3 # Network device configuration
9 bool "Network device support"
11 You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
12 any other computer at all.
14 You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
15 you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
16 telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
17 two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
18 AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
20 See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
21 Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
25 # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
26 # that for each of the symbols.
29 config NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE
30 bool "Netdevice multiple hardware queue support"
32 Say Y here if you want to allow the network stack to use multiple
33 hardware TX queues on an ethernet device.
35 Most people will say N here.
38 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
39 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
41 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
43 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
44 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
45 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
46 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
48 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
51 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
53 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
54 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
55 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
56 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
57 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
58 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
59 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
60 Administrator's Guide, available from
61 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
63 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
64 will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy
65 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
66 Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0',
70 tristate "Bonding driver support"
73 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
74 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
75 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
77 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
78 performance and high availability operation.
80 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
83 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
84 will be called bonding.
87 tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
88 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
90 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
91 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
93 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
94 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
96 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
98 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
99 will be called macvlan.
102 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
104 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
105 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
106 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
107 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
108 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
109 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
110 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
112 Say Y if you want this and read
113 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
114 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
115 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
117 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
118 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
121 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
124 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
125 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
126 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
127 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
128 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
130 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
131 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
132 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
133 all routes corresponding to it.
135 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
138 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
141 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
144 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
146 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
147 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
151 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
154 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
155 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
156 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
157 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
158 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
159 provided by your regular phone modem.
161 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
162 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
163 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
164 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
165 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
168 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
169 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
170 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
172 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
174 source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
176 source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
182 menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
183 bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
186 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
187 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
189 Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over
190 coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted
191 pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central
192 hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs),
193 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs),
194 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair
195 cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links)
196 [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit
197 Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links).
199 If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have
200 an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer,
201 say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
202 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have
203 to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC.
205 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
206 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
207 the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N.
212 tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
214 Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
215 or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
216 ethernet card lack MII.
219 tristate "Atmel MACB support"
220 depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91CAP9
223 The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91
224 parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip.
226 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
229 source "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig"
232 tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support"
233 depends on ARM || MIPS || SUPERH
237 AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide
238 chip detection and resources
241 bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support"
245 Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom.
248 tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support"
249 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
252 Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the
253 motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for
254 Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip.
256 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
259 config MACE_AAUI_PORT
260 bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default"
263 Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the
264 MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector),
265 instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say
266 Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N.
267 The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as
268 a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver.
271 tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support"
272 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
275 Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3
278 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
282 tristate "Ariadne support"
285 If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y.
288 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
289 will be called ariadne.
292 tristate "A2065 support"
296 If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
299 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
300 will be called a2065.
303 tristate "Hydra support"
307 If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
309 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
310 will be called hydra.
313 tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support"
317 This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible
318 chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual
319 Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y.
322 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
323 will be called zorro8390.
326 tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support"
327 depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA
330 If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
333 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
337 tristate "Apollo 3c505 support"
340 Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card.
341 If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC,
342 except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the
343 code in the ROM will be for a PC).
346 bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards"
350 If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS
351 Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y
352 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
353 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
356 tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards"
359 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
360 Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and
361 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
362 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
364 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will
368 tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)"
371 Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes
372 the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS,
373 a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have
374 one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
375 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
377 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will
381 bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet"
385 Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in
386 the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes
387 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
388 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
391 tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support"
395 Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147
396 single-board computer. Say Y here to include the
397 driver for this chip in your kernel.
398 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
401 tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support"
404 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola
405 MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the
406 driver for this chip in your kernel.
407 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
410 tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support"
413 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and
414 BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip
416 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
419 tristate "Atari Lance support"
422 Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based
423 on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or
424 PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses).
427 tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support"
428 depends on SUN3 || SUN3X
430 Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80)
431 featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y
432 here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet.
433 General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now
435 <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>.
437 If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N.
440 bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support"
443 This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based
444 Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note
445 that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional
449 bool "HP on-board LANCE support"
453 If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an
454 HP300 machine, say Y here.
457 tristate "Lasi ethernet"
460 Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller
461 found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet.
464 tristate "SNI RM ethernet"
465 depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM
467 Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller
468 built into SNI RM machines.
471 tristate "Korina (IDT RC32434) Ethernet support"
472 depends on NET_ETHERNET && MIKROTIK_RB532
474 If you have a Mikrotik RouterBoard 500 or IDT RC32434
475 based system say Y. Otherwise say N.
