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 | |
| 27 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| 28 | <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will |
| 29 | be called de2104x. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | config TULIP |
| 32 | tristate "DECchip Tulip (dc2114x) PCI support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | select CRC32 |
| 35 | ---help--- |
| 36 | This driver is developed for the SMC EtherPower series Ethernet |
| 37 | cards and also works with cards based on the DECchip |
| 38 | 21140 (Tulip series) chips. Some LinkSys PCI cards are |
| 39 | of this type. (If your card is NOT SMC EtherPower 10/100 PCI |
| 40 | (smc9332dst), you can also try the driver for "Generic DECchip" |
| 41 | cards, above. However, most people with a network card of this type |
| 42 | will say Y here.) Do read the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from |
| 43 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| 46 | <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will |
| 47 | be called tulip. |
| 48 | |
| 49 | config TULIP_MWI |
| 50 | bool "New bus configuration (EXPERIMENTAL)" |
| 51 | depends on TULIP && EXPERIMENTAL |
| 52 | help |
| 53 | This configures your Tulip card specifically for the card and |
| 54 | system cache line size type you are using. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | This is experimental code, not yet tested on many boards. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | If unsure, say N. |
| 59 | |
| 60 | config TULIP_MMIO |
| 61 | bool "Use PCI shared mem for NIC registers" |
| 62 | depends on TULIP |
| 63 | help |
| 64 | Use PCI shared memory for the NIC registers, rather than going through |
| 65 | the Tulip's PIO (programmed I/O ports). Faster, but could produce |
| 66 | obscure bugs if your mainboard has memory controller timing issues. |
| 67 | If in doubt, say N. |
| 68 | |
| 69 | config TULIP_NAPI |
Randy Dunlap | bf45abe | 2007-10-18 17:16:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 71 | depends on TULIP |
| 72 | help |
| 73 | NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load |
| 74 | when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is |
| 75 | still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | If your estimated Rx load is 10kpps or more, or if the card will be |
| 78 | deployed on potentially unfriendly networks (e.g. in a firewall), |
| 79 | then say Y here. |
| 80 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | If in doubt, say N. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | config TULIP_NAPI_HW_MITIGATION |
Randy Dunlap | bf45abe | 2007-10-18 17:16:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | bool "Use Interrupt Mitigation" |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | depends on TULIP_NAPI |
| 86 | ---help--- |
Randy Dunlap | bf45abe | 2007-10-18 17:16:20 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | Use HW to reduce RX interrupts. Not strictly necessary since NAPI |
| 88 | reduces RX interrupts by itself. Interrupt mitigation reduces RX |
| 89 | interrupts even at low levels of traffic at the cost of a small |
| 90 | latency. |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | |
| 92 | If in doubt, say Y. |
| 93 | |
| 94 | config DE4X5 |
| 95 | tristate "Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 96 | depends on PCI || EISA |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | select CRC32 |
| 98 | ---help--- |
| 99 | This is support for the DIGITAL series of PCI/EISA Ethernet cards. |
| 100 | These include the DE425, DE434, DE435, DE450 and DE500 models. If |
| 101 | you have a network card of this type, say Y and read the |
| 102 | Ethernet-HOWTO, available from |
| 103 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More specific |
| 104 | information is contained in |
| 105 | <file:Documentation/networking/de4x5.txt>. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| 108 | <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will |
| 109 | be called de4x5. |
| 110 | |
| 111 | config WINBOND_840 |
| 112 | tristate "Winbond W89c840 Ethernet support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 113 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | select CRC32 |
| 115 | select MII |
| 116 | help |
| 117 | This driver is for the Winbond W89c840 chip. It also works with |
| 118 | the TX9882 chip on the Compex RL100-ATX board. |
| 119 | More specific information and updates are available from |
| 120 | <http://www.scyld.com/network/drivers.html>. |
| 121 | |
| 122 | config DM9102 |
| 123 | tristate "Davicom DM910x/DM980x support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 124 | depends on PCI |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 125 | select CRC32 |
| 126 | ---help--- |
| 127 | This driver is for DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 compatible PCI cards from |
| 128 | Davicom (<http://www.davicom.com.tw/>). If you have such a network |
| 129 | (Ethernet) card, say Y. Some information is contained in the file |
| 130 | <file:Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt>. |
| 131 | |
| 132 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| 133 | <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will |
| 134 | be called dmfe. |
| 135 | |
Peer Chen | 4689ced | 2005-07-29 15:33:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | config ULI526X |
| 137 | tristate "ULi M526x controller support" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | depends on PCI |
Peer Chen | 4689ced | 2005-07-29 15:33:58 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 139 | select CRC32 |
| 140 | ---help--- |
| 141 | This driver is for ULi M5261/M5263 10/100M Ethernet Controller |
| 142 | (<http://www.uli.com.tw/>). |
| 143 | |
| 144 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| 145 | <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will |
| 146 | be called uli526x. |
| 147 | |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 148 | config PCMCIA_XIRCOM |
| 149 | tristate "Xircom CardBus support (new driver)" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | depends on CARDBUS |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 151 | ---help--- |
| 152 | This driver is for the Digital "Tulip" Ethernet CardBus adapters. |
| 153 | It should work with most DEC 21*4*-based chips/ethercards, as well |
| 154 | as with work-alike chips from Lite-On (PNIC) and Macronix (MXIC) and |
| 155 | ASIX. |
| 156 | |
| 157 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| 158 | <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will |
| 159 | be called xircom_cb. If unsure, say N. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | config PCMCIA_XIRTULIP |
| 162 | tristate "Xircom Tulip-like CardBus support (old driver)" |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 163 | depends on CARDBUS && BROKEN_ON_SMP |
Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | select CRC32 |
| 165 | ---help--- |
| 166 | This driver is for the Digital "Tulip" Ethernet CardBus adapters. |
| 167 | It should work with most DEC 21*4*-based chips/ethercards, as well |
| 168 | as with work-alike chips from Lite-On (PNIC) and Macronix (MXIC) and |
| 169 | ASIX. |
| 170 | |
| 171 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here and read |
| 172 | <file:Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt>. The module will |
| 173 | be called xircom_tulip_cb. If unsure, say N. |
| 174 | |
Jan Engelhardt | d1c0a65 | 2007-06-13 12:48:53 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | endif # NET_TULIP |