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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2#
3# Network device configuration
4#
5
6menuconfig NETDEVICES
7 default y if UML
8 depends on NET
9 bool "Network device support"
10 help
11 You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
12 any other computer at all.
13
14 You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
15 you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
16 telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
17 two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
18 AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
19
20 See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
21 Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
22
23 If unsure, say Y.
24
25# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
26# that for each of the symbols.
27if NETDEVICES
28
29config MII
30 tristate
31
32config NET_CORE
33 default y
34 bool "Network core driver support"
35 help
36 You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
37 networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
38
39if NET_CORE
40
41config BONDING
42 tristate "Bonding driver support"
43 depends on INET
44 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
45 depends on TLS || TLS_DEVICE=n
46 help
47 Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
48 Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
49 'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
50
51 The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
52 performance and high availability operation.
53
54 Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.rst> for more
55 information.
56
57 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
58 will be called bonding.
59
60config DUMMY
61 tristate "Dummy net driver support"
62 help
63 This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
64 this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
65 address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
66 inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
67 If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. It won't
68 enlarge your kernel. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
69 Administrator's Guide, available from
70 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
71
72 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
73 will be called dummy.
74
75config WIREGUARD
76 tristate "WireGuard secure network tunnel"
77 depends on NET && INET
78 depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
79 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
80 select DST_CACHE
81 select CRYPTO
82 select CRYPTO_LIB_CURVE25519
83 select CRYPTO_LIB_CHACHA20POLY1305
84 select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
85 select CRYPTO_POLY1305_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
86 select CRYPTO_BLAKE2S_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
87 select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
88 select ARM_CRYPTO if ARM
89 select ARM64_CRYPTO if ARM64
90 select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON if ARM || (ARM64 && KERNEL_MODE_NEON)
91 select CRYPTO_POLY1305_NEON if ARM64 && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
92 select CRYPTO_POLY1305_ARM if ARM
93 select CRYPTO_BLAKE2S_ARM if ARM
94 select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_NEON if ARM && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
95 select CRYPTO_CHACHA_MIPS if CPU_MIPS32_R2
96 select CRYPTO_POLY1305_MIPS if MIPS
97 select CRYPTO_CHACHA_S390 if S390
98 help
99 WireGuard is a secure, fast, and easy to use replacement for IPSec
100 that uses modern cryptography and clever networking tricks. It's
101 designed to be fairly general purpose and abstract enough to fit most
102 use cases, while at the same time remaining extremely simple to
103 configure. See www.wireguard.com for more info.
104
105 It's safe to say Y or M here, as the driver is very lightweight and
106 is only in use when an administrator chooses to add an interface.
107
108config WIREGUARD_DEBUG
109 bool "Debugging checks and verbose messages"
110 depends on WIREGUARD
111 help
112 This will write log messages for handshake and other events
113 that occur for a WireGuard interface. It will also perform some
114 extra validation checks and unit tests at various points. This is
115 only useful for debugging.
116
117 Say N here unless you know what you're doing.
118
119config EQUALIZER
120 tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
121 help
122 If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
123 usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
124 SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
125 lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
126 one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
127 to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
128 Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
129
130 Say Y if you want this and read
131 <file:Documentation/networking/eql.rst>. You may also want to read
132 section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
133 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
134
135 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
136 will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
137
138config NET_FC
139 bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
140 depends on SCSI && PCI
141 help
142 Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
143 large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
144 intended to replace SCSI.
145
146 If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
147 adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
148 adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
149 "SCSI generic support".
150
151config IFB
152 tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
153 depends on NET_ACT_MIRRED || NFT_FWD_NETDEV
154 select NET_REDIRECT
155 help
156 This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
157 resources.
158 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
159 will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
160 device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
161 Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
162 'ifb1' etc.
163 Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
164
165source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
166
167config MACVLAN
168 tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
169 help
170 This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
171 or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
172
173 Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
174 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
175
176 "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
177
178 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
179 will be called macvlan.
180
181config MACVTAP
182 tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
183 depends on MACVLAN
184 depends on INET
185 select TAP
186 help
187 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
188 on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
189 can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
190 macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
191
192 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
193 will be called macvtap.
194
195config IPVLAN_L3S
196 depends on NETFILTER
197 depends on IPVLAN
198 def_bool y
199 select NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
200
201config IPVLAN
202 tristate "IP-VLAN support"
203 depends on INET
204 depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
205 help
206 This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
207 and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
208 on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
209 making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
210
211 Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
212 iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-3.19 release:
213
214 "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
215
216 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
217 will be called ipvlan.