477 config MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC
478 tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support"
481 This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000,
482 Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems.
484 config MIPS_AU1X00_ENET
485 bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support"
486 depends on SOC_AU1X00
490 If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system
491 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
494 bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet"
495 depends on PCI && SGI_IP27
499 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
500 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
501 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
504 tristate "MIPS simulator Network device"
507 The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is
508 emulated by the MIPS Simulator.
509 If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N.
511 config SGI_O2MACE_ETH
512 tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support"
513 depends on SGI_IP32=y
516 tristate "National DP83902AV support"
520 Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV
521 ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This
522 is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at
523 <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>.
528 tristate "Renesas SuperH Ethernet support"
529 depends on SUPERH && \
530 (CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7710 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7712)
536 Renesas SuperH Ethernet device driver.
537 This driver support SH7710 and SH7712.
540 tristate "Sun LANCE support"
544 This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc
545 systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These
546 cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known
547 via the NE2100 cards.
549 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
550 will be called sunlance.
553 tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support"
554 depends on SBUS || PCI
557 This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra
558 systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports
559 both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad
560 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations.
562 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
563 will be called sunhme.
566 tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
567 depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL
570 This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option.
571 This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device.
573 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
574 will be called sunbmac.
577 tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support"
581 This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as
582 an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet
583 "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead.
585 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
586 will be called sunqe.
589 tristate "Sun GEM support"
593 Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also
594 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>.
597 tristate "Sun Cassini support"
601 Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also
602 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf>
605 tristate "Sun Virtual Network support"
608 Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains.
610 config NET_VENDOR_3COM
612 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI
614 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
615 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
616 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
618 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
619 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
620 the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
621 your specific card in the following questions.
624 tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support"
625 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
627 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
628 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
629 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a
630 new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will
631 have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby
632 machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card.
634 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
635 will be called 3c501.
638 tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support"
639 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
642 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
643 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
644 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
646 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
647 will be called 3c503.
650 tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support"
651 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
653 Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in
654 <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of
655 this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
656 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
658 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
659 will be called 3c505.
662 tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
663 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
665 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
666 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
667 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
669 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
670 will be called 3c507.
673 tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support"
674 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA)
676 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com
677 EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available
678 from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
680 If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS
681 setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default
684 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
685 will be called 3c509.
688 tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\""
689 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API
691 If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet
692 network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
693 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
695 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
696 will be called 3c515.
699 tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support"
700 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY
702 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
703 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
704 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
706 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
707 will be called 3c523.
710 tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
711 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY
713 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
714 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
715 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
717 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
718 will be called 3c527.
721 tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support"
722 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA)
725 This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and
726 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards:
728 "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI
729 "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI
730 "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus
731 "Tornado" (3c905) PCI
732 "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI
734 If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
735 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More
736 specific information is in
737 <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at
738 the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>.
740 To compile this support as a module, choose M here.
743 tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support"
744 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI
747 This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards:
749 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97,
750 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server,
751 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR
753 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
754 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
755 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
757 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
758 will be called typhoon.
761 tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support"
762 depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
764 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
765 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
766 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are
769 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
770 will be called lance. This is recommended.
772 config NET_VENDOR_SMC
773 bool "Western Digital/SMC cards"
774 depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC
776 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
777 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
778 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
780 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
781 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
782 the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be
783 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
786 tristate "WD80*3 support"
787 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
790 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
791 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
792 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
794 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
798 tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support"
799 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA
802 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running
803 an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
804 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
806 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
807 will be called smc-mca.
810 tristate "SMC Ultra support"
811 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
814 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
815 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
816 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
818 Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards
819 mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible,
820 such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many
821 operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for
822 this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have
825 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
826 will be called smc-ultra.
829 tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support"
830 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA
833 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
834 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
835 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
837 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
838 will be called smc-ultra32.
841 tristate "Blackfin 527/536/537 on-chip mac support"
842 depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF527 || BF537 || BF536)
846 select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE
848 This is the driver for blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it
849 compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module
850 ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
851 whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac.
853 config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
854 bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets"
855 depends on BFIN_MAC && (BF527 || BF537)
858 To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
859 Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses.
