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1#
2# Network device configuration
3#
4
5menuconfig NETDEVICES
6	default y if UML
7	depends on NET
8	bool "Network device support"
9	---help---
10	  You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
11	  any other computer at all.
12
13	  You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
14	  you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
15	  telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
16	  two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
17	  AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
18
19	  See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
20	  Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
21
22	  If unsure, say Y.
23
24# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
25# that for each of the symbols.
26if NETDEVICES
27
28config MII
29	tristate
30
31config NET_CORE
32	default y
33	bool "Network core driver support"
34	---help---
35	  You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
36	  networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
37
38if NET_CORE
39
40config BONDING
41	tristate "Bonding driver support"
42	depends on INET
43	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
44	---help---
45	  Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
46	  Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
47	  'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
48
49	  The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
50	  performance and high availability operation.
51
52	  Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
53	  information.
54
55	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
56	  will be called bonding.
57
58config DUMMY
59	tristate "Dummy net driver support"
60	---help---
61	  This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
62	  this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
63	  address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
64	  inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
65	  If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
66	  thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
67	  kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
68	  Administrator's Guide, available from
69	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
70
71	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
72	  will be called dummy.
73
74config EQUALIZER
75	tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
76	---help---
77	  If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
78	  usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
79	  SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
80	  lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
81	  one double speed connection using this driver.  Naturally, this has
82	  to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
83	  Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
84
85	  Say Y if you want this and read
86	  <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>.  You may also want to read
87	  section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
88	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
89
90	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
91	  will be called eql.  If unsure, say N.
92
93config NET_FC
94	bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
95	depends on SCSI && PCI
96	help
97	  Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
98	  large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
99	  intended to replace SCSI.
100
101	  If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
102	  adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
103	  adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
104	  "SCSI generic support".
105
106config IFB
107	tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
108	depends on NET_CLS_ACT
109	---help---
110	  This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
111	  resources.
112	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
113	  will be called ifb.  If you want to use more than one ifb
114	  device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
115	  Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
116	  'ifb1' etc.
117	  Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
118
119source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
120
121config MACVLAN
122	tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
123	---help---
124	  This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
125	  or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
126
127	  Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
128	  iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
129
130	  "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
131
132	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
133	  will be called macvlan.
134
135config MACVTAP
136	tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
137	depends on MACVLAN
138	depends on INET
139	help
140	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
141	  on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
142	  can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
143	  macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
144
145	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
146	  will be called macvtap.
147
148
149config IPVLAN
150    tristate "IP-VLAN support"
151    depends on INET
152    depends on IPV6
153    ---help---
154      This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
155      and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
156      on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
157      making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
158
159      Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
160      iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-X.Y.ZZ release:
161
162      "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
163
164      To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
165      will be called ipvlan.
166
167
168config VXLAN
169       tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
170       depends on INET
171       select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
172       ---help---
173	  This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
174	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
175	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
176	  For more information see:
177	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
178
179	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
180	  will be called vxlan.
181
182config NETCONSOLE
183	tristate "Network console logging support"
184	---help---
185	If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
186	See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
187
188config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
189	bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
190	depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
191			!(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
192	help
193	  This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
194	  parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
195	  at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
196	  See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
197
198config NETPOLL
199	def_bool NETCONSOLE
200
201config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
202	def_bool NETPOLL
203
204config NTB_NETDEV
205	tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB"
206	depends on NTB
207
208config RIONET
209	tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
210	depends on RAPIDIO
211
212config RIONET_TX_SIZE
213	int "Number of outbound queue entries"
214	depends on RIONET
215	default "128"
216
217config RIONET_RX_SIZE
218	int "Number of inbound queue entries"
219	depends on RIONET
220	default "128"
221
222config TUN
223	tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
224	depends on INET
225	select CRC32
226	---help---
227	  TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
228	  programs.  It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
229	  device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
230	  receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
231	  via physical media writes them to the user space program.
232
233	  When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
234	  corresponding net device tunX or tapX.  After a program closed above
235	  devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
236	  all routes corresponding to it.
237
238	  Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
239	  information.
240
241	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
242	  will be called tun.
243
244	  If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
245
246config VETH
247	tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
248	---help---
249	  This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
250	  When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
251	  versa.
252
253config VIRTIO_NET
254	tristate "Virtio network driver"
255	depends on VIRTIO
256	select AVERAGE
257	---help---
258	  This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with
259	  lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
260
261config NLMON
262	tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
263	---help---
264	  This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
265	  purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
266	  Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
267	  messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
268	  diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
269	  to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
270
271endif # NET_CORE
272
273config SUNGEM_PHY
274	tristate
275
276source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
277
278source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
279
280source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
281
282source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
283
284source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
285
286source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
287
288source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
289
290config NET_SB1000
291	tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
292	depends on PNP
293	---help---
294	  This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
295	  NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
296	  cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
297	  TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
298	  downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
299	  provided by your regular phone modem.
300
301	  At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
302	  you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
303	  <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
304	  to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
305	  a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
306	  found at:
307
308	  <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
309	  <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
310	  <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
311
312	  If you don't have this card, of course say N.
313
314source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
315
316source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
317
318source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
319
320source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
321
322source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
323
324source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
325
326source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
327
328source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
329
330source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
331
332source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
333
334config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
335	tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
336	depends on XEN
337	select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
338	default y
339	help
340	  This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
341	  devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
342	  domain 0).
343
344	  The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
345	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
346
347	  If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
348	  should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
349	  M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
350
351config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
352	tristate "Xen backend network device"
353	depends on XEN_BACKEND
354	help
355	  This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
356	  domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
357	  Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
358	  system that implements a compatible front end.
359
360	  The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
361	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
362
363	  The backend driver presents a standard network device
364	  endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
365	  domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
366	  etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
367
368	  If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
369	  domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
370	  compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
371	  will be called xen-netback.
372
373config VMXNET3
374	tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
375	depends on PCI && INET
376	help
377	  This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
378	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
379	  module will be called vmxnet3.
380
381source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
382
383endif # NETDEVICES
384