218
219config IPVTAP
220 tristate "IP-VLAN based tap driver"
221 depends on IPVLAN
222 depends on INET
223 select TAP
224 help
225 This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
226 on the IP-VLAN network interface, called ipvtap. An ipvtap device
227 can be added in the same way as a ipvlan device, using 'type
228 ipvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
229
230 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
231 will be called ipvtap.
232
233config VXLAN
234 tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
235 depends on INET
236 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
237 select GRO_CELLS
238 help
239 This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
240 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
241 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
242 For more information see:
243 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
244
245 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
246 will be called vxlan.
247
248config GENEVE
249 tristate "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation"
250 depends on INET
251 depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
252 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
253 select GRO_CELLS
254 help
255 This allows one to create geneve virtual interfaces that provide
256 Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. GENEVE is often used
257 to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
258 For more information see:
259 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-02
260
261 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
262 will be called geneve.
263
264config BAREUDP
265 tristate "Bare UDP Encapsulation"
266 depends on INET
267 depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
268 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
269 select GRO_CELLS
270 help
271 This adds a bare UDP tunnel module for tunnelling different
272 kinds of traffic like MPLS, IP, etc. inside a UDP tunnel.
273
274 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
275 will be called bareudp.
276
277config GTP
278 tristate "GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U)"
279 depends on INET
280 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
281 help
282 This allows one to create gtp virtual interfaces that provide
283 the GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U). This tunneling protocol
284 is used to prevent subscribers from accessing mobile carrier core
285 network infrastructure. This driver requires a userspace software that
286 implements the signaling protocol (GTP-C) to update its PDP context
287 base, such as OpenGGSN <http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/). This
288 tunneling protocol is implemented according to the GSM TS 09.60 and
289 3GPP TS 29.060 standards.
290
291 To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
292 will be called gtp.
293
294config AMT
295 tristate "Automatic Multicast Tunneling (AMT)"
296 depends on INET && IP_MULTICAST
297 depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
298 select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
299 help
300 This allows one to create AMT(Automatic Multicast Tunneling)
301 virtual interfaces that provide multicast tunneling.
302 There are two roles, Gateway, and Relay.
303 Gateway Encapsulates IGMP/MLD traffic from listeners to the Relay.
304 Gateway Decapsulates multicast traffic from the Relay to Listeners.
305 Relay Encapsulates multicast traffic from Sources to Gateway.
306 Relay Decapsulates IGMP/MLD traffic from Gateway.
307
308 To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
309 will be called amt.
310
311config MACSEC
312 tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
313 select CRYPTO
314 select CRYPTO_AES
315 select CRYPTO_GCM
316 select GRO_CELLS
317 help
318 MACsec is an encryption standard for Ethernet.
319
320config NETCONSOLE
321 tristate "Network console logging support"
322 help
323 If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
324 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst> for details.
325
326config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
327 bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
328 depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
329 !(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
330 help
331 This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
332 parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
333 at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
334 See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst> for details.
335
336config NETPOLL
337 def_bool NETCONSOLE
338 select SRCU
339
340config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
341 def_bool NETPOLL
342
343config NTB_NETDEV
344 tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB Transport"
345 depends on NTB_TRANSPORT
346
347config RIONET
348 tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
349 depends on RAPIDIO
350
351config RIONET_TX_SIZE
352 int "Number of outbound queue entries"
353 depends on RIONET
354 default "128"
355
356config RIONET_RX_SIZE
357 int "Number of inbound queue entries"
358 depends on RIONET
359 default "128"
360
361config TUN
362 tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
363 depends on INET
364 select CRC32
365 help
366 TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
367 programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
368 device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
369 receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
370 via physical media writes them to the user space program.
371
372 When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
373 corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
374 devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
375 all routes corresponding to it.
376
377 Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.rst> for more
378 information.
379
380 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
381 will be called tun.
382
383 If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
384
385config TAP
386 tristate
387 help
388 This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
389 interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
390
391config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
392 bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
393 default n
394 help
395 This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
396 little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
397 big-endian legacy virtio device.
398
399 Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
400 and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
401
402 Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
403 machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
404
405config VETH
406 tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
407 help
408 This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
409 When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
410 versa.
