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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	help
46	  Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
47	  Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
48	  'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
49
50	  The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
51	  performance and high availability operation.
52
53	  Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.rst> for more
54	  information.
55
56	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
57	  will be called bonding.
58
59config DUMMY
60	tristate "Dummy net driver support"
61	help
62	  This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
63	  this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
64	  address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
65	  inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
66	  If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. It won't
67	  enlarge your kernel. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
68	  Administrator's Guide, available from
69	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
70
71	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
72	  will be called dummy.
73
74config WIREGUARD
75	tristate "WireGuard secure network tunnel"
76	depends on NET && INET
77	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
78	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
79	select DST_CACHE
80	select CRYPTO
81	select CRYPTO_LIB_CURVE25519
82	select CRYPTO_LIB_CHACHA20POLY1305
83	select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
84	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_X86_64 if X86 && 64BIT
85	select CRYPTO_BLAKE2S_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
86	select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_X86 if X86 && 64BIT
87	select ARM_CRYPTO if ARM
88	select ARM64_CRYPTO if ARM64
89	select CRYPTO_CHACHA20_NEON if ARM || (ARM64 && KERNEL_MODE_NEON)
90	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_NEON if ARM64 && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
91	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_ARM if ARM
92	select CRYPTO_BLAKE2S_ARM if ARM
93	select CRYPTO_CURVE25519_NEON if ARM && KERNEL_MODE_NEON
94	select CRYPTO_CHACHA_MIPS if CPU_MIPS32_R2
95	select CRYPTO_POLY1305_MIPS if MIPS
96	help
97	  WireGuard is a secure, fast, and easy to use replacement for IPSec
98	  that uses modern cryptography and clever networking tricks. It's
99	  designed to be fairly general purpose and abstract enough to fit most
100	  use cases, while at the same time remaining extremely simple to
101	  configure. See www.wireguard.com for more info.
102
103	  It's safe to say Y or M here, as the driver is very lightweight and
104	  is only in use when an administrator chooses to add an interface.
105
106config WIREGUARD_DEBUG
107	bool "Debugging checks and verbose messages"
108	depends on WIREGUARD
109	help
110	  This will write log messages for handshake and other events
111	  that occur for a WireGuard interface. It will also perform some
112	  extra validation checks and unit tests at various points. This is
113	  only useful for debugging.
114
115	  Say N here unless you know what you're doing.
116
117config EQUALIZER
118	tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
119	help
120	  If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
121	  usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
122	  SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
123	  lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
124	  one double speed connection using this driver.  Naturally, this has
125	  to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
126	  Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
127
128	  Say Y if you want this and read
129	  <file:Documentation/networking/eql.rst>.  You may also want to read
130	  section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
131	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
132
133	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
134	  will be called eql.  If unsure, say N.
135
136config NET_FC
137	bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
138	depends on SCSI && PCI
139	help
140	  Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
141	  large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
142	  intended to replace SCSI.
143
144	  If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
145	  adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
146	  adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
147	  "SCSI generic support".
148
149config IFB
150	tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
151	depends on NET_ACT_MIRRED || NFT_FWD_NETDEV
152	select NET_REDIRECT
153	help
154	  This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
155	  resources.
156	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
157	  will be called ifb.  If you want to use more than one ifb
158	  device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
159	  Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
160	  'ifb1' etc.
161	  Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
162
163source "drivers/net/team/Kconfig"
164
165config MACVLAN
166	tristate "MAC-VLAN support"
167	help
168	  This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
169	  or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
170
171	  Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
172	  iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
173
174	  "ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
175
176	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
177	  will be called macvlan.
178
179config MACVTAP
180	tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
181	depends on MACVLAN
182	depends on INET
183	select TAP
184	help
185	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
186	  on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
187	  can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
188	  macvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
189
190	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
191	  will be called macvtap.
192
193config IPVLAN_L3S
194	depends on NETFILTER
195	depends on IPVLAN
196	def_bool y
197	select NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
198
199config IPVLAN
200	tristate "IP-VLAN support"
201	depends on INET
202	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
203	help
204	  This allows one to create virtual devices off of a main interface
205	  and packets will be delivered based on the dest L3 (IPv6/IPv4 addr)
206	  on packets. All interfaces (including the main interface) share L2
207	  making it transparent to the connected L2 switch.
