3 # Network device configuration
9 bool "Network device support"
11 You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
12 any other computer at all.
14 You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
15 you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
16 telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
17 two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
18 AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
20 See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
21 Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
25 # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
26 # that for each of the symbols.
29 config NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE
30 bool "Netdevice multiple hardware queue support"
32 Say Y here if you want to allow the network stack to use multiple
33 hardware TX queues on an ethernet device.
35 Most people will say N here.
38 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
39 depends on NET_CLS_ACT
41 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
43 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
44 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
45 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
46 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
48 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
51 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
53 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
54 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
55 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
56 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
57 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
58 thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
59 kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
60 Administrator's Guide, available from
61 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
63 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
64 will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy
65 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
66 Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0',
70 tristate "Bonding driver support"
73 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
74 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
75 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
77 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
78 performance and high availability operation.
80 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
83 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
84 will be called bonding.
87 tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
88 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
90 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
91 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
93 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
94 will be called macvlan.
97 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
99 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
100 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
101 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
102 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
103 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
104 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
105 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
107 Say Y if you want this and read
108 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
109 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
110 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
112 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
113 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
116 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
119 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
120 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
121 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
122 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
123 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
125 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
126 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
127 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
128 all routes corresponding to it.
130 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
133 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
136 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
139 tristate "Virtual ethernet device"
141 The device is an ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. When
142 one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice versa.
145 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
148 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
149 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
150 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
151 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
152 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
153 provided by your regular phone modem.
155 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
156 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
157 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
158 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
159 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
162 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
163 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
164 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
166 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
169 tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
170 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
172 This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards.
174 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
175 will be called ipg. This is recommended.
177 source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
179 source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
185 menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
186 bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
189 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
190 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
192 Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over
193 coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted
194 pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central
195 hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs),
196 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs),
197 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair
198 cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links)
199 [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit
200 Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links).
202 If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have
203 an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer,
204 say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
205 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have
206 to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC.
208 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
209 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
210 the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N.
215 tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
217 Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
218 or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
219 ethernet card lack MII.
222 tristate "Atmel MACB support"
223 depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263
226 The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91
227 parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip.
229 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
232 source "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig"
235 tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support"
236 depends on ARM || MIPS
240 AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide
241 chip detection and resources
244 bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support"
248 Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom.
251 tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support"
252 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
255 Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the
256 motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for
257 Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip.
259 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
262 config MACE_AAUI_PORT
263 bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default"
266 Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the
267 MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector),
268 instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say
269 Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N.
270 The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as
271 a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver.
274 tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support"
275 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
278 Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3
281 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
285 tristate "Ariadne support"
288 If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y.
291 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
292 will be called ariadne.
295 tristate "A2065 support"
299 If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
302 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
303 will be called a2065.
306 tristate "Hydra support"
310 If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
312 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
313 will be called hydra.
316 tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support"
320 This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible
321 chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual
322 Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y.
325 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
326 will be called zorro8390.
329 tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support"
330 depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA
333 If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
336 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
340 tristate "Apollo 3c505 support"
343 Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card.
344 If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC,
345 except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the
346 code in the ROM will be for a PC).
349 bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards"
353 If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS
354 Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y
355 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
356 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
359 tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards"
362 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
363 Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and
364 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
365 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
367 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
368 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. This module will
372 tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)"
375 Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes
376 the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS,
377 a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have
378 one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
379 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
381 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
382 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. This module will
386 bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet"
390 Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in
391 the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes
392 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
393 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
396 tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support"
400 Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147
401 single-board computer. Say Y here to include the
402 driver for this chip in your kernel.
403 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
406 tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support"
409 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola
410 MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the
411 driver for this chip in your kernel.
412 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
415 tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support"
418 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and
419 BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip
421 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
424 tristate "Atari Lance support"
427 Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based
428 on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or
429 PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses).
432 tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support"
433 depends on SUN3 || SUN3X
435 Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80)
436 featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y
437 here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet.
438 General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now
440 <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>.
442 If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N.
445 bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support"
448 This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based
449 Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note
450 that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional
454 bool "HP on-board LANCE support"
458 If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an
459 HP300 machine, say Y here.
462 tristate "Lasi ethernet"
465 Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller
466 found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet.
469 tristate "SNI RM ethernet"
470 depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM
472 Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller
473 built into SNI RM machines.
475 config MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC
476 tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support"
479 This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000,
480 Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems.
