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 pair device"
141 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
142 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
146 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
149 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
150 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
151 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
152 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
153 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
154 provided by your regular phone modem.
156 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
157 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
158 <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
159 to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
160 a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
163 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
164 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
165 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
167 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
169 source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
171 source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
177 menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
178 bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
181 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
182 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
184 Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over
185 coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted
186 pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central
187 hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs),
188 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs),
189 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair
190 cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links)
191 [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit
192 Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links).
194 If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have
195 an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer,
196 say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
197 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. You will then also have
198 to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC.
200 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
201 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
202 the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N.
207 tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
209 Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
210 or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
211 ethernet card lack MII.
214 tristate "Atmel MACB support"
215 depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91CAP9
218 The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91
219 parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip.
221 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
224 source "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig"
227 tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support"
228 depends on ARM || MIPS || SUPERH
232 AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide
233 chip detection and resources
236 bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support"
240 Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom.
243 tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support"
244 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
247 Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the
248 motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for
249 Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip.
251 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
254 config MACE_AAUI_PORT
255 bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default"
258 Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the
259 MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector),
260 instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say
261 Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N.
262 The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as
263 a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver.
266 tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support"
267 depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32
270 Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3
273 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
277 tristate "Ariadne support"
280 If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y.
283 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
284 will be called ariadne.
287 tristate "A2065 support"
291 If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
294 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
295 will be called a2065.
298 tristate "Hydra support"
302 If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N.
304 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
305 will be called hydra.
308 tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support"
312 This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible
313 chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual
314 Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y.
317 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
318 will be called zorro8390.
321 tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support"
322 depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA
325 If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise,
328 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
332 tristate "Apollo 3c505 support"
335 Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card.
336 If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC,
337 except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the
338 code in the ROM will be for a PC).
341 bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards"
345 If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS
346 Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y
347 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
348 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
351 tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards"
354 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
355 Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and
356 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
357 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
359 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will
363 tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)"
366 Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes
367 the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS,
368 a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have
369 one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
370 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
372 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will
376 bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet"
380 Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in
381 the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes
382 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
383 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
386 tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support"
390 Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147
391 single-board computer. Say Y here to include the
392 driver for this chip in your kernel.
393 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
396 tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support"
399 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola
400 MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the
401 driver for this chip in your kernel.
402 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
405 tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support"
408 This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and
409 BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip
411 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
414 tristate "Atari Lance support"
417 Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based
418 on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or
419 PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses).
422 tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support"
423 depends on SUN3 || SUN3X
425 Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80)
426 featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y
427 here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet.
428 General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now
430 <http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/sun3.html>.
432 If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N.
435 bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support"
438 This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based
439 Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note
440 that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional
444 bool "HP on-board LANCE support"
448 If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an
449 HP300 machine, say Y here.
452 tristate "Lasi ethernet"
455 Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller
456 found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet.
459 tristate "SNI RM ethernet"
460 depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM
462 Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller
463 built into SNI RM machines.
465 config MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC
466 tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support"
469 This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000,
470 Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems.
472 config MIPS_AU1X00_ENET
473 bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support"
474 depends on SOC_AU1X00
478 If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system
479 say Y. Otherwise, say N.
482 bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet"
483 depends on PCI && SGI_IP27
487 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
488 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
489 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
492 tristate "MIPS simulator Network device"
495 The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is
496 emulated by the MIPS Simulator.
497 If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N.
499 config SGI_O2MACE_ETH
500 tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support"
501 depends on SGI_IP32=y
504 tristate "National DP83902AV support"
508 Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV
509 ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This
510 is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at
511 <http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83902A.html>.
516 tristate "Sun LANCE support"
520 This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc
521 systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These
522 cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known
523 via the NE2100 cards.
525 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
526 will be called sunlance.
529 tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support"
530 depends on SBUS || PCI
533 This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra
534 systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports
535 both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad
536 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations.
538 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
539 will be called sunhme.
542 tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
543 depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL
546 This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option.
547 This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device.
549 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
550 will be called sunbmac.
553 tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support"
557 This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as
558 an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet
559 "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead.
561 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
562 will be called sunqe.
565 tristate "Sun GEM support"
569 Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also
570 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/806-3985-10.pdf>.
573 tristate "Sun Cassini support"
577 Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also
578 <http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/817-4341-10.pdf>
581 tristate "Sun Virtual Network support"
584 Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains.
586 config NET_VENDOR_3COM
588 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI
590 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
591 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
592 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
594 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
595 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
596 the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
597 your specific card in the following questions.
600 tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support"
601 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
603 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
604 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
605 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Also, consider buying a
606 new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will
607 have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby
608 machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card.
