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Differences between /net/Kconfig (Version linux-6.12-rc7) and /net/Kconfig (Version linux-4.4.302)


  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                              << 
 53         bool                                   << 
 54                                                << 
 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"                          51 menu "Networking options"
 76                                                    52 
 77 source "net/packet/Kconfig"                        53 source "net/packet/Kconfig"
 78 source "net/unix/Kconfig"                          54 source "net/unix/Kconfig"
 79 source "net/tls/Kconfig"                       << 
 80 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"                          55 source "net/xfrm/Kconfig"
 81 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"                          56 source "net/iucv/Kconfig"
 82 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                                                    57 
105 config INET                                        58 config INET
106         bool "TCP/IP networking"                   59         bool "TCP/IP networking"
107         help                                   !!  60         select CRYPTO
                                                   >>  61         select CRYPTO_AES
                                                   >>  62         ---help---
108           These are the protocols used on the      63           These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local
109           Ethernets. It is highly recommended      64           Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge
110           your kernel by about 400 KB), since      65           your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window
111           system) use TCP/IP even if your mach     66           system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any
112           other computer. You will get the so-     67           other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which
113           allows you to ping yourself (great f     68           allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!).
114                                                    69 
115           For an excellent introduction to Lin     70           For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the
116           Linux Networking HOWTO, available fr     71           Linux Networking HOWTO, available from
117           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto     72           <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
118                                                    73 
119           If you say Y here and also to "/proc     74           If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and
120           "Sysctl support" below, you can chan     75           "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the
121           behavior of the TCP/IP code by writi     76           behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in
122           /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options ar     77           /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file
123           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sy !!  78           <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>.
124                                                    79 
125           Short answer: say Y.                     80           Short answer: say Y.
126                                                    81 
127 if INET                                            82 if INET
128 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"                          83 source "net/ipv4/Kconfig"
129 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"                          84 source "net/ipv6/Kconfig"
130 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"                      85 source "net/netlabel/Kconfig"
131 source "net/mptcp/Kconfig"                     << 
132                                                    86 
133 endif # if INET                                    87 endif # if INET
134                                                    88 
135 config NETWORK_SECMARK                             89 config NETWORK_SECMARK
136         bool "Security Marking"                    90         bool "Security Marking"
137         help                                       91         help
138           This enables security marking of net     92           This enables security marking of network packets, similar
139           to nfmark, but designated for securi     93           to nfmark, but designated for security purposes.
140           If you are unsure how to answer this     94           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
141                                                    95 
142 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY                            96 config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
143         def_bool n                                 97         def_bool n
144                                                    98 
145 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING                    99 config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING
146         bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"        100         bool "Timestamping in PHY devices"
147         select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY                   101         select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY
148         help                                      102         help
149           This allows timestamping of network  !! 103           This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs with
150           other MII bus snooping devices) with !! 104           hardware timestamping capabilities. This option adds some
151           capabilities. This option adds some  !! 105           overhead in the transmit and receive paths.
152           and receive paths.                   << 
153                                                   106 
154           If you are unsure how to answer this    107           If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N.
155                                                   108 
156 menuconfig NETFILTER                              109 menuconfig NETFILTER
157         bool "Network packet filtering framewo    110         bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)"
158         help                                   !! 111         ---help---
159           Netfilter is a framework for filteri    112           Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets
160           that pass through your Linux box.       113           that pass through your Linux box.
161                                                   114 
162           The most common use of packet filter    115           The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as
163           a firewall protecting a local networ    116           a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of
164           firewall provided by this kernel sup    117           firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet
165           filter", which means that it can rej    118           filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets
166           based on type, source, destination e    119           based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall,
167           a "proxy-based" one, is more secure     120           a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more
168           bothersome to set up; it inspects th    121           bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more
169           closely, modifies it and has knowled    122           closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level
170           protocols, which a packet filter lac    123           protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based
171           firewalls often require changes to t    124           firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local
172           clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't    125           clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but
173           they are often combined with a packe    126           they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if
174           you say Y here.                         127           you say Y here.
175                                                   128 
176           You should also say Y here if you in    129           You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as
177           the gateway to the Internet for a lo    130           the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without
178           globally valid IP addresses. This is    131           globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one
179           of the computers on your local netwo    132           of the computers on your local network wants to send something to
180           the outside, your box can "masquerad    133           the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it
181           forwards the traffic to the intended    134           forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but
182           modifies the packets to make it look    135           modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the
183           firewall box itself. It works both w    136           firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host
184           replies, the Linux box will silently    137           replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the
185           correct local computer. This way, th    138           correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net
186           are completely invisible to the outs    139           are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can
187           reach the outside and can receive re    140           reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to
188           run globally visible servers from wi    141           run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network
189           using a mechanism called portforward    142           using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often
190           called NAT (Network Address Translat    143           called NAT (Network Address Translation).