482 config MIPS_AU1X00_ENET
483 bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support"
484 depends on SOC_AU1X00
488 If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system
489 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
492 bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet"
493 depends on PCI && SGI_IP27
497 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
498 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
499 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
502 tristate "MIPS simulator Network device"
505 The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is
506 emulated by the MIPS Simulator.
507 If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N.
509 config SGI_O2MACE_ETH
510 tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support"
511 depends on SGI_IP32=y
514 tristate "National DP83902AV support"
518 Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV
519 ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This
520 is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at
521 <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>.
526 tristate "Sun LANCE support"
530 This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc
531 systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These
532 cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known
533 via the NE2100 cards.
535 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
536 will be called sunlance.
539 tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support"
540 depends on SBUS || PCI
543 This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra
544 systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports
545 both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad
546 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations.
548 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
549 will be called sunhme.
552 tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
553 depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL
556 This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option.
557 This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device.
559 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
560 will be called sunbmac.
563 tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support"
567 This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as
568 an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet
569 "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead.
571 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
572 will be called sunqe.
575 tristate "Sun GEM support"
579 Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also
580 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>.
583 tristate "Sun Cassini support"
587 Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also
588 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf>
591 tristate "Sun Virtual Network support"
594 Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains.
596 config NET_VENDOR_3COM
598 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI
600 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
601 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
602 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
604 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
605 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
606 the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
607 your specific card in the following questions.
610 tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support"
611 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
613 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
614 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
615 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a
616 new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will
617 have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby
618 machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card.
620 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
621 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
622 will be called 3c501.
625 tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support"
626 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
629 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
630 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
631 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
633 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
634 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
635 will be called 3c503.
638 tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support"
639 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
641 Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in
642 <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of
643 this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
644 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
646 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
647 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
648 will be called 3c505.
651 tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
652 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
654 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
655 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
656 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
658 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
659 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
660 will be called 3c507.
663 tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support"
664 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA)
666 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com
667 EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available
668 from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
670 If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS
671 setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default
674 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
675 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. 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 and read
687 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
688 will be called 3c515.
691 tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support"
692 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY
694 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
695 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
696 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
698 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
699 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
700 will be called 3c523.
703 tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
704 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY
706 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
707 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
708 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
710 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
711 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
712 will be called 3c527.
715 tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support"
716 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA)
719 This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and
720 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards:
722 "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI
723 "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI
724 "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus
725 "Tornado" (3c905) PCI
726 "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI
728 If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
729 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More
730 specific information is in
731 <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at
732 the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>.
734 To compile this support as a module, choose M here and read
735 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>.
738 tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support"
739 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI
742 This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards:
744 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97,
745 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server,
746 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR
748 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
749 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
750 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
752 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
753 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
754 will be called typhoon.
757 tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support"
758 depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
760 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
761 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
762 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are
765 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
766 will be called lance. This is recommended.
768 config NET_VENDOR_SMC
769 bool "Western Digital/SMC cards"
770 depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC
772 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
773 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
774 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
776 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
777 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
778 the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be
779 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
782 tristate "WD80*3 support"
783 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
786 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
787 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
788 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
790 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
791 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
795 tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support"
796 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA
799 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running
800 an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
801 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
803 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
804 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
805 will be called smc-mca.
808 tristate "SMC Ultra support"
809 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
812 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
813 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
814 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
816 Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards
817 mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible,
818 such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many
819 operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for
820 this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have
823 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
824 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
825 will be called smc-ultra.
828 tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support"
829 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA
832 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
833 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
834 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
836 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
837 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
838 will be called smc-ultra32.
841 tristate "Blackfin 536/537 on-chip mac support"
842 depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF537 || BF536) && (!BF537_PORT_H)
846 select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE
848 This is the driver for blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it
849 compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module
850 ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
851 whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac.
853 config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
854 bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets"
855 depends on BFIN_MAC && BF537
858 To get maximum network performace, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
859 Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses.
861 config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM
862 int "Number of transmit buffer packets"
864 range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
868 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
870 config BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM
871 int "Number of receive buffer packets"
873 range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
877 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
880 bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)"
881 depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL
884 Use Reduced PHY MII Interface
887 tristate "SMC 9194 support"
888 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN)
891 This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this
892 option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or
893 another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled
894 into the kernel, and read the file
895 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
896 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
898 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
899 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
900 will be called smc9194.