610 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
611 will be called 3c501.
614 tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support"
615 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA
618 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
619 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
620 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
622 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
623 will be called 3c503.
626 tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support"
627 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
629 Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in
630 <file:Documentation/networking/3c505.txt>. If you have a card of
631 this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
632 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
634 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
635 will be called 3c505.
638 tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
639 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
641 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
642 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
643 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
645 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
646 will be called 3c507.
649 tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support"
650 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA)
652 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com
653 EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available
654 from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
656 If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS
657 setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default
660 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
661 will be called 3c509.
664 tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\""
665 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API
667 If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet
668 network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
669 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
671 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
672 will be called 3c515.
675 tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support"
676 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY
678 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
679 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
680 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
682 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
683 will be called 3c523.
686 tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
687 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY
689 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
690 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
691 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
693 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
694 will be called 3c527.
697 tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support"
698 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA)
701 This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and
702 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards:
704 "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI
705 "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI
706 "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus
707 "Tornado" (3c905) PCI
708 "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI
710 If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
711 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More
712 specific information is in
713 <file:Documentation/networking/vortex.txt> and in the comments at
714 the beginning of <file:drivers/net/3c59x.c>.
716 To compile this support as a module, choose M here.
719 tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support"
720 depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI
723 This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards:
725 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97,
726 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server,
727 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR
729 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
730 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
731 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
733 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
734 will be called typhoon.
737 tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support"
738 depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
740 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
741 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
742 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some LinkSys cards are
745 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
746 will be called lance. This is recommended.
748 config NET_VENDOR_SMC
749 bool "Western Digital/SMC cards"
750 depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC
752 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y
753 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
754 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
756 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
757 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
758 the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be
759 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
762 tristate "WD80*3 support"
763 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
766 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
767 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
768 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
770 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
774 tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support"
775 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA
778 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running
779 an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
780 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
782 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
783 will be called smc-mca.
786 tristate "SMC Ultra support"
787 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA
790 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
791 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
792 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
794 Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards
795 mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible,
796 such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many
797 operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for
798 this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have
801 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
802 will be called smc-ultra.
805 tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support"
806 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA
809 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
810 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
811 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
813 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
814 will be called smc-ultra32.
817 tristate "Blackfin 536/537 on-chip mac support"
818 depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF537 || BF536) && (!BF537_PORT_H)
822 select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE
824 This is the driver for blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it
825 compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module
826 ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel
827 whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac.
829 config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
830 bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets"
831 depends on BFIN_MAC && BF537
834 To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers.
835 Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses.
837 config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM
838 int "Number of transmit buffer packets"
840 range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
844 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
846 config BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM
847 int "Number of receive buffer packets"
849 range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1
853 Set the number of buffer packets used in driver.
856 bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)"
857 depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL
860 Use Reduced PHY MII Interface
863 tristate "SMC 9194 support"
864 depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN)
867 This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this
868 option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or
869 another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled
870 into the kernel, and read the file
871 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
872 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
874 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
875 will be called smc9194.
878 tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support"
881 depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || SOC_AU1X00 || BLACKFIN
883 This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets,
884 including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it
885 compiled into the kernel, and read the file
886 <file:Documentation/networking/smc9.txt> and the Ethernet-HOWTO,
887 available from <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
889 This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be
890 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want).
891 The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a
892 module, say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>.
895 tristate "NetX Ethernet support"
899 This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports
901 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
902 will be called netx-eth.
905 tristate "DM9000 support"
906 depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS
910 Support for DM9000 chipset.
912 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
913 will be called dm9000.
916 tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support"
919 depends on ARCH_PXA || SH_MAGIC_PANEL_R2
921 This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets
922 including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118.
923 Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel,
924 and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
925 <http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto>.
927 This driver is also available as a module. The module will be
928 called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M
929 here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>
931 config NET_VENDOR_RACAL
932 bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards"
935 If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such
936 as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
937 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
939 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
940 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
941 the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for
942 your specific card in the following questions.
945 tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
946 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP
948 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
949 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
950 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this is still
953 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
954 will be called ni5010.
957 tristate "NI5210 support"
958 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA
960 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
961 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
962 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
964 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
968 tristate "NI6510 support"
969 depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API
971 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
972 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
973 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
975 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
978 source "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig"
981 tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
982 depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL
985 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
986 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
987 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
989 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
990 will be called at1700.
993 tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support"
994 depends on ISA || EISA || MCA
997 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
998 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
999 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1000 <file:drivers/net/depca.c>.
1002 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1003 will be called depca.
1006 tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support"
1007 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1009 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1010 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1011 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1013 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1014 will be called hp100.
