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.
30 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
31 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
33 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
35 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
36 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
37 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
38 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
40 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
43 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
45 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
46 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
47 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
48 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
49 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
50 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
51 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
52 Administrator's Guide, available from
53 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
55 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
56 will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy
57 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
58 Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0',
62 tristate "Bonding driver support"
64 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
66 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
67 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
68 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
70 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
71 performance and high availability operation.
73 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
76 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
77 will be called bonding.
80 tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
81 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
83 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
84 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
86 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
87 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
89 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
91 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
92 will be called macvlan.
95 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
97 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
98 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
99 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
100 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
101 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
102 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
103 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
105 Say Y if you want this and read
106 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
107 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
108 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
110 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
111 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
114 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
117 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
118 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
119 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
120 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
121 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
123 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
124 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
125 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
126 all routes corresponding to it.
128 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
131 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
134 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
137 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
139 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
140 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
144 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
147 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
148 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
149 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
150 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
151 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
152 provided by your regular phone modem.
154 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
155 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
156 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
157 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
158 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
161 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
162 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
163 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
165 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
167 source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
169 source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
175 menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
176 bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
179 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
180 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
182 Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over
183 coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted
184 pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central
185 hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs),
186 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs),
187 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair
188 cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links)
189 [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit
190 Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links).
192 If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have
193 an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer,
194 say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
195 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have
196 to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC.
198 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
199 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
200 the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N.
205 tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
207 Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
208 or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
209 ethernet card lack MII.
212 tristate "Atmel MACB support"
213 depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91SAM9G20 || ARCH_AT91CAP9
216 The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91
217 parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip.
219 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
222 source "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig"
225 tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support"
226 depends on ARM || MIPS || SUPERH
230 AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide
231 chip detection and resources
234 bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support"
238 Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom.
241 tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support"
242 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
245 Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the
246 motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for
247 Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip.
249 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
252 config MACE_AAUI_PORT
253 bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default"
256 Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the
257 MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector),
258 instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say
259 Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N.
260 The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as
261 a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver.
264 tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support"
265 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
268 Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3
271 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
275 tristate "Ariadne support"
278 If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y.
281 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
282 will be called ariadne.
285 tristate "A2065 support"
289 If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
292 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
293 will be called a2065.
296 tristate "Hydra support"
300 If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
302 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
303 will be called hydra.
306 tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support"
310 This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible
311 chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual
312 Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y.
315 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
316 will be called zorro8390.
319 tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support"
320 depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA
323 If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
326 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
330 bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards"
334 If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS
335 Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y
336 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
337 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
340 tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards"
343 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
344 Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and
345 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
346 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
348 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will
352 tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)"
355 Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes
356 the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS,
357 a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have
358 one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
359 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
361 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will
365 bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet"
369 Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in
370 the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes
371 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
372 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
375 tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support"
379 Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147
380 single-board computer. Say Y here to include the
381 driver for this chip in your kernel.
382 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
385 tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support"
388 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola
389 MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the
390 driver for this chip in your kernel.
391 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
394 tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support"
397 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and
398 BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip
400 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
403 tristate "Atari Lance support"
406 Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based
407 on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or
408 PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses).
411 tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support"
412 depends on SUN3 || SUN3X
414 Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80)
415 featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y
416 here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet.
417 General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now
419 <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>.
421 If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N.
424 bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support"
427 This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based
428 Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note
429 that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional
433 bool "HP on-board LANCE support"
437 If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an
438 HP300 machine, say Y here.
441 tristate "Lasi ethernet"
444 Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller
445 found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet.
448 tristate "SNI RM ethernet"
449 depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM
451 Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller
452 built into SNI RM machines.
455 tristate "Korina (IDT RC32434) Ethernet support"
456 depends on NET_ETHERNET && MIKROTIK_RB532
458 If you have a Mikrotik RouterBoard 500 or IDT RC32434
459 based system say Y. Otherwise say N.
461 config MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC
462 tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support"
465 This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000,
466 Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems.
468 config XTENSA_XT2000_SONIC
469 tristate "Xtensa XT2000 onboard SONIC Ethernet support"
470 depends on XTENSA_PLATFORM_XT2000
472 This is the driver for the onboard card of the Xtensa XT2000 board.
474 config MIPS_AU1X00_ENET
475 bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support"
476 depends on SOC_AU1X00
480 If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system
481 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
484 bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet"
485 depends on PCI && SGI_IP27
489 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
490 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
491 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
494 tristate "MIPS simulator Network device"
497 The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is
498 emulated by the MIPS Simulator.