903 tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support"
906 depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || SOC_AU1X00 || BFIN
908 This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets,
909 including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it
910 compiled into the kernel, and read the file
911 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
912 available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
914 This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
915 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
916 The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a
917 module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>
918 as well as <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>.
921 tristate "NetX Ethernet support"
925 This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports
927 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
928 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
929 will be called netx-eth.
932 tristate "DM9000 support"
933 depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS
937 Support for DM9000 chipset.
939 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
940 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
944 tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support"
947 depends on ARCH_PXA || SUPERH
949 This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets
950 including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118.
951 Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel,
952 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
953 <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
955 This driver is also available as a module. The module will be
956 called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M
957 here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>
959 config NET_VENDOR_RACAL
960 bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards"
963 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such
964 as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
965 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
967 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
968 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
969 the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
970 your specific card in the following questions.
973 tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
974 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP
976 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
977 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
978 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still
981 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
982 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
983 will be called ni5010.
986 tristate "NI5210 support"
987 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA
989 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
990 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
991 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
993 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
994 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
998 tristate "NI6510 support"
999 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
1001 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1002 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1003 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1005 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1006 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1007 will be called ni65.
1009 source "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig"
1012 tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1013 depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL
1016 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1017 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1018 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1020 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1021 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1022 will be called at1700.
1025 tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support"
1026 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA
1029 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1030 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1031 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1032 <file:drivers/net/depca.c>.
1034 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1035 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1036 will be called depca.
1039 tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support"
1040 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1042 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1043 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1044 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1046 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1047 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1048 will be called hp100.
1051 bool "Other ISA cards"
1054 If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its
1055 bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components
1056 of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y.
1057 Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1058 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1062 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1063 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1064 the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be
1065 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
1068 tristate "Cabletron E21xx support"
1072 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1073 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1074 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1076 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1077 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1078 will be called e2100.
1081 tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support"
1085 This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet)
1086 cards. If this is for you, say Y and read
1087 <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as
1088 well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1089 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1091 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1092 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1093 will be called ewrk3.
1096 tristate "EtherExpress 16 support"
1099 If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and
1100 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1101 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel
1102 EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice
1103 because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver
1104 that should do better.
1106 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1107 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1108 will be called eexpress.
1111 tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support"
1114 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This
1115 driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however
1116 that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate
1117 driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1118 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1120 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1121 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1122 will be called eepro.
1125 tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support"
1129 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1130 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1131 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1133 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1134 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1135 will be called hp-plus.
1138 tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support"
1142 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1143 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1144 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1146 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1147 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1151 tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet"
1154 Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller
1155 for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the
1156 Intel Professional Workstation.
1159 tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support"
1162 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1163 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1164 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1166 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1167 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1168 will be called eth16i.
1171 tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support"
1172 depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938
1175 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1176 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1177 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards
1178 without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
1180 If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
1181 NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
1182 controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
1183 an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
1184 laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
1187 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1188 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1192 tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1193 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API
1195 The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network
1196 (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the
1197 IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported
1198 by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1199 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1202 tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1203 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1205 This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this
1206 is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1207 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1209 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1210 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1211 will be called seeq8005.
1214 tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support"
1215 depends on MCA_LEGACY
1218 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1219 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1220 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1222 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1223 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1227 tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support"
1228 depends on MCA && MCA_LEGACY
1230 This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set
1231 CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel
1232 driver and as a module.
1234 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1235 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The only
1236 currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It
1237 will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window
1238 gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple
1239 boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested
1240 up to now due to lack of hardware.
1243 tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support"
1244 depends on PPC_PSERIES
1246 This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries
1247 and pSeries systems.
1249 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1250 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will
1253 source "drivers/net/ibm_emac/Kconfig"
1254 source "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig"
1257 bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers"
1258 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1260 This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the
1261 bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1262 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1264 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1265 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1266 the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you
1267 will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If
1268 you are unsure, say Y.
1271 tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support"
1272 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1276 If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card,
1277 answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1278 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1280 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1281 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1282 will be called pcnet32.
1285 bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)"
1288 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1289 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1290 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1292 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1293 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1296 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
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 and read
1312 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1313 will be called amd8111e.