861 config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM
862 int "Number of transmit buffer packets"
864 range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
868 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
870 config BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM
871 int "Number of receive buffer packets"
873 range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
877 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
880 bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)"
881 depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL
882 default y if BFIN527_EZKIT
883 default n if BFIN537_STAMP
885 Use Reduced PHY MII Interface
888 tristate "SMC 9194 support"
889 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN)
892 This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this
893 option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or
894 another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled
895 into the kernel, and read the file
896 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
897 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
899 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
900 will be called smc9194.
903 tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support"
906 depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || \
907 SOC_AU1X00 || BLACKFIN || MN10300
909 This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets,
910 including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it
911 compiled into the kernel, and read the file
912 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
913 available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
915 This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
916 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
917 The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a
918 module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
921 tristate "NetX Ethernet support"
925 This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports
927 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
928 will be called netx-eth.
931 tristate "DM9000 support"
932 depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS
936 Support for DM9000 chipset.
938 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
939 will be called dm9000.
942 tristate "ENC28J60 support"
943 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET
946 Support for the Microchip EN28J60 ethernet chip.
948 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
951 config ENC28J60_WRITEVERIFY
952 bool "Enable write verify"
955 Enable the verify after the buffer write useful for debugging purpose.
958 config DM9000_DEBUGLEVEL
959 int "DM9000 maximum debug level"
963 The maximum level of debugging code compiled into the DM9000
967 tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support"
970 depends on ARCH_PXA || SUPERH
972 This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets
973 including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118.
974 Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel,
975 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
976 <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
978 This driver is also available as a module. The module will be
979 called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M
980 here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>
982 config NET_VENDOR_RACAL
983 bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards"
986 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such
987 as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
988 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
990 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
991 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
992 the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
993 your specific card in the following questions.
996 tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
997 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP
999 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1000 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1001 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still
1004 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1005 will be called ni5010.
1008 tristate "NI5210 support"
1009 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA
1011 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1012 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1013 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1015 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1016 will be called ni52.
1019 tristate "NI6510 support"
1020 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
1022 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1023 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1024 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1026 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1027 will be called ni65.
1029 source "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig"
1032 tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1033 depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL
1036 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1037 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1038 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1040 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1041 will be called at1700.
1044 tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support"
1045 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA
1048 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1049 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1050 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1051 <file:drivers/net/depca.c>.
1053 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1054 will be called depca.
1057 tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support"
1058 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1060 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1061 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1062 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1064 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1065 will be called hp100.
1068 bool "Other ISA cards"
1071 If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its
1072 bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components
1073 of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y.
1074 Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1075 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1079 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1080 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1081 the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be
1082 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
1085 tristate "Cabletron E21xx support"
1089 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1090 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1091 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1093 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1094 will be called e2100.
1097 tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support"
1101 This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet)
1102 cards. If this is for you, say Y and read
1103 <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as
1104 well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1105 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1107 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1108 will be called ewrk3.
1111 tristate "EtherExpress 16 support"
1114 If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and
1115 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1116 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel
1117 EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice
1118 because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver
1119 that should do better.
1121 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1122 will be called eexpress.
1125 tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support"
1128 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This
1129 driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however
1130 that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate
1131 driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1132 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1134 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1135 will be called eepro.
1138 tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support"
1142 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1143 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1144 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1146 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1147 will be called hp-plus.
1150 tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support"
1154 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1155 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1156 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1158 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1162 tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet"
1165 Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller
1166 for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the
1167 Intel Professional Workstation.
1170 tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support"
1173 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1174 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1175 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1177 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1178 will be called eth16i.
1181 tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support"
1182 depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938
1185 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1186 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1187 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards
1188 without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
1190 If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
1191 NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
1192 controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
1193 an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
1194 laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
1197 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1201 tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1202 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API
1204 The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network
1205 (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the
1206 IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported
1207 by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1208 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1211 tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1212 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1214 This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this
1215 is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1216 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1218 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1219 will be called seeq8005.
1222 tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support"
1223 depends on MCA_LEGACY
1226 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1227 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1228 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1230 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1234 tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support"
1237 This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set
1238 CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel
1239 driver and as a module.
1241 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The only
1242 currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It
1243 will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window
1244 gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple
1245 boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested
1246 up to now due to lack of hardware.
1249 tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support"
1250 depends on PPC_PSERIES
1252 This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries
1253 and pSeries systems.
