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  1. #
  2. # Network device configuration
  3. #
  4. menuconfig NETDEVICES
  5. default y if UML
  6. depends on NET
  7. bool "Network device support"
  8. ---help---
  9. You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
  10. any other computer at all.
  11. You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
  12. you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
  13. telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
  14. two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
  15. AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
  16. See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
  17. Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
  18. If unsure, say Y.
  19. # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
  20. # that for each of the symbols.
  21. if NETDEVICES
  22. config MII
  23. tristate
  24. config NET_CORE
  25. default y
  26. bool "Network core driver support"
  27. ---help---
  28. You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
  29. networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
  30. if NET_CORE
  31. config BONDING
  32. tristate "Bonding driver support"
  33. depends on INET
  34. depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
  35. ---help---
  36. Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
  37. Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
  38. 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
  39. The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
  40. performance and high availability operation.
  41. Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
  42. information.
  43. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  44. will be called bonding.
  45. config DUMMY
  46. tristate "Dummy net driver support"
  47. ---help---
  48. This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
  49. this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
  50. address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
  51. inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
  52. If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. It won't
  53. enlarge your kernel. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
  54. Administrator's Guide, available from
  55. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
  56. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  57. will be called dummy.
  58. config EQUALIZER
  59. tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
  60. ---help---
  61. If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
  62. usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
  63. SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
  64. lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
  65. one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
  66. to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
  67. Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
  68. Say Y if you want this and read
  69. <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
  70. section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
  71. <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
  72. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  73. will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
  74. config NET_FC
  75. bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
  76. depends on SCSI && PCI
  77. help
  78. Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
  79. large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
  80. intended to replace SCSI.
  81. If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
  82. adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
  83. adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
  84. "SCSI generic support".
  85. config IFB
  86. tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
  87. depends on NET_CLS_ACT
  88. ---help---
  89. This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
  90. resources.
  91. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  92. will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
  93. device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
  94. Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
  95. 'ifb1' etc.
  96. Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
  97. source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
  98. config MACVLAN
  99. tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
  100. ---help---
  101. This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
  102. or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
  103. Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
  104. iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
  105. "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
  106. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  107. will be called macvlan.
  108. config MACVTAP
  109. tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
  110. depends on MACVLAN
  111. depends on INET
  112. help
  113. This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
  114. on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
  115. can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
  116. macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
  117. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  118. will be called macvtap.
  119. config IPVLAN
  120. tristate "IP-VLAN support"
  121. depends on INET
  122. depends on IPV6
  123. depends on NETFILTER
  124. depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
  125. ---help---
  126. This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
  127. and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
  128. on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
  129. making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
  130. Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
  131. iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-3.19 release:
  132. "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
  133. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  134. will be called ipvlan.
  135. config VXLAN
  136. tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
  137. depends on INET
  138. select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
  139. ---help---
  140. This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
  141. Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
  142. to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
  143. For more information see:
  144. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
  145. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  146. will be called vxlan.
  147. config GENEVE
  148. tristate "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation"
  149. depends on INET && NET_UDP_TUNNEL
  150. select NET_IP_TUNNEL
  151. ---help---
  152. This allows one to create geneve virtual interfaces that provide
  153. Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. GENEVE is often used
  154. to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
  155. For more information see:
  156. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-02
  157. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  158. will be called geneve.
  159. config GTP
  160. tristate "GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U)"
  161. depends on INET && NET_UDP_TUNNEL
  162. select NET_IP_TUNNEL
  163. ---help---
  164. This allows one to create gtp virtual interfaces that provide
  165. the GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U). This tunneling protocol
  166. is used to prevent subscribers from accessing mobile carrier core
  167. network infrastructure. This driver requires a userspace software that
  168. implements the signaling protocol (GTP-C) to update its PDP context
  169. base, such as OpenGGSN <http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/). This
  170. tunneling protocol is implemented according to the GSM TS 09.60 and
  171. 3GPP TS 29.060 standards.
  172. To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
  173. wil be called gtp.