191                                                   144 
192           Another use of Netfilter is in trans    145           Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on
193           the local network tries to connect t    146           the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux
194           box can transparently forward the tr    147           box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server,
195           typically a caching proxy server.       148           typically a caching proxy server.
196                                                   149 
197           Yet another use of Netfilter is buil    150           Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using
198           a bridge with Network packet filteri    151           a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see"
199           the bridged traffic. For filtering o    152           the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet
200           protocols over the bridge, use ebtab    153           protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter
201           configuration).                         154           configuration).
202                                                   155 
203           Various modules exist for netfilter     156           Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous
204           masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet fil    157           masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent
205           proxying, and portforwarding mechani    158           proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see
206           <file:Documentation/Changes> under "    159           <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of
207           these packages.                         160           these packages.
208                                                   161 
209 if NETFILTER                                      162 if NETFILTER
210                                                   163 
                                                   >> 164 config NETFILTER_DEBUG
                                                   >> 165         bool "Network packet filtering debugging"
                                                   >> 166         depends on NETFILTER
                                                   >> 167         help
                                                   >> 168           You can say Y here if you want to get additional messages useful in
                                                   >> 169           debugging the netfilter code.
                                                   >> 170 
211 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED                         171 config NETFILTER_ADVANCED
212         bool "Advanced netfilter configuration    172         bool "Advanced netfilter configuration"
213         depends on NETFILTER                      173         depends on NETFILTER
214         default y                                 174         default y
215         help                                      175         help
216           If you say Y here you can select bet    176           If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules.
217           If you say N the more unusual ones w    177           If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the
218           basic ones needed by most people wil    178           basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'.
219                                                   179 
220           If unsure, say Y.                       180           If unsure, say Y.
221                                                   181 
222 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER                           182 config BRIDGE_NETFILTER
223         tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filte    183         tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering"
224         depends on BRIDGE                         184         depends on BRIDGE
225         depends on NETFILTER && INET              185         depends on NETFILTER && INET
226         depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED             186         depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
227         select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE         !! 187         default m
228         select SKB_EXTENSIONS                  !! 188         ---help---
229         help                                   << 
230           Enabling this option will let arptab    189           Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged
231           ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a     190           ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably
232           want this option enabled.               191           want this option enabled.
233           Enabling or disabling this option do    192           Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable
234           ebtables.                               193           ebtables.
235                                                   194 
236           If unsure, say N.                       195           If unsure, say N.
237                                                   196 
238 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"                    197 source "net/netfilter/Kconfig"
239 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"               198 source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig"
240 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"               199 source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 200 source "net/decnet/netfilter/Kconfig"
241 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"             201 source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig"
242                                                   202 
243 endif                                             203 endif
244                                                   204 
245 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"                         205 source "net/dccp/Kconfig"
246 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"                         206 source "net/sctp/Kconfig"
247 source "net/rds/Kconfig"                          207 source "net/rds/Kconfig"
248 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"                         208 source "net/tipc/Kconfig"
249 source "net/atm/Kconfig"                          209 source "net/atm/Kconfig"
250 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"                         210 source "net/l2tp/Kconfig"
251 source "net/802/Kconfig"                          211 source "net/802/Kconfig"
252 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"                       212 source "net/bridge/Kconfig"
253 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"                          213 source "net/dsa/Kconfig"
254 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"                        214 source "net/8021q/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 215 source "net/decnet/Kconfig"
255 source "net/llc/Kconfig"                          216 source "net/llc/Kconfig"
256 source "net/appletalk/Kconfig"                 !! 217 source "net/ipx/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 218 source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig"
257 source "net/x25/Kconfig"                          219 source "net/x25/Kconfig"
258 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"                         220 source "net/lapb/Kconfig"
259 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"                       221 source "net/phonet/Kconfig"
260 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"                      222 source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig"
261 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"                   223 source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig"
262 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"                    224 source "net/mac802154/Kconfig"
263 source "net/sched/Kconfig"                        225 source "net/sched/Kconfig"
264 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"                          226 source "net/dcb/Kconfig"
265 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"                 227 source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig"
266 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"                   228 source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig"
267 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"                  229 source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig"
268 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"                    230 source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig"
269 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"                      231 source "net/netlink/Kconfig"
270 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"                         232 source "net/mpls/Kconfig"
271 source "net/nsh/Kconfig"                       << 
272 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"                          233 source "net/hsr/Kconfig"
273 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"                    234 source "net/switchdev/Kconfig"
274 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"                       235 source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig"
275 source "net/qrtr/Kconfig"                      << 
276 source "net/ncsi/Kconfig"                      << 
277                                                << 
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                                                   236 
298 config RPS                                        237 config RPS
299         bool "Receive packet steering"         !! 238         bool
300         depends on SMP && SYSFS                   239         depends on SMP && SYSFS
301         default y                                 240         default y
302         help                                   << 
303           Software receive side packet steerin << 
304           load of received packet processing a << 
305                                                   241 
306 config RFS_ACCEL                                  242 config RFS_ACCEL
307         bool "Hardware acceleration of RFS"    !! 243         bool
308         depends on RPS                            244         depends on RPS
309         select CPU_RMAP                           245         select CPU_RMAP
310         default y                                 246         default y
311         help                                   << 
312           Allowing drivers for multiqueue hard << 
313           accelerate RFS.                      << 
314                                                << 
315 config SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING                   << 
316         bool                                   << 
317                                                   247 
318 config XPS                                        248 config XPS
319         bool                                      249         bool
320         depends on SMP                            250         depends on SMP
321         select SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING           << 
322         default y                                 251         default y
323                                                   252 
324 config HWBM                                    << 
325         bool                                   << 
326                                                << 
327 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO                            253 config CGROUP_NET_PRIO
328         bool "Network priority cgroup"            254         bool "Network priority cgroup"
329         depends on CGROUPS                        255         depends on CGROUPS
330         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA                !! 256         ---help---
331         help                                   << 
332           Cgroup subsystem for use in assignin    257           Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on
333           a per-interface basis.                  258           a per-interface basis.
