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Differences between /net/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /net/Kconfig (Version linux-4.12.14)


  1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only        << 
  2 #                                                   1 #
  3 # Network configuration                             2 # Network configuration
  4 #                                                   3 #
  5                                                     4 
  6 menuconfig NET                                      5 menuconfig NET
  7         bool "Networking support"                   6         bool "Networking support"
  8         select NLATTR                               7         select NLATTR
  9         select GENERIC_NET_UTILS                    8         select GENERIC_NET_UTILS
 10         select BPF                                  9         select BPF
 11         help                                   !!  10         ---help---
 12           Unless you really know what you are      11           Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here.
 13           The reason is that some programs nee     12           The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even
 14           when running on a stand-alone machin     13           when running on a stand-alone machine that isn't connected to any
 15           other computer.                          14           other computer.
 16                                                !!  15           
 17           If you are upgrading from an older k     16           If you are upgrading from an older kernel, you
 18           should consider updating your networ     17           should consider updating your networking tools too because changes
 19           in the kernel and the tools often go     18           in the kernel and the tools often go hand in hand. The tools are
 20           contained in the package net-tools,      19           contained in the package net-tools, the location and version number
 21           of which are given in <file:Document     20           of which are given in <file:Documentation/Changes>.
 22                                                    21 
 23           For a general introduction to Linux      22           For a general introduction to Linux networking, it is highly
 24           recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, a     23           recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from
 25           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto     24           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
 26                                                    25 
 27 if NET                                             26 if NET
 28                                                    27 
 29 config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES                28 config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 30         bool                                       29         bool
 31         help                                       30         help
 32           This option can be selected by other     31           This option can be selected by other options that need compat
 33           netlink messages.                        32           netlink messages.
 34                                                    33 
 35 config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES                     34 config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 36         def_bool y                                 35         def_bool y
 37         depends on COMPAT                          36         depends on COMPAT
 38         depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NE     37         depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES
 39         help                                       38         help
 40           This option makes it possible to sen     39           This option makes it possible to send different netlink messages
 41           to tasks depending on whether the ta     40           to tasks depending on whether the task is a compat task or not. To
 42           achieve this, you need to set skb_sh     41           achieve this, you need to set skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list to the
 43           compat skb before sending the skb, t     42           compat skb before sending the skb, the netlink code will sort out
 44           which message to actually pass to th     43           which message to actually pass to the task.
 45                                                    44 
 46           Newly written code should NEVER need     45           Newly written code should NEVER need this option but do
 47           compat-independent messages instead!     46           compat-independent messages instead!
 48                                                    47 
 49 config NET_INGRESS                                 48 config NET_INGRESS
 50         bool                                       49         bool
 51                                                    50 
 52 config NET_EGRESS                                  51 config NET_EGRESS
 53         bool                                       52         bool
 54                                                    53 
 55 config NET_XGRESS                              << 
 56         select NET_INGRESS                     << 
 57         select NET_EGRESS                      << 
 58         bool                                   << 
 59                                                << 
 60 config NET_REDIRECT                            << 
 61         bool                                   << 
 62                                                << 
 63 config SKB_DECRYPTED                           << 
 64         bool                                   << 
 65                                                << 
 66 config SKB_EXTENSIONS                          << 
 67         bool                                   << 
 68                                                << 
 69 config NET_DEVMEM                              << 
 70         def_bool y                             << 
 71         depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER           << 
 72         depends on GENERIC_ALLOCATOR           << 
 73         depends on PAGE_POOL                   << 
 74                                                << 
 75 menu "Networking options"                          54 menu "Networking options"
 76                                                    55 
 77 source "net/packet/Kconfig"                        56 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
 78 source "net/unix/Kconfig"                          57 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
 79 source "net/tls/Kconfig"                       << 
 80 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"                          58 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
 81 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"                          59 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
 82 source "net/smc/Kconfig"                           60 source "net/smc/Kconfig"
 83 source "net/xdp/Kconfig"                       << 
 84                                                << 
 85 config NET_HANDSHAKE                           << 
 86         bool                                   << 
 87         depends on SUNRPC || NVME_TARGET_TCP | << 
 88         default y                              << 
 89                                                << 
 90 config NET_HANDSHAKE_KUNIT_TEST                << 
 91         tristate "KUnit tests for the handshak << 
 92         default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS                << 
 93         depends on KUNIT                       << 
 94         help                                   << 
 95           This builds the KUnit tests for the  << 
 96                                                << 
 97           KUnit tests run during boot and outp << 
 98           log in TAP format (https://testanyth << 
 99           kernel devs running KUnit test harne << 
100           into a production build.             << 
101                                                << 
102           For more information on KUnit and un << 
103           to the KUnit documentation in Docume << 
104                                                    61 
105 config INET                                        62 config INET
106         bool "TCP/IP networking"                   63         bool "TCP/IP networking"
107         help                                   !!  64         select CRYPTO
                                                   >>  65         select CRYPTO_AES
                                                   >>  66         ---help---
108           These are the protocols used on the      67           These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