499 If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N.
501 config SGI_O2MACE_ETH
502 tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support"
503 depends on SGI_IP32=y
506 tristate "National DP83902AV support"
510 Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV
511 ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This
512 is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at
513 <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>.
518 tristate "Renesas SuperH Ethernet support"
519 depends on SUPERH && \
520 (CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7710 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7712 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7763 || \
527 Renesas SuperH Ethernet device driver.
528 This driver support SH7710, SH7712, SH7763 and SH7619.
531 tristate "Sun LANCE support"
535 This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc
536 systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These
537 cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known
538 via the NE2100 cards.
540 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
541 will be called sunlance.
544 tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support"
545 depends on SBUS || PCI
548 This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra
549 systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports
550 both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad
551 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations.
553 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
554 will be called sunhme.
557 tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
558 depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL
561 This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option.
562 This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device.
564 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
565 will be called sunbmac.
568 tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support"
572 This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as
573 an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet
574 "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead.
576 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
577 will be called sunqe.
580 tristate "Sun GEM support"
584 Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also
585 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>.
588 tristate "Sun Cassini support"
592 Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also
593 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf>
596 tristate "Sun Virtual Network support"
599 Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains.
601 config NET_VENDOR_3COM
603 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI
605 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
606 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
607 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
609 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
610 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
611 the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
612 your specific card in the following questions.
615 tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support"
616 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
618 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
619 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
620 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a
621 new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will
622 have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby
623 machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card.
625 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
626 will be called 3c501.
629 tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support"
630 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
633 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
634 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
635 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
637 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
638 will be called 3c503.
641 tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support"
642 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
644 Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in
645 <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of
646 this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
647 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
649 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
650 will be called 3c505.
653 tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
654 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
656 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
657 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
658 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
660 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
661 will be called 3c507.
664 tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support"
665 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA)
667 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com
668 EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available
669 from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
671 If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS
672 setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default
675 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
676 will be called 3c509.
679 tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\""
680 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API
682 If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet
683 network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
684 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
686 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
687 will be called 3c515.
690 tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support"
691 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY
693 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
694 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
695 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
697 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
698 will be called 3c523.
701 tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
702 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY
704 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
705 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
706 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
708 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
709 will be called 3c527.
712 tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support"
713 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA)
716 This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and
717 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards:
719 "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI
720 "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI
721 "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus
722 "Tornado" (3c905) PCI
723 "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI
725 If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
726 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More
727 specific information is in
728 <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at
729 the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>.
731 To compile this support as a module, choose M here.
734 tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support"
735 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI
738 This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards:
740 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97,
741 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server,
742 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR
744 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
745 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
746 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
748 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
749 will be called typhoon.
752 tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support"
753 depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
755 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
756 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
757 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are
760 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
761 will be called lance. This is recommended.
763 config NET_VENDOR_SMC
764 bool "Western Digital/SMC cards"
765 depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC
767 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
768 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
769 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
771 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
772 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
773 the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be
774 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
777 tristate "WD80*3 support"
778 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
781 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
782 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
783 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
785 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
789 tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support"
790 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA
793 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running
794 an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
795 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
797 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
798 will be called smc-mca.
801 tristate "SMC Ultra support"
802 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
805 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
806 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
807 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
809 Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards
810 mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible,
811 such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many
812 operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for
813 this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have
816 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
817 will be called smc-ultra.
820 tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support"
821 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA
824 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
825 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
826 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
828 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
829 will be called smc-ultra32.
832 tristate "Blackfin on-chip MAC support"
833 depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF516 || BF518 || BF526 || BF527 || BF536 || BF537)
837 select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE
839 This is the driver for Blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it
840 compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module
841 ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
842 whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac.
844 config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
845 bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets"
846 depends on BFIN_MAC && (BF527 || BF537)
849 To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
850 Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses.
852 config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM
853 int "Number of transmit buffer packets"
855 range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
859 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
861 config BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM
862 int "Number of receive buffer packets"
864 range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
868 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
871 bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)"
872 depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL
873 default y if BFIN527_EZKIT
874 default n if BFIN537_STAMP
876 Use Reduced PHY MII Interface
879 tristate "SMC 9194 support"
880 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN)
883 This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this
884 option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or
885 another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled
886 into the kernel, and read the file
887 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
888 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
890 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
891 will be called smc9194.
894 tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support"
897 depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || \
898 MIPS || BLACKFIN || MN10300
900 This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets,
901 including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it
902 compiled into the kernel, and read the file
903 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
904 available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
906 This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
907 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
908 The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a
909 module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
912 tristate "NetX Ethernet support"
916 This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports
918 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
919 will be called netx-eth.