1315 config AMD8111E_NAPI
1316 bool "Enable NAPI support"
1317 depends on AMD8111_ETH
1319 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1320 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1321 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1323 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1324 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1327 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
1332 config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE
1333 tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support"
1334 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1338 Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network
1339 adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from
1340 Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip
1343 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1344 will be called starfire. This is recommended.
1346 config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI
1347 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1348 depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL
1350 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1351 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1352 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1354 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1355 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1358 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
1364 tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1365 depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL
1368 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1369 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1370 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1372 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1373 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1374 will be called ac3200.
1377 tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet"
1378 depends on NET_PCI && ISA
1380 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1381 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1382 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1384 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1385 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
1389 tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support"
1390 depends on SSB_POSSIBLE
1394 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y
1395 or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1396 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1398 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1399 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
1402 # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible
1403 config B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT
1405 depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE
1409 # Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible
1410 config B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1412 depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE
1413 select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE
1418 depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1422 tristate "nForce Ethernet support"
1423 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1425 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1426 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1427 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1429 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1430 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
1433 config FORCEDETH_NAPI
1434 bool "Use Rx and Tx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1435 depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL
1437 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1438 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1439 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1441 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1442 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1445 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
1451 tristate "CS89x0 support"
1452 depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X)
1454 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
1455 network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the
1456 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1457 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1458 <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>.
1460 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1461 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
1465 tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support"
1466 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS
1470 tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)"
1471 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1474 If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet)
1475 card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1476 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1478 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1479 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1480 will be called eepro100.
1484 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support"
1485 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1488 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters.
1489 To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number
1490 on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number
1491 in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits).
1493 Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1495 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1497 to identify the adapter.
1499 For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see:
1501 <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp>
1503 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1504 <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>.
1506 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1507 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1508 will be called e100.
1511 tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B 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>.
1519 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1520 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1521 will be called lne390.
1524 tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support"
1525 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1529 Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet
1530 cards. Specifications and data at
1531 <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>.
1534 tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support"
1535 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1538 This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series,
1539 which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys
1540 and others, including the 83815 chip.
1541 More specific information and updates are available from
1542 <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>.
1545 tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)"
1546 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1549 This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work
1550 with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000
1551 support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card,
1552 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1553 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1555 This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards:
1556 RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2
1557 NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond
1558 Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229
1560 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1561 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1562 will be called ne2k-pci.
1565 tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1566 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1569 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1570 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1571 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver
1572 will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different.
1574 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1575 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1576 will be called ne3210.
1579 tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1580 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1583 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1584 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1585 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1587 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1588 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1589 will be called es3210.
1592 tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1593 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1597 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1598 the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read
1599 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1600 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1602 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1603 will be called 8139cp. This is recommended.
1606 tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1607 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1611 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1612 the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and
1613 read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1615 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1616 will be called 8139too. This is recommended.
1619 bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO"
1623 This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead
1624 of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems
1625 in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure,
1628 config 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER
1629 bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)"
1632 This implements a function which might come in handy in case you
1633 are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek
1634 RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries
1635 to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is
1636 experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer.
1640 bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards"
1643 This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and
1644 RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver,
1645 instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some
1646 memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y.
1648 config 8139_OLD_RX_RESET
1649 bool "Use older RX-reset method"
1652 The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid
1653 reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new"
1654 RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you
1655 experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the
1656 old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N.
1659 tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1660 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1664 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1665 the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in
1666 SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets.
1668 This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use
1669 your phone line as a network cable.
1671 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1672 will be called sis900. This is recommended.
1675 tristate "SMC EtherPower II"
1676 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1680 This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC,
1681 which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100).
1682 More specific information and updates are available from
1683 <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>.
1686 tristate "Sundance Alta support"
1687 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1691 This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip.
1692 More specific information and updates are available from
1693 <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>.
1695 config SUNDANCE_MMIO
1696 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1699 Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers.
1700 Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled)
1701 is known to solve bugs on certain chips.
1706 tristate "TI ThunderLAN support"
1707 depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) && !64BIT
1709 If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip
1710 which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the
1711 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1712 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1714 Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent,
1715 Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file
1716 <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details.
1718 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1719 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1720 will be called tlan.
1722 Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>.
1725 tristate "VIA Rhine support"
1726 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1730 If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A),
1731 Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type
1732 Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges
1735 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1736 will be called via-rhine.