109           Ethernets. It is highly recommended      68           Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
110           your kernel by about 400 KB), since      69           your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
111           system) use TCP/IP even if your mach     70           system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
112           other computer. You will get the so-     71           other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
113           allows you to ping yourself (great f     72           allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
114                                                    73 
115           For an excellent introduction to Lin     74           For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
116           Linux Networking HOWTO, available fr     75           Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
117           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto     76           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
118                                                    77 
119           If you say Y here and also to "/proc     78           If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
120           "Sysctl support" below, you can chan     79           "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
121           behavior of the TCP/IP code by writi     80           behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
122           /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options ar     81           /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
123           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sy !!  82           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
124                                                    83 
125           Short answer: say Y.                     84           Short answer: say Y.
126                                                    85 
127 if INET                                            86 if INET
128 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"                          87 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
129 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"                          88 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
130 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"                      89 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"
131 source "net/mptcp/Kconfig"                     << 
132                                                    90 
133 endif # if INET                                    91 endif # if INET
134                                                    92 
135 config NETWORK_SECMARK                             93 config NETWORK_SECMARK
136         bool "Security Marking"                    94         bool "Security Marking"
137         help                                       95         help
138           This enables security marking of net     96           This enables security marking of network packets, similar
139           to nfmark, but designated for securi     97           to nfmark, but designated for security purposes.
140           If you are unsure how to answer this     98           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
141                                                    99 
142 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY                           100 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
143         def_bool n                                101         def_bool n
144                                                   102 
145 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING                   103 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
146         bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"        104         bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"
147         select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY                   105         select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
148         help                                      106         help
149           This allows timestamping of network  !! 107           This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs with
150           other MII bus snooping devices) with !! 108           hardware timestamping capabilities. This option adds some
151           capabilities. This option adds some  !! 109           overhead in the transmit and receive paths.
152           and receive paths.                   << 
153                                                   110 
154           If you are unsure how to answer this    111           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
155                                                   112 
156 menuconfig NETFILTER                              113 menuconfig NETFILTER
157         bool "Network packet filtering framewo    114         bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)"
158         help                                   !! 115         ---help---
159           Netfilter is a framework for filteri    116           Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets
160           that pass through your Linux box.       117           that pass through your Linux box.
161                                                   118 
162           The most common use of packet filter    119           The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as
163           a firewall protecting a local networ    120           a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of
164           firewall provided by this kernel sup    121           firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet
165           filter", which means that it can rej    122           filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets
166           based on type, source, destination e    123           based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall,
167           a "proxy-based" one, is more secure     124           a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more
168           bothersome to set up; it inspects th    125           bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more
169           closely, modifies it and has knowled    126           closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level
170           protocols, which a packet filter lac    127           protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based
171           firewalls often require changes to t    128           firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local
172           clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't    129           clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but
173           they are often combined with a packe    130           they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if
174           you say Y here.                         131           you say Y here.
175                                                   132 
176           You should also say Y here if you in    133           You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as
177           the gateway to the Internet for a lo    134           the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without
178           globally valid IP addresses. This is    135           globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one
179           of the computers on your local netwo    136           of the computers on your local network wants to send something to
180           the outside, your box can "masquerad    137           the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it
181           forwards the traffic to the intended    138           forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but
182           modifies the packets to make it look    139           modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the
183           firewall box itself. It works both w    140           firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host
184           replies, the Linux box will silently    141           replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the
185           correct local computer. This way, th    142           correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net
186           are completely invisible to the outs    143           are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can
187           reach the outside and can receive re    144           reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to
188           run globally visible servers from wi    145           run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network
189           using a mechanism called portforward    146           using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often
190           called NAT (Network Address Translat    147           called NAT (Network Address Translation).