1017 bool "Other ISA cards"
1020 If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its
1021 bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components
1022 of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y.
1023 Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1024 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1028 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1029 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1030 the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be
1031 asked for your specific card in the following questions.
1034 tristate "Cabletron E21xx support"
1038 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1039 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1040 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1042 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1043 will be called e2100.
1046 tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support"
1050 This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet)
1051 cards. If this is for you, say Y and read
1052 <file:Documentation/networking/ewrk3.txt> in the kernel source as
1053 well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1054 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1056 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1057 will be called ewrk3.
1060 tristate "EtherExpress 16 support"
1063 If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and
1064 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1065 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the Intel
1066 EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice
1067 because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver
1068 that should do better.
1070 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1071 will be called eexpress.
1074 tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support"
1077 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This
1078 driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however
1079 that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate
1080 driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1081 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1083 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1084 will be called eepro.
1087 tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support"
1091 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1092 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1093 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1095 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1096 will be called hp-plus.
1099 tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support"
1103 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1104 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1105 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1107 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1111 tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet"
1114 Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller
1115 for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the
1116 Intel Professional Workstation.
1119 tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support"
1122 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1123 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1124 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1126 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1127 will be called eth16i.
1130 tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support"
1131 depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938
1134 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1135 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1136 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Many Ethernet cards
1137 without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000.
1139 If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI
1140 NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board
1141 controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on
1142 an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and
1143 laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support",
1146 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1150 tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1151 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API
1153 The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network
1154 (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the
1155 IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported
1156 by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1157 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1160 tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1161 depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1163 This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this
1164 is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1165 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1167 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1168 will be called seeq8005.
1171 tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support"
1172 depends on MCA_LEGACY
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>.
1179 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1183 tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support"
1184 depends on MCA && MCA_LEGACY
1186 This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set
1187 CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel
1188 driver and as a module.
1190 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The only
1191 currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It
1192 will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window
1193 gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple
1194 boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested
1195 up to now due to lack of hardware.
1198 tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support"
1199 depends on PPC_PSERIES
1201 This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries
1202 and pSeries systems.
1204 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will
1207 source "drivers/net/ibm_emac/Kconfig"
1208 source "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig"
1211 bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers"
1212 depends on ISA || EISA || PCI
1214 This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the
1215 bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1216 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1218 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1219 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1220 the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you
1221 will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If
1222 you are unsure, say Y.
1225 tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support"
1226 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1230 If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card,
1231 answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1232 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1234 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1235 will be called pcnet32.
1238 bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)"
1241 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1242 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1243 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1245 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1246 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1252 tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support"
1253 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1257 If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card,
1258 answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1259 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1261 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1262 will be called amd8111e.
1264 config AMD8111E_NAPI
1265 bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)"
1266 depends on AMD8111_ETH
1268 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1269 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1270 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1272 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1273 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1278 config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE
1279 tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support"
1280 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1284 Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network
1285 adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from
1286 Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip
1289 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1290 will be called starfire. This is recommended.
1292 config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI
1293 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1294 depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL
1296 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1297 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1298 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1300 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1301 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1307 tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1308 depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL
1311 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1312 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1313 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1315 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1316 will be called ac3200.
1319 tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet"
1320 depends on NET_PCI && ISA
1322 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1323 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1324 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1326 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1327 will be called apricot.
1330 tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support"
1331 depends on SSB_POSSIBLE
1335 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y
1336 or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1337 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1339 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1342 # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible
1343 config B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT
1345 depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE
1349 # Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible
1350 config B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1352 depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE
1353 select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE
1358 depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT
1362 tristate "nForce Ethernet support"
1363 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1365 If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and
1366 read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1367 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1369 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1370 will be called forcedeth.
1372 config FORCEDETH_NAPI
1373 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1374 depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL
1376 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1377 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1378 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1380 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1381 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1387 tristate "CS89x0 support"
1388 depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X)
1390 Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a
1391 network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the
1392 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1393 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto> as well as
1394 <file:Documentation/networking/cs89x0.txt>.
1396 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1397 will be called cs89x0.
1400 tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support"
1401 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS
1405 tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)"
1406 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1409 If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet)
1410 card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1411 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1413 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1414 will be called eepro100.
1418 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support"
1419 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1422 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters.
1423 To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number
1424 on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number
1425 in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits).
1427 Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1429 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1431 to identify the adapter.
1433 For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see:
1435 <http://appsr.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp>
1437 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1438 <file:Documentation/networking/e100.txt>.
1440 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1441 will be called e100.
1444 tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1445 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1448 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1449 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1450 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1452 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1453 will be called lne390.
