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The is does a general cleanup of the drivers/net/ Kconfig and Makefile. This patch create a "core" option and places all the networking core drivers into this option (default is yes for this option). In addition, it alphabitizes the Kconfig driver options. As a side cleanup, found that the arcnet, token ring, and PHY Kconfig options were a tri-state option and should have been a bool option. Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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# Network device configuration
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#
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menuconfig NETDEVICES
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default y if UML
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depends on NET
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bool "Network device support"
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---help---
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You can say N here if you don't intend to connect your Linux box to
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any other computer at all.
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You'll have to say Y if your computer contains a network card that
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you want to use under Linux. If you are going to run SLIP or PPP over
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telephone line or null modem cable you need say Y here. Connecting
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two machines with parallel ports using PLIP needs this, as well as
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AX.25/KISS for sending Internet traffic over amateur radio links.
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See also "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" by Olaf Kirch and
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Terry Dawson. Available at <http://www.tldp.org/guides.html>.
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If unsure, say Y.
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# All the following symbols are dependent on NETDEVICES - do not repeat
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# that for each of the symbols.
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if NETDEVICES
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config NET_CORE
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default y
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bool "Network core driver support"
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---help---
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You can say N here if you do not intend to use any of the
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networking core drivers (i.e. VLAN, bridging, bonding, etc.)
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if NET_CORE
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config BONDING
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tristate "Bonding driver support"
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depends on INET
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depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
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---help---
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Say 'Y' or 'M' if you wish to be able to 'bond' multiple Ethernet
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Channels together. This is called 'Etherchannel' by Cisco,
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'Trunking' by Sun, 802.3ad by the IEEE, and 'Bonding' in Linux.
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The driver supports multiple bonding modes to allow for both high
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performance and high availability operation.
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Refer to <file:Documentation/networking/bonding.txt> for more
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information.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called bonding.
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config DUMMY
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tristate "Dummy net driver support"
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---help---
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This is essentially a bit-bucket device (i.e. traffic you send to
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this device is consigned into oblivion) with a configurable IP
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address. It is most commonly used in order to make your currently
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inactive SLIP address seem like a real address for local programs.
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If you use SLIP or PPP, you might want to say Y here. Since this
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thing often comes in handy, the default is Y. It won't enlarge your
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kernel either. What a deal. Read about it in the Network
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Administrator's Guide, available from
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<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#guide>.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called dummy. If you want to use more than one dummy
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device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
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Instead of 'dummy', the devices will then be called 'dummy0',
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'dummy1' etc.
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config EQUALIZER
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tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
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---help---
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If you have two serial connections to some other computer (this
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usually requires two modems and two telephone lines) and you use
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SLIP (the protocol for sending Internet traffic over telephone
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lines) or PPP (a better SLIP) on them, you can make them behave like
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one double speed connection using this driver. Naturally, this has
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to be supported at the other end as well, either with a similar EQL
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Linux driver or with a Livingston Portmaster 2e.
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Say Y if you want this and read
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<file:Documentation/networking/eql.txt>. You may also want to read
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section 6.2 of the NET-3-HOWTO, available from
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<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called eql. If unsure, say N.
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config NET_FC
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bool "Fibre Channel driver support"
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depends on SCSI && PCI
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help
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Fibre Channel is a high speed serial protocol mainly used to connect
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large storage devices to the computer; it is compatible with and
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intended to replace SCSI.
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If you intend to use Fibre Channel, you need to have a Fibre channel
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adaptor card in your computer; say Y here and to the driver for your
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adaptor below. You also should have said Y to "SCSI support" and
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"SCSI generic support".
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config MII
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tristate "Generic Media Independent Interface device support"
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help
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Most ethernet controllers have MII transceiver either as an external
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or internal device. It is safe to say Y or M here even if your
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ethernet card lacks MII.
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source "drivers/ieee802154/Kconfig"
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config IFB
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tristate "Intermediate Functional Block support"
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depends on NET_CLS_ACT
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---help---
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This is an intermediate driver that allows sharing of
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resources.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called ifb. If you want to use more than one ifb
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device at a time, you need to compile this driver as a module.
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Instead of 'ifb', the devices will then be called 'ifb0',
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'ifb1' etc.
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Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
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config MACVLAN
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tristate "MAC-VLAN support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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---help---
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This allows one to create virtual interfaces that map packets to
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or from specific MAC addresses to a particular interface.
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Macvlan devices can be added using the "ip" command from the
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iproute2 package starting with the iproute2-2.6.23 release:
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"ip link add link <real dev> [ address MAC ] [ NAME ] type macvlan"
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called macvlan.
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config MACVTAP
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tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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depends on MACVLAN
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help
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This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
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on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
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can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
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macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called macvtap.