191                                                   148 
192           Another use of Netfilter is in trans    149           Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on
193           the local network tries to connect t    150           the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux
194           box can transparently forward the tr    151           box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server,
195           typically a caching proxy server.       152           typically a caching proxy server.
196                                                   153 
197           Yet another use of Netfilter is buil    154           Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using
198           a bridge with Network packet filteri    155           a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see"
199           the bridged traffic. For filtering o    156           the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet
200           protocols over the bridge, use ebtab    157           protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter
201           configuration).                         158           configuration).
202                                                   159 
203           Various modules exist for netfilter     160           Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous
204           masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet fil    161           masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent
205           proxying, and portforwarding mechani    162           proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see
206           <file:Documentation/Changes> under "    163           <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of
207           these packages.                         164           these packages.
208                                                   165 
209 if NETFILTER                                      166 if NETFILTER
210                                                   167 
                                                   >> 168 config NETFILTER_DEBUG
                                                   >> 169         bool "Network packet filtering debugging"
                                                   >> 170         depends on NETFILTER
                                                   >> 171         help
                                                   >> 172           You can say Y here if you want to get additional messages useful in
                                                   >> 173           debugging the netfilter code.
                                                   >> 174 
211 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED                         175 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
212         bool "Advanced netfilter configuration    176         bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
213         depends on NETFILTER                      177         depends on NETFILTER
214         default y                                 178         default y
215         help                                      179         help
216           If you say Y here you can select bet    180           If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
217           If you say N the more unusual ones w    181           If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
218           basic ones needed by most people wil    182           basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
219                                                   183 
220           If unsure, say Y.                       184           If unsure, say Y.
221                                                   185 
222 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER                           186 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER
223         tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filte    187         tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering"
224         depends on BRIDGE                         188         depends on BRIDGE
225         depends on NETFILTER && INET              189         depends on NETFILTER && INET
226         depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED             190         depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
227         select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE         !! 191         default m
228         select SKB_EXTENSIONS                  !! 192         ---help---
229         help                                   << 
230           Enabling this option will let arptab    193           Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged
231           ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a     194           ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably
232           want this option enabled.               195           want this option enabled.
233           Enabling or disabling this option do    196           Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable
234           ebtables.                               197           ebtables.
235                                                   198 
236           If unsure, say N.                       199           If unsure, say N.
237                                                   200 
238 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"                    201 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"
239 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"               202 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"
240 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"               203 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 204 source "net/decnet/netfilter/Kconfig"
241 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"             205 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"
242                                                   206 
243 endif                                             207 endif
244                                                   208 
245 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"                         209 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"
246 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"                         210 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
247 source "net/rds/Kconfig"                          211 source "net/rds/Kconfig"
248 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"                         212 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"
249 source "net/atm/Kconfig"                          213 source "net/atm/Kconfig"
250 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"                         214 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"
251 source "net/802/Kconfig"                          215 source "net/802/Kconfig"
252 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"                       216 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
253 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"                          217 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
254 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"                        218 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 219 source "net/decnet/Kconfig"
255 source "net/llc/Kconfig"                          220 source "net/llc/Kconfig"
256 source "net/appletalk/Kconfig"                 !! 221 source "net/ipx/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 222 source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig"
257 source "net/x25/Kconfig"                          223 source "net/x25/Kconfig"
258 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"                         224 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
259 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"                       225 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
260 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"                      226 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
261 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"                   227 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
262 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"                    228 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
263 source "net/sched/Kconfig"                        229 source "net/sched/Kconfig"
264 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"                          230 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
265 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"                 231 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
266 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"                   232 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
267 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"                  233 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"
268 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"                    234 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"
269 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"                      235 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"
270 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"                         236 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"
271 source "net/nsh/Kconfig"                       << 
272 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"                          237 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"
273 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"                    238 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"
274 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"                       239 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"
275 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"                         240 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"
