from 26281da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 26291da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If 26301da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The 26311da177e4SLinus Torvalds NET-3-HOWTO, available from 26321da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to 26331da177e4SLinus Torvalds configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just 26341da177e4SLinus Torvalds want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full 26351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on 26361da177e4SLinus Torvalds some Internet connected Unix computer. Read 26371da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP 26381da177e4SLinus Torvalds support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N. 26391da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26401da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read 26411da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be 26421da177e4SLinus Torvalds called slip. 26431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_COMPRESSED 26451da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "CSLIP compressed headers" 26461da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 26471da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 26481da177e4SLinus Torvalds This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the 26491da177e4SLinus Torvalds TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported 26501da177e4SLinus Torvalds on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and 26511da177e4SLinus Torvalds answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If 26521da177e4SLinus Torvalds you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from 26531da177e4SLinus Torvalds <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which 26541da177e4SLinus Torvalds allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you 26551da177e4SLinus Torvalds definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from 26561da177e4SLinus Torvalds <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure 26571da177e4SLinus Torvalds CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel. 26581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_SMART 26601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Keepalive and linefill" 26611da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 26621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 26631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the 26641da177e4SLinus Torvalds RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality 26651da177e4SLinus Torvalds analogue lines. 26661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 26681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation" 26691da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SLIP 26701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 26711da177e4SLinus Torvalds Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial 26721da177e4SLinus Torvalds networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven 26731da177e4SLinus Torvalds bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP: 26741da177e4SLinus Torvalds "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over 26751da177e4SLinus Torvalds the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other 26761da177e4SLinus Torvalds end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP 26771da177e4SLinus Torvalds over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N. 26781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26791da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NET_FC 26801da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Fibre Channel driver support" 2681cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on SCSI && PCI 26821da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 26831da177e4SLinus Torvalds Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect 26841da177e4SLinus Torvalds large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and 26851da177e4SLinus Torvalds intended to replace SCSI. 26861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26871da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel 26881da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your 26891da177e4SLinus Torvalds adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and 26901da177e4SLinus Torvalds "SCSI generic support". 26911da177e4SLinus Torvalds 26921da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SHAPER 26931da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Traffic Shaper (EXPERIMENTAL)" 2694cbcd2a4cSRandy Dunlap depends on EXPERIMENTAL 26951da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 26961da177e4SLinus Torvalds The traffic shaper is a virtual network device that allows you to 26971da177e4SLinus Torvalds limit the rate of outgoing data flow over some other network device. 26981da177e4SLinus Torvalds The traffic that you want to slow down can then be routed through 26991da177e4SLinus Torvalds these virtual devices. See 27001da177e4SLinus Torvalds <file:Documentation/networking/shaper.txt> for more information. 27011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27021da177e4SLinus Torvalds An alternative to this traffic shaper is the experimental 270347c51431SJon Mason Class-Based Queuing (CBQ) scheduling support which you get if you 270447c51431SJon Mason say Y to "QoS and/or fair queuing" above. 27051da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27061da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 27071da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called shaper. If unsure, say N. 27081da177e4SLinus Torvalds 27091da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig NETCONSOLE 27101da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)" 27115e43db77SMatt Mackall depends on EXPERIMENTAL 27121da177e4SLinus Torvalds ---help--- 27131da177e4SLinus Torvalds If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. 27141da177e4SLinus Torvalds See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. 27151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 271654208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL 271754208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETCONSOLE 271854208991SRandy Dunlap 271954208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL_RX 272054208991SRandy Dunlap bool "Netpoll support for trapping incoming packets" 272154208991SRandy Dunlap default n 272254208991SRandy Dunlap depends on NETPOLL 272354208991SRandy Dunlap 272454208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NETPOLL_TRAP 272554208991SRandy Dunlap bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" 272654208991SRandy Dunlap default n 272754208991SRandy Dunlap depends on NETPOLL 272854208991SRandy Dunlap 272954208991SRandy Dunlapconfig NET_POLL_CONTROLLER 273054208991SRandy Dunlap def_bool NETPOLL 273154208991SRandy Dunlap 2732d5950b43SSam Ravnborgendmenu 2733