| 1 | # |
| 2 | # Network configuration |
| 3 | # |
| 4 | |
| 5 | menuconfig NET |
| 6 | bool "Networking support" |
| 7 | select NLATTR |
| 8 | select GENERIC_NET_UTILS |
| 9 | select BPF |
| 10 | ---help--- |
| 11 | Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here. |
| 12 | The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even |
| 13 | when running on a stand-alone machine that isn't connected to any |
| 14 | other computer. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | If you are upgrading from an older kernel, you |
| 17 | should consider updating your networking tools too because changes |
| 18 | in the kernel and the tools often go hand in hand. The tools are |
| 19 | contained in the package net-tools, the location and version number |
| 20 | of which are given in <file:Documentation/Changes>. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | For a general introduction to Linux networking, it is highly |
| 23 | recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from |
| 24 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | if NET |
| 27 | |
| 28 | config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES |
| 29 | bool |
| 30 | help |
| 31 | This option can be selected by other options that need compat |
| 32 | netlink messages. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES |
| 35 | def_bool y |
| 36 | depends on COMPAT |
| 37 | depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES |
| 38 | help |
| 39 | This option makes it possible to send different netlink messages |
| 40 | to tasks depending on whether the task is a compat task or not. To |
| 41 | achieve this, you need to set skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list to the |
| 42 | compat skb before sending the skb, the netlink code will sort out |
| 43 | which message to actually pass to the task. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | Newly written code should NEVER need this option but do |
| 46 | compat-independent messages instead! |
| 47 | |
| 48 | config NET_INGRESS |
| 49 | bool |
| 50 | |
| 51 | menu "Networking options" |
| 52 | |
| 53 | source "net/packet/Kconfig" |
| 54 | source "net/unix/Kconfig" |
| 55 | source "net/xfrm/Kconfig" |
| 56 | source "net/iucv/Kconfig" |
| 57 | |
| 58 | config INET |
| 59 | bool "TCP/IP networking" |
| 60 | select CRYPTO |
| 61 | select CRYPTO_AES |
| 62 | ---help--- |
| 63 | These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local |
| 64 | Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge |
| 65 | your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window |
| 66 | system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any |
| 67 | other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which |
| 68 | allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!). |
| 69 | |
| 70 | For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the |
| 71 | Linux Networking HOWTO, available from |
| 72 | <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. |
| 73 | |
| 74 | If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and |
| 75 | "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the |
| 76 | behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in |
| 77 | /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file |
| 78 | <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt>. |
| 79 | |
| 80 | Short answer: say Y. |
| 81 | |
| 82 | if INET |
| 83 | source "net/ipv4/Kconfig" |
| 84 | source "net/ipv6/Kconfig" |
| 85 | source "net/netlabel/Kconfig" |
| 86 | |
| 87 | endif # if INET |
| 88 | |
| 89 | config NETWORK_SECMARK |
| 90 | bool "Security Marking" |
| 91 | help |
| 92 | This enables security marking of network packets, similar |
| 93 | to nfmark, but designated for security purposes. |
| 94 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 95 | |
| 96 | config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY |
| 97 | def_bool n |
| 98 | |
| 99 | config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING |
| 100 | bool "Timestamping in PHY devices" |
| 101 | select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY |
| 102 | help |
| 103 | This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs with |
| 104 | hardware timestamping capabilities. This option adds some |
| 105 | overhead in the transmit and receive paths. |
| 106 | |
| 107 | If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. |
| 108 | |
| 109 | menuconfig NETFILTER |
| 110 | bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)" |
| 111 | ---help--- |
| 112 | Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets |
| 113 | that pass through your Linux box. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as |
| 116 | a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of |
| 117 | firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet |
| 118 | filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets |
| 119 | based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall, |
| 120 | a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more |
| 121 | bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more |
| 122 | closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level |
| 123 | protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based |