276 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"                         241 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"
277                                                   242 
278 config PCPU_DEV_REFCNT                         << 
279         bool "Use percpu variables to maintain << 
280         depends on SMP                         << 
281         default y                              << 
282         help                                   << 
283           network device refcount are using pe << 
284           This can be forced to N to detect un << 
285                                                << 
286 config MAX_SKB_FRAGS                           << 
287         int "Maximum number of fragments per s << 
288         range 17 45                            << 
289         default 17                             << 
290         help                                   << 
291           Having more fragments per skb_shared << 
292           This helps BIG TCP workloads, but mi << 
293           legacy drivers.                      << 
294           This also increases memory overhead  << 
295           and in drivers using build_skb().    << 
296           If unsure, say 17.                   << 
297                                                << 
298 config RPS                                        243 config RPS
299         bool "Receive packet steering"         !! 244         bool
300         depends on SMP && SYSFS                   245         depends on SMP && SYSFS
301         default y                                 246         default y
302         help                                   << 
303           Software receive side packet steerin << 
304           load of received packet processing a << 
305                                                   247 
306 config RFS_ACCEL                                  248 config RFS_ACCEL
307         bool "Hardware acceleration of RFS"    !! 249         bool
308         depends on RPS                            250         depends on RPS
309         select CPU_RMAP                           251         select CPU_RMAP
310         default y                                 252         default y
311         help                                   << 
312           Allowing drivers for multiqueue hard << 
313           accelerate RFS.                      << 
314                                                << 
315 config SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING                   << 
316         bool                                   << 
317                                                   253 
318 config XPS                                        254 config XPS
319         bool                                      255         bool
320         depends on SMP                            256         depends on SMP
321         select SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING           << 
322         default y                                 257         default y
323                                                   258 
324 config HWBM                                       259 config HWBM
325         bool                                   !! 260        bool
326                                                   261 
327 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO                            262 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO
328         bool "Network priority cgroup"            263         bool "Network priority cgroup"
329         depends on CGROUPS                        264         depends on CGROUPS
330         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA                   265         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
331         help                                   !! 266         ---help---
332           Cgroup subsystem for use in assignin    267           Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on
333           a per-interface basis.                  268           a per-interface basis.
334                                                   269 
335 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID                         270 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
336         bool "Network classid cgroup"             271         bool "Network classid cgroup"
337         depends on CGROUPS                        272         depends on CGROUPS
338         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA                   273         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA
339         help                                   !! 274         ---help---
340           Cgroup subsystem for use as general     275           Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is
341           being used in cls_cgroup and for net    276           being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching.
342                                                   277 
343 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL                           278 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
344         bool                                      279         bool
345         default y if !PREEMPT_RT || (PREEMPT_R !! 280         default y
346                                                   281 
347 config BQL                                        282 config BQL
348         bool                                      283         bool
349         prompt "Enable Byte Queue Limits"      << 
350         depends on SYSFS                          284         depends on SYSFS
351         select DQL                                285         select DQL
352         default y                                 286         default y
353                                                   287 
354 config BPF_STREAM_PARSER                       !! 288 config BPF_JIT
355         bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"        !! 289         bool "enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
356         depends on INET                        !! 290         depends on HAVE_CBPF_JIT || HAVE_EBPF_JIT
357         depends on BPF_SYSCALL                 !! 291         depends on MODULES
358         depends on CGROUP_BPF                  !! 292         ---help---
359         select STREAM_PARSER                   !! 293           Berkeley Packet Filter filtering capabilities are normally handled
360         select NET_SOCK_MSG                    !! 294           by an interpreter. This option allows kernel to generate a native
361         help                                   !! 295           code when filter is loaded in memory. This should speedup
362           Enabling this allows a TCP stream pa !! 296           packet sniffing (libpcap/tcpdump).
363           BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.                !! 297 
                                                   >> 298           Note, admin should enable this feature changing:
                                                   >> 299           /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
                                                   >> 300           /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_harden   (optional)
                                                   >> 301           /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_kallsyms (optional)
364                                                   302 
365 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT                             303 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
366         bool "Net flow limit"                  !! 304         bool
367         depends on RPS                            305         depends on RPS
368         default y                                 306         default y
369         help                                   !! 307         ---help---
370           The network stack has to drop packet    308           The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's
371           backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog.     309           backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows
372           generate the vast majority of load,     310           generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to
373           maintain capacity for the other flow    311           maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers
374           with many clients some protection ag    312           with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
375           flow that greatly exceeds average wo    313           flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
376                                                   314 
377 menu "Network testing"                            315 menu "Network testing"
378                                                   316 
379 config NET_PKTGEN                                 317 config NET_PKTGEN
380         tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH C    318         tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
381         depends on INET && PROC_FS                319         depends on INET && PROC_FS
382         help                                   !! 320         ---help---
383           This module will inject preconfigure    321           This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable
384           rate, out of a given interface.  It     322           rate, out of a given interface.  It is used for network interface
385           stress testing and performance analy    323           stress testing and performance analysis.  If you don't understand
386           what was just said, you don't need i    324           what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
387                                                   325 
388           Documentation on how to use the pack    326           Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found
389           at <file:Documentation/networking/pk !! 327           at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt>.