1255 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will
1258 source "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig"
1261 bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers"
1262 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1264 This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the
1265 bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1266 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1268 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1269 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1270 the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you
1271 will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If
1272 you are unsure, say Y.
1275 tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support"
1276 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1280 If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card,
1281 answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1282 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1284 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1285 will be called pcnet32.
1288 tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support"
1289 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1293 If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card,
1294 answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1295 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1297 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1298 will be called amd8111e.
1300 config AMD8111E_NAPI
1301 bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)"
1302 depends on AMD8111_ETH
1304 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1305 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1306 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1308 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1309 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1314 config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE
1315 tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support"
1316 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1320 Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network
1321 adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from
1322 Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip
1325 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1326 will be called starfire. This is recommended.
1328 config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI
1329 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1330 depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL
1332 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1333 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1334 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1336 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1337 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1343 tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1344 depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL
1347 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1348 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1349 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1351 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1352 will be called ac3200.
1355 tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet"
1356 depends on NET_PCI && ISA
1358 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1359 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1360 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1362 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1363 will be called apricot.
1366 tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support"
1367 depends on SSB_POSSIBLE && HAS_DMA
1371 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y
1372 or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1373 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1375 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1378 # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible
1379 config B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT
1381 depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE
1385 # Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible
1386 config B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1388 depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE
1389 select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE
1394 depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1398 tristate "nForce Ethernet support"
1399 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1401 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1402 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1403 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1405 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1406 will be called forcedeth.
1408 config FORCEDETH_NAPI
1409 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1410 depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL
1412 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1413 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1414 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1416 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1417 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1423 tristate "CS89x0 support"
1424 depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X)
1426 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
1427 network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the
1428 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1429 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1430 <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>.
1432 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1433 will be called cs89x0.
1436 tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support"
1437 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS
1441 tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)"
1442 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1445 If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet)
1446 card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1447 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1449 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1450 will be called eepro100.
1454 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support"
1455 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1458 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters.
1459 To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number
1460 on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number
1461 in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits).
1463 Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1465 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1467 to identify the adapter.
1469 For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see:
1471 <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp>
1473 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1474 <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>.
1476 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1477 will be called e100.
1480 tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1481 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1484 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1485 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1486 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1488 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1489 will be called lne390.
1492 tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support"
1493 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1497 Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet
1498 cards. Specifications and data at
1499 <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>.
1502 tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support"
1503 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1506 This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series,
1507 which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys
1508 and others, including the 83815 chip.
1509 More specific information and updates are available from
1510 <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>.
1513 tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)"
1514 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1517 This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work
1518 with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000
1519 support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card,
1520 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1521 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1523 This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards:
1524 RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2
1525 NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond
1526 Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229
1528 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1529 will be called ne2k-pci.
1532 tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1533 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1536 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1537 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1538 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver
1539 will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different.
1541 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1542 will be called ne3210.
1545 tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1546 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1549 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1550 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1551 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1553 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1554 will be called es3210.
1557 tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1558 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1562 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1563 the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read
1564 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1565 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1567 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1568 will be called 8139cp. This is recommended.
1571 tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1572 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1576 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1577 the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and
1578 read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1580 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1581 will be called 8139too. This is recommended.
1584 bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO"
1588 This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead
1589 of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems
1590 in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure,
1593 config 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER
1594 bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)"
1597 This implements a function which might come in handy in case you
1598 are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek
1599 RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries
1600 to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is
1601 experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer.
1605 bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards"
1608 This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and
1609 RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver,
1610 instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some
1611 memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y.
1613 config 8139_OLD_RX_RESET
1614 bool "Use older RX-reset method"
1617 The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid
1618 reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new"
1619 RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you
1620 experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the
1621 old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N.
1624 tristate "RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1625 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1629 This is a driver for the R6040 Fast Ethernet MACs found in the
1630 the RDC R-321x System-on-chips.
1632 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1633 will be called r6040. This is recommended.
1636 tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1637 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1641 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1642 the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in
1643 SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets.
1645 This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use
1646 your phone line as a network cable.
1648 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1649 will be called sis900. This is recommended.
1652 tristate "SMC EtherPower II"
1653 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1657 This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC,
1658 which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100).
1659 More specific information and updates are available from
1660 <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>.
1663 tristate "Sundance Alta support"
1664 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1668 This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip.