922 tristate "DM9000 support"
923 depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS
927 Support for DM9000 chipset.
929 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
930 will be called dm9000.
932 config DM9000_DEBUGLEVEL
933 int "DM9000 maximum debug level"
937 The maximum level of debugging code compiled into the DM9000
940 config DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL
941 bool "Force simple NSR based PHY polling"
944 This configuration forces the DM9000 to use the NSR's LinkStatus
945 bit to determine if the link is up or down instead of the more
946 costly MII PHY reads. Note, this will not work if the chip is
947 operating with an external PHY.
950 tristate "ENC28J60 support"
951 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET
954 Support for the Microchip EN28J60 ethernet chip.
956 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
959 config ENC28J60_WRITEVERIFY
960 bool "Enable write verify"
963 Enable the verify after the buffer write useful for debugging purpose.
967 tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support"
970 depends on ARM || 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>
983 tristate "SMSC LAN911x/LAN921x families embedded ethernet support"
984 depends on ARM || SUPERH
989 Say Y here if you want support for SMSC LAN911x and LAN921x families
990 of ethernet controllers.
992 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
993 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
994 will be called smsc911x.
996 config NET_VENDOR_RACAL
997 bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards"
1000 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such
1001 as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1002 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1004 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1005 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1006 the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
1007 your specific card in the following questions.
1010 tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1011 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP
1013 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1014 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1015 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still
1018 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1019 will be called ni5010.
1022 tristate "NI5210 support"
1023 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA
1025 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1026 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1027 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1029 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1030 will be called ni52.
1033 tristate "NI6510 support"
1034 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
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 ni65.
1043 source "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig"
1046 tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1047 depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL
1050 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1051 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1052 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1054 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1055 will be called at1700.
1058 tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support"
1059 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA
1062 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1063 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1064 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1065 <file:drivers/net/depca.c>.
1067 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1068 will be called depca.
1071 tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support"
1072 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1074 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1075 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1076 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1078 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1079 will be called hp100.
1082 bool "Other ISA cards"
1085 If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its
1086 bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components
1087 of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y.
1088 Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1089 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1093 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1094 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1095 the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be
1096 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
1099 tristate "Cabletron E21xx support"
1103 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1104 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 e2100.
1111 tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support"
1115 This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet)
1116 cards. If this is for you, say Y and read
1117 <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as
1118 well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1119 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1121 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1122 will be called ewrk3.
1125 tristate "EtherExpress 16 support"
1128 If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and
1129 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1130 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel
1131 EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice
1132 because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver
1133 that should do better.
1135 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1136 will be called eexpress.
1139 tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support"
1142 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This
1143 driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however
1144 that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate
1145 driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1146 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1148 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1149 will be called eepro.
1152 tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support"
1156 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1157 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1158 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1160 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1161 will be called hp-plus.
1164 tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support"
1168 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1169 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1170 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1172 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1176 tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet"
1179 Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller
1180 for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the
1181 Intel Professional Workstation.
1184 tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support"
1187 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1188 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1189 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1191 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1192 will be called eth16i.
1195 tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support"
1196 depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || MACH_TX49XX
1199 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1200 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1201 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards
1202 without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
1204 If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
1205 NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
1206 controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
1207 an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
1208 laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
1211 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1215 tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1216 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API
1218 The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network
1219 (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the
1220 IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported
1221 by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1222 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1225 tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1226 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1228 This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this
1229 is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1230 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1232 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1233 will be called seeq8005.
1236 tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support"
1237 depends on MCA_LEGACY
1240 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1241 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1242 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1244 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1248 tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support"
1251 This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set
1252 CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel
1253 driver and as a module.
1255 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The only
1256 currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It
1257 will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window
1258 gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple
1259 boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested
1260 up to now due to lack of hardware.
1263 tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support"
1264 depends on PPC_PSERIES
1266 This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries
1267 and pSeries systems.
1269 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will
1272 source "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig"
1275 bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers"
1276 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1278 This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the
1279 bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1280 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1282 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1283 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1284 the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you
1285 will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If
1286 you are unsure, say Y.
1289 tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support"
1290 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1294 If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card,
1295 answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1296 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1298 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1299 will be called pcnet32.
1302 tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support"
1303 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1307 If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card,
1308 answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1309 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1311 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1312 will be called amd8111e.
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.
1329 tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1330 depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL
1333 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1334 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1335 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1337 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1338 will be called ac3200.