1456 tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support"
1457 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1461 Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet
1462 cards. Specifications and data at
1463 <http://www.myson.com.hk/mtd/datasheet/>.
1466 tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support"
1467 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1470 This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series,
1471 which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys
1472 and others, including the 83815 chip.
1473 More specific information and updates are available from
1474 <http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html>.
1477 tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)"
1478 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1481 This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work
1482 with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000
1483 support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card,
1484 say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1485 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1487 This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards:
1488 RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2
1489 NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond
1490 Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229
1492 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1493 will be called ne2k-pci.
1496 tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1497 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1500 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1501 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1502 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that this driver
1503 will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different.
1505 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1506 will be called ne3210.
1509 tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1510 depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL
1513 If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
1514 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1515 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1517 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1518 will be called es3210.
1521 tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1522 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1526 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1527 the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read
1528 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1529 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1531 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1532 will be called 8139cp. This is recommended.
1535 tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1536 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1540 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1541 the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and
1542 read the Ethernet-HOWTO <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1544 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1545 will be called 8139too. This is recommended.
1548 bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO"
1552 This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead
1553 of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems
1554 in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure,
1557 config 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER
1558 bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)"
1561 This implements a function which might come in handy in case you
1562 are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek
1563 RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries
1564 to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is
1565 experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer.
1569 bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards"
1572 This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and
1573 RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver,
1574 instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some
1575 memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y.
1577 config 8139_OLD_RX_RESET
1578 bool "Use older RX-reset method"
1581 The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid
1582 reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new"
1583 RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you
1584 experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the
1585 old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N.
1588 tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support"
1589 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1593 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1594 the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in
1595 SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets.
1597 This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use
1598 your phone line as a network cable.
1600 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1601 will be called sis900. This is recommended.
1604 tristate "SMC EtherPower II"
1605 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1609 This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC,
1610 which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100).
1611 More specific information and updates are available from
1612 <http://www.scyld.com/network/epic100.html>.
1615 tristate "Sundance Alta support"
1616 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1620 This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip.
1621 More specific information and updates are available from
1622 <http://www.scyld.com/network/sundance.html>.
1624 config SUNDANCE_MMIO
1625 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1628 Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers.
1629 Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled)
1630 is known to solve bugs on certain chips.
1635 tristate "TI ThunderLAN support"
1636 depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) && !64BIT
1638 If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip
1639 which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the
1640 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1641 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1643 Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent,
1644 Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file
1645 <file:Documentation/networking/tlan.txt> for more details.
1647 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1648 will be called tlan.
1650 Please email feedback to <torben.mathiasen@compaq.com>.
1653 tristate "VIA Rhine support"
1654 depends on NET_PCI && PCI
1658 If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A),
1659 Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type
1660 Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges
1663 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1664 will be called via-rhine.
1666 config VIA_RHINE_MMIO
1667 bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO"
1668 depends on VIA_RHINE
1670 This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of
1671 programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in
1672 processing time in parts of the driver.
1676 config VIA_RHINE_NAPI
1677 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
1678 depends on VIA_RHINE
1680 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1681 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card.
1683 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1684 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1688 bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support"
1689 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS_ATLAS
1691 The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used
1692 in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless
1694 See <http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/SAA9730_flyer_1>.
1697 tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1698 depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1701 This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on
1702 the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you
1703 have one of these, say Y here.
1705 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1706 will be called sc92031. This is recommended.
1709 tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
1710 depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7
1713 select FIXED_MII_100_FDX
1715 TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support
1718 bool "Pocket and portable adapters"
1721 Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel
1722 port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have
1723 one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1724 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
1726 If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA
1727 (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for
1728 credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you
1729 need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file
1730 <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here.
1732 Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at
1733 <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or
1734 Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>.
1736 Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
1737 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
1738 the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you
1739 will be asked for your specific device in the following questions.
1742 tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support"
1743 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86
1746 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1747 port. Read <file:drivers/net/atp.c> as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO,
1748 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you
1749 want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have
1750 said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers
1751 don't like each other.
1753 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1757 tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support"
1758 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1760 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1761 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1762 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1763 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1764 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1765 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1768 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1769 will be called de600.
1772 tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support"
1773 depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT
1775 This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel
1776 port. Read <file:Documentation/networking/DLINK.txt> as well as the
1777 Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
1778 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, if you want to use
1779 this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel
1780 port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the
1783 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1784 will be called de620.
1787 tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support"
1790 Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is
1791 used in many Silicon Graphics machines.
1794 tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support"
1795 depends on MACH_DECSTATION
1798 This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by
1799 DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the
1800 DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.)
1803 bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller"
1806 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of
1807 the Motorola 68360 processor.