1669 More specific information and updates are available from
1670 <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>.
1672 config SUNDANCE_MMIO
1673 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1676 Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers.
1677 Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled)
1678 is known to solve bugs on certain chips.
1683 tristate "TI ThunderLAN support"
1684 depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA)
1686 If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip
1687 which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the
1688 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1689 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1691 Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent,
1692 Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file
1693 <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details.
1695 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1696 will be called tlan.
1698 Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>.
1701 tristate "VIA Rhine support"
1702 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1706 If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A),
1707 Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type
1708 Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges
1711 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1712 will be called via-rhine.
1714 config VIA_RHINE_MMIO
1715 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1716 depends on VIA_RHINE
1718 This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of
1719 programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in
1720 processing time in parts of the driver.
1724 config VIA_RHINE_NAPI
1725 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
1726 depends on VIA_RHINE
1728 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1729 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card.
1731 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1732 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1736 bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support"
1737 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS_ATLAS
1739 The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used
1740 in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless
1742 See <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA9730_flyer_1>.
1745 tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1746 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1749 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1750 the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you
1751 have one of these, say Y here.
1753 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1754 will be called sc92031. This is recommended.
1757 tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1758 depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7 && BROKEN
1761 TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support
1764 bool "Pocket and portable adapters"
1767 Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel
1768 port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have
1769 one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1770 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1772 If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA
1773 (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for
1774 credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you
1775 need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file
1776 <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here.
1778 Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at
1779 <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or
1780 Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>.
1782 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1783 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1784 the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you
1785 will be asked for your specific device in the following questions.
1788 tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support"
1789 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86
1792 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1793 port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1794 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you
1795 want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have
1796 said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers
1797 don't like each other.
1799 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1803 tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support"
1804 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1806 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1807 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1808 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1809 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1810 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1811 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1814 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1815 will be called de600.
1818 tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support"
1819 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1821 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1822 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1823 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1824 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1825 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1826 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1829 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1830 will be called de620.
1833 tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support"
1834 depends on SGI_HAS_SEEQ
1836 Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is
1837 used in many Silicon Graphics machines.
1840 tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support"
1841 depends on MACH_DECSTATION
1844 This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by
1845 DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the
1846 DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.)
1849 bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller"
1852 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of
1853 the Motorola 68360 processor.
1856 bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)"
1857 depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x
1859 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet
1860 controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
1863 bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)"
1866 Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast
1867 ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
1870 tristate "MPC52xx FEC driver"
1871 depends on PPC_MERGE && PPC_MPC52xx && PPC_BESTCOMM_FEC
1875 This option enables support for the MPC5200's on-chip
1876 Fast Ethernet Controller
1877 If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx.ko'.
1879 config FEC_MPC52xx_MDIO
1880 bool "MPC52xx FEC MDIO bus driver"
1881 depends on FEC_MPC52xx
1884 The MPC5200's FEC can connect to the Ethernet either with
1885 an external MII PHY chip or 10 Mbps 7-wire interface
1886 (Motorola? industry standard).
1887 If your board uses an external PHY connected to FEC, enable this.
1888 If not sure, enable.
1889 If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx_phy.ko'.
1892 tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300"
1895 Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible
1896 controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor.
1898 source "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig"
1899 source "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig"
1901 endif # NET_ETHERNET
1907 menuconfig NETDEV_1000
1908 bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
1912 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
1913 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
1915 Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
1916 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1917 Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
1918 under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
1920 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
1925 tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support"
1928 Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear
1929 GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet
1930 adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000
1931 bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this
1932 as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig
1935 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1936 module will be called acenic.
1938 config ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I
1939 bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs"
1942 Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave
1943 out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer
1944 being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B
1945 version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by
1946 app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a
1947 Tigon II, say N here.
1949 The safe and default value for this is N.
1952 tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support"
1956 This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards,
1958 D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1959 D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1960 Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1962 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1963 module will be called dl2k.
1966 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
1969 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of
1970 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
1971 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1973 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1975 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
1978 <http://support.intel.com>
1980 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1981 <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
1983 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1984 will be called e1000.
1987 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
1990 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1991 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1992 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1994 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1995 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2000 config E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
2001 bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters"
2004 Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express
2010 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
2011 depends on PCI && (!SPARC32 || BROKEN)
2013 This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit
2014 ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters,
2015 use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to
2016 identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2018 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2020 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2023 <http://support.intel.com>
2025 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2026 will be called e1000e.
