@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ config FUJITSU_ES
depends on ACPI
help
This driver provides support for Extended Socket network device
- on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
+ on Extended Partitioning of FUJITSU PRIMEQUEST 2000 E2 series.
config THUNDERBOLT_NET
tristate "Networking over Thunderbolt cable"
@@ -56,19 +56,19 @@ config ARCNET_CAP
tristate "Enable CAP mode packet interface"
help
ARCnet "cap mode" packet encapsulation. Used to get the hardware
- acknowledge back to userspace. After the initial protocol byte every
- packet is stuffed with an extra 4 byte "cookie" which doesn't
- actually appear on the network. After transmit the driver will send
- back a packet with protocol byte 0 containing the status of the
- transmission:
- 0=no hardware acknowledge
- 1=excessive nak
- 2=transmission accepted by the receiver hardware
-
- Received packets are also stuffed with the extra 4 bytes but it will
- be random data.
-
- Cap only listens to protocol 1-8.
+ acknowledge back to userspace. After the initial protocol byte every
+ packet is stuffed with an extra 4 byte "cookie" which doesn't
+ actually appear on the network. After transmit the driver will send
+ back a packet with protocol byte 0 containing the status of the
+ transmission:
+ 0=no hardware acknowledge
+ 1=excessive nak
+ 2=transmission accepted by the receiver hardware
+
+ Received packets are also stuffed with the extra 4 bytes but it will
+ be random data.
+
+ Cap only listens to protocol 1-8.
config ARCNET_COM90xx
tristate "ARCnet COM90xx (normal) chipset driver"
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ config CAN_EMS_USB
from EMS Dr. Thomas Wuensche (http://www.ems-wuensche.de).
config CAN_ESD_USB2
- tristate "ESD USB/2 CAN/USB interface"
- ---help---
- This driver supports the CAN-USB/2 interface
- from esd electronic system design gmbh (http://www.esd.eu).
+ tristate "ESD USB/2 CAN/USB interface"
+ ---help---
+ This driver supports the CAN-USB/2 interface
+ from esd electronic system design gmbh (http://www.esd.eu).
config CAN_GS_USB
tristate "Geschwister Schneider UG interfaces"
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@ config NET_VENDOR_ALLWINNER
if NET_VENDOR_ALLWINNER
config SUN4I_EMAC
- tristate "Allwinner A10 EMAC support"
+ tristate "Allwinner A10 EMAC support"
depends on ARCH_SUNXI
depends on OF
select CRC32
select MII
select PHYLIB
select MDIO_SUN4I
- ---help---
- Support for Allwinner A10 EMAC ethernet driver.
+ ---help---
+ Support for Allwinner A10 EMAC ethernet driver.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
- will be called sun4i-emac.
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
+ will be called sun4i-emac.
endif # NET_VENDOR_ALLWINNER
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ config BE2NET_SKYHAWK
chipsets. (e.g. OneConnect OCe14xxx)
comment "WARNING: be2net is useless without any enabled chip"
- depends on BE2NET_BE2=n && BE2NET_BE3=n && BE2NET_LANCER=n && \
+ depends on BE2NET_BE2=n && BE2NET_BE3=n && BE2NET_LANCER=n && \
BE2NET_SKYHAWK=n && BE2NET
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ config MLX5_ACCEL
bool
config MLX5_FPGA
- bool "Mellanox Technologies Innova support"
- depends on MLX5_CORE
+ bool "Mellanox Technologies Innova support"
+ depends on MLX5_CORE
select MLX5_ACCEL
- ---help---
- Build support for the Innova family of network cards by Mellanox
- Technologies. Innova network cards are comprised of a ConnectX chip
- and an FPGA chip on one board. If you select this option, the
- mlx5_core driver will include the Innova FPGA core and allow building
- sandbox-specific client drivers.