208
209	  Ipvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
210	  iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-3.19 release:
211
212	  "ip link add link <main-dev> [ NAME ] type ipvlan"
213
214	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
215	  will be called ipvlan.
216
217config IPVTAP
218	tristate "IP-VLAN based tap driver"
219	depends on IPVLAN
220	depends on INET
221	select TAP
222	help
223	  This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
224	  on the IP-VLAN network interface, called ipvtap. An ipvtap device
225	  can be added in the same way as a ipvlan device, using 'type
226	  ipvtap', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
227
228	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
229	  will be called ipvtap.
230
231config VXLAN
232	tristate "Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN)"
233	depends on INET
234	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
235	select GRO_CELLS
236	help
237	  This allows one to create vxlan virtual interfaces that provide
238	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. VXLAN is often used
239	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
240	  For more information see:
241	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-02
242
243	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
244	  will be called vxlan.
245
246config GENEVE
247	tristate "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation"
248	depends on INET
249	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
250	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
251	select GRO_CELLS
252	help
253	  This allows one to create geneve virtual interfaces that provide
254	  Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks. GENEVE is often used
255	  to tunnel virtual network infrastructure in virtualized environments.
256	  For more information see:
257	    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gross-geneve-02
258
259	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
260	  will be called geneve.
261
262config BAREUDP
263       tristate "Bare UDP Encapsulation"
264       depends on INET
265       depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
266       select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
267       select GRO_CELLS
268       help
269          This adds a bare UDP tunnel module for tunnelling different
270          kinds of traffic like MPLS, IP, etc. inside a UDP tunnel.
271
272          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
273          will be called bareudp.
274
275config GTP
276	tristate "GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U)"
277	depends on INET
278	select NET_UDP_TUNNEL
279	help
280	  This allows one to create gtp virtual interfaces that provide
281	  the GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U). This tunneling protocol
282	  is used to prevent subscribers from accessing mobile carrier core
283	  network infrastructure. This driver requires a userspace software that
284	  implements the signaling protocol (GTP-C) to update its PDP context
285	  base, such as OpenGGSN <http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/). This
286	  tunneling protocol is implemented according to the GSM TS 09.60 and
287	  3GPP TS 29.060 standards.
288
289	  To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
290	  wil be called gtp.
291
292config MACSEC
293	tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
294	select CRYPTO
295	select CRYPTO_AES
296	select CRYPTO_GCM
297	select GRO_CELLS
298	help
299	   MACsec is an encryption standard for Ethernet.
300
301config NETCONSOLE
302	tristate "Network console logging support"
303	help
304	  If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
305	  See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst> for details.
306
307config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
308	bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
309	depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
310			!(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
311	help
312	  This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
313	  parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
314	  at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
315	  See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.rst> for details.
316
317config NETPOLL
318	def_bool NETCONSOLE
319	select SRCU
320
321config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
322	def_bool NETPOLL
323
324config NTB_NETDEV
325	tristate "Virtual Ethernet over NTB Transport"
326	depends on NTB_TRANSPORT
327
328config RIONET
329	tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
330	depends on RAPIDIO
331
332config RIONET_TX_SIZE
333	int "Number of outbound queue entries"
334	depends on RIONET
335	default "128"
336
337config RIONET_RX_SIZE
338	int "Number of inbound queue entries"
339	depends on RIONET
340	default "128"
341
342config TUN
343	tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
344	depends on INET
345	select CRC32
346	help
347	  TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
348	  programs.  It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
349	  device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
350	  receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
351	  via physical media writes them to the user space program.
352
353	  When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
354	  corresponding net device tunX or tapX.  After a program closed above
355	  devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
356	  all routes corresponding to it.
357
358	  Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.rst> for more
359	  information.
360
361	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
362	  will be called tun.
363
364	  If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
365
366config TAP
367	tristate
368	help
369	  This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
370	  interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
371
372config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
373	bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
374	default n
375	help
376	  This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
377	  little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
378	  big-endian legacy virtio device.
379
380	  Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
381	  and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
382
383	  Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
384	  machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
385
386config VETH
387	tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
388	help
389	  This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
390	  When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
391	  versa.
392
393config VIRTIO_NET
394	tristate "Virtio network driver"
395	depends on VIRTIO
396	select NET_FAILOVER
397	help
398	  This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with
399	  QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
400
401config NLMON
402	tristate "Virtual netlink monitoring device"
403	help
404	  This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The
405	  purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets.