| 124 | firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local |
| 125 | clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but |
| 126 | they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if |
| 127 | you say Y here. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as |
| 130 | the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without |
| 131 | globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one |
| 132 | of the computers on your local network wants to send something to |
| 133 | the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it |
| 134 | forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but |
| 135 | modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the |
| 136 | firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host |
| 137 | replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the |
| 138 | correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net |
| 139 | are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can |
| 140 | reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to |
| 141 | run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network |
| 142 | using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often |
| 143 | called NAT (Network Address Translation). |
| 144 | |
| 145 | Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on |
| 146 | the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux |
| 147 | box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server, |
| 148 | typically a caching proxy server. |
| 149 | |
| 150 | Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using |
| 151 | a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see" |
| 152 | the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet |
| 153 | protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter |
| 154 | configuration). |
| 155 | |
| 156 | Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous |
| 157 | masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent |
| 158 | proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see |
| 159 | <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of |
| 160 | these packages. |
| 161 | |
| 162 | if NETFILTER |
| 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 | |
| 171 | config NETFILTER_ADVANCED |
| 172 | bool "Advanced netfilter configuration" |
| 173 | depends on NETFILTER |
| 174 | default y |
| 175 | help |
| 176 | If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules. |
| 177 | If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the |
| 178 | basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | If unsure, say Y. |
| 181 | |
| 182 | config BRIDGE_NETFILTER |
| 183 | tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering" |
| 184 | depends on BRIDGE |
| 185 | depends on NETFILTER && INET |
| 186 | depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED |
| 187 | default m |
| 188 | ---help--- |
| 189 | Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged |
| 190 | ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably |
| 191 | want this option enabled. |
| 192 | Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable |
| 193 | ebtables. |
| 194 | |
| 195 | If unsure, say N. |
| 196 | |
| 197 | source "net/netfilter/Kconfig" |
| 198 | source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig" |
| 199 | source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig" |
| 200 | source "net/decnet/netfilter/Kconfig" |
| 201 | source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig" |
| 202 | |
| 203 | endif |
| 204 | |
| 205 | source "net/dccp/Kconfig" |
| 206 | source "net/sctp/Kconfig" |
| 207 | source "net/rds/Kconfig" |
| 208 | source "net/tipc/Kconfig" |
| 209 | source "net/atm/Kconfig" |
| 210 | source "net/l2tp/Kconfig" |
| 211 | source "net/802/Kconfig" |
| 212 | source "net/bridge/Kconfig" |
| 213 | source "net/dsa/Kconfig" |
| 214 | source "net/8021q/Kconfig" |
| 215 | source "net/decnet/Kconfig" |
| 216 | source "net/llc/Kconfig" |
| 217 | source "net/ipx/Kconfig" |
| 218 | source "drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig" |
| 219 | source "net/x25/Kconfig" |
| 220 | source "net/lapb/Kconfig" |
| 221 | source "net/phonet/Kconfig" |
| 222 | source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig" |
| 223 | source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig" |
| 224 | source "net/mac802154/Kconfig" |
| 225 | source "net/sched/Kconfig" |
| 226 | source "net/dcb/Kconfig" |
| 227 | source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig" |
| 228 | source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig" |
| 229 | source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig" |
| 230 | source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig" |
| 231 | source "net/netlink/Kconfig" |
| 232 | source "net/mpls/Kconfig" |
| 233 | source "net/hsr/Kconfig" |
| 234 | source "net/switchdev/Kconfig" |
| 235 | |
| 236 | config RPS |
| 237 | bool |
| 238 | depends on SMP && SYSFS |
| 239 | default y |
| 240 | |
| 241 | config RFS_ACCEL |
| 242 | bool |
| 243 | depends on RPS |
| 244 | select CPU_RMAP |
| 245 | default y |
| 246 | |
| 247 | config XPS |
| 248 | bool |
| 249 | depends on SMP |
| 250 | default y |
| 251 | |
| 252 | config CGROUP_NET_PRIO |
| 253 | bool "Network priority cgroup" |
| 254 | depends on CGROUPS |
| 255 | ---help--- |
| 256 | Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on |
| 257 | a per-interface basis. |
| 258 | |
| 259 | config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID |
| 260 | bool "Network classid cgroup" |
| 261 | depends on CGROUPS |
| 262 | ---help--- |
| 263 | Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is |
| 264 | being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching. |
| 265 | |
| 266 | config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL |
| 267 | bool |
| 268 | default y |
| 269 | |
| 270 | config BQL |
| 271 | bool |
| 272 | depends on SYSFS |
| 273 | select DQL |
| 274 | default y |
| 275 | |
| 276 | config BPF_JIT |
| 277 | bool "enable BPF Just In Time compiler" |
| 278 | depends on HAVE_BPF_JIT |
| 279 | depends on MODULES |
| 280 | ---help--- |
| 281 | Berkeley Packet Filter filtering capabilities are normally handled |
| 282 | by an interpreter. This option allows kernel to generate a native |
| 283 | code when filter is loaded in memory. This should speedup |
| 284 | packet sniffing (libpcap/tcpdump). Note : Admin should enable |
| 285 | this feature changing /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable |
| 286 | |
| 287 | config NET_FLOW_LIMIT |
| 288 | bool |
| 289 | depends on RPS |
| 290 | default y |
| 291 | ---help--- |
| 292 | The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's |
| 293 | backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows |
| 294 | generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to |
| 295 | maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers |
| 296 | with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed) |
| 297 | flow that greatly exceeds average workload. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | menu "Network testing" |
| 300 | |
| 301 | config NET_PKTGEN |
| 302 | tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)" |
| 303 | depends on INET && PROC_FS |
| 304 | ---help--- |
| 305 | This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable |
| 306 | rate, out of a given interface. It is used for network interface |
| 307 | stress testing and performance analysis. If you don't understand |
| 308 | what was just said, you don't need it: say N. |
| 309 | |
| 310 | Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found |
| 311 | at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt>. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| 314 | module will be called pktgen. |
| 315 | |
| 316 | config NET_TCPPROBE |
| 317 | tristate "TCP connection probing" |
| 318 | depends on INET && PROC_FS && KPROBES |
| 319 | ---help--- |
| 320 | This module allows for capturing the changes to TCP connection |
| 321 | state in response to incoming packets. It is used for debugging |
| 322 | TCP congestion avoidance modules. If you don't understand |
| 323 | what was just said, you don't need it: say N. |
| 324 | |
| 325 | Documentation on how to use TCP connection probing can be found |
| 326 | at: |
| 327 | |
| 328 | http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/tcpprobe |
| 329 | |
| 330 | To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the |
| 331 | module will be called tcp_probe. |
| 332 | |
| 333 | config NET_DROP_MONITOR |
| 334 | tristate "Network packet drop alerting service" |
| 335 | depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS |
| 336 | ---help--- |
| 337 | This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the |
| 338 | event that packets are discarded in the network stack. Alerts |
| 339 | are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space |
| 340 | process. If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok |
| 341 | just checking the various proc files and other utilities for |
| 342 | drop statistics, say N here. |
| 343 | |
| 344 | endmenu |
| 345 | |
| 346 | endmenu |
| 347 | |
| 348 | source "net/ax25/Kconfig" |
| 349 | source "net/can/Kconfig" |
| 350 | source "net/irda/Kconfig" |
| 351 | source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig" |
| 352 | source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig" |
| 353 | |
| 354 | config FIB_RULES |
| 355 | bool |
| 356 | |
| 357 | menuconfig WIRELESS |
| 358 | bool "Wireless" |
| 359 | depends on !S390 |
| 360 | default y |
| 361 | |
| 362 | if WIRELESS |
| 363 | |
| 364 | source "net/wireless/Kconfig" |
| 365 | source "net/mac80211/Kconfig" |
| 366 | |
| 367 | endif # WIRELESS |
| 368 | |
| 369 | source "net/wimax/Kconfig" |
| 370 | |
| 371 | source "net/rfkill/Kconfig" |
| 372 | source "net/9p/Kconfig" |
| 373 | source "net/caif/Kconfig" |
| 374 | source "net/ceph/Kconfig" |
| 375 | source "net/nfc/Kconfig" |
| 376 | |
| 377 | config LWTUNNEL |
| 378 | bool "Network light weight tunnels" |
| 379 | ---help--- |
| 380 | This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight |
| 381 | tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light |
| 382 | weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored |
| 383 | with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes. |
| 384 | |
| 385 | endif # if NET |
| 386 | |
| 387 | # Used by archs to tell that they support BPF_JIT |
| 388 | config HAVE_BPF_JIT |
| 389 | bool |