411
412config VIRTIO_NET
413 tristate "Virtio network driver"
414 depends on VIRTIO
415 select NET_FAILOVER
416 help
417 This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
418 QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
419
420config NLMON
421 tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
422 help
423 This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
424 purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
425 Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
426 messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
427 diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
428 to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
429
430config NET_VRF
431 tristate "Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Lite)"
432 depends on IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
433 depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
434 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
435 depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES || IPV6=n
436 help
437 This option enables the support for mapping interfaces into VRF's. The
438 support enables VRF devices.
439
440config VSOCKMON
441 tristate "Virtual vsock monitoring device"
442 depends on VHOST_VSOCK
443 help
444 This option enables a monitoring net device for vsock sockets. It is
445 mostly intended for developers or support to debug vsock issues. If
446 unsure, say N.
447
448config MHI_NET
449 tristate "MHI network driver"
450 depends on MHI_BUS
451 help
452 This is the network driver for MHI bus. It can be used with
453 QCOM based WWAN modems for IP or QMAP/rmnet protocol (like SDX55).
454 Say Y or M.
455
456endif # NET_CORE
457
458config SUNGEM_PHY
459 tristate
460
461source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
462
463source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
464
465source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
466
467source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
468
469source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
470
471source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
472
473source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
474
475source "drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig"
476
477config NET_SB1000
478 tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
479 depends on PNP
480 help
481 This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
482 NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
483 cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
484 TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
485 downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
486 provided by your regular phone modem.
487
488 At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
489 you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
490 <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/cable/sb1000.rst> for
491 information on how to use this module, as it needs special ppp
492 scripts for establishing a connection. Further documentation
493 and the necessary scripts can be found at:
494
495 <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
496 <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
497 <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
498
499 If you don't have this card, of course say N.
500
501source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
502
503source "drivers/net/can/Kconfig"
504
505source "drivers/net/mctp/Kconfig"
506
507source "drivers/net/mdio/Kconfig"
508
509source "drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig"
510
511source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
512
513source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
514
515source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
516
517source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
518
519source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
520
521source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
522
523source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
524
525source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
526
527source "drivers/net/wwan/Kconfig"
528
529config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
530 tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
531 depends on XEN
532 select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
533 select PAGE_POOL
534 default y
535 help
536 This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
537 devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
538 domain 0).
539
540 The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
541 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
542
543 If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
544 should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
545 M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
546
547config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
548 tristate "Xen backend network device"
549 depends on XEN_BACKEND
550 help
551 This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
552 domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
553 Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
554 system that implements a compatible front end.
555
556 The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
557 CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
558
559 The backend driver presents a standard network device
560 endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
561 domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
562 etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
563
564 If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
565 domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
566 compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
567 will be called xen-netback.
568
569config VMXNET3
570 tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
571 depends on PCI && INET
572 depends on PAGE_SIZE_LESS_THAN_64KB
573 help
574 This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
575 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
576 module will be called vmxnet3.
577
578config FUJITSU_ES
579 tristate "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device driver"
580 depends on ACPI
581 help
582 This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
583 on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
584
585config USB4_NET
586 tristate "Networking over USB4 and Thunderbolt cables"
587 depends on USB4 && INET
588 help
589 Select this if you want to create network between two computers
590 over a USB4 and Thunderbolt cables. The driver supports Apple
591 ThunderboltIP protocol and allows communication with any host
592 supporting the same protocol including Windows and macOS.
593
594 To compile this driver a module, choose M here. The module will be
595 called thunderbolt-net.
596
597source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
598
599config NETDEVSIM
600 tristate "Simulated networking device"
601 depends on DEBUG_FS
602 depends on INET
603 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
604 depends on PSAMPLE || PSAMPLE=n
605 select NET_DEVLINK
606 help
607 This driver is a developer testing tool and software model that can
608 be used to test various control path networking APIs, especially
609 HW-offload related.
610
611 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
612 will be called netdevsim.
613
614config NET_FAILOVER
615 tristate "Failover driver"
616 select FAILOVER
617 help
618 This provides an automated failover mechanism via APIs to create
619 and destroy a failover master netdev and manages a primary and
620 standby slave netdevs that get registered via the generic failover
621 infrastructure. This can be used by paravirtual drivers to enable
622 an alternate low latency datapath. It also enables live migration of
623 a VM with direct attached VF by failing over to the paravirtual
624 datapath when the VF is unplugged.
625
626config NETDEV_LEGACY_INIT
627 bool
628 depends on ISA
629 help
630 Drivers that call netdev_boot_setup_check() should select this
631 symbol, everything else no longer needs it.
632
633endif # NETDEVICES