1341 tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet"
1342 depends on NET_PCI && ISA
1344 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1345 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1346 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1348 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1349 will be called apricot.
1352 tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support"
1353 depends on SSB_POSSIBLE && HAS_DMA
1357 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y
1358 or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1359 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1361 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1364 # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible
1365 config B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT
1367 depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE
1371 # Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible
1372 config B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1374 depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE
1375 select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE
1380 depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1384 tristate "nForce Ethernet support"
1385 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1387 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1388 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1389 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1391 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1392 will be called forcedeth.
1394 config FORCEDETH_NAPI
1395 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1396 depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL
1398 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1399 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1400 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1402 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1403 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1409 tristate "CS89x0 support"
1410 depends on NET_ETHERNET && (ISA || EISA || MACH_IXDP2351 \
1411 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X || MACH_MX31ADS)
1413 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
1414 network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the
1415 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1416 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1417 <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>.
1419 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1420 will be called cs89x0.
1422 config CS89x0_NONISA_IRQ
1424 depends on CS89x0 != n
1425 depends on MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X || MACH_MX31ADS
1428 tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support"
1429 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS
1433 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support"
1434 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1437 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters.
1438 To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number
1439 on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number
1440 in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits).
1442 Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1444 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1446 to identify the adapter.
1448 For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see:
1450 <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp>
1452 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1453 <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>.
1455 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1456 will be called e100.
1459 tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1460 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1463 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1464 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1465 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1467 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1468 will be called lne390.
1471 tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support"
1472 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1476 Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet
1477 cards. Specifications and data at
1478 <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>.
1481 tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support"
1482 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1485 This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series,
1486 which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys
1487 and others, including the 83815 chip.
1488 More specific information and updates are available from
1489 <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>.
1492 tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)"
1493 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1496 This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work
1497 with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000
1498 support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card,
1499 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1500 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1502 This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards:
1503 RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2
1504 NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond
1505 Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229
1507 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1508 will be called ne2k-pci.
1511 tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1512 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1515 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1516 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1517 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver
1518 will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different.
1520 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1521 will be called ne3210.
1524 tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1525 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1528 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1529 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1530 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1532 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1533 will be called es3210.
1536 tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1537 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1541 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1542 the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read
1543 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1544 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1546 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1547 will be called 8139cp. This is recommended.
1550 tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1551 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1555 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1556 the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and
1557 read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1559 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1560 will be called 8139too. This is recommended.
1563 bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO"
1567 This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead
1568 of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems
1569 in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure,
1572 config 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER
1573 bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)"
1576 This implements a function which might come in handy in case you
1577 are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek
1578 RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries
1579 to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is
1580 experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer.
1584 bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards"
1587 This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and
1588 RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver,
1589 instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some
1590 memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y.
1592 config 8139_OLD_RX_RESET
1593 bool "Use older RX-reset method"
1596 The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid
1597 reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new"
1598 RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you
1599 experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the
1600 old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N.
1603 tristate "RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1604 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1608 This is a driver for the R6040 Fast Ethernet MACs found in the
1609 the RDC R-321x System-on-chips.
1611 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1612 will be called r6040. This is recommended.
1615 tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1616 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1620 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1621 the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in
1622 SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets.
1624 This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use
1625 your phone line as a network cable.
1627 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1628 will be called sis900. This is recommended.
1631 tristate "SMC EtherPower II"
1632 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1636 This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC,
1637 which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100).
1638 More specific information and updates are available from
1639 <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>.
1642 tristate "SMSC LAN9420 PCI ethernet adapter support"
1643 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1648 This is a driver for SMSC's LAN9420 PCI ethernet adapter.
1649 Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel,
1650 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1651 <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
1653 This driver is also available as a module. The module will be
1654 called smsc9420. If you want to compile it as a module, say M
1655 here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>
1658 tristate "Sundance Alta support"
1659 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1663 This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip.
1664 More specific information and updates are available from
1665 <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>.
1667 config SUNDANCE_MMIO
1668 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1671 Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers.
1672 Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled)
1673 is known to solve bugs on certain chips.
1678 tristate "TI ThunderLAN support"
1679 depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA)
1681 If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip
1682 which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the
1683 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1684 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1686 Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent,
1687 Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file
1688 <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details.
1690 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1691 will be called tlan.
1693 Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>.
1696 tristate "VIA Rhine support"
1697 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1701 If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A),
1702 Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type
1703 Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges
1706 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1707 will be called via-rhine.
1709 config VIA_RHINE_MMIO
1710 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1711 depends on VIA_RHINE
1713 This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of
1714 programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in
1715 processing time in parts of the driver.
