| # |
| # 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 <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>. |
| |
| If unsure, say Y. |
| |
| # All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat |
| # that for each of the symbols. |
| if NETDEVICES |
| |
| 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 |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>. |
| |
| 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 |
| depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n |
| ---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 <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> 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 <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan" |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| will be called macvlan. |
| |
| config MACVTAP |
| tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on MACVLAN |
| help |
| This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based |
| on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device |
| can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type |
| macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| will be called macvtap. |
| |
| 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 |
| <file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read |
| section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| |
| 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 <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> 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 |
| <file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> 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: |
| |
| <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/> |
| <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html> |
| <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/> |
| |
| If you don't have this card, of course say N. |
| |
| source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig" |
| |
| 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 lacks MII. |
| |
| source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig" |
| |
| # |
| # Ethernet |
| # |
| |
| source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig" |
| |
| 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 |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 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 SH_ETH |
| tristate "Renesas SuperH Ethernet support" |
| depends on SUPERH && \ |
| (CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7710 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7712 || \ |
| CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7763 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7619 || \ |
| CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7724 || CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7757) |
| select CRC32 |
| select MII |
| select MDIO_BITBANG |
| select PHYLIB |
| help |
| Renesas SuperH Ethernet device driver. |
| This driver supporting CPUs are: |
| - SH7710, SH7712, SH7763, SH7619, SH7724, and SH7757. |
| |
| 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 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 DM9000_FORCE_SIMPLE_PHY_POLL |
| bool "Force simple NSR based PHY polling" |
| depends on DM9000 |
| ---help--- |
| This configuration forces the DM9000 to use the NSR's LinkStatus |
| bit to determine if the link is up or down instead of the more |
| costly MII PHY reads. Note, this will not work if the chip is |
| operating with an external PHY. |
| |
| 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 ETHOC |
| tristate "OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC support" |
| depends on NET_ETHERNET && HAS_IOMEM && HAS_DMA |
| select MII |
| select PHYLIB |
| select CRC32 |
| select BITREVERSE |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want to use the OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC. |
| |
| config GRETH |
| tristate "Aeroflex Gaisler GRETH Ethernet MAC support" |
| depends on SPARC |
| select PHYLIB |
| select CRC32 |
| help |
| Say Y here if you want to use the Aeroflex Gaisler GRETH Ethernet MAC. |
| |
| config DNET |
| tristate "Dave ethernet support (DNET)" |
| depends on NET_ETHERNET && HAS_IOMEM |
| select PHYLIB |
| help |
| The Dave ethernet interface (DNET) is found on Qong Board FPGA. |
| Say Y to include support for the DNET chip. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| will be called dnet. |
| |
| 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 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| |
| 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 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 |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| |
| 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 |
| <file:Documentation/Changes>) and you can say N here. |
| |
| Laptop users should read the Linux Laptop home page at |
| <http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/> or |
| Tuxmobil - Linux on Mobile Computers at <http://www.tuxmobil.org/>. |
| |
| 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. |
| |
| 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 |
| |
| 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 MDIO |
| tristate |
| |
| config SUNGEM_PHY |
| tristate |
| |
| endif # NETDEV_10000 |
| |
| source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/net/pcmcia/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/atm/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig" |
| |
| source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig" |
| |
| config TILE_NET |
| tristate "Tilera GBE/XGBE network driver support" |
| depends on TILE |
| default y |
| select CRC32 |
| help |
| This is a standard Linux network device driver for the |
| on-chip Tilera Gigabit Ethernet and XAUI interfaces. |
| |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module |
| will be called tile_net. |
| |
| config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND |
| tristate "Xen network device frontend driver" |
| depends on XEN |
| select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND |
| default y |
| help |
| This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network |
| devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often |
| domain 0). |
| |
| The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the |
| CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option. |
| |
| If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you |
| should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose |
| M here: the module will be called xen-netfront. |
| |
| config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND |
| tristate "Xen backend network device" |
| depends on XEN_BACKEND |
| help |
| This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver |
| domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other |
| Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating |
| system that implements a compatible front end. |
| |
| The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the |
| CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option. |
| |
| The backend driver presents a standard network device |
| endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver |
| domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed |
| etc in order to provide full network connectivity. |
| |
| If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver |
| domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To |
| compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module |
| will be called xen-netback. |
| |
| 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 |
| tristate "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 <file:Documentation/networking/skfp.txt> for information about |
| the driver. |
| |
| Questions concerning this driver can be addressed to: |
| <linux@syskonnect.de> |
| |
| 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 |
| <file:Documentation/networking/PLIP.txt>. 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 (<http://oak.oakland.edu/simtel.net/msdos/pktdrvr-pre.html>) |
| 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 |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. 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 |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have |
| the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. |
| 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 (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) |
| which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under |
| the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). |
| |
| config PPTP |
| tristate "PPP over IPv4 (PPTP) (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| depends on EXPERIMENTAL && PPP && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX |
| help |
| Support for PPP over IPv4.(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) |
| |
| This driver requires pppd plugin to work in client mode or |
| modified pptpd (poptop) to work in server mode. |
| See http://accel-pptp.sourceforge.net/ for information how to |
| utilize this module. |
| |
| 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 && L2TP && PPP |
| 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. |
| |
| 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 |
| <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) 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 |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, 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 |
| <http://www.bart.nl/~patrickr/term-howto/Term-HOWTO.html>). 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 |
| <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/>) 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 |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, 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" |
| ---help--- |
| If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this. |
| See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details. |
| |
| config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC |
| bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets" |
| depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \ |
| !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m) |
| 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 <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> 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. |
| |
| config VMXNET3 |
| tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver" |
| depends on PCI && INET |
| help |
| This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC. |
| To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
| module will be called vmxnet3. |
| |
| endif # NETDEVICES |