1738 config VIA_RHINE_MMIO
1739 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1740 depends on VIA_RHINE
1742 This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of
1743 programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in
1744 processing time in parts of the driver.
1748 config VIA_RHINE_NAPI
1749 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
1750 depends on VIA_RHINE
1752 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1753 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card.
1755 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1756 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1759 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
1763 bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support"
1764 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS_ATLAS
1766 The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used
1767 in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless
1769 See <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA9730_flyer_1>.
1772 tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1773 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1776 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1777 the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you
1778 have one of these, say Y here.
1780 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1781 will be called sc92031. This is recommended.
1784 tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1785 depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7
1788 select FIXED_MII_100_FDX
1790 TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support
1793 bool "Pocket and portable adapters"
1796 Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel
1797 port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have
1798 one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1799 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1801 If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA
1802 (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for
1803 credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you
1804 need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file
1805 <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here.
1807 Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at
1808 <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or
1809 Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>.
1811 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1812 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1813 the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you
1814 will be asked for your specific device in the following questions.
1817 tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support"
1818 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86
1821 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1822 port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1823 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you
1824 want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have
1825 said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers
1826 don't like each other.
1828 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1832 tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support"
1833 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1835 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1836 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1837 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1838 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1839 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1840 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1843 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1844 will be called de600.
1847 tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support"
1848 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1850 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1851 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1852 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1853 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1854 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1855 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1858 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1859 will be called de620.
1862 tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support"
1865 Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is
1866 used in many Silicon Graphics machines.
1869 tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support"
1870 depends on MACH_DECSTATION
1873 This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by
1874 DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the
1875 DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.)
1878 bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller"
1881 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of
1882 the Motorola 68360 processor.
1885 bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)"
1886 depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x
1888 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet
1889 controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
1892 bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)"
1895 Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast
1896 ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
1899 tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300"
1902 Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible
1903 controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor.
1905 source "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig"
1906 source "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig"
1908 endif # NET_ETHERNET
1914 menuconfig NETDEV_1000
1915 bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
1919 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
1920 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
1922 Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
1923 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1924 Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
1925 under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
1927 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
1932 tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support"
1935 Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear
1936 GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet
1937 adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000
1938 bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this
1939 as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig
1942 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1943 module will be called acenic.
1945 config ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I
1946 bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs"
1949 Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave
1950 out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer
1951 being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B
1952 version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by
1953 app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a
1954 Tigon II, say N here.
1956 The safe and default value for this is N.
1959 tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support"
1963 This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards,
1965 D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1966 D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1967 Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1969 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1970 module will be called dl2k.
1973 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
1976 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of
1977 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
1978 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1980 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1982 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
1985 <http://support.intel.com>
1987 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1988 <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
1990 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
1991 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
1992 will be called e1000.
1995 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
1998 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1999 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2000 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2002 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2003 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2006 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
2011 config E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
2012 bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters"
2015 Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express
2021 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
2024 This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit
2025 ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters,
2026 use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to
2027 identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2029 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2031 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2034 <http://support.intel.com>
2036 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2037 <file:Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt>.
2039 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
2040 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
2041 will be called e1000e.
2043 source "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig"
2046 tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support"
2049 This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards.
2051 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2052 will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended.
2055 tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support"
2058 This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series
2059 of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include
2060 the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX,
2061 SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of
2065 tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support"
2069 If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read
2070 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
2071 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2073 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
2074 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
2078 tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2079 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2082 Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet
2083 adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is
2084 used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See
2085 <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more
2086 information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general.
2088 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2089 will be called yellowfin. This is recommended.
2092 tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support"
2096 Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
2098 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2099 will be called r8169. This is recommended.
2102 bool "Use Rx and Tx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2103 depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL
2105 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2106 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2107 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2109 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2110 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2113 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
2120 depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q
2122 Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required
2123 by the kernel 802.1Q code.
2128 tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support"
2129 depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC
2132 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the
2133 Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include
2134 the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455
2137 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2138 will be called sb1250-mac.
2141 tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support"
2146 Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or
2147 a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to
2148 appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965
2149 and SiS 966 south bridge.
2151 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2152 will be called sis190. This is recommended.
2155 tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support"
2159 This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
2160 and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver
2161 with better performance and more complete ethtool support.
2163 It does not support the link failover and network management
2164 features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
2166 This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset:
2167 Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T,
2168 Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872.
2170 It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver,
2171 sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters.