1810 bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)"
1811 depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x
1813 Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet
1814 controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
1817 bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)"
1820 Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast
1821 ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors.
1824 tristate "MPC52xx FEC driver"
1825 depends on PPC_MERGE && PPC_MPC52xx && PPC_BESTCOMM_FEC
1829 This option enables support for the MPC5200's on-chip
1830 Fast Ethernet Controller
1831 If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx.ko'.
1833 config FEC_MPC52xx_MDIO
1834 bool "MPC52xx FEC MDIO bus driver"
1835 depends on FEC_MPC52xx
1838 The MPC5200's FEC can connect to the Ethernet either with
1839 an external MII PHY chip or 10 Mbps 7-wire interface
1840 (Motorola? industry standard).
1841 If your board uses an external PHY connected to FEC, enable this.
1842 If not sure, enable.
1843 If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx_phy.ko'.
1846 tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300"
1849 Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible
1850 controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor.
1852 source "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig"
1853 source "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig"
1855 endif # NET_ETHERNET
1861 menuconfig NETDEV_1000
1862 bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)"
1866 Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common
1867 type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies.
1869 Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
1870 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
1871 Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed
1872 under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead.
1874 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
1879 tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support"
1882 Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear
1883 GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet
1884 adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000
1885 bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this
1886 as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig
1889 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1890 module will be called acenic.
1892 config ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I
1893 bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs"
1896 Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave
1897 out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer
1898 being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B
1899 version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by
1900 app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a
1901 Tigon II, say N here.
1903 The safe and default value for this is N.
1906 tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support"
1910 This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards,
1912 D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1913 D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1914 Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
1916 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
1917 module will be called dl2k.
1920 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
1923 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of
1924 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
1925 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1927 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1929 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
1932 <http://support.intel.com>
1934 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
1935 <file:Documentation/networking/e1000.txt>.
1937 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1938 will be called e1000.
1941 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
1944 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
1945 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
1946 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
1948 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
1949 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
1954 config E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
1955 bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters"
1958 Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express
1964 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support"
1967 This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit
1968 ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters,
1969 use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to
1970 identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
1972 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
1974 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
1977 <http://support.intel.com>
1979 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
1980 will be called e1000e.
1983 tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support"
1984 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
1987 This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards.
1989 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
1990 will be called ipg. This is recommended.
1992 source "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig"
1995 tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support"
1998 This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards.
2000 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2001 will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended.
2004 tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support"
2007 This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series
2008 of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include
2009 the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX,
2010 SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of
2014 tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support"
2018 If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read
2019 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
2020 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
2022 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be
2026 tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2027 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2030 Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet
2031 adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is
2032 used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See
2033 <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/yellowfin.html> for more
2034 information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general.
2036 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2037 will be called yellowfin. This is recommended.
2040 tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support"
2044 Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter.
2046 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2047 will be called r8169. This is recommended.
2050 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2051 depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL
2053 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2054 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2055 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2057 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2058 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2065 depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q
2067 Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required
2068 by the kernel 802.1Q code.
2073 tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support"
2074 depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC
2077 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the
2078 Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include
2079 the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455
2082 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2083 will be called sb1250-mac.
2086 tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support"
2091 Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or
2092 a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to
2093 appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965
2094 and SiS 966 south bridge.
2096 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2097 will be called sis190. This is recommended.
2100 tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support"
2104 This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
2105 and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver
2106 with better performance and more complete ethtool support.
2108 It does not support the link failover and network management
2109 features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does.
2111 This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset:
2112 Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T,
2113 Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872.
2115 It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver,
2116 sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters.
2118 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2119 will be called skge. This is recommended.
2122 bool "Debugging interface"
2123 depends on SKGE && DEBUG_FS
2125 This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging.
2126 The file debugfs/skge/ethX displays the state of the internal
2127 transmit and receive rings.
2132 tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support"
2136 This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the
2137 Marvell Yukon 2 chipset:
2138 Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/
2139 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21
2141 There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and
2142 Genesis based adapters: skge.
2144 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2145 will be called sky2. This is recommended.
2148 bool "Debugging interface"
2149 depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS
2151 This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging.
2152 The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal
2153 transmit and receive rings.
2158 tristate "Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx Support (DEPRECATED)"
2161 Say Y here if you have a Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx
2162 compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.
2164 This driver supports the original Yukon chipset. This driver is
2165 deprecated and will be removed from the kernel in the near future,
2166 it has been replaced by the skge driver. skge is cleaner and
2167 seems to work better.
2169 This driver does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset. A separate
2170 driver, sky2, is provided to support Yukon2-based adapters.