  174. config MACSEC
  175. tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
  176. select CRYPTO
  177. select CRYPTO_AES
  178. select CRYPTO_GCM
  179. ---help---
  180. MACsec is an encryption standard for Ethernet.
  181. config NETCONSOLE
  182. tristate "Network console logging support"
  183. ---help---
  184. If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
  185. See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
  186. config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
  187. bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
  188. depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
  189. !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
  190. help
  191. This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
  192. parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
  193. at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
  194. See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
  195. config NETPOLL
  196. def_bool NETCONSOLE
  197. select SRCU
  198. config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
  199. def_bool NETPOLL
  200. config NTB_NETDEV
  201. tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB Transport"
  202. depends on NTB_TRANSPORT
  203. config RIONET
  204. tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
  205. depends on RAPIDIO
  206. config RIONET_TX_SIZE
  207. int "Number of outbound queue entries"
  208. depends on RIONET
  209. default "128"
  210. config RIONET_RX_SIZE
  211. int "Number of inbound queue entries"
  212. depends on RIONET
  213. default "128"
  214. config TUN
  215. tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
  216. depends on INET
  217. select CRC32
  218. ---help---
  219. TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
  220. programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
  221. device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
  222. receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
  223. via physical media writes them to the user space program.
  224. When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
  225. corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
  226. devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
  227. all routes corresponding to it.
  228. Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
  229. information.
  230. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
  231. will be called tun.
  232. If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
  233. config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
  234. bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
  235. default n
  236. ---help---
  237. This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
  238. little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
  239. big-endian legacy virtio device.
  240. Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
  241. and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
  242. Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
  243. machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
  244. config VETH
  245. tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
  246. ---help---
  247. This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
  248. When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
  249. versa.
  250. config VIRTIO_NET
  251. tristate "Virtio network driver"
  252. depends on VIRTIO
  253. ---help---
  254. This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
  255. lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
  256. config NLMON
  257. tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
  258. ---help---
  259. This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
  260. purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
  261. Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
  262. messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
  263. diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
  264. to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
  265. config NET_VRF
  266. tristate "Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Lite)"
  267. depends on IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
  268. depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
  269. depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
  270. depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES || IPV6=n
  271. ---help---
  272. This option enables the support for mapping interfaces into VRF's. The
  273. support enables VRF devices.
  274. endif # NET_CORE
  275. config SUNGEM_PHY
  276. tristate
  277. source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
  278. source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
  279. source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
  280. source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
  281. source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
  282. source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
  283. source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
  284. config NET_SB1000
  285. tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
  286. depends on PNP
  287. ---help---
  288. This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
  289. NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
  290. cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
  291. TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
  292. downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
  293. provided by your regular phone modem.
  294. At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
  295. you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
  296. <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
  297. to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
  298. a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
  299. found at:
  300. <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
  301. <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
  302. <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
  303. If you don't have this card, of course say N.
  304. source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
  305. source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
  306. source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
  307. source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
  308. source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
  309. source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
  310. source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
  311. source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
  312. source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
  313. source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
  314. config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
  315. tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
  316. depends on XEN
  317. select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
  318. default y
  319. help
  320. This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
  321. devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
  322. domain 0).
  323. The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
  324. CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
  325. If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
  326. should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
  327. M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
  328. config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
  329. tristate "Xen backend network device"
  330. depends on XEN_BACKEND
  331. help
  332. This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
  333. domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
  334. Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
  335. system that implements a compatible front end.
  336. The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
  337. CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
  338. The backend driver presents a standard network device
  339. endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
  340. domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
  341. etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
  342. If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
  343. domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
  344. compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
  345. will be called xen-netback.
  346. config VMXNET3
  347. tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
  348. depends on PCI && INET
  349. depends on !(PAGE_SIZE_64KB || ARM64_64K_PAGES || \
  350. IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || MICROBLAZE_64K_PAGES || \
  351. PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || PPC_64K_PAGES)
  352. help
  353. This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
  354. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
  355. module will be called vmxnet3.
  356. config FUJITSU_ES
  357. tristate "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device driver"
  358. depends on ACPI
  359. help
  360. This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
  361. on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
  362. source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
  363. endif # NETDEVICES