1720 tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1721 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1724 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1725 the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you
1726 have one of these, say Y here.
1728 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1729 will be called sc92031. This is recommended.
1732 tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1733 depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7 && BROKEN
1736 TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support
1739 bool "Pocket and portable adapters"
1742 Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel
1743 port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have
1744 one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1745 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1747 If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA
1748 (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for
1749 credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you
1750 need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file
1751 <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here.
1753 Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at
1754 <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or
1755 Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>.
1757 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1758 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1759 the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you
1760 will be asked for your specific device in the following questions.
1763 tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support"
1764 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86
1767 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1768 port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1769 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you
1770 want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have
1771 said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers
1772 don't like each other.
1774 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1778 tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support"
1779 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1781 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1782 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1783 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1784 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1785 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1786 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1789 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1790 will be called de600.
1793 tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support"
1794 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1796 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1797 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1798 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1799 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1800 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1801 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1804 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1805 will be called de620.
1808 tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support"
1809 depends on SGI_HAS_SEEQ
1811 Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is
1812 used in many Silicon Graphics machines.
1815 tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support"
1816 depends on MACH_DECSTATION
1819 This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by
1820 DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the
1821 DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.)
1824 bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller"
1827 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of
1828 the Motorola 68360 processor.
1831 bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)"
1832 depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x || M532x || MACH_MX27
1834 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet
1835 controller on some Motorola ColdFire and Freescale i.MX processors.
1838 bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)"
1841 Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast
1842 ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
1845 tristate "MPC52xx FEC driver"
1846 depends on PPC_MPC52xx && PPC_BESTCOMM
1849 select PPC_BESTCOMM_FEC
1851 This option enables support for the MPC5200's on-chip
1852 Fast Ethernet Controller
1853 If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx.ko'.
1855 config FEC_MPC52xx_MDIO
1856 bool "MPC52xx FEC MDIO bus driver"
1857 depends on FEC_MPC52xx
1860 The MPC5200's FEC can connect to the Ethernet either with
1861 an external MII PHY chip or 10 Mbps 7-wire interface
1862 (Motorola? industry standard).
1863 If your board uses an external PHY connected to FEC, enable this.
1864 If not sure, enable.
1865 If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx_phy.ko'.
1868 tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300"
1871 Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible
1872 controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor.
1875 tristate "Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet support"
1880 This driver supports the Atheros L2 fast ethernet adapter.
1882 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1883 will be called atl2.
1885 source "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig"
1887 endif # NET_ETHERNET
1893 menuconfig NETDEV_1000
1894 bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
1898 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
1899 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
1901 Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
1902 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1903 Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
1904 under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
1906 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
1911 tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support"
1914 Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear
1915 GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet
1916 adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000
1917 bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this
1918 as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig
1921 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1922 module will be called acenic.
1924 config ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I
1925 bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs"
1928 Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave
1929 out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer
1930 being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B
1931 version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by
1932 app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a
1933 Tigon II, say N here.
1935 The safe and default value for this is N.
1938 tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support"
1942 This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards,
1944 D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1945 D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1946 Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1948 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1949 module will be called dl2k.
1952 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
1955 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of
1956 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
1957 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1959 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1961 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
1964 <http://support.intel.com>
1966 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1967 <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
1969 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1970 will be called e1000.
1973 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
1974 depends on PCI && (!SPARC32 || BROKEN)
1976 This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit
1977 ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters,
1978 use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to
1979 identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1981 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1983 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
1986 <http://support.intel.com>
1988 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1989 will be called e1000e.
1992 tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
1993 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1996 This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards.
1998 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1999 will be called ipg. This is recommended.
2002 tristate "Intel(R) 82575/82576 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
2005 This driver supports Intel(R) 82575/82576 gigabit ethernet family of
2006 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2007 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2009 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2011 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2014 <http://support.intel.com>
2016 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2017 <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
2019 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2023 bool "Direct Cache Access (DCA) Support"
2025 depends on IGB && DCA && !(IGB=y && DCA=m)
2027 Say Y here if you want to use Direct Cache Access (DCA) in the
2028 driver. DCA is a method for warming the CPU cache before data
2029 is used, with the intent of lessening the impact of cache misses.
2031 source "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig"
2034 tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support"
2037 This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards.
2039 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2040 will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended.
2043 tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support"
2046 This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series
2047 of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include
2048 the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX,
2049 SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of
2053 tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support"
2057 If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read
2058 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
2059 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2061 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
2065 tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2066 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2069 Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet
2070 adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is
2071 used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See
2072 <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more
2073 information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general.