+ ---help---
+ Build support for the Innova family of network cards by Mellanox
+ Technologies. Innova network cards are comprised of a ConnectX chip
+ and an FPGA chip on one board. If you select this option, the
+ mlx5_core driver will include the Innova FPGA core and allow building
+ sandbox-specific client drivers.
config MLX5_CORE_EN
bool "Mellanox 5th generation network adapters (ConnectX series) Ethernet support"
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ config MLX5_EN_RXNFC
API.
config MLX5_MPFS
- bool "Mellanox Technologies MLX5 MPFS support"
- depends on MLX5_CORE_EN
+ bool "Mellanox Technologies MLX5 MPFS support"
+ depends on MLX5_CORE_EN
default y
- ---help---
+ ---help---
Mellanox Technologies Ethernet Multi-Physical Function Switch (MPFS)
- support in ConnectX NIC. MPFs is required for when multi-PF configuration
- is enabled to allow passing user configured unicast MAC addresses to the
- requesting PF.
+ support in ConnectX NIC. MPFs is required for when multi-PF configuration
+ is enabled to allow passing user configured unicast MAC addresses to the
+ requesting PF.
config MLX5_ESWITCH
bool "Mellanox Technologies MLX5 SRIOV E-Switch support"
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ config MLX5_ESWITCH
default y
---help---
Mellanox Technologies Ethernet SRIOV E-Switch support in ConnectX NIC.
- E-Switch provides internal SRIOV packet steering and switching for the
- enabled VFs and PF in two available modes:
- Legacy SRIOV mode (L2 mac vlan steering based).
- Switchdev mode (eswitch offloads).
+ E-Switch provides internal SRIOV packet steering and switching for the
+ enabled VFs and PF in two available modes:
+ Legacy SRIOV mode (L2 mac vlan steering based).
+ Switchdev mode (eswitch offloads).
config MLX5_CORE_EN_DCB
bool "Data Center Bridging (DCB) Support"
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
config LPC_ENET
- tristate "NXP ethernet MAC on LPC devices"
- depends on ARCH_LPC32XX || COMPILE_TEST
- select PHYLIB
- help
+ tristate "NXP ethernet MAC on LPC devices"
+ depends on ARCH_LPC32XX || COMPILE_TEST
+ select PHYLIB
+ help
Say Y or M here if you want to use the NXP ethernet MAC included on
some NXP LPC devices. You can safely enable this option for LPC32xx
SoC. Also available as a module.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ config IONIC
found in
<file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/pensando/ionic.rst>.
- To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
- will be called ionic.
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
+ will be called ionic.
endif # NET_VENDOR_PENSANDO
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ config RENESAS_PHY
Supports the Renesas PHYs uPD60620 and uPD60620A.
config ROCKCHIP_PHY
- tristate "Driver for Rockchip Ethernet PHYs"
- ---help---
- Currently supports the integrated Ethernet PHY.
+ tristate "Driver for Rockchip Ethernet PHYs"
+ ---help---
+ Currently supports the integrated Ethernet PHY.
config SMSC_PHY
tristate "SMSC PHYs"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ config ATH_TRACEPOINTS
depends on ATH_DEBUG
depends on EVENT_TRACING
---help---
- This option enables tracepoints for atheros wireless drivers.
+ This option enables tracepoints for atheros wireless drivers.
Currently, ath9k makes use of this facility.
config ATH_REG_DYNAMIC_USER_REG_HINTS
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ config AR5523
select ATH_COMMON
select FW_LOADER
---help---
- This module add support for AR5523 based USB dongles such as D-Link
- DWL-G132, Netgear WPN111 and many more.
+ This module add support for AR5523 based USB dongles such as D-Link
+ DWL-G132, Netgear WPN111 and many more.
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
config ATH6KL
tristate "Atheros mobile chipsets support"
depends on CFG80211
- ---help---
+ ---help---
This module adds core support for wireless adapters based on
Atheros AR6003 and AR6004 chipsets. You still need separate
bus drivers for USB and SDIO to be able to use real devices.
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ config ATH9K_CHANNEL_CONTEXT
depends on ATH9K
default n
---help---
- This option enables channel context support in ath9k, which is needed
+ This option enables channel context support in ath9k, which is needed
for multi-channel concurrency. Enable this if P2P PowerSave support
is required.