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config NETCONSOLE
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tristate "Network console logging support"
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---help---
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If you want to log kernel messages over the network, enable this.
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See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
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config NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
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bool "Dynamic reconfiguration of logging targets"
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depends on NETCONSOLE && SYSFS && CONFIGFS_FS && \
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!(NETCONSOLE=y && CONFIGFS_FS=m)
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help
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This option enables the ability to dynamically reconfigure target
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parameters (interface, IP addresses, port numbers, MAC addresses)
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at runtime through a userspace interface exported using configfs.
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See <file:Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt> for details.
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config NETPOLL
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def_bool NETCONSOLE
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config NETPOLL_TRAP
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bool "Netpoll traffic trapping"
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default n
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depends on NETPOLL
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config NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
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def_bool NETPOLL
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config RIONET
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tristate "RapidIO Ethernet over messaging driver support"
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depends on RAPIDIO
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config RIONET_TX_SIZE
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int "Number of outbound queue entries"
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depends on RIONET
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default "128"
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config RIONET_RX_SIZE
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int "Number of inbound queue entries"
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depends on RIONET
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default "128"
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config TUN
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tristate "Universal TUN/TAP device driver support"
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select CRC32
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---help---
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TUN/TAP provides packet reception and transmission for user space
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programs. It can be viewed as a simple Point-to-Point or Ethernet
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device, which instead of receiving packets from a physical media,
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receives them from user space program and instead of sending packets
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via physical media writes them to the user space program.
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When a program opens /dev/net/tun, driver creates and registers
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corresponding net device tunX or tapX. After a program closed above
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devices, driver will automatically delete tunXX or tapXX device and
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all routes corresponding to it.
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Please read <file:Documentation/networking/tuntap.txt> for more
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information.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
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will be called tun.
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If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
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config VETH
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tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
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---help---
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This device is a local ethernet tunnel. Devices are created in pairs.
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When one end receives the packet it appears on its pair and vice
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versa.
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config VIRTIO_NET
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tristate "Virtio network driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
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---help---
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This is the virtual network driver for virtio. It can be used with
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lguest or QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen). Say Y or M.
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endif # NET_CORE
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config SUNGEM_PHY
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tristate
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source "drivers/net/arcnet/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/atm/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/caif/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/fddi/Kconfig"
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config NET_SB1000
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tristate "General Instruments Surfboard 1000"
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depends on PNP
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---help---
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This is a driver for the General Instrument (also known as
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NextLevel) SURFboard 1000 internal
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cable modem. This is an ISA card which is used by a number of cable
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TV companies to provide cable modem access. It's a one-way
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downstream-only cable modem, meaning that your upstream net link is
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provided by your regular phone modem.
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At present this driver only compiles as a module, so say M here if
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you have this card. The module will be called sb1000. Then read
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<file:Documentation/networking/README.sb1000> for information on how
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to use this module, as it needs special ppp scripts for establishing
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a connection. Further documentation and the necessary scripts can be
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found at:
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<http://www.jacksonville.net/~fventuri/>
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<http://home.adelphia.net/~siglercm/sb1000.html>
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<http://linuxpower.cx/~cable/>
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If you don't have this card, of course say N.
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source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/plip/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/slip/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/s390/net/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/tokenring/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/usb/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/wimax/Kconfig"
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source "drivers/net/wan/Kconfig"
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config XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND
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tristate "Xen network device frontend driver"
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depends on XEN
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select XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND
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default y
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help
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This driver provides support for Xen paravirtual network
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devices exported by a Xen network driver domain (often
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domain 0).
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The corresponding Linux backend driver is enabled by the
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CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND option.
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If you are compiling a kernel for use as Xen guest, you
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should say Y here. To compile this driver as a module, chose
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M here: the module will be called xen-netfront.
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config XEN_NETDEV_BACKEND
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tristate "Xen backend network device"
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depends on XEN_BACKEND
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help
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This driver allows the kernel to act as a Xen network driver
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domain which exports paravirtual network devices to other
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Xen domains. These devices can be accessed by any operating
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system that implements a compatible front end.
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The corresponding Linux frontend driver is enabled by the
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CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND configuration option.
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The backend driver presents a standard network device
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endpoint for each paravirtual network device to the driver
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domain network stack. These can then be bridged or routed
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etc in order to provide full network connectivity.
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If you are compiling a kernel to run in a Xen network driver
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domain (often this is domain 0) you should say Y here. To
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compile this driver as a module, chose M here: the module
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will be called xen-netback.
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config VMXNET3
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tristate "VMware VMXNET3 ethernet driver"
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depends on PCI && INET
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help
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This driver supports VMware's vmxnet3 virtual ethernet NIC.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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module will be called vmxnet3.
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endif # NETDEVICES
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