2173 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2174 will be called skge. This is recommended.
2177 tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support"
2181 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the
2182 Marvell Yukon 2 chipset:
2183 Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/
2184 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21
2186 There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and
2187 Genesis based adapters: skge.
2189 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2190 will be called sky2. This is recommended.
2193 bool "Debugging interface"
2194 depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS
2196 This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging.
2197 The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal
2198 transmit and receive rings.
2203 tristate "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support (DEPRECATED)"
2206 Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
2207 compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
2209 This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. This driver is
2210 deprecated and will be removed from the kernel in the near future,
2211 it has been replaced by the skge driver. skge is cleaner and
2212 seems to work better.
2214 This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A separate
2215 driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters.
2217 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
2218 - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
2219 - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
2220 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2221 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2222 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2223 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2224 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2225 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX/2TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2226 - Allied Telesyn AT-2971SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2227 - Allied Telesyn AT-2971T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2228 - Belkin Gigabit Desktop Card 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45
2229 - EG1032 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter
2230 - EG1064 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter
2231 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Abit)
2232 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Albatron)
2233 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Asus)
2234 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (ECS)
2235 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Epox)
2236 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Foxconn)
2237 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Gigabyte)
2238 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Iwill)
2239 - Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Intel)
2240 - Marvell RDK-8001 Adapter
2241 - Marvell RDK-8002 Adapter
2242 - Marvell RDK-8003 Adapter
2243 - Marvell RDK-8004 Adapter
2244 - Marvell RDK-8006 Adapter
2245 - Marvell RDK-8007 Adapter
2246 - Marvell RDK-8008 Adapter
2247 - Marvell RDK-8009 Adapter
2248 - Marvell RDK-8010 Adapter
2249 - Marvell RDK-8011 Adapter
2250 - Marvell RDK-8012 Adapter
2251 - Marvell RDK-8052 Adapter
2252 - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (32 bit)
2253 - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (64 bit)
2254 - N-Way PCI-Bus Giga-Card 1000/100/10Mbps(L)
2255 - SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
2256 - SK-9521 V2.0 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
2257 - SK-9821 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T)
2258 - SK-9821 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
2259 - SK-9822 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T dual link)
2260 - SK-9841 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX)
2261 - SK-9841 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX Adapter
2262 - SK-9842 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX dual link)
2263 - SK-9843 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX)
2264 - SK-9843 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter
2265 - SK-9844 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX dual link)
2266 - SK-9851 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter
2267 - SK-9861 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition)
2268 - SK-9861 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter
2269 - SK-9862 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition dual link)
2270 - SK-9871 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX)
2271 - SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-ZX Adapter
2272 - SK-9872 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX dual link)
2273 - SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9452TXV.2)
2275 The adapters support Jumbo Frames.
2276 The dual link adapters support link-failover and dual port features.
2277 Both Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx adapters support
2278 the scatter-gather functionality with sendfile(). Please refer to
2279 <file:Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt> for more information about
2280 optional driver parameters.
2281 Questions concerning this driver may be addressed to:
2282 <linux@syskonnect.de>
2284 If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
2285 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
2286 say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will
2287 be called sk98lin. This is recommended.
2290 tristate "VIA Velocity support"
2296 If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here.
2298 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2299 will be called via-velocity.
2302 tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support"
2305 This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards.
2307 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2308 will be called tg3. This is recommended.
2311 tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support"
2316 This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards.
2318 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2319 will be called bnx2. This is recommended.
2322 tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2323 depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB)
2326 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the
2327 Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM.
2330 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support"
2331 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE
2333 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports.
2334 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2335 will be called tsi108_eth.
2338 tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2341 This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game
2342 console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet.
2344 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
2345 module will be called ps3_gelic.
2348 tristate "Gianfar Ethernet"
2349 depends on 85xx || 83xx || PPC_86xx
2353 This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx,
2354 and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540.
2361 tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet"
2362 depends on QUICC_ENGINE
2365 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine,
2366 which is available on some Freescale SOCs.
2372 config UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET
2373 bool "Magic Packet detection support"
2376 config UGETH_FILTERING
2377 bool "Mac address filtering support"
2380 config UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND
2381 bool "Transmit on Demand support"
2385 tristate "MV-643XX Ethernet support"
2386 depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32)
2389 This driver supports the gigabit Ethernet on the Marvell MV643XX
2390 chipset which is used in the Momenco Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and
2391 Pegasos II, amongst other PPC and MIPS boards.
2394 tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support"
2397 This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards.
2399 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2400 will be called qla3xxx.