390                                                   328 
391           To compile this code as a module, ch    329           To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
392           module will be called pktgen.           330           module will be called pktgen.
393                                                   331 
                                                   >> 332 config NET_TCPPROBE
                                                   >> 333         tristate "TCP connection probing"
                                                   >> 334         depends on INET && PROC_FS && KPROBES
                                                   >> 335         ---help---
                                                   >> 336         This module allows for capturing the changes to TCP connection
                                                   >> 337         state in response to incoming packets. It is used for debugging
                                                   >> 338         TCP congestion avoidance modules. If you don't understand
                                                   >> 339         what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
                                                   >> 340 
                                                   >> 341         Documentation on how to use TCP connection probing can be found
                                                   >> 342         at:
                                                   >> 343         
                                                   >> 344           http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/tcpprobe
                                                   >> 345 
                                                   >> 346         To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
                                                   >> 347         module will be called tcp_probe.
                                                   >> 348 
394 config NET_DROP_MONITOR                           349 config NET_DROP_MONITOR
395         tristate "Network packet drop alerting    350         tristate "Network packet drop alerting service"
396         depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS            351         depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS
397         help                                   !! 352         ---help---
398           This feature provides an alerting se !! 353         This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
399           event that packets are discarded in  !! 354         event that packets are discarded in the network stack.  Alerts
400           are broadcast via netlink socket to  !! 355         are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
401           process.  If you don't need network  !! 356         process.  If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
402           just checking the various proc files !! 357         just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
403           drop statistics, say N here.         !! 358         drop statistics, say N here.
404                                                   359 
405 endmenu                                           360 endmenu
406                                                   361 
407 endmenu                                           362 endmenu
408                                                   363 
409 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"                         364 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
410 source "net/can/Kconfig"                          365 source "net/can/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 366 source "net/irda/Kconfig"
411 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"                    367 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
412 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"                        368 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"
413 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"                          369 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"
414 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"                    370 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"
415 source "net/mctp/Kconfig"                      << 
416                                                   371 
417 config FIB_RULES                                  372 config FIB_RULES
418         bool                                      373         bool
419                                                   374 
420 menuconfig WIRELESS                               375 menuconfig WIRELESS
421         bool "Wireless"                           376         bool "Wireless"
422         depends on !S390                          377         depends on !S390
423         default y                                 378         default y
424                                                   379 
425 if WIRELESS                                       380 if WIRELESS
426                                                   381 
427 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"                     382 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"
428 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"                     383 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"
429                                                   384 
430 endif # WIRELESS                                  385 endif # WIRELESS
431                                                   386 
                                                   >> 387 source "net/wimax/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 388 
432 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"                       389 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"
433 source "net/9p/Kconfig"                           390 source "net/9p/Kconfig"
434 source "net/caif/Kconfig"                         391 source "net/caif/Kconfig"
435 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"                         392 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"
436 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"                          393 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"
437 source "net/psample/Kconfig"                      394 source "net/psample/Kconfig"
438 source "net/ife/Kconfig"                          395 source "net/ife/Kconfig"
439                                                   396 
440 config LWTUNNEL                                   397 config LWTUNNEL
441         bool "Network light weight tunnels"       398         bool "Network light weight tunnels"
442         help                                   !! 399         ---help---
443           This feature provides an infrastruct    400           This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight
444           tunnels like mpls. There is no netde    401           tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light
445           weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encap    402           weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored
446           with light weight tunnel state assoc    403           with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes.
447                                                   404 
448 config LWTUNNEL_BPF                               405 config LWTUNNEL_BPF
449         bool "Execute BPF program as route nex    406         bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action"
450         depends on LWTUNNEL && INET            !! 407         depends on LWTUNNEL
451         default y if LWTUNNEL=y                   408         default y if LWTUNNEL=y
452         help                                   !! 409         ---help---
453           Allows to run BPF programs as a next    410           Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route
454           lookup for incoming and outgoing pac    411           lookup for incoming and outgoing packets.
