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