2172 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
2173 - 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
2174 - 3Com 3C941 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter
2175 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2176 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970LX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2177 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2178 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970SX/2SC Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2179 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2180 - Allied Telesyn AT-2970TX/2TX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2181 - Allied Telesyn AT-2971SX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2182 - Allied Telesyn AT-2971T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
2183 - Belkin Gigabit Desktop Card 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45
2184 - EG1032 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter
2185 - EG1064 v2 Instant Gigabit Network Adapter
2186 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Abit)
2187 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Albatron)
2188 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Asus)
2189 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (ECS)
2190 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Epox)
2191 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Foxconn)
2192 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Gigabyte)
2193 - Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Iwill)
2194 - Marvell 88E8050 Gigabit LOM Ethernet Adapter (Intel)
2195 - Marvell RDK-8001 Adapter
2196 - Marvell RDK-8002 Adapter
2197 - Marvell RDK-8003 Adapter
2198 - Marvell RDK-8004 Adapter
2199 - Marvell RDK-8006 Adapter
2200 - Marvell RDK-8007 Adapter
2201 - Marvell RDK-8008 Adapter
2202 - Marvell RDK-8009 Adapter
2203 - Marvell RDK-8010 Adapter
2204 - Marvell RDK-8011 Adapter
2205 - Marvell RDK-8012 Adapter
2206 - Marvell RDK-8052 Adapter
2207 - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (32 bit)
2208 - Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter (64 bit)
2209 - N-Way PCI-Bus Giga-Card 1000/100/10Mbps(L)
2210 - SK-9521 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
2211 - SK-9521 V2.0 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
2212 - SK-9821 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T)
2213 - SK-9821 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter
2214 - SK-9822 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-T dual link)
2215 - SK-9841 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX)
2216 - SK-9841 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-LX Adapter
2217 - SK-9842 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-LX dual link)
2218 - SK-9843 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX)
2219 - SK-9843 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter
2220 - SK-9844 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX dual link)
2221 - SK-9851 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter
2222 - SK-9861 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition)
2223 - SK-9861 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-SX Adapter
2224 - SK-9862 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-SX Volition dual link)
2225 - SK-9871 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX)
2226 - SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-ZX Adapter
2227 - SK-9872 Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter (SK-NET GE-ZX dual link)
2228 - SMC EZ Card 1000 (SMC9452TXV.2)
2230 The adapters support Jumbo Frames.
2231 The dual link adapters support link-failover and dual port features.
2232 Both Marvell Yukon and SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx adapters support
2233 the scatter-gather functionality with sendfile(). Please refer to
2234 <file:Documentation/networking/sk98lin.txt> for more information about
2235 optional driver parameters.
2236 Questions concerning this driver may be addressed to:
2237 <linux@syskonnect.de>
2239 If you want to compile this driver as a module ( = code which can be
2240 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
2241 say M here and read <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will
2242 be called sk98lin. This is recommended.
2245 tristate "VIA Velocity support"
2251 If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here.
2253 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2254 will be called via-velocity.
2257 tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support"
2260 This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards.
2262 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2263 will be called tg3. This is recommended.
2266 tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support"
2271 This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards.
2273 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2274 will be called bnx2. This is recommended.
2277 tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2278 depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB)
2281 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the
2282 Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM.
2285 tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support"
2286 depends on TSI108_BRIDGE
2288 This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports.
2289 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2290 will be called tsi108_eth.
2293 tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver"
2296 This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game
2297 console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet.
2299 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
2300 module will be called ps3_gelic.
2303 tristate "Gianfar Ethernet"
2304 depends on 85xx || 83xx || PPC_86xx
2308 This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx,
2309 and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540.
2312 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
2316 tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet"
2317 depends on QUICC_ENGINE
2320 This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine,
2321 which is available on some Freescale SOCs.
2324 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
2327 config UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET
2328 bool "Magic Packet detection support"
2331 config UGETH_FILTERING
2332 bool "Mac address filtering support"
2335 config UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND
2336 bool "Transmit on Demand support"
2340 tristate "Marvell Discovery (643XX) and Orion ethernet support"
2341 depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32) || ARCH_ORION
2344 This driver supports the gigabit ethernet MACs in the
2345 Marvell Discovery PPC/MIPS chipset family (MV643XX) and
2346 in the Marvell Orion ARM SoC family.
2348 Some boards that use the Discovery chipset are the Momenco
2349 Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and Pegasos II.
2352 tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support"
2355 This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards.
2357 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2358 will be called qla3xxx.
2361 tristate "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2362 depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL
2366 This driver supports the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter.
2368 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2369 will be called atl1.