2075 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2076 will be called yellowfin. This is recommended.
2079 tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support"
2084 Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
2086 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2087 will be called r8169. This is recommended.
2091 depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q
2093 Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required
2094 by the kernel 802.1Q code.
2099 tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support"
2100 depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC
2103 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the
2104 Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include
2105 the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455
2108 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2109 will be called sb1250-mac.
2112 tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support"
2117 Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or
2118 a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to
2119 appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965
2120 and SiS 966 south bridge.
2122 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2123 will be called sis190. This is recommended.
2126 tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support"
2130 This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
2131 and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver
2132 with better performance and more complete ethtool support.
2134 It does not support the link failover and network management
2135 features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
2137 This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset:
2138 Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T,
2139 Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872.
2141 It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver,
2142 sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters.
2144 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2145 will be called skge. This is recommended.
2148 bool "Debugging interface"
2149 depends on SKGE && DEBUG_FS
2151 This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging.
2152 The file debugfs/skge/ethX displays the state of the internal
2153 transmit and receive rings.
2158 tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support"
2162 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the
2163 Marvell Yukon 2 chipset:
2164 Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/
2165 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21
2167 There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and
2168 Genesis based adapters: skge.
2170 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2171 will be called sky2. This is recommended.
2174 bool "Debugging interface"
2175 depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS
2177 This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging.
2178 The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal
2179 transmit and receive rings.
2184 tristate "VIA Velocity support"
2190 If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here.
2192 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2193 will be called via-velocity.
2196 tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support"
2200 This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards.
2202 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2203 will be called tg3. This is recommended.
2206 tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support"
2211 This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards.
2213 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2214 will be called bnx2. This is recommended.
2217 tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2218 depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB)
2221 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the
2222 Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM.
2225 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support"
2226 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE
2228 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports.
2229 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2230 will be called tsi108_eth.
2233 tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2235 select PS3_SYS_MANAGER
2237 This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game
2238 console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet.
2240 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
2241 module will be called ps3_gelic.
2243 config GELIC_WIRELESS
2244 bool "PS3 Wireless support"
2245 depends on GELIC_NET
2248 This option adds the support for the wireless feature of PS3.
2249 If you have the wireless-less model of PS3 or have no plan to
2250 use wireless feature, disabling this option saves memory. As
2251 the driver automatically distinguishes the models, you can
2252 safely enable this option even if you have a wireless-less model.
2254 config GELIC_WIRELESS_OLD_PSK_INTERFACE
2255 bool "PS3 Wireless private PSK interface (OBSOLETE)"
2256 depends on GELIC_WIRELESS
2258 This option retains the obsolete private interface to pass
2259 the PSK from user space programs to the driver. The PSK
2260 stands for 'Pre Shared Key' and is used for WPA[2]-PSK
2261 (WPA-Personal) environment.
2262 If WPA[2]-PSK is used and you need to use old programs that
2263 support only this old interface, say Y. Otherwise N.
2268 tristate "Freescale PQ MDIO"
2272 This driver supports the MDIO bus used by the gianfar and UCC drivers.
2275 tristate "Gianfar Ethernet"
2281 This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx,
2282 and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540.
2285 tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet"
2286 depends on QUICC_ENGINE
2290 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine,
2291 which is available on some Freescale SOCs.
2293 config UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET
2294 bool "Magic Packet detection support"
2297 config UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND
2298 bool "Transmit on Demand support"
2302 tristate "Marvell Discovery (643XX) and Orion ethernet support"
2303 depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32) || PLAT_ORION
2307 This driver supports the gigabit ethernet MACs in the
2308 Marvell Discovery PPC/MIPS chipset family (MV643XX) and
2309 in the Marvell Orion ARM SoC family.
2311 Some boards that use the Discovery chipset are the Momenco
2312 Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and Pegasos II.
2315 tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support"
2318 This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards.
2320 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2321 will be called qla3xxx.
2324 tristate "Atheros/Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support"
2329 This driver supports the Atheros/Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet
2332 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2333 will be called atl1.
2336 tristate "Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2337 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2341 This driver supports the Atheros L1E gigabit ethernet adapter.
2343 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2344 will be called atl1e.
2347 tristate "Atheros L1C Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2348 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2352 This driver supports the Atheros L1C gigabit ethernet adapter.
2354 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2355 will be called atl1c.
2358 tristate "JMicron(R) PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
2363 This driver supports the PCI-Express gigabit ethernet adapters
2364 based on JMicron JMC250 chipset.
2366 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2372 # 10 Gigabit Ethernet
2375 menuconfig NETDEV_10000
2376 bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
2380 Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
2381 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
2383 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
2388 tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support"
2392 This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit
2393 Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and
2394 performance tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>.