406	  Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink
407	  messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further
408	  diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support
409	  to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.
410
411config NET_VRF
412	tristate "Virtual Routing and Forwarding (Lite)"
413	depends on IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES
414	depends on NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
415	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
416	depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES || IPV6=n
417	help
418	  This option enables the support for mapping interfaces into VRF's. The
419	  support enables VRF devices.
420
421config VSOCKMON
422	tristate "Virtual vsock monitoring device"
423	depends on VHOST_VSOCK
424	help
425	  This option enables a monitoring net device for vsock sockets. It is
426	  mostly intended for developers or support to debug vsock issues. If
427	  unsure, say N.
428
429endif # NET_CORE
430
431config SUNGEM_PHY
432	tristate
433
434source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
435
436source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
437
438source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
439
440source "drivers/net/dsa/Kconfig"
441
442source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
443
444source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
445
446source "drivers/net/hippi/Kconfig"
447
448source "drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig"
449
450config NET_SB1000
451	tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
452	depends on PNP
453	help
454	  This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
455	  NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
456	  cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
457	  TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
458	  downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
459	  provided by your regular phone modem.
460
461	  At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
462	  you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
463	  <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/cable/sb1000.rst> for
464	  information on how to use this module, as it needs special ppp
465	  scripts for establishing a connection. Further documentation
466	  and the necessary scripts can be found at:
467
468	  <http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
469	  <http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
470	  <http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
471
472	  If you don't have this card, of course say N.
473
474source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
475
476source "drivers/net/mdio/Kconfig"
477
478source "drivers/net/pcs/Kconfig"
479
480source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
481
482source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
483
484source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
485
486source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
487
488source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
489
490source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
491
492source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
493
494source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
495
496source "drivers/net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
497
498config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
499	tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
500	depends on XEN
501	select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
502	select PAGE_POOL
503	default y
504	help
505	  This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
506	  devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
507	  domain 0).
508
509	  The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
510	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
511
512	  If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
513	  should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
514	  M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
515
516config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
517	tristate "Xen backend network device"
518	depends on XEN_BACKEND
519	help
520	  This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
521	  domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
522	  Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
523	  system that implements a compatible front end.
524
525	  The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
526	  CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
527
528	  The backend driver presents a standard network device
529	  endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
530	  domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
531	  etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
532
533	  If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
534	  domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
535	  compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
536	  will be called xen-netback.
537
538config VMXNET3
539	tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
540	depends on PCI && INET
541	depends on !(PAGE_SIZE_64KB || ARM64_64K_PAGES || \
542		     IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || MICROBLAZE_64K_PAGES || \
543		     PARISC_PAGE_SIZE_64KB || PPC_64K_PAGES)
544	help
545	  This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
546	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
547	  module will be called vmxnet3.
548
549config FUJITSU_ES
550	tristate "FUJITSU Extended Socket Network Device driver"
551	depends on ACPI
552	help
553	  This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
554	  on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
555
556config USB4_NET
557	tristate "Networking over USB4 and Thunderbolt cables"
558	depends on USB4 && INET
559	help
560	  Select this if you want to create network between two computers
561	  over a USB4 and Thunderbolt cables. The driver supports Apple
562	  ThunderboltIP protocol and allows communication with any host
563	  supporting the same protocol including Windows and macOS.
564
565	  To compile this driver a module, choose M here. The module will be
566	  called thunderbolt-net.
567
568source "drivers/net/hyperv/Kconfig"
569
570config NETDEVSIM
571	tristate "Simulated networking device"
572	depends on DEBUG_FS
573	depends on INET
574	depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
575	select NET_DEVLINK
576	help
577	  This driver is a developer testing tool and software model that can
578	  be used to test various control path networking APIs, especially
579	  HW-offload related.
580
581	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
582	  will be called netdevsim.
583
584config NET_FAILOVER
585	tristate "Failover driver"
586	select FAILOVER
587	help
588	  This provides an automated failover mechanism via APIs to create
589	  and destroy a failover master netdev and manages a primary and
590	  standby slave netdevs that get registered via the generic failover
591	  infrastructure. This can be used by paravirtual drivers to enable
592	  an alternate low latency datapath. It also enables live migration of
593	  a VM with direct attached VF by failing over to the paravirtual
594	  datapath when the VF is unplugged.
595
596endif # NETDEVICES
597