Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | # |
| 2 | # Tulip family network device configuration |
| 3 | # |
| 4 | |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | menuconfig NET_TULIP |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | bool "\"Tulip\" family network device support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | depends on PCI || EISA || CARDBUS |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | help |
| 9 | This selects the "Tulip" family of EISA/PCI network cards. |
| 10 | |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | if NET_TULIP |
| 12 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | config DE2104X |
| 14 | tristate "Early DECchip Tulip (dc2104x) PCI support (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | depends on PCI && EXPERIMENTAL |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 16 | select CRC32 |
| 17 | ---help--- |
| 18 | This driver is developed for the SMC EtherPower series Ethernet |
| 19 | cards and also works with cards based on the DECchip |
| 20 | 21040 (Tulip series) chips. Some LinkSys PCI cards are |
| 21 | of this type. (If your card is NOT SMC EtherPower 10/100 PCI |
| 22 | (smc9332dst), you can also try the driver for "Generic DECchip" |
| 23 | cards, below. However, most people with a network card of this type |
| 24 | will say Y here.) Do read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from |
| 25 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| 26 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | be called de2104x. |
| 29 | |
Risto Suominen | b77e522 | 2009-06-10 09:55:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | config DE2104X_DSL |
| 31 | int "Descriptor Skip Length in 32 bit longwords" |
| 32 | depends on DE2104X |
| 33 | range 0 31 |
| 34 | default 0 |
| 35 | help |
| 36 | Setting this value allows to align ring buffer descriptors into their |
| 37 | own cache lines. Value of 4 corresponds to the typical 32 byte line |
| 38 | (the descriptor is 16 bytes). This is necessary on systems that lack |
| 39 | cache coherence, an example is PowerMac 5500. Otherwise 0 is safe. |
| 40 | Default is 0, and range is 0 to 31. |
| 41 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | config TULIP |
| 43 | tristate "DECchip Tulip (dc2114x) PCI support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | select CRC32 |
| 46 | ---help--- |
| 47 | This driver is developed for the SMC EtherPower series Ethernet |
| 48 | cards and also works with cards based on the DECchip |
| 49 | 21140 (Tulip series) chips. Some LinkSys PCI cards are |
| 50 | of this type. (If your card is NOT SMC EtherPower 10/100 PCI |
| 51 | (smc9332dst), you can also try the driver for "Generic DECchip" |
| 52 | cards, above. However, most people with a network card of this type |
| 53 | will say Y here.) Do read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from |
| 54 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| 55 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | be called tulip. |
| 58 | |
| 59 | config TULIP_MWI |
| 60 | bool "New bus configuration (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 61 | depends on TULIP && EXPERIMENTAL |
| 62 | help |
| 63 | This configures your Tulip card specifically for the card and |
| 64 | system cache line size type you are using. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | This is experimental code, not yet tested on many boards. |
| 67 | |
| 68 | If unsure, say N. |
| 69 | |
| 70 | config TULIP_MMIO |
| 71 | bool "Use PCI shared mem for NIC registers" |
| 72 | depends on TULIP |
| 73 | help |
| 74 | Use PCI shared memory for the NIC registers, rather than going through |
| 75 | the Tulip's PIO (programmed I/O ports). Faster, but could produce |
| 76 | obscure bugs if your mainboard has memory controller timing issues. |
| 77 | If in doubt, say N. |
| 78 | |
| 79 | config TULIP_NAPI |
Randy Dunlap | bf45abe | 2007-10-18 17:16:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 80 | bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | depends on TULIP |
| 82 | help |
| 83 | NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load |
| 84 | when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is |
| 85 | still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. |
| 86 | |
| 87 | If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be |
| 88 | deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), |
| 89 | then say Y here. |
| 90 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | If in doubt, say N. |
| 92 | |
| 93 | config TULIP_NAPI_HW_MITIGATION |
Randy Dunlap | bf45abe | 2007-10-18 17:16:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | bool "Use Interrupt Mitigation" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 95 | depends on TULIP_NAPI |
| 96 | ---help--- |
Randy Dunlap | bf45abe | 2007-10-18 17:16:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | Use HW to reduce RX interrupts. Not strictly necessary since NAPI |
| 98 | reduces RX interrupts by itself. Interrupt mitigation reduces RX |
| 99 | interrupts even at low levels of traffic at the cost of a small |
| 100 | latency. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | |
| 102 | If in doubt, say Y. |
| 103 | |
Ben Hutchings | 4d90706 | 2010-01-07 02:41:51 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | config TULIP_DM910X |
| 105 | def_bool y |
| 106 | depends on TULIP && SPARC |
| 107 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | config DE4X5 |
| 109 | tristate "Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 110 | depends on PCI || EISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 111 | select CRC32 |
| 112 | ---help--- |
| 113 | This is support for the DIGITAL series of PCI/EISA Ethernet cards. |
| 114 | These include the DE425, DE434, DE435, DE450 and DE500 models. If |
| 115 | you have a network card of this type, say Y and read the |
| 116 | Ethernet-HOWTO, available from |
| 117 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More specific |
| 118 | information is contained in |
| 119 | <file:Documentation/networking/de4x5.txt>. |
| 120 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 121 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 122 | be called de4x5. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | config WINBOND_840 |
| 125 | tristate "Winbond W89c840 Ethernet support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 126 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | select CRC32 |
| 128 | select MII |
| 129 | help |
| 130 | This driver is for the Winbond W89c840 chip. It also works with |
| 131 | the TX9882 chip on the Compex RL100-ATX board. |
| 132 | More specific information and updates are available from |
| 133 | <http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html>. |
| 134 | |
| 135 | config DM9102 |
| 136 | tristate "Davicom DM910x/DM980x support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 137 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | select CRC32 |
| 139 | ---help--- |
| 140 | This driver is for DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 compatible PCI cards from |
| 141 | Davicom (<http://www.davicom.com.tw/>). If you have such a network |
| 142 | (Ethernet) card, say Y. Some information is contained in the file |
| 143 | <file:Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt>. |
| 144 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 145 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | be called dmfe. |
| 147 | |
Peer Chen | 4689ced | 2005-07-29 15:33:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | config ULI526X |
| 149 | tristate "ULi M526x controller support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | depends on PCI |
Peer Chen | 4689ced | 2005-07-29 15:33:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | select CRC32 |
| 152 | ---help--- |
| 153 | This driver is for ULi M5261/M5263 10/100M Ethernet Controller |
| 154 | (<http://www.uli.com.tw/>). |
| 155 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 156 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
Peer Chen | 4689ced | 2005-07-29 15:33:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | be called uli526x. |
| 158 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | config PCMCIA_XIRCOM |
Adrian Bunk | fa6557a | 2008-01-29 00:14:12 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | tristate "Xircom CardBus support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 161 | depends on CARDBUS |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 162 | ---help--- |
| 163 | This driver is for the Digital "Tulip" Ethernet CardBus adapters. |
| 164 | It should work with most DEC 21*4*-based chips/ethercards, as well |
| 165 | as with work-alike chips from Lite-On (PNIC) and Macronix (MXIC) and |
| 166 | ASIX. |
| 167 | |
Adrian Bunk | 57ce45d | 2007-11-12 21:03:58 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | be called xircom_cb. If unsure, say N. |
| 170 | |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | endif # NET_TULIP |