2028 config E1000E_ENABLED
2029 def_bool E1000E != n
2032 tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
2033 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2036 This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards.
2038 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2039 will be called ipg. This is recommended.
2042 tristate "Intel(R) 82575 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
2045 This driver supports Intel(R) 82575 gigabit ethernet family of
2046 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2047 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2049 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2051 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2054 <http://support.intel.com>
2056 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2057 <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
2059 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2062 source "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig"
2065 tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support"
2068 This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards.
2070 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2071 will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended.
2074 tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support"
2077 This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series
2078 of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include
2079 the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX,
2080 SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of
2084 tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support"
2088 If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read
2089 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
2090 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2092 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
2096 tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2097 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2100 Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet
2101 adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is
2102 used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See
2103 <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more
2104 information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general.
2106 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2107 will be called yellowfin. This is recommended.
2110 tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support"
2114 Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
2116 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2117 will be called r8169. This is recommended.
2120 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2121 depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL
2123 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2124 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2125 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2127 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2128 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2135 depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q
2137 Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required
2138 by the kernel 802.1Q code.
2143 tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support"
2144 depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC
2147 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the
2148 Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include
2149 the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455
2152 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2153 will be called sb1250-mac.
2156 tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support"
2161 Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or
2162 a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to
2163 appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965
2164 and SiS 966 south bridge.
2166 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2167 will be called sis190. This is recommended.
2170 tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support"
2174 This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
2175 and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver
2176 with better performance and more complete ethtool support.
2178 It does not support the link failover and network management
2179 features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
2181 This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset:
2182 Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T,
2183 Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872.
2185 It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver,
2186 sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters.
2188 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2189 will be called skge. This is recommended.
2192 bool "Debugging interface"
2193 depends on SKGE && DEBUG_FS
2195 This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging.
2196 The file debugfs/skge/ethX displays the state of the internal
2197 transmit and receive rings.
2202 tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support"
2206 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the
2207 Marvell Yukon 2 chipset:
2208 Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/
2209 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21
2211 There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and
2212 Genesis based adapters: skge.
2214 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2215 will be called sky2. This is recommended.
2218 bool "Debugging interface"
2219 depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS
2221 This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging.
2222 The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal
2223 transmit and receive rings.
2228 tristate "VIA Velocity support"
2234 If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here.
2236 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2237 will be called via-velocity.
2240 tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support"
2244 This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards.
2246 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2247 will be called tg3. This is recommended.
2250 tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support"
2255 This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards.
2257 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2258 will be called bnx2. This is recommended.
2261 tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2262 depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB)
2265 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the
2266 Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM.
2269 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support"
2270 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE
2272 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports.
2273 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2274 will be called tsi108_eth.
2277 tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2279 select PS3_SYS_MANAGER
2281 This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game
2282 console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet.
2284 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
2285 module will be called ps3_gelic.
2287 config GELIC_WIRELESS
2288 bool "PS3 Wireless support"
2289 depends on GELIC_NET
2292 This option adds the support for the wireless feature of PS3.
2293 If you have the wireless-less model of PS3 or have no plan to
2294 use wireless feature, disabling this option saves memory. As
2295 the driver automatically distinguishes the models, you can
2296 safely enable this option even if you have a wireless-less model.
2298 config GELIC_WIRELESS_OLD_PSK_INTERFACE
2299 bool "PS3 Wireless private PSK interface (OBSOLETE)"
2300 depends on GELIC_WIRELESS
2302 This option retains the obsolete private interface to pass
2303 the PSK from user space programs to the driver. The PSK
2304 stands for 'Pre Shared Key' and is used for WPA[2]-PSK
2305 (WPA-Personal) environment.
2306 If WPA[2]-PSK is used and you need to use old programs that
2307 support only this old interface, say Y. Otherwise N.
2312 tristate "Gianfar Ethernet"
2317 This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx,
2318 and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540.
2321 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
2325 tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet"
2326 depends on QUICC_ENGINE
2329 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine,
2330 which is available on some Freescale SOCs.