2374 # 10 Gigabit Ethernet
2377 menuconfig NETDEV_10000
2378 bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)"
2382 Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers.
2383 This option alone does not add any kernel code.
2385 If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled.
2390 tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support"
2394 This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit
2395 Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and
2396 performance tuning is in <file:Documentation/networking/cxgb.txt>.
2398 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2399 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2401 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2402 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2404 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2406 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2407 will be called cxgb.
2409 config CHELSIO_T1_1G
2410 bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support"
2411 depends on CHELSIO_T1
2413 Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you
2414 are using only 10G cards say 'N' here.
2416 config CHELSIO_T1_NAPI
2417 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)"
2418 depends on CHELSIO_T1
2421 NAPI is a driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2422 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card.
2425 tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support"
2429 This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet
2432 For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit
2433 our website at <http://www.chelsio.com>.
2435 For customer support, please visit our customer support page at
2436 <http://www.chelsio.com/support.htm>.
2438 Please send feedback to <linux-bugs@chelsio.com>.
2440 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2441 will be called cxgb3.
2444 tristate "eHEA Ethernet support"
2445 depends on IBMEBUS && INET
2448 This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter.
2450 To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2451 will be called ehea.
2454 tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support"
2457 This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of
2458 adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2459 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2461 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2463 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2466 <http://support.intel.com>
2468 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2469 will be called ixgbe.
2472 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support"
2475 This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for
2476 PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver
2477 instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go
2478 to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at:
2480 <http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/21397.htm>
2482 For general information and support, go to the Intel support
2485 <http://support.intel.com>
2487 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2488 <file:Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt>.
2490 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2491 will be called ixgb.
2494 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2495 depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL
2497 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2498 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2499 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2501 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2502 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2508 tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC"
2511 This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO.
2512 More specific information on configuring the driver is in
2513 <file:Documentation/networking/s2io.txt>.
2516 bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2517 depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL
2519 NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load
2520 when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is
2521 still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default.
2523 If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be
2524 deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall),
2530 tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support"
2531 depends on PCI && INET
2536 This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in
2537 Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough,
2538 you will need a newer firmware image.
2539 You may get this image or more information, at:
2541 <http://www.myri.com/scs/download-Myri10GE.html>
2543 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2544 will be called myri10ge.
2547 tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC"
2550 This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card.
2553 tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support"
2556 This enables support for cards based upon Sun's
2560 tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC"
2561 depends on PPC64 && PCI
2564 This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on
2565 PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips.
2573 bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED)
2574 depends on MLX4_CORE
2577 This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the
2578 mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the
2579 debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after
2580 the driver is loaded through sysfs).
2583 tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet"
2586 Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC
2588 endif # NETDEV_10000
2590 source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
2592 source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
2594 source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
2596 source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig"
2598 source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
2600 source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
2602 source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
2604 config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
2605 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
2609 The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to
2610 access network devices exported exported by a virtual
2611 machine containing a physical network device driver. The
2612 frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains;
2613 if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost
2614 certainly want to enable this.
2617 tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support"
2618 depends on PPC_ISERIES
2621 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
2624 config RIONET_TX_SIZE
2625 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
2629 config RIONET_RX_SIZE
2630 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
2635 bool "FDDI driver support"
2636 depends on (PCI || EISA || TC)
2638 Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network
2639 design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can
2640 run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and
2641 want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and
2642 then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people
2646 tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support"
2647 depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC)
2649 This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA),
2650 EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you
2651 to a local FDDI network.
2653 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2654 will be called defxx. If unsure, say N.
2658 prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA
2660 default n if PCI || EISA
2663 This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O
2664 (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO).
2665 Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts
2666 of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA)
2667 adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports,
2668 so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters.
2673 tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support"
2674 depends on FDDI && PCI
2677 Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter.
2678 The following adapters are supported by this driver:
2679 - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP)
2680 - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS)
2681 - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP)
2682 - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP)
2683 - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS)
2684 - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64)
2685 - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS)
2686 - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64)
2687 - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64)
2688 - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS)
2689 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC
2690 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC
2691 - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP
2692 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP
2693 - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC
2695 Read <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about
2698 Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to:
2699 <linux@syskonnect.de>
2701 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2702 will be called skfp. This is recommended.
2705 bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2706 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI
2708 HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and
2709 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI
2710 can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on
2711 single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to
2712 connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network
2713 and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use
2714 under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver
2715 for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here.
2718 tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2719 depends on HIPPI && PCI
2721 Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card.
2723 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
2724 will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N.