334                                                   259 
335 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID                         260 config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
336         bool "Network classid cgroup"             261         bool "Network classid cgroup"
337         depends on CGROUPS                        262         depends on CGROUPS
338         select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA                !! 263         ---help---
339         help                                   << 
340           Cgroup subsystem for use as general     264           Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is
341           being used in cls_cgroup and for net    265           being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching.
342                                                   266 
343 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL                           267 config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL
344         bool                                      268         bool
345         default y if !PREEMPT_RT || (PREEMPT_R !! 269         default y
346                                                   270 
347 config BQL                                        271 config BQL
348         bool                                      272         bool
349         prompt "Enable Byte Queue Limits"      << 
350         depends on SYSFS                          273         depends on SYSFS
351         select DQL                                274         select DQL
352         default y                                 275         default y
353                                                   276 
354 config BPF_STREAM_PARSER                       !! 277 config BPF_JIT
355         bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER"        !! 278         bool "enable BPF Just In Time compiler"
356         depends on INET                        !! 279         depends on HAVE_BPF_JIT
357         depends on BPF_SYSCALL                 !! 280         depends on MODULES
358         depends on CGROUP_BPF                  !! 281         ---help---
359         select STREAM_PARSER                   !! 282           Berkeley Packet Filter filtering capabilities are normally handled
360         select NET_SOCK_MSG                    !! 283           by an interpreter. This option allows kernel to generate a native
361         help                                   !! 284           code when filter is loaded in memory. This should speedup
362           Enabling this allows a TCP stream pa !! 285           packet sniffing (libpcap/tcpdump). Note : Admin should enable
363           BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP.                !! 286           this feature changing /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable
364                                                   287 
365 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT                             288 config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
366         bool "Net flow limit"                  !! 289         bool
367         depends on RPS                            290         depends on RPS
368         default y                                 291         default y
369         help                                   !! 292         ---help---
370           The network stack has to drop packet    293           The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's
371           backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog.     294           backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows
372           generate the vast majority of load,     295           generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to
373           maintain capacity for the other flow    296           maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers
374           with many clients some protection ag    297           with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
375           flow that greatly exceeds average wo    298           flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
376                                                   299 
377 menu "Network testing"                            300 menu "Network testing"
378                                                   301 
379 config NET_PKTGEN                                 302 config NET_PKTGEN
380         tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH C    303         tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)"
381         depends on INET && PROC_FS                304         depends on INET && PROC_FS
382         help                                   !! 305         ---help---
383           This module will inject preconfigure    306           This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable
384           rate, out of a given interface.  It     307           rate, out of a given interface.  It is used for network interface
385           stress testing and performance analy    308           stress testing and performance analysis.  If you don't understand
386           what was just said, you don't need i    309           what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
387                                                   310 
388           Documentation on how to use the pack    311           Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found
389           at <file:Documentation/networking/pk !! 312           at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt>.
390                                                   313 
391           To compile this code as a module, ch    314           To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
392           module will be called pktgen.           315           module will be called pktgen.
393                                                   316 
                                                   >> 317 config NET_TCPPROBE
                                                   >> 318         tristate "TCP connection probing"
                                                   >> 319         depends on INET && PROC_FS && KPROBES
                                                   >> 320         ---help---
                                                   >> 321         This module allows for capturing the changes to TCP connection
                                                   >> 322         state in response to incoming packets. It is used for debugging
                                                   >> 323         TCP congestion avoidance modules. If you don't understand
                                                   >> 324         what was just said, you don't need it: say N.
