| # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only | |
| # | |
| # Network configuration | |
| # | |
| menuconfig NET | |
| bool "Networking support" | |
| select NLATTR | |
| select GENERIC_NET_UTILS | |
| select BPF | |
| help | |
| Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here. | |
| The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even | |
| when running on a stand-alone machine that isn't connected to any | |
| other computer. | |
| If you are upgrading from an older kernel, you | |
| should consider updating your networking tools too because changes | |
| in the kernel and the tools often go hand in hand. The tools are | |
| contained in the package net-tools, the location and version number | |
| of which are given in <file:Documentation/Changes>. | |
| For a general introduction to Linux networking, it is highly | |
| recommended to read the NET-HOWTO, available from | |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. | |
| if NET | |
| config WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES | |
| bool | |
| help | |
| This option can be selected by other options that need compat | |
| netlink messages. | |
| config COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES | |
| def_bool y | |
| depends on COMPAT | |
| depends on WEXT_CORE || WANT_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES | |
| help | |
| This option makes it possible to send different netlink messages | |
| to tasks depending on whether the task is a compat task or not. To | |
| achieve this, you need to set skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list to the | |
| compat skb before sending the skb, the netlink code will sort out | |
| which message to actually pass to the task. | |
| Newly written code should NEVER need this option but do | |
| compat-independent messages instead! | |
| config NET_INGRESS | |
| bool | |
| config NET_EGRESS | |
| bool | |
| config NET_XGRESS | |
| select NET_INGRESS | |
| select NET_EGRESS | |
| bool | |
| config NET_REDIRECT | |
| bool | |
| config SKB_DECRYPTED | |
| bool | |
| config SKB_EXTENSIONS | |
| bool | |
| config NET_DEVMEM | |
| def_bool y | |
| depends on DMA_SHARED_BUFFER | |
| depends on GENERIC_ALLOCATOR | |
| depends on PAGE_POOL | |
| menu "Networking options" | |
| source "net/packet/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/unix/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/tls/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/xfrm/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/iucv/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/smc/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/xdp/Kconfig" | |
| config NET_HANDSHAKE | |
| bool | |
| depends on SUNRPC || NVME_TARGET_TCP || NVME_TCP | |
| default y | |
| config NET_HANDSHAKE_KUNIT_TEST | |
| tristate "KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS | |
| default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS | |
| depends on KUNIT | |
| help | |
| This builds the KUnit tests for the handshake upcall mechanism. | |
| KUnit tests run during boot and output the results to the debug | |
| log in TAP format (https://testanything.org/). Only useful for | |
| kernel devs running KUnit test harness and are not for inclusion | |
| into a production build. | |
| For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, refer | |
| to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/. | |
| config INET | |
| bool "TCP/IP networking" | |
| help | |
| These are the protocols used on the Internet and on most local | |
| Ethernets. It is highly recommended to say Y here (this will enlarge | |
| your kernel by about 400 KB), since some programs (e.g. the X window | |
| system) use TCP/IP even if your machine is not connected to any | |
| other computer. You will get the so-called loopback device which | |
| allows you to ping yourself (great fun, that!). | |
| For an excellent introduction to Linux networking, please read the | |
| Linux Networking HOWTO, available from | |
| <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. | |
| If you say Y here and also to "/proc file system support" and | |
| "Sysctl support" below, you can change various aspects of the | |
| behavior of the TCP/IP code by writing to the (virtual) files in | |
| /proc/sys/net/ipv4/*; the options are explained in the file | |
| <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst>. | |
| Short answer: say Y. | |
| if INET | |
| source "net/ipv4/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/ipv6/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/netlabel/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/mptcp/Kconfig" | |
| endif # if INET | |
| config NETWORK_SECMARK | |
| bool "Security Marking" | |
| help | |
| This enables security marking of network packets, similar | |
| to nfmark, but designated for security purposes. | |
| If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. | |
| config NET_PTP_CLASSIFY | |