455                                                   412 
456 config DST_CACHE                                  413 config DST_CACHE
457         bool                                      414         bool
458         default n                                 415         default n
459                                                   416 
460 config GRO_CELLS                                  417 config GRO_CELLS
461         bool                                      418         bool
462         default n                                 419         default n
463                                                   420 
464 config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT                      << 
465         bool                                   << 
466                                                << 
467 config NET_IEEE8021Q_HELPERS                   << 
468         bool                                   << 
469                                                << 
470 config NET_SELFTESTS                           << 
471         def_tristate PHYLIB                    << 
472         depends on PHYLIB && INET              << 
473                                                << 
474 config NET_SOCK_MSG                            << 
475         bool                                   << 
476         default n                              << 
477         help                                   << 
478           The NET_SOCK_MSG provides a framewor << 
479           ULPs (upper layer modules, e.g. TLS) << 
480           with the help of BPF programs.       << 
481                                                << 
482 config NET_DEVLINK                                421 config NET_DEVLINK
483         bool                                   !! 422         tristate "Network physical/parent device Netlink interface"
484         default n                              << 
485                                                << 
486 config PAGE_POOL                               << 
487         bool                                   << 
488                                                << 
489 config PAGE_POOL_STATS                         << 
490         default n                              << 
491         bool "Page pool stats"                 << 
492         depends on PAGE_POOL                   << 
493         help                                      423         help
494           Enable page pool statistics to track !! 424           Network physical/parent device Netlink interface provides
495           in page pools. This option incurs ad !! 425           infrastructure to support access to physical chip-wide config and
496           and recycle paths and additional mem !! 426           monitoring.
497           These statistics are only available  !! 427 
498           the driver using the page pool suppo !! 428 config MAY_USE_DEVLINK
                                                   >> 429         tristate
                                                   >> 430         default m if NET_DEVLINK=m
                                                   >> 431         default y if NET_DEVLINK=y || NET_DEVLINK=n
                                                   >> 432         help
                                                   >> 433           Drivers using the devlink infrastructure should have a dependency
                                                   >> 434           on MAY_USE_DEVLINK to ensure they do not cause link errors when
                                                   >> 435           devlink is a loadable module and the driver using it is built-in.
499                                                   436 
500           If unsure, say N.                    !! 437 endif   # if NET
501                                                   438 
502 config FAILOVER                                !! 439 # Used by archs to tell that they support BPF JIT compiler plus which flavour.
503         tristate "Generic failover module"     !! 440 # Only one of the two can be selected for a specific arch since eBPF JIT supersedes
504         help                                   !! 441 # the cBPF JIT.
505           The failover module provides a gener << 
506           drivers to register a netdev and a s << 
507           instance. The ops are used as event  << 
508           handle netdev register/unregister/li << 
509           on slave pci ethernet devices with t << 
510           failover netdev. This enables paravi << 
511           VF as an accelerated low latency dat << 
512           migration of VMs with direct attache << 
513           paravirtual datapath when the VF is  << 
514                                                << 
515 config ETHTOOL_NETLINK                         << 
516         bool "Netlink interface for ethtool"   << 
517         select DIMLIB                          << 
518         default y                              << 
519         help                                   << 
520           An alternative userspace interface f << 
521           netlink. It provides better extensib << 
522           e.g. notification messages.          << 
523                                                << 
524 config NETDEV_ADDR_LIST_TEST                   << 
525         tristate "Unit tests for device addres << 
526         default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS                << 
527         depends on KUNIT                       << 
528                                                << 
529 config NET_TEST                                << 
530         tristate "KUnit tests for networking"  << 
531         depends on KUNIT                       << 
532         default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS                << 
533         help                                   << 
534           KUnit tests covering core networking << 
535                                                   442 
536           If unsure, say N.                    !! 443 # Classic BPF JIT (cBPF)
                                                   >> 444 config HAVE_CBPF_JIT
                                                   >> 445         bool
537                                                   446 
538 endif   # if NET                               !! 447 # Extended BPF JIT (eBPF)
                                                   >> 448 config HAVE_EBPF_JIT
                                                   >> 449         bool
                                                      

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