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1#
2# Network configuration
3#
4
5menuconfig NET
6	bool "Networking support"
7	select NLATTR
8	select GENERIC_NET_UTILS
9	select BPF
10	---help---
11	  Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here.
12	  The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even
13	  when running on a stand-alone machine that isn't connected to any
14	  other computer.
15
16	  If you are upgrading from an older kernel, you
17	  should consider updating your networking tools too because changes
18	  in the kernel and the tools often go hand in hand. The tools are
19	  contained in the package net-tools, the location and version number
20	  of which are given in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
21
22	  For a general introduction to Linux networking, it is highly
23	  recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from
24	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
25
26if NET
27
28config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
29	bool
30	help
31	  This option can be selected by other options that need compat
32	  netlink messages.
33
34config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
35	def_bool y
36	depends on COMPAT
37	depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
38	help
39	  This option makes it possible to send different netlink messages
40	  to tasks depending on whether the task is a compat task or not. To
41	  achieve this, you need to set skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list to the
42	  compat skb before sending the skb, the netlink code will sort out
43	  which message to actually pass to the task.
44
45	  Newly written code should NEVER need this option but do
46	  compat-independent messages instead!
47
48config NET_INGRESS
49	bool
50
51config NET_EGRESS
52	bool
53
54menu "Networking options"
55
56source "net/packet/Kconfig"
57source "net/unix/Kconfig"
58source "net/tls/Kconfig"
59source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
60source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
61source "net/smc/Kconfig"
62
63config INET
64	bool "TCP/IP networking"
65	select CRYPTO
66	select CRYPTO_AES
67	---help---
68	  These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
69	  Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
70	  your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
71	  system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
72	  other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
73	  allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
74
75	  For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
76	  Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
77	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
78
79	  If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
80	  "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
81	  behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
82	  /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
83	  <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
84
85	  Short answer: say Y.
86
87if INET
88source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
89source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
90source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"
91
92endif # if INET
93
94config NETWORK_SECMARK
95	bool "Security Marking"
96	help
97	  This enables security marking of network packets, similar
98	  to nfmark, but designated for security purposes.
99	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
100
101config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
102	def_bool n
103
104config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
105	bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"
106	select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
107	help
108	  This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs with
109	  hardware timestamping capabilities. This option adds some
110	  overhead in the transmit and receive paths.
111
112	  If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
113
114menuconfig NETFILTER
115	bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)"
116	---help---
117	  Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets
118	  that pass through your Linux box.
119
120	  The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as
121	  a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of
122	  firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet
123	  filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets
124	  based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall,
125	  a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more
126	  bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more
127	  closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level
128	  protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based
129	  firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local
130	  clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but
131	  they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if
132	  you say Y here.
133
134	  You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as
135	  the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without
136	  globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one
137	  of the computers on your local network wants to send something to
138	  the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it
139	  forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but
140	  modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the
141	  firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host
142	  replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the
143	  correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net
144	  are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can
145	  reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to
146	  run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network
147	  using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often
148	  called NAT (Network Address Translation).
149
150	  Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on
151	  the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux
152	  box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server,
153	  typically a caching proxy server.
154
155	  Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using
156	  a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see"
157	  the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet
158	  protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter
159	  configuration).
160
161	  Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous
162	  masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent
163	  proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see
164	  <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of
165	  these packages.
166
167if NETFILTER
168
169config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
170	bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
171	depends on NETFILTER
172	default y
173	help
174	  If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
175	  If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
176	  basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
177
178	  If unsure, say Y.
179
180config BRIDGE_NETFILTER
181	tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering"
182	depends on BRIDGE
183	depends on NETFILTER && INET
184	depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
185	select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE
186	default m
187	---help---
188	  Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged
189	  ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably
190	  want this option enabled.
191	  Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable
192	  ebtables.
193
194	  If unsure, say N.
195
196source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"
197source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"
198source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"
199source "net/decnet/netfilter/Kconfig"
200source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"
201
202endif
203
204source "net/dccp/Kconfig"
205source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
206source "net/rds/Kconfig"
207source "net/tipc/Kconfig"
208source "net/atm/Kconfig"
209source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"
210source "net/802/Kconfig"
211source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
212source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
213source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
214source "net/decnet/Kconfig"
215source "net/llc/Kconfig"
216source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig"
217source "net/x25/Kconfig"
218source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
219source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
220source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
221source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
222source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
223source "net/sched/Kconfig"
224source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
225source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
226source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
227source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"
228source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"
229source "net/netlink/Kconfig"
230source "net/mpls/Kconfig"
231source "net/nsh/Kconfig"
232source "net/hsr/Kconfig"
233source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"
234source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"
235source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"
236source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"
237
238config RPS
239	bool
240	depends on SMP && SYSFS
241	default y
242
243config RFS_ACCEL
244	bool
245	depends on RPS
246	select CPU_RMAP
247	default y
248
249config XPS
250	bool
251	depends on SMP
252	default y
253
254config HWBM
255       bool
256
257config CGROUP_NET_PRIO
258	bool "Network priority cgroup"
259	depends on CGROUPS
260	select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
261	---help---
262	  Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on
263	  a per-interface basis.