2726 config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS
2727 bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2728 depends on ROADRUNNER
2730 If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB
2731 of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for
2732 transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other
2733 kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have
2737 tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support"
2740 PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a
2741 reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more)
2742 local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to
2743 install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a
2744 CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies
2745 first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option
2746 enabled for this to work.
2748 The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel
2749 ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected
2750 with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4
2751 bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on
2752 bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a
2753 time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in
2754 <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. The cables can be up to
2755 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows
2756 and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet
2757 driver (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>)
2758 and winsock or NCSA's telnet.
2760 If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well
2761 as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from
2762 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Note that the PLIP
2763 protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together
2764 with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges
2765 your kernel by about 8 KB.
2767 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2768 will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy
2772 tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support"
2775 PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves
2776 the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other
2777 serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because
2778 otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these
2779 days support PPP rather than SLIP.
2781 To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described
2782 in the PPP-HOWTO, available at
2783 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have
2784 the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
2785 The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB.
2787 There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for
2788 asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and
2789 synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for
2790 example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other
2791 asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to
2792 the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over
2793 synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support
2794 synchronous PPP", below.
2796 If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then
2797 you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only
2798 compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M
2799 here. The module will be called ppp_generic.
2801 config PPP_MULTILINK
2802 bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2803 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2805 PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you
2806 to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP
2807 connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth.
2809 This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a
2810 version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol.
2815 bool "PPP filtering"
2818 Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over
2819 PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as
2820 activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up
2821 a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely.
2822 You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and
2823 active-filter options to pppd.
2828 tristate "PPP support for async serial ports"
2832 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard
2833 asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use
2834 a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you
2837 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2842 tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports"
2845 Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous
2846 (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices
2847 are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1.
2849 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2852 tristate "PPP Deflate compression"
2857 Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the
2858 Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress
2859 each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the
2860 other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the
2861 Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if
2862 they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here.
2864 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here.
2867 tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression"
2870 Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses
2871 the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is
2872 sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link
2873 (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression
2874 method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it,
2875 it is safe to say Y here.
2877 The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression",
2878 above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better
2881 Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a
2882 module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory
2883 modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N.
2886 tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2887 depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL
2893 Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the
2894 Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.
2896 See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on
2897 configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method.
2900 tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2901 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP
2903 Support for PPP over Ethernet.
2905 This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS
2906 repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the
2907 RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>)
2908 which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under
2909 the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE").
2912 tristate "PPP over ATM"
2913 depends on ATM && PPP
2915 Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames.
2916 This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364,
2917 which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and
2918 changes its encapsulation unilaterally.
2921 tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)"
2922 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET
2924 Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
2925 used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
2926 tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses.
2928 This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a
2929 userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel
2930 and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP
2931 (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/).
2934 tristate "SLIP (serial line) support"
2936 Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to
2937 connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some
2938 other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a
2939 Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line
2940 Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over
2941 serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables;
2942 nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same
2945 Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you
2946 to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP
2947 around (available from
2948 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
2949 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If
2950 you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The
2951 NET-3-HOWTO, available from
2952 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to
2953 configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just
2954 want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full
2955 Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on
2956 some Internet connected Unix computer. Read
2957 <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). SLIP
2958 support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N.
2960 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
2961 will be called slip.
2963 config SLIP_COMPRESSED
2964 bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
2968 This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
2969 TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
2970 on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and
2971 answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If
2972 you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from
2973 <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) which
2974 allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you
2975 definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from
2976 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
2977 CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
2982 This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
2986 bool "Keepalive and linefill"
2989 Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the
2990 RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality
2993 config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6
2994 bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation"
2997 Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial
2998 networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven
2999 bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP:
3000 "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over
3001 the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other
3002 end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP
3003 over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N.
3006 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
3007 depends on SCSI && PCI
3009 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
3010 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
3011 intended to replace SCSI.
3013 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
3014 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
3015 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
3016 "SCSI generic support".
3019 tristate "Traffic Shaper (OBSOLETE)"
3020 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
3022 The traffic shaper is a virtual network device that allows you to
3023 limit the rate of outgoing data flow over some other network device.
3024 The traffic that you want to slow down can then be routed through
3025 these virtual devices. See
3026 <file:Documentation/networking/shaper.txt> for more information.
3028 An alternative to this traffic shaper are traffic schedulers which
3029 you'll get if you say Y to "QoS and/or fair queuing" in
3030 "Networking options".
3032 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
3033 will be called shaper. If unsure, say N.
3036 tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3037 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
3039 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
3040 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3042 config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
3043 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3044 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
3047 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
3048 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
3049 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
3050 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
3056 bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
3060 config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
3064 tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
3065 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
3067 This is the virtual network driver for lguest. Say Y or M.