2333 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
2336 config UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET
2337 bool "Magic Packet detection support"
2340 config UGETH_FILTERING
2341 bool "Mac address filtering support"
2344 config UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND
2345 bool "Transmit on Demand support"
2349 tristate "Marvell Discovery (643XX) and Orion ethernet support"
2350 depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32) || PLAT_ORION
2353 This driver supports the gigabit ethernet MACs in the
2354 Marvell Discovery PPC/MIPS chipset family (MV643XX) and
2355 in the Marvell Orion ARM SoC family.
2357 Some boards that use the Discovery chipset are the Momenco
2358 Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and Pegasos II.
2361 tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support"
2364 This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards.
2366 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2367 will be called qla3xxx.
2370 tristate "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2371 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2375 This driver supports the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter.
2377 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2378 will be called atl1.
2383 # 10 Gigabit Ethernet
2386 menuconfig NETDEV_10000
2387 bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
2391 Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
2392 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
2394 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
2399 tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support"
2403 This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit
2404 Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and
2405 performance tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>.
2407 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2408 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2410 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2411 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2413 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2415 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2416 will be called cxgb.
2418 config CHELSIO_T1_1G
2419 bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support"
2420 depends on CHELSIO_T1
2422 Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you
2423 are using only 10G cards say 'N' here.
2425 config CHELSIO_T1_NAPI
2426 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
2427 depends on CHELSIO_T1
2430 NAPI is a driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2431 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card.
2434 tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support"
2435 depends on PCI && INET
2439 This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet
2442 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2443 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2445 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2446 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2448 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2450 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2451 will be called cxgb3.
2454 tristate "eHEA Ethernet support"
2455 depends on IBMEBUS && INET && SPARSEMEM
2458 This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter.
2460 To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2461 will be called ehea.
2464 tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support"
2467 This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of
2468 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2469 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2471 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2473 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2476 <http://support.intel.com>
2478 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2479 will be called ixgbe.
2482 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support"
2485 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for
2486 PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver
2487 instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2488 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2490 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2492 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2495 <http://support.intel.com>
2497 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2498 <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>.
2500 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2501 will be called ixgb.
2504 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2505 depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL
2507 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2508 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2509 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2511 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2512 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2518 tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC"
2521 This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO.
2522 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2523 <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>.
2526 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2527 depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL
2529 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2530 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2531 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2533 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2534 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2540 tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support"
2541 depends on PCI && INET
2546 This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in
2547 Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough,
2548 you will need a newer firmware image.
2549 You may get this image or more information, at:
2551 <http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE.html>
2553 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2554 will be called myri10ge.
2557 tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC"
2560 This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card.
2563 tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support"
2566 This enables support for cards based upon Sun's
2570 tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC"
2571 depends on PPC_PASEMI && PCI
2575 This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on
2576 PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips.
2584 bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED)
2585 depends on MLX4_CORE
2588 This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the
2589 mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the
2590 debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after
2591 the driver is loaded through sysfs).
2594 tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet"
2597 Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC
2600 tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII 10Gb support"
2605 This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII 10 gigabit Ethernet cards.
2606 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2607 will be called bnx2x. This is recommended.
2609 source "drivers/net/sfc/Kconfig"
2611 endif # NETDEV_10000
2613 source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
2615 source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
2617 source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
2619 source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2621 source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
2623 source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
2625 source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
2627 config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
2628 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
2632 The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to
2633 access network devices exported exported by a virtual
2634 machine containing a physical network device driver. The
2635 frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains;
2636 if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost
2637 certainly want to enable this.
2640 tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support"
2641 depends on PPC_ISERIES
2644 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
2647 config RIONET_TX_SIZE
2648 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
2652 config RIONET_RX_SIZE
2653 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
2658 bool "FDDI driver support"
2659 depends on (PCI || EISA || TC)
2661 Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network
2662 design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can
2663 run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and
2664 want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and
2665 then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people
2669 tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support"
2670 depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC)
2672 This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA),
2673 EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you
2674 to a local FDDI network.
2676 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2677 will be called defxx. If unsure, say N.
2681 prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA
2683 default n if PCI || EISA
2686 This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O
2687 (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO).
2688 Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts
2689 of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA)
2690 adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports,
2691 so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters.
2696 tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support"
2697 depends on FDDI && PCI
2700 Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter.
2701 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
2702 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
2703 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
2704 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
2705 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
2706 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
2707 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
2708 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
2709 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
2710 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
2711 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
2712 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
2713 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
2714 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
2715 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
2716 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
2718 Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about
2721 Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to:
2722 <linux@syskonnect.de>
2724 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2725 will be called skfp. This is recommended.