2396 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2397 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2399 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2400 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2402 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2404 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2405 will be called cxgb.
2407 config CHELSIO_T1_1G
2408 bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support"
2409 depends on CHELSIO_T1
2411 Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you
2412 are using only 10G cards say 'N' here.
2414 config CHELSIO_T3_DEPENDS
2416 depends on PCI && INET
2420 tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support"
2421 depends on CHELSIO_T3_DEPENDS
2424 This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet
2427 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2428 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2430 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2431 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2433 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2435 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2436 will be called cxgb3.
2439 tristate "eHEA Ethernet support"
2440 depends on IBMEBUS && INET && SPARSEMEM
2443 This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter.
2445 To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2446 will be called ehea.
2449 tristate "Cisco 10G Ethernet NIC support"
2450 depends on PCI && INET
2453 This enables the support for the Cisco 10G Ethernet card.
2456 tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support"
2457 depends on PCI && INET
2459 This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of
2460 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2461 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2463 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2465 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2468 <http://support.intel.com>
2470 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2471 will be called ixgbe.
2474 bool "Direct Cache Access (DCA) Support"
2476 depends on IXGBE && DCA && !(IXGBE=y && DCA=m)
2478 Say Y here if you want to use Direct Cache Access (DCA) in the
2479 driver. DCA is a method for warming the CPU cache before data
2480 is used, with the intent of lessening the impact of cache misses.
2483 bool "Data Center Bridging (DCB) Support"
2485 depends on IXGBE && DCB
2487 Say Y here if you want to use Data Center Bridging (DCB) in the
2493 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support"
2496 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for
2497 PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver
2498 instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2499 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2501 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2503 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2506 <http://support.intel.com>
2508 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2509 <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>.
2511 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2512 will be called ixgb.
2515 tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC"
2518 This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO.
2519 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2520 <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>.
2523 tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support"
2524 depends on PCI && INET
2529 This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in
2530 Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough,
2531 you will need a newer firmware image.
2532 You may get this image or more information, at:
2534 <http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE.html>
2536 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2537 will be called myri10ge.
2540 bool "Direct Cache Access (DCA) Support"
2542 depends on MYRI10GE && DCA && !(MYRI10GE=y && DCA=m)
2544 Say Y here if you want to use Direct Cache Access (DCA) in the
2545 driver. DCA is a method for warming the CPU cache before data
2546 is used, with the intent of lessening the impact of cache misses.
2549 tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC"
2552 This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card.
2555 tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support"
2558 This enables support for cards based upon Sun's
2562 tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC"
2563 depends on PPC_PASEMI && PCI
2567 This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on
2568 PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips.
2571 tristate "Mellanox Technologies 10Gbit Ethernet support"
2572 depends on PCI && INET
2576 This driver supports Mellanox Technologies ConnectX Ethernet
2585 bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED)
2586 depends on MLX4_CORE
2589 This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the
2590 mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the
2591 debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after
2592 the driver is loaded through sysfs).
2595 tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet"
2598 Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC
2601 tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII 10Gb support"
2606 This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII 10 gigabit Ethernet cards.
2607 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2608 will be called bnx2x. This is recommended.
2611 tristate "QLogic QLGE 10Gb Ethernet Driver Support"
2614 This driver supports QLogic ISP8XXX 10Gb Ethernet cards.
2616 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2617 will be called qlge.
2619 source "drivers/net/sfc/Kconfig"
2621 endif # NETDEV_10000
2623 source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
2625 source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
2627 source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
2629 source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
2631 source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2633 source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
2635 source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
2637 source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
2639 config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
2640 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
2644 The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to
2645 access network devices exported exported by a virtual
2646 machine containing a physical network device driver. The
2647 frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains;
2648 if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost
2649 certainly want to enable this.
2652 tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support"
2653 depends on PPC_ISERIES
2656 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
2659 config RIONET_TX_SIZE
2660 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
2664 config RIONET_RX_SIZE
2665 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
2670 tristate "FDDI driver support"
2671 depends on (PCI || EISA || TC)
2673 Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network
2674 design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can
2675 run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and
2676 want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and
2677 then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people
2681 tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support"
2682 depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC)
2684 This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA),
2685 EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you
2686 to a local FDDI network.
2688 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2689 will be called defxx. If unsure, say N.
2693 prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA
2695 default n if PCI || EISA
2698 This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O
2699 (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO).
2700 Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts
2701 of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA)
2702 adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports,
2703 so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters.