| def_bool n | |
| config NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING | |
| bool "Timestamping in PHY devices" | |
| select NET_PTP_CLASSIFY | |
| help | |
| This allows timestamping of network packets by PHYs (or | |
| other MII bus snooping devices) with hardware timestamping | |
| capabilities. This option adds some overhead in the transmit | |
| and receive paths. | |
| If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer N. | |
| menuconfig NETFILTER | |
| bool "Network packet filtering framework (Netfilter)" | |
| help | |
| Netfilter is a framework for filtering and mangling network packets | |
| that pass through your Linux box. | |
| The most common use of packet filtering is to run your Linux box as | |
| a firewall protecting a local network from the Internet. The type of | |
| firewall provided by this kernel support is called a "packet | |
| filter", which means that it can reject individual network packets | |
| based on type, source, destination etc. The other kind of firewall, | |
| a "proxy-based" one, is more secure but more intrusive and more | |
| bothersome to set up; it inspects the network traffic much more | |
| closely, modifies it and has knowledge about the higher level | |
| protocols, which a packet filter lacks. Moreover, proxy-based | |
| firewalls often require changes to the programs running on the local | |
| clients. Proxy-based firewalls don't need support by the kernel, but | |
| they are often combined with a packet filter, which only works if | |
| you say Y here. | |
| You should also say Y here if you intend to use your Linux box as | |
| the gateway to the Internet for a local network of machines without | |
| globally valid IP addresses. This is called "masquerading": if one | |
| of the computers on your local network wants to send something to | |
| the outside, your box can "masquerade" as that computer, i.e. it | |
| forwards the traffic to the intended outside destination, but | |
| modifies the packets to make it look like they came from the | |
| firewall box itself. It works both ways: if the outside host | |
| replies, the Linux box will silently forward the traffic to the | |
| correct local computer. This way, the computers on your local net | |
| are completely invisible to the outside world, even though they can | |
| reach the outside and can receive replies. It is even possible to | |
| run globally visible servers from within a masqueraded local network | |
| using a mechanism called portforwarding. Masquerading is also often | |
| called NAT (Network Address Translation). | |
| Another use of Netfilter is in transparent proxying: if a machine on | |
| the local network tries to connect to an outside host, your Linux | |
| box can transparently forward the traffic to a local server, | |
| typically a caching proxy server. | |
| Yet another use of Netfilter is building a bridging firewall. Using | |
| a bridge with Network packet filtering enabled makes iptables "see" | |
| the bridged traffic. For filtering on the lower network and Ethernet | |
| protocols over the bridge, use ebtables (under bridge netfilter | |
| configuration). | |
| Various modules exist for netfilter which replace the previous | |
| masquerading (ipmasqadm), packet filtering (ipchains), transparent | |
| proxying, and portforwarding mechanisms. Please see | |
| <file:Documentation/Changes> under "iptables" for the location of | |
| these packages. | |
| if NETFILTER | |
| config NETFILTER_ADVANCED | |
| bool "Advanced netfilter configuration" | |
| depends on NETFILTER | |
| default y | |
| help | |
| If you say Y here you can select between all the netfilter modules. | |
| If you say N the more unusual ones will not be shown and the | |
| basic ones needed by most people will default to 'M'. | |
| If unsure, say Y. | |
| config BRIDGE_NETFILTER | |
| tristate "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering" | |
| depends on BRIDGE | |
| depends on NETFILTER && INET | |
| depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED | |
| select NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE | |
| select SKB_EXTENSIONS | |
| help | |
| Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged | |
| ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably | |
| want this option enabled. | |
| Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable | |
| ebtables. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| source "net/netfilter/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/bridge/netfilter/Kconfig" | |
| endif | |