2728 bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2729 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI
2731 HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and
2732 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI
2733 can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on
2734 single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to
2735 connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network
2736 and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use
2737 under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver
2738 for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here.
2741 tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2742 depends on HIPPI && PCI
2744 Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card.
2746 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2747 will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N.
2749 config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS
2750 bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2751 depends on ROADRUNNER
2753 If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB
2754 of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for
2755 transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other
2756 kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have
2760 tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support"
2763 PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a
2764 reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more)
2765 local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to
2766 install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a
2767 CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies
2768 first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option
2769 enabled for this to work.
2771 The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel
2772 ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected
2773 with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4
2774 bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on
2775 bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a
2776 time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in
2777 <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to
2778 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows
2779 and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet
2780 driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>)
2781 and winsock or NCSA's telnet.
2783 If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well
2784 as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from
2785 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP
2786 protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together
2787 with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges
2788 your kernel by about 8 KB.
2790 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2791 will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy
2795 tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support"
2798 PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves
2799 the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other
2800 serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because
2801 otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these
2802 days support PPP rather than SLIP.
2804 To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described
2805 in the PPP-HOWTO, available at
2806 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have
2807 the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
2808 The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB.
2810 There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for
2811 asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and
2812 synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for
2813 example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other
2814 asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to
2815 the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over
2816 synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support
2817 synchronous PPP", below.
2819 If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then
2820 you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only
2821 compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M
2822 here. The module will be called ppp_generic.
2824 config PPP_MULTILINK
2825 bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2826 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2828 PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you
2829 to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP
2830 connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth.
2832 This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a
2833 version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol.
2838 bool "PPP filtering"
2841 Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over
2842 PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as
2843 activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up
2844 a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely.
2845 You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and
2846 active-filter options to pppd.
2851 tristate "PPP support for async serial ports"
2855 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard
2856 asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use
2857 a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you
2860 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2865 tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports"
2868 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous
2869 (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices
2870 are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1.
2872 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2875 tristate "PPP Deflate compression"
2880 Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the
2881 Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress
2882 each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the
2883 other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the
2884 Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if
2885 they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here.
2887 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2890 tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression"
2893 Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses
2894 the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is
2895 sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link
2896 (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression
2897 method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it,
2898 it is safe to say Y here.
2900 The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression",
2901 above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better
2904 Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a
2905 module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory
2906 modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N.
2909 tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2910 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2916 Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the
2917 Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
2919 See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on
2920 configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method.
2923 tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2924 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP
2926 Support for PPP over Ethernet.
2928 This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS
2929 repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the
2930 RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>)
2931 which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under
2932 the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE").
2935 tristate "PPP over ATM"
2936 depends on ATM && PPP
2938 Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames.
2939 This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364,
2940 which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and
2941 changes its encapsulation unilaterally.
2944 tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2945 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET
2947 Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
2948 used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
2949 tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses.
2951 This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a
2952 userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel
2953 and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP
2954 (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/).
2957 tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
2959 Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
2960 connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
2961 other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
2962 Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
2963 Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
2964 serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
2965 nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
2968 Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
2969 to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
2970 around (available from
2971 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
2972 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
2973 you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
2974 NET-3-HOWTO, available from
2975 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
2976 configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
2977 want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
2978 Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
2979 some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
2980 <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
2981 support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
2983 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2984 will be called slip.
2986 config SLIP_COMPRESSED
2987 bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
2991 This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
2992 TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
2993 on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
2994 answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
2995 you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
2996 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
2997 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
2998 definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
2999 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
3000 CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
3005 This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
3009 bool "Keepalive and linefill"
3012 Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
3013 RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
3016 config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
3017 bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
3020 Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
3021 networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
3022 bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
3023 "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
3024 the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
3025 end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
3026 over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
3029 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
3030 depends on SCSI && PCI
3032 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
3033 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
3034 intended to replace SCSI.
3036 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
3037 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
3038 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
3039 "SCSI generic support".
3042 tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3043 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
3045 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
3046 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3048 config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
3049 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3050 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
3053 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
3054 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
3055 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
3056 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3062 bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
3066 config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
3070 tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3071 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
3073 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
3074 lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.