2403 tristate "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2404 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2408 This driver supports the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter.
2410 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2411 will be called atl1.
2416 # 10 Gigabit Ethernet
2419 menuconfig NETDEV_10000
2420 bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
2424 Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
2425 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
2427 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
2432 tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support"
2436 This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit
2437 Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and
2438 performance tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>.
2440 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2441 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2443 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2444 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2446 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2448 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2449 will be called cxgb.
2451 config CHELSIO_T1_1G
2452 bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support"
2453 depends on CHELSIO_T1
2455 Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you
2456 are using only 10G cards say 'N' here.
2458 config CHELSIO_T1_NAPI
2459 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
2460 depends on CHELSIO_T1
2463 NAPI is a driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2464 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card.
2467 tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support"
2471 This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet
2474 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2475 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2477 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2478 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2480 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2482 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2483 will be called cxgb3.
2486 tristate "eHEA Ethernet support"
2490 This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter.
2492 To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2493 will be called ehea.
2496 tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support"
2499 This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of
2500 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2501 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2503 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2505 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2508 <http://support.intel.com>
2510 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2511 <file:Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt>.
2513 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
2514 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
2515 will be called ixgbe.
2518 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support"
2521 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for
2522 PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver
2523 instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2524 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2526 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2528 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2531 <http://support.intel.com>
2533 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2534 <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>.
2536 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
2537 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
2538 will be called ixgb.
2541 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2542 depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL
2544 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2545 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2546 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2548 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2549 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2552 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
2558 tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC"
2561 This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO.
2562 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2563 <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>.
2566 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2567 depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL
2569 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2570 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2571 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2573 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2574 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2577 See <file:Documentation/networking/NAPI_HOWTO.txt> for more
2583 tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support"
2589 This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in
2590 Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough,
2591 you will need a newer firmware image.
2592 You may get this image or more information, at:
2594 <http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE.html>
2596 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
2597 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module
2598 will be called myri10ge.
2601 tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC"
2604 This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card.
2607 tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support"
2610 This enables support for cards based upon Sun's
2614 tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC"
2615 depends on PPC64 && PCI
2618 This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on
2619 PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips.
2627 bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED)
2628 depends on MLX4_CORE
2631 This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the
2632 mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the
2633 debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after
2634 the driver is loaded through sysfs).
2637 tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet"
2640 Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC
2642 endif # NETDEV_10000
2644 source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
2646 source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
2648 source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
2650 source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2652 source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
2654 source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
2656 source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
2658 config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
2659 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
2663 The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to
2664 access network devices exported exported by a virtual
2665 machine containing a physical network device driver. The
2666 frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains;
2667 if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost
2668 certainly want to enable this.
2671 tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support"
2672 depends on PPC_ISERIES
2675 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
2678 config RIONET_TX_SIZE
2679 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
2683 config RIONET_RX_SIZE
2684 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
2689 bool "FDDI driver support"
2690 depends on (PCI || EISA || TC)
2692 Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network
2693 design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can
2694 run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and
2695 want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and
2696 then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people
2700 tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support"
2701 depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC)
2703 This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA),
2704 EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you
2705 to a local FDDI network.
2707 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2708 will be called defxx. If unsure, say N.
2712 prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA
2714 default n if PCI || EISA
2717 This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O
2718 (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO).
2719 Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts
2720 of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA)
2721 adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports,
2722 so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters.
2727 tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support"
2728 depends on FDDI && PCI
2731 Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter.
2732 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
2733 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
2734 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
2735 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
2736 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
2737 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
2738 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
2739 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
2740 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
2741 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
2742 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
2743 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
2744 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
2745 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
2746 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
2747 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
2749 Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about
2752 Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to:
2753 <linux@syskonnect.de>
2755 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2756 will be called skfp. This is recommended.
2759 bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2760 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI
2762 HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and
2763 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI
2764 can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on
2765 single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to
2766 connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network
2767 and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use
2768 under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver
2769 for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here.
2772 tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2773 depends on HIPPI && PCI
2775 Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card.
2777 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2778 will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N.
