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            #

            
            # 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 NET_CORE

            
            	default y

            
            	bool "Network core driver support"

            
            	---help---

            
            	  You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the

            
            	  networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)


            if NET_CORE


            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 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.


            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 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 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.


            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


            source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"


            config MACVLAN

            
            	tristate "MAC-VLAN support"

            
            	---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"

            
            	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 VXLAN

            
                   tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"

            
                   depends on INET

            
                   select NET_IP_TUNNEL

            
                   ---help---

            
            	  This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide

            
            	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used

            
            	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.

            
            	  For more information see:

            
            	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02


            	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module

            
            	  will be called vxlan.


            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 NTB_NETDEV

            
            	tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB"

            
            	depends on NTB


            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 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 VIRTIO_NET

            
            	tristate "Virtio network driver"

            
            	depends on 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 # NET_CORE


            config SUNGEM_PHY

            
            	tristate


            source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"


            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/phy/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"


            source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"


            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 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.


            source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"


            endif # NETDEVICES
	#
	# 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 NET_CORE
	default y
	bool "Network core driver support"
	---help---
	You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
	networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)

	if NET_CORE

	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 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.

	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 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 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.

	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

	source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"

	config MACVLAN
	tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
	---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"
	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 VXLAN
	tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
	depends on INET
	select NET_IP_TUNNEL
	---help---
	This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
	Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
	to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
	For more information see:
	http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02

	To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
	will be called vxlan.

	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 NTB_NETDEV
	tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB"
	depends on NTB

	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 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 VIRTIO_NET
	tristate "Virtio network driver"
	depends on 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 # NET_CORE

	config SUNGEM_PHY
	tristate

	source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"

	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/phy/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"

	source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"

	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 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.

	source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"

	endif # NETDEVICES