| source "net/dccp/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/sctp/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/rds/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/tipc/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/atm/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/l2tp/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/802/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/bridge/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/dsa/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/8021q/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/llc/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/appletalk/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/x25/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/lapb/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/phonet/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/6lowpan/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/ieee802154/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/mac802154/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/sched/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/dcb/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/dns_resolver/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/batman-adv/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/openvswitch/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/vmw_vsock/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/netlink/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/mpls/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/nsh/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/hsr/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/switchdev/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/l3mdev/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/qrtr/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/ncsi/Kconfig" | |
| config PCPU_DEV_REFCNT | |
| bool "Use percpu variables to maintain network device refcount" | |
| depends on SMP | |
| default y | |
| help | |
| network device refcount are using per cpu variables if this option is set. | |
| This can be forced to N to detect underflows (with a performance drop). | |
| config MAX_SKB_FRAGS | |
| int "Maximum number of fragments per skb_shared_info" | |
| range 17 45 | |
| default 17 | |
| help | |
| Having more fragments per skb_shared_info can help GRO efficiency. | |
| This helps BIG TCP workloads, but might expose bugs in some | |
| legacy drivers. | |
| This also increases memory overhead of small packets, | |
| and in drivers using build_skb(). | |
| If unsure, say 17. | |
| config RPS | |
| bool "Receive packet steering" | |
| depends on SMP && SYSFS | |
| default y | |
| help | |
| Software receive side packet steering (RPS) distributes the | |
| load of received packet processing across multiple CPUs. | |
| config RFS_ACCEL | |
| bool "Hardware acceleration of RFS" | |
| depends on RPS | |
| select CPU_RMAP | |
| default y | |
| help | |
| Allowing drivers for multiqueue hardware with flow filter tables to | |
| accelerate RFS. | |
| config SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING | |
| bool | |
| config XPS | |
| bool | |
| depends on SMP | |
| select SOCK_RX_QUEUE_MAPPING | |
| default y | |
| config HWBM | |
| bool | |
| config CGROUP_NET_PRIO | |
| bool "Network priority cgroup" | |
| depends on CGROUPS | |
| select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA | |
| help | |
| Cgroup subsystem for use in assigning processes to network priorities on | |
| a per-interface basis. | |
| config CGROUP_NET_CLASSID | |
| bool "Network classid cgroup" | |
| depends on CGROUPS | |
| select SOCK_CGROUP_DATA | |
| help | |
| Cgroup subsystem for use as general purpose socket classid marker that is | |
| being used in cls_cgroup and for netfilter matching. | |
| config NET_RX_BUSY_POLL | |
| bool | |
| default y if !PREEMPT_RT || (PREEMPT_RT && !NETCONSOLE) | |
| config BQL | |
| bool | |
| prompt "Enable Byte Queue Limits" | |
| depends on SYSFS | |
| select DQL | |
| default y | |
| config BPF_STREAM_PARSER | |
| bool "enable BPF STREAM_PARSER" | |
| depends on INET | |
| depends on BPF_SYSCALL | |
| depends on CGROUP_BPF | |
| select STREAM_PARSER | |
| select NET_SOCK_MSG | |
| help | |
| Enabling this allows a TCP stream parser to be used with | |
| BPF_MAP_TYPE_SOCKMAP. | |
| config NET_FLOW_LIMIT | |
| bool "Net flow limit" | |
| depends on RPS | |
| default y | |
| help | |
| The network stack has to drop packets when a receive processing CPU's | |
| backlog reaches netdev_max_backlog. If a few out of many active flows | |
| generate the vast majority of load, drop their traffic earlier to | |
| maintain capacity for the other flows. This feature provides servers | |
| with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed) | |
| flow that greatly exceeds average workload. | |
| menu "Network testing" | |
| config NET_PKTGEN | |
| tristate "Packet Generator (USE WITH CAUTION)" | |
| depends on INET && PROC_FS | |
| help | |
| This module will inject preconfigured packets, at a configurable | |
| rate, out of a given interface. It is used for network interface | |
| stress testing and performance analysis. If you don't understand | |
| what was just said, you don't need it: say N. | |
| Documentation on how to use the packet generator can be found | |
| at <file:Documentation/networking/pktgen.rst>. | |
| To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the | |
| module will be called pktgen. | |
| config NET_DROP_MONITOR | |
| tristate "Network packet drop alerting service" | |
| depends on INET && TRACEPOINTS | |
| help | |
| This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the | |
| event that packets are discarded in the network stack. Alerts | |
| are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space | |
| process. If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok | |
| just checking the various proc files and other utilities for | |
| drop statistics, say N here. | |
| endmenu | |
| endmenu | |
| source "net/ax25/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/can/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/bluetooth/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/rxrpc/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/kcm/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/strparser/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/mctp/Kconfig" | |
| config FIB_RULES | |
| bool | |
| menuconfig WIRELESS | |
| bool "Wireless" | |
| depends on !S390 | |
| default y | |
| if WIRELESS | |
| source "net/wireless/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/mac80211/Kconfig" | |
| endif # WIRELESS | |
| source "net/rfkill/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/9p/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/caif/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/ceph/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/nfc/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/psample/Kconfig" | |
| source "net/ife/Kconfig" | |
| config LWTUNNEL | |
| bool "Network light weight tunnels" | |
| help | |
| This feature provides an infrastructure to support light weight | |
| tunnels like mpls. There is no netdevice associated with a light | |
| weight tunnel endpoint. Tunnel encapsulation parameters are stored | |
| with light weight tunnel state associated with fib routes. | |
| config LWTUNNEL_BPF | |
| bool "Execute BPF program as route nexthop action" | |
| depends on LWTUNNEL && INET | |
| default y if LWTUNNEL=y | |
| help | |
| Allows to run BPF programs as a nexthop action following a route | |
| lookup for incoming and outgoing packets. | |
| config DST_CACHE | |
| bool | |
| default n | |
| config GRO_CELLS | |
| bool | |
| default n | |
| config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT | |
| bool | |
| config NET_IEEE8021Q_HELPERS | |
| bool | |
| config NET_SELFTESTS | |
| def_tristate PHYLIB | |
| depends on PHYLIB && INET | |
| config NET_SOCK_MSG | |
| bool | |
| default n | |
| help | |
| The NET_SOCK_MSG provides a framework for plain sockets (e.g. TCP) or | |
| ULPs (upper layer modules, e.g. TLS) to process L7 application data | |
| with the help of BPF programs. | |
| config NET_DEVLINK | |
| bool | |
| default n | |
| config PAGE_POOL | |
| bool | |
| config PAGE_POOL_STATS | |
| default n | |
| bool "Page pool stats" | |
| depends on PAGE_POOL | |
| help | |
| Enable page pool statistics to track page allocation and recycling | |
| in page pools. This option incurs additional CPU cost in allocation | |
| and recycle paths and additional memory cost to store the statistics. | |
| These statistics are only available if this option is enabled and if | |
| the driver using the page pool supports exporting this data. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| config FAILOVER | |
| tristate "Generic failover module" | |
| help | |
| The failover module provides a generic interface for paravirtual | |
| drivers to register a netdev and a set of ops with a failover | |
| instance. The ops are used as event handlers that get called to | |
| handle netdev register/unregister/link change/name change events | |
| on slave pci ethernet devices with the same mac address as the | |
| failover netdev. This enables paravirtual drivers to use a | |
| VF as an accelerated low latency datapath. It also allows live | |
| migration of VMs with direct attached VFs by failing over to the | |
| paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged. | |
| config ETHTOOL_NETLINK | |
| bool "Netlink interface for ethtool" | |
| select DIMLIB | |
| default y | |
| help | |
| An alternative userspace interface for ethtool based on generic | |
| netlink. It provides better extensibility and some new features, | |
| e.g. notification messages. | |
| config NETDEV_ADDR_LIST_TEST | |
| tristate "Unit tests for device address list" | |
| default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS | |
| depends on KUNIT | |
| config NET_TEST | |
| tristate "KUnit tests for networking" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS | |
| depends on KUNIT | |
| default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS | |
| help | |
| KUnit tests covering core networking infra, such as sk_buff. | |
| If unsure, say N. | |
| endif # if NET |