# # Network device configuration # menuconfig NETDEVICES default y if UML depends on NET bool "Network device support" ---help--- You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to any other computer at all. You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links. See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson. Available at . If unsure, say Y. # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat # that for each of the symbols. if NETDEVICES config NETDEVICES_MULTIQUEUE bool "Netdevice multiple hardware queue support" ---help--- Say Y here if you want to allow the network stack to use multiple hardware TX queues on an ethernet device. Most people will say N here. config IFB tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support" depends on NET_CLS_ACT ---help--- This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of resources. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0', 'ifb1' etc. Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc config DUMMY tristate "Dummy net driver support" ---help--- This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs. If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network Administrator's Guide, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module. Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0', 'dummy1' etc. config BONDING tristate "Bonding driver support" depends on INET ---help--- Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco, 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux. The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high performance and high availability operation. Refer to for more information. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called bonding. config MACVLAN tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL ---help--- This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface. Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release: "ip link add link [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan" To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called macvlan. config EQUALIZER tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support" ---help--- If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e. Say Y if you want this and read . You may also want to read section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called eql. If unsure, say N. config TUN tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support" select CRC32 ---help--- TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media, receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets via physical media writes them to the user space program. When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and all routes corresponding to it. Please read for more information. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called tun. If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it. config VETH tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device" ---help--- This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs. When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice versa. config NET_SB1000 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000" depends on PNP ---help--- This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is provided by your regular phone modem. At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read for information on how to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be found at: If you don't have this card, of course say N. source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" # # Ethernet # menuconfig NET_ETHERNET bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)" depends on !UML ---help--- Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. Common varieties of Ethernet are: 10BASE-2 or Thinnet (10 Mbps over coaxial cable, linking computers in a chain), 10BASE-T or twisted pair (10 Mbps over twisted pair cable, linking computers to central hubs), 10BASE-F (10 Mbps over optical fiber links, using hubs), 100BASE-TX (100 Mbps over two twisted pair cables, using hubs), 100BASE-T4 (100 Mbps over 4 standard voice-grade twisted pair cables, using hubs), 100BASE-FX (100 Mbps over optical fiber links) [the 100BASE varieties are also known as Fast Ethernet], and Gigabit Ethernet (1 Gbps over optical fiber or short copper links). If your Linux machine will be connected to an Ethernet and you have an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed in your computer, say Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . You will then also have to say Y to the driver for your particular NIC. Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about Ethernet network cards. If unsure, say N. if NET_ETHERNET config MII tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support" help Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your ethernet card lack MII. config MACB tristate "Atmel MACB support" depends on AVR32 || ARCH_AT91SAM9260 || ARCH_AT91SAM9263 || ARCH_AT91CAP9 select PHYLIB help The Atmel MACB ethernet interface is found on many AT32 and AT91 parts. Say Y to include support for the MACB chip. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called macb. source "drivers/net/arm/Kconfig" config AX88796 tristate "ASIX AX88796 NE2000 clone support" depends on ARM || MIPS || SUPERH select CRC32 select MII help AX88796 driver, using platform bus to provide chip detection and resources config AX88796_93CX6 bool "ASIX AX88796 external 93CX6 eeprom support" depends on AX88796 select EEPROM_93CX6 help Select this if your platform comes with an external 93CX6 eeprom. config MACE tristate "MACE (Power Mac ethernet) support" depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 select CRC32 help Power Macintoshes and clones with Ethernet built-in on the motherboard will usually use a MACE (Medium Access Control for Ethernet) interface. Say Y to include support for the MACE chip. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called mace. config MACE_AAUI_PORT bool "Use AAUI port instead of TP by default" depends on MACE help Some Apple machines (notably the Apple Network Server) which use the MACE ethernet chip have an Apple AUI port (small 15-pin connector), instead of an 8-pin RJ45 connector for twisted-pair ethernet. Say Y here if you have such a machine. If unsure, say N. The driver will default to AAUI on ANS anyway, and if you use it as a module, you can provide the port_aaui=0|1 to force the driver. config BMAC tristate "BMAC (G3 ethernet) support" depends on PPC_PMAC && PPC32 select CRC32 help Say Y for support of BMAC Ethernet interfaces. These are used on G3 computers. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called bmac. config ARIADNE tristate "Ariadne support" depends on ZORRO help If you have a Village Tronic Ariadne Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ariadne. config A2065 tristate "A2065 support" depends on ZORRO select CRC32 help If you have a Commodore A2065 Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called a2065. config HYDRA tristate "Hydra support" depends on ZORRO select CRC32 help If you have a Hydra Ethernet adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called hydra. config ZORRO8390 tristate "Zorro NS8390-based Ethernet support" depends on ZORRO select CRC32 help This driver is for Zorro Ethernet cards using an NS8390-compatible chipset, like the Village Tronic Ariadne II and the Individual Computers X-Surf Ethernet cards. If you have such a card, say Y. Otherwise, say N. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called zorro8390. config APNE tristate "PCMCIA NE2000 support" depends on AMIGA_PCMCIA select CRC32 help If you have a PCMCIA NE2000 compatible adapter, say Y. Otherwise, say N. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called apne. config APOLLO_ELPLUS tristate "Apollo 3c505 support" depends on APOLLO help Say Y or M here if your Apollo has a 3Com 3c505 ISA Ethernet card. If you don't have one made for Apollos, you can use one from a PC, except that your Apollo won't be able to boot from it (because the code in the ROM will be for a PC). config MAC8390 bool "Macintosh NS 8390 based ethernet cards" depends on MAC select CRC32 help If you want to include a driver to support Nubus or LC-PDS Ethernet cards using an NS8390 chipset or its equivalent, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . config MAC89x0 tristate "Macintosh CS89x0 based ethernet cards" depends on MAC ---help--- Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a Nubus or LC-PDS network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will be called mac89x0. config MACSONIC tristate "Macintosh SONIC based ethernet (onboard, NuBus, LC, CS)" depends on MAC ---help--- Support for NatSemi SONIC based Ethernet devices. This includes the onboard Ethernet in many Quadras as well as some LC-PDS, a few Nubus and all known Comm Slot Ethernet cards. If you have one of these say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. This module will be called macsonic. config MACMACE bool "Macintosh (AV) onboard MACE ethernet" depends on MAC select CRC32 help Support for the onboard AMD 79C940 MACE Ethernet controller used in the 660AV and 840AV Macintosh. If you have one of these Macintoshes say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . config MVME147_NET tristate "MVME147 (Lance) Ethernet support" depends on MVME147 select CRC32 help Support for the on-board Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME147 single-board computer. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip in your kernel. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. config MVME16x_NET tristate "MVME16x Ethernet support" depends on MVME16x help This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on the Motorola MVME162, 166, 167, 172 and 177 boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip in your kernel. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. config BVME6000_NET tristate "BVME6000 Ethernet support" depends on BVME6000 help This is the driver for the Ethernet interface on BVME4000 and BVME6000 VME boards. Say Y here to include the driver for this chip in your kernel. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. config ATARILANCE tristate "Atari Lance support" depends on ATARI help Say Y to include support for several Atari Ethernet adapters based on the AMD Lance chipset: RieblCard (with or without battery), or PAMCard VME (also the version by Rhotron, with different addresses). config SUN3LANCE tristate "Sun3/Sun3x on-board LANCE support" depends on SUN3 || SUN3X help Most Sun3 and Sun3x motherboards (including the 3/50, 3/60 and 3/80) featured an AMD Lance 10Mbit Ethernet controller on board; say Y here to compile in the Linux driver for this and enable Ethernet. General Linux information on the Sun 3 and 3x series (now discontinued) is at . If you're not building a kernel for a Sun 3, say N. config SUN3_82586 bool "Sun3 on-board Intel 82586 support" depends on SUN3 help This driver enables support for the on-board Intel 82586 based Ethernet adapter found on Sun 3/1xx and 3/2xx motherboards. Note that this driver does not support 82586-based adapters on additional VME boards. config HPLANCE bool "HP on-board LANCE support" depends on DIO select CRC32 help If you want to use the builtin "LANCE" Ethernet controller on an HP300 machine, say Y here. config LASI_82596 tristate "Lasi ethernet" depends on GSC help Say Y here to support the builtin Intel 82596 ethernet controller found in Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC machines with 10Mbit ethernet. config SNI_82596 tristate "SNI RM ethernet" depends on NET_ETHERNET && SNI_RM help Say Y here to support the on-board Intel 82596 ethernet controller built into SNI RM machines. config KORINA tristate "Korina (IDT RC32434) Ethernet support" depends on NET_ETHERNET && MIKROTIK_RB532 help If you have a Mikrotik RouterBoard 500 or IDT RC32434 based system say Y. Otherwise say N. config MIPS_JAZZ_SONIC tristate "MIPS JAZZ onboard SONIC Ethernet support" depends on MACH_JAZZ help This is the driver for the onboard card of MIPS Magnum 4000, Acer PICA, Olivetti M700-10 and a few other identical OEM systems. config MIPS_AU1X00_ENET bool "MIPS AU1000 Ethernet support" depends on SOC_AU1X00 select PHYLIB select CRC32 help If you have an Alchemy Semi AU1X00 based system say Y. Otherwise, say N. config SGI_IOC3_ETH bool "SGI IOC3 Ethernet" depends on PCI && SGI_IP27 select CRC32 select MII help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . config MIPS_SIM_NET tristate "MIPS simulator Network device" depends on MIPS_SIM help The MIPSNET device is a simple Ethernet network device which is emulated by the MIPS Simulator. If you are not using a MIPSsim or are unsure, say N. config SGI_O2MACE_ETH tristate "SGI O2 MACE Fast Ethernet support" depends on SGI_IP32=y config STNIC tristate "National DP83902AV support" depends on SUPERH select CRC32 help Support for cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83902AV ST-NIC Serial Network Interface Controller for Twisted Pair. This is a 10Mbit/sec Ethernet controller. Product overview and specs at . If unsure, say N. config SUNLANCE tristate "Sun LANCE support" depends on SBUS select CRC32 help This driver supports the "le" interface present on all 32-bit Sparc systems, on some older Ultra systems and as an Sbus option. These cards are based on the AMD Lance chipset, which is better known via the NE2100 cards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sunlance. config HAPPYMEAL tristate "Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT support" depends on SBUS || PCI select CRC32 help This driver supports the "hme" interface present on most Ultra systems and as an option on older Sbus systems. This driver supports both PCI and Sbus devices. This driver also supports the "qfe" quad 100baseT device available in both PCI and Sbus configurations. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sunhme. config SUNBMAC tristate "Sun BigMAC 10/100baseT support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on SBUS && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 help This driver supports the "be" interface available as an Sbus option. This is Sun's older 100baseT Ethernet device. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sunbmac. config SUNQE tristate "Sun QuadEthernet support" depends on SBUS select CRC32 help This driver supports the "qe" 10baseT Ethernet device, available as an Sbus option. Note that this is not the same as Quad FastEthernet "qfe" which is supported by the Happy Meal driver instead. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sunqe. config SUNGEM tristate "Sun GEM support" depends on PCI select CRC32 help Support for the Sun GEM chip, aka Sun GigabitEthernet/P 2.0. See also . config CASSINI tristate "Sun Cassini support" depends on PCI select CRC32 help Support for the Sun Cassini chip, aka Sun GigaSwift Ethernet. See also config SUNVNET tristate "Sun Virtual Network support" depends on SUN_LDOMS help Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains. config NET_VENDOR_3COM bool "3COM cards" depends on ISA || EISA || MCA || PCI help If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about 3COM cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. config EL1 tristate "3c501 \"EtherLink\" support" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Also, consider buying a new card, since the 3c501 is slow, broken, and obsolete: you will have problems. Some people suggest to ping ("man ping") a nearby machine every minute ("man cron") when using this card. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c501. config EL2 tristate "3c503 \"EtherLink II\" support" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c503. config ELPLUS tristate "3c505 \"EtherLink Plus\" support" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && ISA_DMA_API ---help--- Information about this network (Ethernet) card can be found in . If you have a card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c505. config EL16 tristate "3c507 \"EtherLink 16\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c507. config EL3 tristate "3c509/3c529 (MCA)/3c579 \"EtherLink III\" support" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA || MCA) ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to the 3Com EtherLinkIII series, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default media type. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c509. config 3C515 tristate "3c515 ISA \"Fast EtherLink\"" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (ISA || EISA) && ISA_DMA_API help If you have a 3Com ISA EtherLink XL "Corkscrew" 3c515 Fast Ethernet network card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c515. config ELMC tristate "3c523 \"EtherLink/MC\" support" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA_LEGACY help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c523. config ELMC_II tristate "3c527 \"EtherLink/MC 32\" support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && MCA && MCA_LEGACY help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called 3c527. config VORTEX tristate "3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) \"Vortex/Boomerang\" support" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && (PCI || EISA) select MII ---help--- This option enables driver support for a large number of 10Mbps and 10/100Mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards: "Vortex" (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905) PCI "Cyclone" (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656) PCI and Cardbus "Tornado" (3c905) PCI "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO) PCI If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . More specific information is in and in the comments at the beginning of . To compile this support as a module, choose M here. config TYPHOON tristate "3cr990 series \"Typhoon\" support" depends on NET_VENDOR_3COM && PCI select CRC32 ---help--- This option enables driver support for the 3cr990 series of cards: 3C990-TX, 3CR990-TX-95, 3CR990-TX-97, 3CR990-FX-95, 3CR990-FX-97, 3CR990SVR, 3CR990SVR95, 3CR990SVR97, 3CR990-FX-95 Server, 3CR990-FX-97 Server, 3C990B-TX-M, 3C990BSVR If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called typhoon. config LANCE tristate "AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support" depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Some LinkSys cards are of this type. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called lance. This is recommended. config NET_VENDOR_SMC bool "Western Digital/SMC cards" depends on ISA || MCA || EISA || MAC help If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about Western Digital cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. config WD80x3 tristate "WD80*3 support" depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called wd. config ULTRAMCA tristate "SMC Ultra MCA support" depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && MCA select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type and are running an MCA based system (PS/2), say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called smc-mca. config ULTRA tristate "SMC Ultra support" depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && ISA select CRC32 ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Important: There have been many reports that, with some motherboards mixing an SMC Ultra and an Adaptec AHA154x SCSI card (or compatible, such as some BusLogic models) causes corruption problems with many operating systems. The Linux smc-ultra driver has a work-around for this but keep it in mind if you have such a SCSI card and have problems. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called smc-ultra. config ULTRA32 tristate "SMC Ultra32 EISA support" depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && EISA select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called smc-ultra32. config BFIN_MAC tristate "Blackfin 527/536/537 on-chip mac support" depends on NET_ETHERNET && (BF527 || BF537 || BF536) select CRC32 select MII select PHYLIB select BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 if DMA_UNCACHED_NONE help This is the driver for blackfin on-chip mac device. Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel. This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called bfin_mac. config BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 bool "Use L1 memory for rx/tx packets" depends on BFIN_MAC && (BF527 || BF537) default y help To get maximum network performance, you should use L1 memory as rx/tx buffers. Say N here if you want to reserve L1 memory for other uses. config BFIN_TX_DESC_NUM int "Number of transmit buffer packets" depends on BFIN_MAC range 6 10 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 range 10 100 default "10" help Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. config BFIN_RX_DESC_NUM int "Number of receive buffer packets" depends on BFIN_MAC range 20 100 if BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 range 20 800 default "20" help Set the number of buffer packets used in driver. config BFIN_MAC_RMII bool "RMII PHY Interface (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on BFIN_MAC && EXPERIMENTAL default y if BFIN527_EZKIT default n if BFIN537_STAMP help Use Reduced PHY MII Interface config SMC9194 tristate "SMC 9194 support" depends on NET_VENDOR_SMC && (ISA || MAC && BROKEN) select CRC32 ---help--- This is support for the SMC9xxx based Ethernet cards. Choose this option if you have a DELL laptop with the docking station, or another SMC9192/9194 based chipset. Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, and read the file and the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called smc9194. config SMC91X tristate "SMC 91C9x/91C1xxx support" select CRC32 select MII depends on ARM || REDWOOD_5 || REDWOOD_6 || M32R || SUPERH || \ SOC_AU1X00 || BLACKFIN || MN10300 help This is a driver for SMC's 91x series of Ethernet chipsets, including the SMC91C94 and the SMC91C111. Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, and read the file and the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . This driver is also available as a module ( = code which can be inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want). The module will be called smc91x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read . config NET_NETX tristate "NetX Ethernet support" select MII depends on ARCH_NETX help This is support for the Hilscher netX builtin Ethernet ports To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called netx-eth. config DM9000 tristate "DM9000 support" depends on ARM || BLACKFIN || MIPS select CRC32 select MII ---help--- Support for DM9000 chipset. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called dm9000. config ENC28J60 tristate "ENC28J60 support" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SPI && NET_ETHERNET select CRC32 ---help--- Support for the Microchip EN28J60 ethernet chip. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called enc28j60. config ENC28J60_WRITEVERIFY bool "Enable write verify" depends on ENC28J60 ---help--- Enable the verify after the buffer write useful for debugging purpose. If unsure, say N. config DM9000_DEBUGLEVEL int "DM9000 maximum debug level" depends on DM9000 default 4 help The maximum level of debugging code compiled into the DM9000 driver. config SMC911X tristate "SMSC LAN911[5678] support" select CRC32 select MII depends on ARCH_PXA || SH_MAGIC_PANEL_R2 help This is a driver for SMSC's LAN911x series of Ethernet chipsets including the new LAN9115, LAN9116, LAN9117, and LAN9118. Say Y if you want it compiled into the kernel, and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . This driver is also available as a module. The module will be called smc911x. If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read config NET_VENDOR_RACAL bool "Racal-Interlan (Micom) NI cards" depends on ISA help If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, such as the NI5010, NI5210 or NI6210, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about NI cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. config NI5010 tristate "NI5010 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN_ON_SMP ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Note that this is still experimental code. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ni5010. config NI52 tristate "NI5210 support" depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ni52. config NI65 tristate "NI6510 support" depends on NET_VENDOR_RACAL && ISA && ISA_DMA_API help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ni65. source "drivers/net/tulip/Kconfig" config AT1700 tristate "AT1700/1720 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on (ISA || MCA_LEGACY) && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called at1700. config DEPCA tristate "DEPCA, DE10x, DE200, DE201, DE202, DE422 support" depends on ISA || EISA || MCA select CRC32 ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from as well as . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called depca. config HP100 tristate "HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI) support" depends on ISA || EISA || PCI help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called hp100. config NET_ISA bool "Other ISA cards" depends on ISA ---help--- If your network (Ethernet) card hasn't been mentioned yet and its bus system (that's the way the cards talks to the other components of your computer) is ISA (as opposed to EISA, VLB or PCI), say Y. Make sure you know the name of your card. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . If unsure, say Y. Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the remaining ISA network card questions. If you say Y, you will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. config E2100 tristate "Cabletron E21xx support" depends on NET_ISA select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called e2100. config EWRK3 tristate "EtherWORKS 3 (DE203, DE204, DE205) support" depends on NET_ISA select CRC32 ---help--- This driver supports the DE203, DE204 and DE205 network (Ethernet) cards. If this is for you, say Y and read in the kernel source as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ewrk3. config EEXPRESS tristate "EtherExpress 16 support" depends on NET_ISA ---help--- If you have an EtherExpress16 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Note that the Intel EtherExpress16 card used to be regarded as a very poor choice because the driver was very unreliable. We now have a new driver that should do better. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called eexpress. config EEXPRESS_PRO tristate "EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595) support" depends on NET_ISA ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y. This driver supports Intel i82595{FX,TX} based boards. Note however that the EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet card has its own separate driver. Please read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called eepro. config HPLAN_PLUS tristate "HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A) support" depends on NET_ISA select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called hp-plus. config HPLAN tristate "HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series) support" depends on NET_ISA select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called hp. config LP486E tristate "LP486E on board Ethernet" depends on NET_ISA help Say Y here to support the 82596-based on-board Ethernet controller for the Panther motherboard, which is one of the two shipped in the Intel Professional Workstation. config ETH16I tristate "ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 support" depends on NET_ISA help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called eth16i. config NE2000 tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support" depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938 select CRC32 ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Many Ethernet cards without a specific driver are compatible with NE2000. If you have a PCI NE2000 card however, say N here and Y to "PCI NE2000 and clone support" under "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" below. If you have a NE2000 card and are running on an MCA system (a bus system used on some IBM PS/2 computers and laptops), say N here and Y to "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support", below. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ne. config ZNET tristate "Zenith Z-Note support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL && ISA_DMA_API help The Zenith Z-Note notebook computer has a built-in network (Ethernet) card, and this is the Linux driver for it. Note that the IBM Thinkpad 300 is compatible with the Z-Note and is also supported by this driver. Read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . config SEEQ8005 tristate "SEEQ8005 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_ISA && EXPERIMENTAL help This is a driver for the SEEQ 8005 network (Ethernet) card. If this is for you, read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called seeq8005. config NE2_MCA tristate "NE/2 (ne2000 MCA version) support" depends on MCA_LEGACY select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ne2. config IBMLANA tristate "IBM LAN Adapter/A support" depends on MCA ---help--- This is a Micro Channel Ethernet adapter. You need to set CONFIG_MCA to use this driver. It is both available as an in-kernel driver and as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The only currently supported card is the IBM LAN Adapter/A for Ethernet. It will both support 16K and 32K memory windows, however a 32K window gives a better security against packet losses. Usage of multiple boards with this driver should be possible, but has not been tested up to now due to lack of hardware. config IBMVETH tristate "IBM LAN Virtual Ethernet support" depends on PPC_PSERIES ---help--- This driver supports virtual ethernet adapters on newer IBM iSeries and pSeries systems. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ibmveth. source "drivers/net/ibm_emac/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig" config NET_PCI bool "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers" depends on ISA || EISA || PCI help This is another class of network cards which attach directly to the bus. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about this class of network cards. If you say Y, you will be asked for your specific card in the following questions. If you are unsure, say Y. config PCNET32 tristate "AMD PCnet32 PCI support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help If you have a PCnet32 or PCnetPCI based network (Ethernet) card, answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called pcnet32. config AMD8111_ETH tristate "AMD 8111 (new PCI lance) support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help If you have an AMD 8111-based PCI lance ethernet card, answer Y here and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called amd8111e. config AMD8111E_NAPI bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" depends on AMD8111_ETH help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. If in doubt, say N. config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE tristate "Adaptec Starfire/DuraLAN support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help Say Y here if you have an Adaptec Starfire (or DuraLAN) PCI network adapter. The DuraLAN chip is used on the 64 bit PCI boards from Adaptec e.g. the ANA-6922A. The older 32 bit boards use the tulip driver. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called starfire. This is recommended. config ADAPTEC_STARFIRE_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on ADAPTEC_STARFIRE && EXPERIMENTAL help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. If in doubt, say N. config AC3200 tristate "Ansel Communications EISA 3200 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || EISA) && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ac3200. config APRICOT tristate "Apricot Xen-II on board Ethernet" depends on NET_PCI && ISA help If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called apricot. config B44 tristate "Broadcom 440x/47xx ethernet support" depends on SSB_POSSIBLE select SSB select MII help If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y or M and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called b44. # Auto-select SSB PCI-HOST support, if possible config B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT bool depends on B44 && SSB_PCIHOST_POSSIBLE select SSB_PCIHOST default y # Auto-select SSB PCICORE driver, if possible config B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT bool depends on B44 && SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE_POSSIBLE select SSB_DRIVER_PCICORE default y config B44_PCI bool depends on B44_PCI_AUTOSELECT && B44_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT default y config FORCEDETH tristate "nForce Ethernet support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI help If you have a network (Ethernet) controller of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called forcedeth. config FORCEDETH_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on FORCEDETH && EXPERIMENTAL help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. If in doubt, say N. config CS89x0 tristate "CS89x0 support" depends on NET_PCI && (ISA || MACH_IXDP2351 || ARCH_IXDP2X01 || ARCH_PNX010X) ---help--- Support for CS89x0 chipset based Ethernet cards. If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from as well as . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called cs89x0. config TC35815 tristate "TOSHIBA TC35815 Ethernet support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS select PHYLIB config EEPRO100 tristate "EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select MII help If you have an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PCI network (Ethernet) card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called eepro100. config E100 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/100+ support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select MII ---help--- This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/100 family of adapters. To verify that your adapter is supported, find the board ID number on the adapter. Look for a label that has a barcode and a number in the format 123456-001 (six digits hyphen three digits). Use the above information and the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: to identify the adapter. For the latest Intel PRO/100 network driver for Linux, see: More specific information on configuring the driver is in . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called e100. config LNE390 tristate "Mylex EISA LNE390A/B support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called lne390. config FEALNX tristate "Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help Say Y here to support the Mysom MTD-800 family of PCI-based Ethernet cards. Specifications and data at . config NATSEMI tristate "National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI Ethernet support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 help This driver is for the National Semiconductor DP83810 series, which is used in cards from PureData, NetGear, Linksys and others, including the 83815 chip. More specific information and updates are available from . config NE2K_PCI tristate "PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 ---help--- This driver is for NE2000 compatible PCI cards. It will not work with ISA NE2000 cards (they have their own driver, "NE2000/NE1000 support" below). If you have a PCI NE2000 network (Ethernet) card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . This driver also works for the following NE2000 clone cards: RealTek RTL-8029 Winbond 89C940 Compex RL2000 KTI ET32P2 NetVin NV5000SC Via 86C926 SureCom NE34 Winbond Holtek HT80232 Holtek HT80229 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ne2k-pci. config NE3210 tristate "Novell/Eagle/Microdyne NE3210 EISA support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 ---help--- If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Note that this driver will NOT WORK for NE3200 cards as they are completely different. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ne3210. config ES3210 tristate "Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210 support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && EISA && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 help If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called es3210. config 8139CP tristate "RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 select MII help This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on the RTL8139C+ chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 8139cp. This is recommended. config 8139TOO tristate "RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII ---help--- This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on the RTL 8129/8130/8139 chips. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called 8139too. This is recommended. config 8139TOO_PIO bool "Use PIO instead of MMIO" default y depends on 8139TOO help This instructs the driver to use programmed I/O ports (PIO) instead of PCI shared memory (MMIO). This can possibly solve some problems in case your mainboard has memory consistency issues. If unsure, say N. config 8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER bool "Support for uncommon RTL-8139 rev. K (automatic channel equalization)" depends on 8139TOO help This implements a function which might come in handy in case you are using low quality on long cabling. It is required for RealTek RTL-8139 revision K boards, and totally unused otherwise. It tries to match the transceiver to the cable characteristics. This is experimental since hardly documented by the manufacturer. If unsure, say Y. config 8139TOO_8129 bool "Support for older RTL-8129/8130 boards" depends on 8139TOO help This enables support for the older and uncommon RTL-8129 and RTL-8130 chips, which support MII via an external transceiver, instead of an internal one. Disabling this option will save some memory by making the code size smaller. If unsure, say Y. config 8139_OLD_RX_RESET bool "Use older RX-reset method" depends on 8139TOO help The 8139too driver was recently updated to contain a more rapid reset sequence, in the face of severe receive errors. This "new" RX-reset method should be adequate for all boards. But if you experience problems, you can enable this option to restore the old RX-reset behavior. If unsure, say N. config R6040 tristate "RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help This is a driver for the R6040 Fast Ethernet MACs found in the the RDC R-321x System-on-chips. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called r6040. This is recommended. config SIS900 tristate "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII ---help--- This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on the SiS 900 and SiS 7016 chips. The SiS 900 core is also embedded in SiS 630 and SiS 540 chipsets. This driver also supports AMD 79C901 HomePNA so that you can use your phone line as a network cable. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sis900. This is recommended. config EPIC100 tristate "SMC EtherPower II" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help This driver is for the SMC EtherPower II 9432 PCI Ethernet NIC, which is based on the SMC83c17x (EPIC/100). More specific information and updates are available from . config SUNDANCE tristate "Sundance Alta support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help This driver is for the Sundance "Alta" chip. More specific information and updates are available from . config SUNDANCE_MMIO bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" depends on SUNDANCE help Enable memory-mapped I/O for interaction with Sundance NIC registers. Do NOT enable this by default, PIO (enabled when MMIO is disabled) is known to solve bugs on certain chips. If unsure, say N. config TLAN tristate "TI ThunderLAN support" depends on NET_PCI && (PCI || EISA) ---help--- If you have a PCI Ethernet network card based on the ThunderLAN chip which is supported by this driver, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . Devices currently supported by this driver are Compaq Netelligent, Compaq NetFlex and Olicom cards. Please read the file for more details. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called tlan. Please email feedback to . config VIA_RHINE tristate "VIA Rhine support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI select CRC32 select MII help If you have a VIA "Rhine" based network card (Rhine-I (VT86C100A), Rhine-II (VT6102), or Rhine-III (VT6105)), say Y here. Rhine-type Ethernet functions can also be found integrated on South Bridges (e.g. VT8235). To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called via-rhine. config VIA_RHINE_MMIO bool "Use MMIO instead of PIO" depends on VIA_RHINE help This instructs the driver to use PCI shared memory (MMIO) instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts of the driver. If unsure, say Y. config VIA_RHINE_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" depends on VIA_RHINE help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. config LAN_SAA9730 bool "Philips SAA9730 Ethernet support" depends on NET_PCI && PCI && MIPS_ATLAS help The SAA9730 is a combined multimedia and peripheral controller used in thin clients, Internet access terminals, and diskless workstations. See . config SC92031 tristate "Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_PCI && PCI && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 ---help--- This is a driver for the Fast Ethernet PCI network cards based on the Silan SC92031 chip (sometimes also called Rsltek 8139D). If you have one of these, say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sc92031. This is recommended. config CPMAC tristate "TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NET_ETHERNET && EXPERIMENTAL && AR7 && BROKEN select PHYLIB help TI AR7 CPMAC Ethernet support config NET_POCKET bool "Pocket and portable adapters" depends on PARPORT ---help--- Cute little network (Ethernet) devices which attach to the parallel port ("pocket adapters"), commonly used with laptops. If you have one of those, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . If you want to plug a network (or some other) card into the PCMCIA (or PC-card) slot of your laptop instead (PCMCIA is the standard for credit card size extension cards used by all modern laptops), you need the pcmcia-cs package (location contained in the file ) and you can say N here. Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at or Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at . Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all the questions about this class of network devices. If you say Y, you will be asked for your specific device in the following questions. config ATP tristate "AT-LAN-TEC/RealTek pocket adapter support" depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT && X86 select CRC32 ---help--- This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel port. Read as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from , if you want to use this. If you intend to use this driver, you should have said N to the "Parallel printer support", because the two drivers don't like each other. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called atp. config DE600 tristate "D-Link DE600 pocket adapter support" depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT ---help--- This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel port. Read as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from , if you want to use this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the kernel. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called de600. config DE620 tristate "D-Link DE620 pocket adapter support" depends on NET_POCKET && PARPORT ---help--- This is a network (Ethernet) device which attaches to your parallel port. Read as well as the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from , if you want to use this. It is possible to have several devices share a single parallel port and it is safe to compile the corresponding drivers into the kernel. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called de620. config SGISEEQ tristate "SGI Seeq ethernet controller support" depends on SGI_HAS_SEEQ help Say Y here if you have an Seeq based Ethernet network card. This is used in many Silicon Graphics machines. config DECLANCE tristate "DEC LANCE ethernet controller support" depends on MACH_DECSTATION select CRC32 help This driver is for the series of Ethernet controllers produced by DEC (now Compaq) based on the AMD Lance chipset, including the DEPCA series. (This chipset is better known via the NE2100 cards.) config 68360_ENET bool "Motorola 68360 ethernet controller" depends on M68360 help Say Y here if you want to use the built-in ethernet controller of the Motorola 68360 processor. config FEC bool "FEC ethernet controller (of ColdFire CPUs)" depends on M523x || M527x || M5272 || M528x || M520x help Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. config FEC2 bool "Second FEC ethernet controller (on some ColdFire CPUs)" depends on FEC help Say Y here if you want to use the second built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet controller on some Motorola ColdFire processors. config FEC_MPC52xx tristate "MPC52xx FEC driver" depends on PPC_MERGE && PPC_MPC52xx && PPC_BESTCOMM_FEC select CRC32 select PHYLIB ---help--- This option enables support for the MPC5200's on-chip Fast Ethernet Controller If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx.ko'. config FEC_MPC52xx_MDIO bool "MPC52xx FEC MDIO bus driver" depends on FEC_MPC52xx default y ---help--- The MPC5200's FEC can connect to the Ethernet either with an external MII PHY chip or 10 Mbps 7-wire interface (Motorola? industry standard). If your board uses an external PHY connected to FEC, enable this. If not sure, enable. If compiled as module, it will be called 'fec_mpc52xx_phy.ko'. config NE_H8300 tristate "NE2000 compatible support for H8/300" depends on H8300 help Say Y here if you want to use the NE2000 compatible controller on the Renesas H8/300 processor. source "drivers/net/fec_8xx/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/fs_enet/Kconfig" endif # NET_ETHERNET # # Gigabit Ethernet # menuconfig NETDEV_1000 bool "Ethernet (1000 Mbit)" depends on !UML default y ---help--- Ethernet (also called IEEE 802.3 or ISO 8802-2) is the most common type of Local Area Network (LAN) in universities and companies. Say Y here to get to see options for Gigabit Ethernet drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code. Note that drivers supporting both 100 and 1000 MBit may be listed under "Ethernet (10 or 100MBit)" instead. If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. if NETDEV_1000 config ACENIC tristate "Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support" depends on PCI ---help--- Say Y here if you have an Alteon AceNIC, 3Com 3C985(B), NetGear GA620, SGI Gigabit or Farallon PN9000-SX PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. The driver allows for using the Jumbo Frame option (9000 bytes/frame) however it requires that your switches can handle this as well. To enable Jumbo Frames, add `mtu 9000' to your ifconfig line. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called acenic. config ACENIC_OMIT_TIGON_I bool "Omit support for old Tigon I based AceNICs" depends on ACENIC help Say Y here if you only have Tigon II based AceNICs and want to leave out support for the older Tigon I based cards which are no longer being sold (ie. the original Alteon AceNIC and 3Com 3C985 (non B version)). This will reduce the size of the driver object by app. 100KB. If you are not sure whether your card is a Tigon I or a Tigon II, say N here. The safe and default value for this is N. config DL2K tristate "DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet support" depends on PCI select CRC32 help This driver supports DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit ethernet cards, which includes D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. D-Link DL2000-based Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. Sundance/Tamarack TC902x Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called dl2k. config E1000 tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" depends on PCI ---help--- This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: More specific information on configuring the driver is in . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called e1000. config E1000_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" depends on E1000 help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. If in doubt, say N. config E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters" depends on E1000 help Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express hardware. If in doubt, say N. config E1000E tristate "Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support" depends on PCI && (!SPARC32 || BROKEN) ---help--- This driver supports the PCI-Express Intel(R) PRO/1000 gigabit ethernet family of adapters. For PCI or PCI-X e1000 adapters, use the regular e1000 driver For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called e1000e. config E1000E_ENABLED def_bool E1000E != n config IP1000 tristate "IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet support" depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL select MII ---help--- This driver supports IP1000 gigabit Ethernet cards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipg. This is recommended. config IGB tristate "Intel(R) 82575 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet support" depends on PCI ---help--- This driver supports Intel(R) 82575 gigabit ethernet family of adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: More specific information on configuring the driver is in . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called igb. source "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig" config MYRI_SBUS tristate "MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support" depends on SBUS help This driver supports MyriCOM Sbus gigabit Ethernet cards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called myri_sbus. This is recommended. config NS83820 tristate "National Semiconductor DP83820 support" depends on PCI help This is a driver for the National Semiconductor DP83820 series of gigabit ethernet MACs. Cards using this chipset include the D-Link DGE-500T, PureData's PDP8023Z-TG, SMC's SMC9462TX, SOHO-GA2000T, SOHO-GA2500T. The driver supports the use of zero copy. config HAMACHI tristate "Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II support" depends on PCI select MII help If you have a Gigabit Ethernet card of this type, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called hamachi. config YELLOWFIN tristate "Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 ---help--- Say Y here if you have a Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter or the SYM53C885 Ethernet controller. The Gigabit adapter is used by the Beowulf Linux cluster project. See for more information about this driver in particular and Beowulf in general. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called yellowfin. This is recommended. config R8169 tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" depends on PCI select CRC32 ---help--- Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called r8169. This is recommended. config R8169_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on R8169 && EXPERIMENTAL help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. If in doubt, say N. config R8169_VLAN bool "VLAN support" depends on R8169 && VLAN_8021Q ---help--- Say Y here for the r8169 driver to support the functions required by the kernel 802.1Q code. If in doubt, say Y. config SB1250_MAC tristate "SB1250 Gigabit Ethernet support" depends on SIBYTE_SB1xxx_SOC select PHYLIB ---help--- This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet interfaces based on the Broadcom SiByte family of System-On-a-Chip parts. They include the BCM1120, BCM1125, BCM1125H, BCM1250, BCM1255, BCM1280, BCM1455 and BCM1480 chips. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sb1250-mac. config SIS190 tristate "SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet support" depends on PCI select CRC32 select MII ---help--- Say Y here if you have a SiS 190 PCI Fast Ethernet adapter or a SiS 191 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter. Both are expected to appear in lan on motherboard designs which are based on SiS 965 and SiS 966 south bridge. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sis190. This is recommended. config SKGE tristate "New SysKonnect GigaEthernet support" depends on PCI select CRC32 ---help--- This driver support the Marvell Yukon or SysKonnect SK-98xx/SK-95xx and related Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is a new smaller driver with better performance and more complete ethtool support. It does not support the link failover and network management features that "portable" vendor supplied sk98lin driver does. This driver supports adapters based on the original Yukon chipset: Marvell 88E8001, Belkin F5D5005, CNet GigaCard, DLink DGE-530T, Linksys EG1032/EG1064, 3Com 3C940/3C940B, SysKonnect SK-9871/9872. It does not support the newer Yukon2 chipset: a separate driver, sky2, is provided for Yukon2-based adapters. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called skge. This is recommended. config SKGE_DEBUG bool "Debugging interface" depends on SKGE && DEBUG_FS help This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. The file debugfs/skge/ethX displays the state of the internal transmit and receive rings. If unsure, say N. config SKY2 tristate "SysKonnect Yukon2 support" depends on PCI select CRC32 ---help--- This driver supports Gigabit Ethernet adapters based on the Marvell Yukon 2 chipset: Marvell 88E8021/88E8022/88E8035/88E8036/88E8038/88E8050/88E8052/ 88E8053/88E8055/88E8061/88E8062, SysKonnect SK-9E21D/SK-9S21 There is companion driver for the older Marvell Yukon and Genesis based adapters: skge. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called sky2. This is recommended. config SKY2_DEBUG bool "Debugging interface" depends on SKY2 && DEBUG_FS help This option adds the ability to dump driver state for debugging. The file debugfs/sky2/ethX displays the state of the internal transmit and receive rings. If unsure, say N. config VIA_VELOCITY tristate "VIA Velocity support" depends on PCI select CRC32 select CRC_CCITT select MII help If you have a VIA "Velocity" based network card say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called via-velocity. config TIGON3 tristate "Broadcom Tigon3 support" depends on PCI select PHYLIB help This driver supports Broadcom Tigon3 based gigabit Ethernet cards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called tg3. This is recommended. config BNX2 tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII support" depends on PCI select CRC32 select ZLIB_INFLATE help This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII gigabit Ethernet cards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called bnx2. This is recommended. config SPIDER_NET tristate "Spider Gigabit Ethernet driver" depends on PCI && (PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE || PPC_CELLEB) select FW_LOADER help This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet chips present on the Cell Processor-Based Blades from IBM. config TSI108_ETH tristate "Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet support" depends on TSI108_BRIDGE help This driver supports Tundra TSI108 gigabit Ethernet ports. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called tsi108_eth. config GELIC_NET tristate "PS3 Gigabit Ethernet driver" depends on PPC_PS3 select PS3_SYS_MANAGER help This driver supports the network device on the PS3 game console. This driver has built-in support for Ethernet. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ps3_gelic. config GELIC_WIRELESS bool "PS3 Wireless support" depends on GELIC_NET select WIRELESS_EXT help This option adds the support for the wireless feature of PS3. If you have the wireless-less model of PS3 or have no plan to use wireless feature, disabling this option saves memory. As the driver automatically distinguishes the models, you can safely enable this option even if you have a wireless-less model. config GELIC_WIRELESS_OLD_PSK_INTERFACE bool "PS3 Wireless private PSK interface (OBSOLETE)" depends on GELIC_WIRELESS help This option retains the obsolete private interface to pass the PSK from user space programs to the driver. The PSK stands for 'Pre Shared Key' and is used for WPA[2]-PSK (WPA-Personal) environment. If WPA[2]-PSK is used and you need to use old programs that support only this old interface, say Y. Otherwise N. If unsure, say N. config GIANFAR tristate "Gianfar Ethernet" depends on FSL_SOC select PHYLIB select CRC32 help This driver supports the Gigabit TSEC on the MPC83xx, MPC85xx, and MPC86xx family of chips, and the FEC on the 8540. config GFAR_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" depends on GIANFAR config UCC_GETH tristate "Freescale QE Gigabit Ethernet" depends on QUICC_ENGINE select PHYLIB help This driver supports the Gigabit Ethernet mode of the QUICC Engine, which is available on some Freescale SOCs. config UGETH_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" depends on UCC_GETH config UGETH_MAGIC_PACKET bool "Magic Packet detection support" depends on UCC_GETH config UGETH_FILTERING bool "Mac address filtering support" depends on UCC_GETH config UGETH_TX_ON_DEMAND bool "Transmit on Demand support" depends on UCC_GETH config MV643XX_ETH tristate "Marvell Discovery (643XX) and Orion ethernet support" depends on MV64360 || MV64X60 || (PPC_MULTIPLATFORM && PPC32) || PLAT_ORION select MII help This driver supports the gigabit ethernet MACs in the Marvell Discovery PPC/MIPS chipset family (MV643XX) and in the Marvell Orion ARM SoC family. Some boards that use the Discovery chipset are the Momenco Ocelot C and Jaguar ATX and Pegasos II. config QLA3XXX tristate "QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support" depends on PCI help This driver supports QLogic ISP3XXX gigabit Ethernet cards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called qla3xxx. config ATL1 tristate "Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL select CRC32 select MII help This driver supports the Attansic L1 gigabit ethernet adapter. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called atl1. endif # NETDEV_1000 # # 10 Gigabit Ethernet # menuconfig NETDEV_10000 bool "Ethernet (10000 Mbit)" depends on !UML default y ---help--- Say Y here to get to see options for 10 Gigabit Ethernet drivers. This option alone does not add any kernel code. If you say N, all options in this submenu will be skipped and disabled. if NETDEV_10000 config CHELSIO_T1 tristate "Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet support" depends on PCI select CRC32 help This driver supports Chelsio gigabit and 10-gigabit Ethernet cards. More information about adapter features and performance tuning is in . For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit our website at . For customer support, please visit our customer support page at . Please send feedback to . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called cxgb. config CHELSIO_T1_1G bool "Chelsio gigabit Ethernet support" depends on CHELSIO_T1 help Enables support for Chelsio's gigabit Ethernet PCI cards. If you are using only 10G cards say 'N' here. config CHELSIO_T1_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI)" depends on CHELSIO_T1 default y help NAPI is a driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. config CHELSIO_T3 tristate "Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet support" depends on PCI && INET select FW_LOADER select INET_LRO help This driver supports Chelsio T3-based gigabit and 10Gb Ethernet adapters. For general information about Chelsio and our products, visit our website at . For customer support, please visit our customer support page at . Please send feedback to . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called cxgb3. config EHEA tristate "eHEA Ethernet support" depends on IBMEBUS && INET && SPARSEMEM && MEMORY_HOTPLUG select INET_LRO ---help--- This driver supports the IBM pSeries eHEA ethernet adapter. To compile the driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ehea. config IXGBE tristate "Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters support" depends on PCI ---help--- This driver supports Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express family of adapters. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ixgbe. config IXGB tristate "Intel(R) PRO/10GbE support" depends on PCI ---help--- This driver supports Intel(R) PRO/10GbE family of adapters for PCI-X type cards. For PCI-E type cards, use the "ixgbe" driver instead. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: More specific information on configuring the driver is in . To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ixgb. config IXGB_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on IXGB && EXPERIMENTAL help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. If in doubt, say N. config S2IO tristate "S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC" depends on PCI ---help--- This driver supports the 10Gbe XFrame NIC of S2IO. More specific information on configuring the driver is in . config S2IO_NAPI bool "Use Rx Polling (NAPI) (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on S2IO && EXPERIMENTAL help NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), then say Y here. If in doubt, say N. config MYRI10GE tristate "Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet support" depends on PCI && INET select FW_LOADER select CRC32 select INET_LRO ---help--- This driver supports Myricom Myri-10G Dual Protocol interface in Ethernet mode. If the eeprom on your board is not recent enough, you will need a newer firmware image. You may get this image or more information, at: To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called myri10ge. config NETXEN_NIC tristate "NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC" depends on PCI help This enables the support for NetXen's Gigabit Ethernet card. config NIU tristate "Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet support" depends on PCI help This enables support for cards based upon Sun's Neptune chipset. config PASEMI_MAC tristate "PA Semi 1/10Gbit MAC" depends on PPC_PASEMI && PCI select PHYLIB select INET_LRO help This driver supports the on-chip 1/10Gbit Ethernet controller on PA Semi's PWRficient line of chips. config MLX4_CORE tristate depends on PCI default n config MLX4_DEBUG bool "Verbose debugging output" if (MLX4_CORE && EMBEDDED) depends on MLX4_CORE default y ---help--- This option causes debugging code to be compiled into the mlx4_core driver. The output can be turned on via the debug_level module parameter (which can also be set after the driver is loaded through sysfs). config TEHUTI tristate "Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet" depends on PCI help Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet NIC config BNX2X tristate "Broadcom NetXtremeII 10Gb support" depends on PCI select ZLIB_INFLATE help This driver supports Broadcom NetXtremeII 10 gigabit Ethernet cards. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called bnx2x. This is recommended. source "drivers/net/sfc/Kconfig" endif # NETDEV_10000 source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" source "drivers/atm/Kconfig" source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" depends on XEN default y help The network device frontend driver allows the kernel to access network devices exported exported by a virtual machine containing a physical network device driver. The frontend driver is intended for unprivileged guest domains; if you are compiling a kernel for a Xen guest, you almost certainly want to enable this. config ISERIES_VETH tristate "iSeries Virtual Ethernet driver support" depends on PPC_ISERIES config RIONET tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support" depends on RAPIDIO config RIONET_TX_SIZE int "Number of outbound queue entries" depends on RIONET default "128" config RIONET_RX_SIZE int "Number of inbound queue entries" depends on RIONET default "128" config FDDI bool "FDDI driver support" depends on (PCI || EISA || TC) help Fiber Distributed Data Interface is a high speed local area network design; essentially a replacement for high speed Ethernet. FDDI can run over copper or fiber. If you are connected to such a network and want a driver for the FDDI card in your computer, say Y here (and then also Y to the driver for your FDDI card, below). Most people will say N. config DEFXX tristate "Digital DEFTA/DEFEA/DEFPA adapter support" depends on FDDI && (PCI || EISA || TC) ---help--- This is support for the DIGITAL series of TURBOchannel (DEFTA), EISA (DEFEA) and PCI (DEFPA) controllers which can connect you to a local FDDI network. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called defxx. If unsure, say N. config DEFXX_MMIO bool prompt "Use MMIO instead of PIO" if PCI || EISA depends on DEFXX default n if PCI || EISA default y ---help--- This instructs the driver to use EISA or PCI memory-mapped I/O (MMIO) as appropriate instead of programmed I/O ports (PIO). Enabling this gives an improvement in processing time in parts of the driver, but it may cause problems with EISA (DEFEA) adapters. TURBOchannel does not have the concept of I/O ports, so MMIO is always used for these (DEFTA) adapters. If unsure, say N. config SKFP tristate "SysKonnect FDDI PCI support" depends on FDDI && PCI select BITREVERSE ---help--- Say Y here if you have a SysKonnect FDDI PCI adapter. The following adapters are supported by this driver: - SK-5521 (SK-NET FDDI-UP) - SK-5522 (SK-NET FDDI-UP DAS) - SK-5541 (SK-NET FDDI-FP) - SK-5543 (SK-NET FDDI-LP) - SK-5544 (SK-NET FDDI-LP DAS) - SK-5821 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64) - SK-5822 (SK-NET FDDI-UP64 DAS) - SK-5841 (SK-NET FDDI-FP64) - SK-5843 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64) - SK-5844 (SK-NET FDDI-LP64 DAS) - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS Fibre SC - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre SC - Netelligent 100 FDDI DAS UTP - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS UTP - Netelligent 100 FDDI SAS Fibre MIC Read for information about the driver. Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to: To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called skfp. This is recommended. config HIPPI bool "HIPPI driver support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET && PCI help HIgh Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is a 800Mbit/sec and 1600Mbit/sec dual-simplex switched or point-to-point network. HIPPI can run over copper (25m) or fiber (300m on multi-mode or 10km on single-mode). HIPPI networks are commonly used for clusters and to connect to super computers. If you are connected to a HIPPI network and have a HIPPI network card in your computer that you want to use under Linux, say Y here (you must also remember to enable the driver for your HIPPI card below). Most people will say N here. config ROADRUNNER tristate "Essential RoadRunner HIPPI PCI adapter support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on HIPPI && PCI help Say Y here if this is your PCI HIPPI network card. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called rrunner. If unsure, say N. config ROADRUNNER_LARGE_RINGS bool "Use large TX/RX rings (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on ROADRUNNER help If you say Y here, the RoadRunner driver will preallocate up to 2 MB of additional memory to allow for fastest operation, both for transmitting and receiving. This memory cannot be used by any other kernel code or by user space programs. Say Y here only if you have the memory. config PLIP tristate "PLIP (parallel port) support" depends on PARPORT ---help--- PLIP (Parallel Line Internet Protocol) is used to create a reasonably fast mini network consisting of two (or, rarely, more) local machines. A PLIP link from a Linux box is a popular means to install a Linux distribution on a machine which doesn't have a CD-ROM drive (a minimal system has to be transferred with floppies first). The kernels on both machines need to have this PLIP option enabled for this to work. The PLIP driver has two modes, mode 0 and mode 1. The parallel ports (the connectors at the computers with 25 holes) are connected with "null printer" or "Turbo Laplink" cables which can transmit 4 bits at a time (mode 0) or with special PLIP cables, to be used on bidirectional parallel ports only, which can transmit 8 bits at a time (mode 1); you can find the wiring of these cables in . The cables can be up to 15m long. Mode 0 works also if one of the machines runs DOS/Windows and has some PLIP software installed, e.g. the Crynwr PLIP packet driver () and winsock or NCSA's telnet. If you want to use PLIP, say Y and read the PLIP mini-HOWTO as well as the NET-3-HOWTO, both available from . Note that the PLIP protocol has been changed and this PLIP driver won't work together with the PLIP support in Linux versions 1.0.x. This option enlarges your kernel by about 8 KB. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called plip. If unsure, say Y or M, in case you buy a laptop later. config PPP tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support" select SLHC ---help--- PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP. It serves the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other serial) lines. Ask your access provider if they support it, because otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these days support PPP rather than SLIP. To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described in the PPP-HOWTO, available at . Make sure that you have the version of pppd recommended in . The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for asynchronous lines, such as regular analog phone lines, and synchronous PPP which can be used over digital ISDN lines for example. If you want to use PPP over phone lines or other asynchronous serial lines, you need to say Y (or M) here and also to the next option, "PPP support for async serial ports". For PPP over synchronous lines, you should say Y (or M) here and to "Support synchronous PPP", below. If you said Y to "Version information on all symbols" above, then you cannot compile the PPP driver into the kernel; you can then only compile it as a module. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called ppp_generic. config PPP_MULTILINK bool "PPP multilink support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL help PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP connection, so that you can utilize your full bandwidth. This has to be supported at the other end as well and you need a version of the pppd daemon which understands the multilink protocol. If unsure, say N. config PPP_FILTER bool "PPP filtering" depends on PPP help Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as activity (i.e. which packets will reset the idle timer or bring up a demand-dialed link) and which packets are to be dropped entirely. You need to say Y here if you wish to use the pass-filter and active-filter options to pppd. If unsure, say N. config PPP_ASYNC tristate "PPP support for async serial ports" depends on PPP select CRC_CCITT ---help--- Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard asynchronous serial ports, such as COM1 or COM2 on a PC. If you use a modem (not a synchronous or ISDN modem) to contact your ISP, you need this option. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say Y. config PPP_SYNC_TTY tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports" depends on PPP help Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous (HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices are often used for high-speed leased lines like T1/E1. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. config PPP_DEFLATE tristate "PPP Deflate compression" depends on PPP select ZLIB_INFLATE select ZLIB_DEFLATE ---help--- Support for the Deflate compression method for PPP, which uses the Deflate algorithm (the same algorithm that gzip uses) to compress each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the Deflate compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. config PPP_BSDCOMP tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression" depends on PPP ---help--- Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is sent over the wire. The machine at the other end of the PPP link (usually your ISP) has to support the BSD-Compress compression method as well for this to be useful. Even if they don't support it, it is safe to say Y here. The PPP Deflate compression method ("PPP Deflate compression", above) is preferable to BSD-Compress, because it compresses better and is patent-free. Note that the BSD compression code will always be compiled as a module; it is called bsd_comp and will show up in the directory modules once you have said "make modules". If unsure, say N. config PPP_MPPE tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption) (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on PPP && EXPERIMENTAL select CRYPTO select CRYPTO_SHA1 select CRYPTO_ARC4 select CRYPTO_ECB ---help--- Support for the MPPE Encryption protocol, as employed by the Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol. See http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ for information on configuring PPTP clients and servers to utilize this method. config PPPOE tristate "PPP over Ethernet (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP help Support for PPP over Ethernet. This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the RoaringPenguin package () which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). config PPPOATM tristate "PPP over ATM" depends on ATM && PPP help Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames. This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364, which can lead to bad results if the ATM peer loses state and changes its encapsulation unilaterally. config PPPOL2TP tristate "PPP over L2TP (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && INET help Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP tunnels. L2TP is replacing PPTP for VPN uses. This kernel component handles only L2TP data packets: a userland daemon handles L2TP the control protocol (tunnel and session setup). One such daemon is OpenL2TP (http://openl2tp.sourceforge.net/). config SLIP tristate "SLIP (serial line) support" ---help--- Say Y if you intend to use SLIP or CSLIP (compressed SLIP) to connect to your Internet service provider or to connect to some other local Unix box or if you want to configure your Linux box as a Slip/CSlip server for other people to dial in. SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) is a protocol used to send Internet traffic over serial connections such as telephone lines or null modem cables; nowadays, the protocol PPP is more commonly used for this same purpose. Normally, your access provider has to support SLIP in order for you to be able to use it, but there is now a SLIP emulator called SLiRP around (available from ) which allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection. If you plan to use SLiRP, make sure to say Y to CSLIP, below. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from , explains how to configure SLIP. Note that you don't need this option if you just want to run term (term is a program which gives you almost full Internet connectivity if you have a regular dial up shell account on some Internet connected Unix computer. Read ). SLIP support will enlarge your kernel by about 4 KB. If unsure, say N. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called slip. config SLIP_COMPRESSED bool "CSLIP compressed headers" depends on SLIP select SLHC ---help--- This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported on both ends. Ask your access provider if you are not sure and answer Y, just in case. You will still be able to use plain SLIP. If you plan to use SLiRP, the SLIP emulator (available from ) which allows you to use SLIP over a regular dial up shell connection, you definitely want to say Y here. The NET-3-HOWTO, available from , explains how to configure CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel. config SLHC tristate help This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression routines. config SLIP_SMART bool "Keepalive and linefill" depends on SLIP help Adds additional capabilities to the SLIP driver to support the RELCOM line fill and keepalive monitoring. Ideal on poor quality analogue lines. config SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 bool "Six bit SLIP encapsulation" depends on SLIP help Just occasionally you may need to run IP over hostile serial networks that don't pass all control characters or are only seven bit. Saying Y here adds an extra mode you can use with SLIP: "slip6". In this mode, SLIP will only send normal ASCII symbols over the serial device. Naturally, this has to be supported at the other end of the link as well. It's good enough, for example, to run IP over the async ports of a Camtec JNT Pad. If unsure, say N. config NET_FC bool "Fibre Channel driver support" depends on SCSI && PCI help Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and intended to replace SCSI. If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and "SCSI generic support". config NETCONSOLE tristate "Network console logging support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL ---help--- If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. See for details. config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL select CONFIGFS_FS help This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses) at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs. See for details. config NETPOLL def_bool NETCONSOLE config NETPOLL_TRAP bool "Netpoll traffic trapping" default n depends on NETPOLL config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER def_bool NETPOLL config VIRTIO_NET tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO ---help--- This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M. endif # NETDEVICES