264
265config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
266	bool "Network classid cgroup"
267	depends on CGROUPS
268	select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
269	---help---
270	  Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is
271	  being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching.
272
273config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
274	bool
275	default y
276
277config BQL
278	bool
279	depends on SYSFS
280	select DQL
281	default y
282
283config BPF_JIT
284	bool "enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
285	depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT
286	depends on MODULES
287	---help---
288	  Berkeley Packet Filter filtering capabilities are normally handled
289	  by an interpreter. This option allows kernel to generate a native
290	  code when filter is loaded in memory. This should speedup
291	  packet sniffing (libpcap/tcpdump).
292
293	  Note, admin should enable this feature changing:
294	  /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
295	  /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_harden   (optional)
296	  /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_kallsyms (optional)
297
298config BPF_STREAM_PARSER
299	bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"
300	depends on BPF_SYSCALL
301	select STREAM_PARSER
302	---help---
303	 Enabling this allows a stream parser to be used with
304	 BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.
305
306	 BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP provides a map type to use with network sockets.
307	 It can be used to enforce socket policy, implement socket redirects,
308	 etc.
309
310config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
311	bool
312	depends on RPS
313	default y
314	---help---
315	  The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's
316	  backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows
317	  generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to
318	  maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers
319	  with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
320	  flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
321
322menu "Network testing"
323
324config NET_PKTGEN
325	tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
326	depends on INET && PROC_FS
327	---help---
328	  This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable
329	  rate, out of a given interface.  It is used for network interface
330	  stress testing and performance analysis.  If you don't understand
331	  what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
332
333	  Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found
334	  at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt>.
335
336	  To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
337	  module will be called pktgen.
338
339config NET_DROP_MONITOR
340	tristate "Network packet drop alerting service"
341	depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS
342	---help---
343	This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
344	event that packets are discarded in the network stack.  Alerts
345	are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
346	process.  If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
347	just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
348	drop statistics, say N here.
349
350endmenu
351
352endmenu
353
354source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
355source "net/can/Kconfig"
356source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
357source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"
358source "net/kcm/Kconfig"
359source "net/strparser/Kconfig"
360
361config FIB_RULES
362	bool
363
364menuconfig WIRELESS
365	bool "Wireless"
366	depends on !S390
367	default y
368
369if WIRELESS
370
371source "net/wireless/Kconfig"
372source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"
373
374endif # WIRELESS
375
376source "net/wimax/Kconfig"
377
378source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"
379source "net/9p/Kconfig"
380source "net/caif/Kconfig"
381source "net/ceph/Kconfig"
382source "net/nfc/Kconfig"
383source "net/psample/Kconfig"
384source "net/ife/Kconfig"
385
386config LWTUNNEL
387	bool "Network light weight tunnels"
388	---help---
389	  This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight
390	  tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light
391	  weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored
392	  with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes.
393
394config LWTUNNEL_BPF
395	bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action"
396	depends on LWTUNNEL
397	default y if LWTUNNEL=y
398	---help---
399	  Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route
400	  lookup for incoming and outgoing packets.
401
402config DST_CACHE
403	bool
404	default n
405
406config GRO_CELLS
407	bool
408	default n
409
410config NET_DEVLINK
411	tristate "Network physical/parent device Netlink interface"
412	help
413	  Network physical/parent device Netlink interface provides
414	  infrastructure to support access to physical chip-wide config and
415	  monitoring.
416
417config MAY_USE_DEVLINK
418	tristate
419	default m if NET_DEVLINK=m
420	default y if NET_DEVLINK=y || NET_DEVLINK=n
421	help
422	  Drivers using the devlink infrastructure should have a dependency
423	  on MAY_USE_DEVLINK to ensure they do not cause link errors when
424	  devlink is a loadable module and the driver using it is built-in.
425
426endif   # if NET
427
428# Used by archs to tell that they support BPF JIT compiler plus which flavour.
429# Only one of the two can be selected for a specific arch since eBPF JIT supersedes
430# the cBPF JIT.
431
432# Classic BPF JIT (cBPF)
433config HAVE_CBPF_JIT
434	bool
435
436# Extended BPF JIT (eBPF)
437config HAVE_EBPF_JIT
438	bool
439