                                                   >> 325 
                                                   >> 326         Documentation on how to use TCP connection probing can be found
                                                   >> 327         at:
                                                   >> 328         
                                                   >> 329           http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/tcpprobe
                                                   >> 330 
                                                   >> 331         To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
                                                   >> 332         module will be called tcp_probe.
                                                   >> 333 
394 config NET_DROP_MONITOR                           334 config NET_DROP_MONITOR
395         tristate "Network packet drop alerting    335         tristate "Network packet drop alerting service"
396         depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS            336         depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS
397         help                                   !! 337         ---help---
398           This feature provides an alerting se !! 338         This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
399           event that packets are discarded in  !! 339         event that packets are discarded in the network stack.  Alerts
400           are broadcast via netlink socket to  !! 340         are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
401           process.  If you don't need network  !! 341         process.  If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
402           just checking the various proc files !! 342         just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
403           drop statistics, say N here.         !! 343         drop statistics, say N here.
404                                                   344 
405 endmenu                                           345 endmenu
406                                                   346 
407 endmenu                                           347 endmenu
408                                                   348 
409 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"                         349 source "net/ax25/Kconfig"
410 source "net/can/Kconfig"                          350 source "net/can/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 351 source "net/irda/Kconfig"
411 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"                    352 source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig"
412 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"                        353 source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig"
413 source "net/kcm/Kconfig"                       << 
414 source "net/strparser/Kconfig"                 << 
415 source "net/mctp/Kconfig"                      << 
416                                                   354 
417 config FIB_RULES                                  355 config FIB_RULES
418         bool                                      356         bool
419                                                   357 
420 menuconfig WIRELESS                               358 menuconfig WIRELESS
421         bool "Wireless"                           359         bool "Wireless"
422         depends on !S390                          360         depends on !S390
423         default y                                 361         default y
424                                                   362 
425 if WIRELESS                                       363 if WIRELESS
426                                                   364 
427 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"                     365 source "net/wireless/Kconfig"
428 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"                     366 source "net/mac80211/Kconfig"
429                                                   367 
430 endif # WIRELESS                                  368 endif # WIRELESS
431                                                   369 
                                                   >> 370 source "net/wimax/Kconfig"
                                                   >> 371 
432 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"                       372 source "net/rfkill/Kconfig"
433 source "net/9p/Kconfig"                           373 source "net/9p/Kconfig"
434 source "net/caif/Kconfig"                         374 source "net/caif/Kconfig"
435 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"                         375 source "net/ceph/Kconfig"
436 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"                          376 source "net/nfc/Kconfig"
437 source "net/psample/Kconfig"                   << 
438 source "net/ife/Kconfig"                       << 
439                                                   377 
440 config LWTUNNEL                                   378 config LWTUNNEL
441         bool "Network light weight tunnels"       379         bool "Network light weight tunnels"
442         help                                   !! 380         ---help---
443           This feature provides an infrastruct    381           This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight
444           tunnels like mpls. There is no netde    382           tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light
445           weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encap    383           weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored
446           with light weight tunnel state assoc    384           with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes.
447                                                   385 
448 config LWTUNNEL_BPF                            << 
449         bool "Execute BPF program as route nex << 
450         depends on LWTUNNEL && INET            << 
451         default y if LWTUNNEL=y                << 
452         help                                   << 
453           Allows to run BPF programs as a next << 
454           lookup for incoming and outgoing pac << 
455                                                << 
456 config DST_CACHE                                  386 config DST_CACHE
457         bool                                      387         bool
458         default n                                 388         default n
459                                                   389 
460 config GRO_CELLS                               !! 390 endif   # if NET
461         bool                                   << 
462         default n                              << 
463                                                << 
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                                                   391 
482 config NET_DEVLINK                             !! 392 # Used by archs to tell that they support BPF_JIT
                                                   >> 393 config HAVE_BPF_JIT
483         bool                                      394         bool
484         default n                              << 
485                                                   395 
486 config PAGE_POOL                               !! 396 config HAVE_EBPF_JIT
487         bool                                      397         bool
488                                                << 
489 config PAGE_POOL_STATS                         << 
490         default n                              << 
491         bool "Page pool stats"                 << 
492         depends on PAGE_POOL                   << 
493         help                                   << 
494           Enable page pool statistics to track << 
495           in page pools. This option incurs ad << 
496           and recycle paths and additional mem << 
497           These statistics are only available  << 
498           the driver using the page pool suppo << 
499                                                << 
500           If unsure, say N.                    << 
501                                                << 
502 config FAILOVER                                << 
503         tristate "Generic failover module"     << 
504         help                                   << 
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                                                << 
536           If unsure, say N.                    << 
537                                                << 
538 endif   # if NET                               << 
                                                      

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