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ config CARL9170_WPC
default y
config CARL9170_HWRNG
- bool "Random number generator"
- depends on CARL9170 && (HW_RANDOM = y || HW_RANDOM = CARL9170)
- default n
+ bool "Random number generator"
+ depends on CARL9170 && (HW_RANDOM = y || HW_RANDOM = CARL9170)
+ default n
help
Provides a hardware random number generator to the kernel.
@@ -20,22 +20,22 @@ config ATMEL
select FW_LOADER
select CRC32
---help---
- A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
- chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
+ A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
+ chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
- Many cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
- and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
- one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
- to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
- firmware package can be downloaded from
- <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
+ Many cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
+ and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
+ one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
+ to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
+ firmware package can be downloaded from
+ <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
config PCI_ATMEL
tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards"
depends on ATMEL && PCI
---help---
- Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
- Atmel at76c506 chip.
+ Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
+ Atmel at76c506 chip.
config PCMCIA_ATMEL
tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ config PCMCIA_ATMEL
Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips.
config AT76C50X_USB
- tristate "Atmel at76c503/at76c505/at76c505a USB cards"
- depends on MAC80211 && USB
- select FW_LOADER
- ---help---
- Enable support for USB Wireless devices using Atmel at76c503,
- at76c505 or at76c505a chips.
+ tristate "Atmel at76c503/at76c505/at76c505a USB cards"
+ depends on MAC80211 && USB
+ select FW_LOADER
+ ---help---
+ Enable support for USB Wireless devices using Atmel at76c503,
+ at76c505 or at76c505a chips.
endif # WLAN_VENDOR_ATMEL
@@ -13,37 +13,37 @@ config IPW2100
select LIB80211
select LIBIPW
---help---
- A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
+ A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter.
- See <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/ipw2100.txt>
+ See <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/ipw2100.txt>
for information on the capabilities currently enabled in this driver
and for tips for debugging issues and problems.
In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
- You can obtain the firmware from
- <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you
+ You can obtain the firmware from
+ <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you
will need to place it in /lib/firmware.
- You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
- configure your card:
+ You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
+ configure your card:
- <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
+ <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
+
+ It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M)
+ rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device
+ initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens
+ before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be
+ unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build
+ this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by
+ including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs.
- It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M)
- rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device
- initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens
- before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be
- unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build
- this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by
- including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs.
-
config IPW2100_MONITOR
- bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
- depends on IPW2100
- ---help---
+ bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
+ depends on IPW2100
+ ---help---
Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver.
- With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
+ With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this
mode, no packets can be sent.
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ config IPW2100_DEBUG
bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module."
depends on IPW2100
---help---
- This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100.
+ This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100.
- This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can
- control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
- value in
+ This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can
+ control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
+ value in
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level
This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
- If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you
+ If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you
most likely want to say N here.
config IPW2200
@@ -75,37 +75,37 @@ config IPW2200
select LIB80211
select LIBIPW
---help---
- A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
- Connection adapters.
+ A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
+ Connection adapters.
- See <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/ipw2200.txt>
+ See <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/ipw2200.txt>
for information on the capabilities currently enabled in this
driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems.
In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
- You can obtain the firmware from
- <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200
+ You can obtain the firmware from
+ <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200
for information on where to install the firmware images.
- You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
- configure your card:
+ You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
+ configure your card:
- <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
+ <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
- It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M)
- rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device
- initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens
- before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be
- unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build
- this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by
- including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs.
+ It is recommended that you compile this driver as a module (M)
+ rather than built-in (Y). This driver requires firmware at device
+ initialization time, and when built-in this typically happens
+ before the filesystem is accessible (hence firmware will be
+ unavailable and initialization will fail). If you do choose to build
+ this driver into your kernel image, you can avoid this problem by
+ including the firmware and a firmware loader in an initramfs.
config IPW2200_MONITOR
- bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
- depends on IPW2200
- ---help---
+ bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
+ depends on IPW2200
+ ---help---
Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver.
- With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
+ With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this
mode, no packets can be sent.
@@ -118,28 +118,28 @@ config IPW2200_PROMISCUOUS
depends on IPW2200_MONITOR
select IPW2200_RADIOTAP
---help---
- Enables the creation of a second interface prefixed 'rtap'.
- This second interface will provide every received in radiotap
+ Enables the creation of a second interface prefixed 'rtap'.
+ This second interface will provide every received in radiotap
format.
- This is useful for performing wireless network analysis while
- maintaining an active association.
+ This is useful for performing wireless network analysis while
+ maintaining an active association.
+
+ Example usage:
- Example usage:
+ % modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1
+ % ifconfig rtap0 up
+ % tethereal -i rtap0
- % modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1
- % ifconfig rtap0 up
- % tethereal -i rtap0
+ If you do not specify 'rtap_iface=1' as a module parameter then
+ the rtap interface will not be created and you will need to turn
+ it on via sysfs:
- If you do not specify 'rtap_iface=1' as a module parameter then
- the rtap interface will not be created and you will need to turn
- it on via sysfs:
-
- % echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rtap_iface
+ % echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rtap_iface
config IPW2200_QOS
- bool "Enable QoS support"
- depends on IPW2200
+ bool "Enable QoS support"
+ depends on IPW2200
config IPW2200_DEBUG
bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ config IWLEGACY_DEBUG
any problems you may encounter.
config IWLEGACY_DEBUGFS
- bool "iwlegacy (iwl 3945/4965) debugfs support"
- depends on IWLEGACY && MAC80211_DEBUGFS
- ---help---
+ bool "iwlegacy (iwl 3945/4965) debugfs support"
+ depends on IWLEGACY && MAC80211_DEBUGFS
+ ---help---
Enable creation of debugfs files for the iwlegacy drivers. This
is a low-impact option that allows getting insight into the
driver's state at runtime.
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ config IWLWIFI_DEBUG
any problems you may encounter.
config IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS
- bool "iwlwifi debugfs support"
- depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS
- ---help---
+ bool "iwlwifi debugfs support"
+ depends on MAC80211_DEBUGFS
+ ---help---
Enable creation of debugfs files for the iwlwifi drivers. This
is a low-impact option that allows getting insight into the
driver's state at runtime.
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@ config RT2800PCI_RT53XX
bool "rt2800pci - Include support for rt53xx devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
default y
---help---
- This adds support for rt53xx wireless chipset family to the
- rt2800pci driver.
- Supported chips: RT5390
+ This adds support for rt53xx wireless chipset family to the
+ rt2800pci driver.
+ Supported chips: RT5390
config RT2800PCI_RT3290
bool "rt2800pci - Include support for rt3290 devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
default y
---help---
- This adds support for rt3290 wireless chipset family to the
- rt2800pci driver.
- Supported chips: RT3290
+ This adds support for rt3290 wireless chipset family to the
+ rt2800pci driver.
+ Supported chips: RT3290
endif
config RT2500USB
@@ -176,16 +176,16 @@ config RT2800USB_RT3573
config RT2800USB_RT53XX
bool "rt2800usb - Include support for rt53xx devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
---help---
- This adds support for rt53xx wireless chipset family to the
- rt2800usb driver.
- Supported chips: RT5370
+ This adds support for rt53xx wireless chipset family to the
+ rt2800usb driver.
+ Supported chips: RT5370
config RT2800USB_RT55XX
bool "rt2800usb - Include support for rt55xx devices (EXPERIMENTAL)"
---help---
- This adds support for rt55xx wireless chipset family to the
- rt2800usb driver.
- Supported chips: RT5572
+ This adds support for rt55xx wireless chipset family to the
+ rt2800usb driver.
+ Supported chips: RT5572
config RT2800USB_UNKNOWN
bool "rt2800usb - Include support for unknown (USB) devices"