2708 tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support"
2709 depends on FDDI && PCI
2712 Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter.
2713 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
2714 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
2715 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
2716 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
2717 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
2718 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
2719 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
2720 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
2721 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
2722 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
2723 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
2724 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
2725 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
2726 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
2727 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
2728 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
2730 Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about
2733 Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to:
2734 <linux@syskonnect.de>
2736 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2737 will be called skfp. This is recommended.
2740 bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2741 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI
2743 HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and
2744 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI
2745 can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on
2746 single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to
2747 connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network
2748 and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use
2749 under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver
2750 for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here.
2753 tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2754 depends on HIPPI && PCI
2756 Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card.
2758 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2759 will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N.
2761 config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS
2762 bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2763 depends on ROADRUNNER
2765 If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB
2766 of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for
2767 transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other
2768 kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have
2772 tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support"
2775 PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a
2776 reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more)
2777 local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to
2778 install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a
2779 CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies
2780 first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option
2781 enabled for this to work.
2783 The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel
2784 ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected
2785 with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4
2786 bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on
2787 bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a
2788 time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in
2789 <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to
2790 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows
2791 and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet
2792 driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>)
2793 and winsock or NCSA's telnet.
2795 If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well
2796 as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from
2797 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP
2798 protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together
2799 with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges
2800 your kernel by about 8 KB.
2802 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2803 will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy
2807 tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support"
2810 PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves
2811 the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other
2812 serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because
2813 otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these
2814 days support PPP rather than SLIP.
2816 To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described
2817 in the PPP-HOWTO, available at
2818 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have
2819 the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
2820 The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB.
2822 There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for
2823 asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and
2824 synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for
2825 example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other
2826 asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to
2827 the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over
2828 synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support
2829 synchronous PPP", below.
2831 If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then
2832 you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only
2833 compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M
2834 here. The module will be called ppp_generic.
2836 config PPP_MULTILINK
2837 bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2838 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2840 PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you
2841 to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP
2842 connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth.
2844 This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a
2845 version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol.
2850 bool "PPP filtering"
2853 Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over
2854 PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as
2855 activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up
2856 a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely.
2857 You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and
2858 active-filter options to pppd.
2863 tristate "PPP support for async serial ports"
2867 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard
2868 asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use
2869 a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you
2872 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2877 tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports"
2880 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous
2881 (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices
2882 are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1.
2884 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2887 tristate "PPP Deflate compression"
2892 Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the
2893 Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress
2894 each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the
2895 other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the
2896 Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if
2897 they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here.
2899 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2902 tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression"
2905 Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses
2906 the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is
2907 sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link
2908 (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression
2909 method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it,
2910 it is safe to say Y here.
2912 The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression",
2913 above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better
2916 Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a
2917 module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory
2918 modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N.
2921 tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2922 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2928 Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the
2929 Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
2931 See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on
2932 configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method.
2935 tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2936 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP
2938 Support for PPP over Ethernet.
2940 This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS
2941 repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the
2942 RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>)
2943 which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under
2944 the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE").
2947 tristate "PPP over ATM"
2948 depends on ATM && PPP
2950 Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames.
2951 This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364,
2952 which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and
2953 changes its encapsulation unilaterally.
2956 tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2957 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET
2959 Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
2960 used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
2961 tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses.
2963 This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a
2964 userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel
2965 and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP
2966 (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/).
2969 tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
2971 Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
2972 connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
2973 other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
2974 Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
2975 Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
2976 serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
2977 nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
2980 Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
2981 to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
2982 around (available from
2983 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
2984 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
2985 you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
2986 NET-3-HOWTO, available from
2987 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
2988 configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
2989 want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
2990 Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
2991 some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
2992 <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
2993 support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
2995 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2996 will be called slip.
2998 config SLIP_COMPRESSED
2999 bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
3003 This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
3004 TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
3005 on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
3006 answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
3007 you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
3008 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
3009 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
3010 definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
3011 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
3012 CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
3017 This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
3021 bool "Keepalive and linefill"
3024 Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
3025 RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
3028 config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
3029 bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
3032 Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
3033 networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
3034 bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
3035 "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
3036 the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
3037 end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
3038 over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
3041 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
3042 depends on SCSI && PCI
3044 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
3045 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
3046 intended to replace SCSI.
3048 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
3049 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
3050 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
3051 "SCSI generic support".
3054 tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3055 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
3057 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
3058 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3060 config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
3061 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3062 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
3065 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
3066 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
3067 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
3068 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3074 bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
3078 config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
3082 tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3083 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
3085 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
3086 lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.