1ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher# 2ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher# 3Com Ethernet device configuration 3ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher# 4ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 5ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig NET_VENDOR_3COM 6ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher bool "3Com devices" 7ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI || PCMCIA 8ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 9ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y 10ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 11ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 12ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 13ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the 14ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all 15ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher the questions about 3Com cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for 16ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher your specific card in the following questions. 17ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 18ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherif NET_VENDOR_3COM 19ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 20ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig EL1 21ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support" 22ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on ISA 23ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 24ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 25ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 26ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a 27ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will 28ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby 29ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card. 30ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 31ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 32ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher will be called 3c501. 33ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 34ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig EL3 35ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support" 36ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on (ISA || EISA || MCA) 37ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 38ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com 39ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available 40ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 41ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 42ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS 43ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default 44ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher media type. 45ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 46ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 47ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher will be called 3c509. 48ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 49ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig 3C515 50ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\"" 51ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API 52ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 53ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet 54ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 55ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 56ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 57ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 58ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher will be called 3c515. 59ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 60ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig PCMCIA_3C574 61ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "3Com 3c574 PCMCIA support" 62ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on PCMCIA 63ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 64ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher Say Y here if you intend to attach a 3Com 3c574 or compatible PCMCIA 65ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher (PC-card) Fast Ethernet card to your computer. 66ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 67ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be 68ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher called 3c574_cs. If unsure, say N. 69ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 70ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig PCMCIA_3C589 71ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "3Com 3c589 PCMCIA support" 72ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on PCMCIA 73ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 74ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher Say Y here if you intend to attach a 3Com 3c589 or compatible PCMCIA 75ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher (PC-card) Ethernet card to your computer. 76ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 77ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be 78ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher called 3c589_cs. If unsure, say N. 79ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 80ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig VORTEX 81ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support" 82ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on (PCI || EISA) 83ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher select MII 84ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 85ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and 86ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards: 87ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 88ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI 89ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI 90ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus 91ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher "Tornado" (3c905) PCI 92ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI 93ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 94ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, 95ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More 96ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher specific information is in 97ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at 98ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>. 99ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 100ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this support as a module, choose M here. 101ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 102ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig TYPHOON 103ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support" 104ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on PCI 105ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher select CRC32 106ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 107ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards: 108ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 109ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97, 110ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server, 111ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR 112ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 113ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read 114ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from 115ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 116ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 117ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module 118ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher will be called typhoon. 119ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 120ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig ACENIC 121ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support" 122ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on PCI 123ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 124ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear 125ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet 126ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000 127ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this 128ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig 129ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher line. 130ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 131ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the 132ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher module will be called acenic. 133ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 134ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherconfig ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I 135ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs" 136ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher depends on ACENIC 137ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher ---help--- 138ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave 139ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer 140ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B 141ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by 142ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a 143ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher Tigon II, say N here. 144ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 145ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher The safe and default value for this is N. 146ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsher 147ca7a8e85SJeff Kirsherendif # NET_VENDOR_3COM 148