2780 config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS
2781 bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2782 depends on ROADRUNNER
2784 If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB
2785 of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for
2786 transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other
2787 kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have
2791 tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support"
2794 PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a
2795 reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more)
2796 local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to
2797 install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a
2798 CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies
2799 first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option
2800 enabled for this to work.
2802 The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel
2803 ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected
2804 with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4
2805 bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on
2806 bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a
2807 time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in
2808 <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to
2809 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows
2810 and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet
2811 driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>)
2812 and winsock or NCSA's telnet.
2814 If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well
2815 as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from
2816 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP
2817 protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together
2818 with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges
2819 your kernel by about 8 KB.
2821 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
2822 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
2823 called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy a laptop
2827 tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support"
2830 PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves
2831 the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other
2832 serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because
2833 otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these
2834 days support PPP rather than SLIP.
2836 To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described
2837 in the PPP-HOWTO, available at
2838 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have
2839 the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
2840 The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB.
2842 There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for
2843 asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and
2844 synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for
2845 example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other
2846 asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to
2847 the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over
2848 synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support
2849 synchronous PPP", below.
2851 If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then
2852 you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only
2853 compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M
2854 here and read <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>.
2855 The module will be called ppp_generic.
2857 config PPP_MULTILINK
2858 bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2859 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2861 PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you
2862 to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP
2863 connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth.
2865 This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a
2866 version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol.
2871 bool "PPP filtering"
2874 Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over
2875 PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as
2876 activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up
2877 a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely.
2878 You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and
2879 active-filter options to pppd.
2884 tristate "PPP support for async serial ports"
2888 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard
2889 asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use
2890 a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you
2893 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2898 tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports"
2901 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous
2902 (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices
2903 are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1.
2905 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2908 tristate "PPP Deflate compression"
2913 Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the
2914 Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress
2915 each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the
2916 other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the
2917 Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if
2918 they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here.
2920 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2923 tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression"
2926 Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses
2927 the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is
2928 sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link
2929 (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression
2930 method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it,
2931 it is safe to say Y here.
2933 The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression",
2934 above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better
2937 Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a
2938 module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory
2939 modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N.
2942 tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2943 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2949 Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the
2950 Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
2952 See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on
2953 configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method.
2956 tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2957 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP
2959 Support for PPP over Ethernet.
2961 This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS
2962 repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the
2963 RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>)
2964 which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under
2965 the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE").
2968 tristate "PPP over ATM"
2969 depends on ATM && PPP
2971 Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames.
2972 This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364,
2973 which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and
2974 changes its encapsulation unilaterally.
2977 tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2978 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET
2980 Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
2981 used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
2982 tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses.
2984 This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a
2985 userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel
2986 and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP
2987 (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/).
2990 tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
2992 Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
2993 connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
2994 other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
2995 Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
2996 Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
2997 serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
2998 nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
3001 Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
3002 to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
3003 around (available from
3004 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
3005 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
3006 you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
3007 NET-3-HOWTO, available from
3008 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
3009 configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
3010 want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
3011 Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
3012 some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
3013 <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
3014 support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
3016 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read
3017 <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will be
3020 config SLIP_COMPRESSED
3021 bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
3025 This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
3026 TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
3027 on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
3028 answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
3029 you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
3030 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
3031 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
3032 definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
3033 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
3034 CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
3039 This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
3043 bool "Keepalive and linefill"
3046 Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
3047 RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
3050 config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
3051 bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
3054 Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
3055 networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
3056 bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
3057 "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
3058 the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
3059 end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
3060 over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
3063 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
3064 depends on SCSI && PCI
3066 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
3067 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
3068 intended to replace SCSI.
3070 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
3071 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
3072 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
3073 "SCSI generic support".
3076 tristate "Traffic Shaper (OBSOLETE)"
3077 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
3079 The traffic shaper is a virtual network device that allows you to
3080 limit the rate of outgoing data flow over some other network device.
3081 The traffic that you want to slow down can then be routed through
3082 these virtual devices. See
3083 <file:Documentation/networking/shaper.txt> for more information.
3085 An alternative to this traffic shaper are traffic schedulers which
3086 you'll get if you say Y to "QoS and/or fair queuing" in
3087 "Networking options".
3089 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
3090 will be called shaper. If unsure, say N.
3093 tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3094 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
3096 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
3097 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3099 config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
3100 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3101 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
3104 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
3105 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
3106 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
3107 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3113 bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
3117 config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER