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| 1 | +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only |
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| 1 | 2 | # |
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| 2 | 3 | # Tulip family network device configuration |
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| 3 | 4 | # |
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| 5 | 6 | config NET_TULIP |
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| 6 | 7 | bool "DEC - Tulip devices" |
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| 7 | 8 | depends on (PCI || EISA || CARDBUS) |
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| 8 | | - ---help--- |
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| 9 | + help |
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| 9 | 10 | This selects the "Tulip" family of EISA/PCI network cards. |
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| 10 | 11 | |
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| 11 | 12 | if NET_TULIP |
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| .. | .. |
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| 14 | 15 | tristate "Early DECchip Tulip (dc2104x) PCI support" |
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| 15 | 16 | depends on PCI |
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| 16 | 17 | select CRC32 |
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| 17 | | - ---help--- |
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| 18 | + help |
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| 18 | 19 | This driver is developed for the SMC EtherPower series Ethernet |
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| 19 | 20 | cards and also works with cards based on the DECchip |
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| 20 | 21 | 21040 (Tulip series) chips. Some LinkSys PCI cards are |
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| .. | .. |
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| 31 | 32 | depends on DE2104X |
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| 32 | 33 | range 0 31 |
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| 33 | 34 | default 0 |
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| 34 | | - ---help--- |
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| 35 | + help |
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| 35 | 36 | Setting this value allows to align ring buffer descriptors into their |
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| 36 | 37 | own cache lines. Value of 4 corresponds to the typical 32 byte line |
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| 37 | 38 | (the descriptor is 16 bytes). This is necessary on systems that lack |
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| .. | .. |
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| 42 | 43 | tristate "DECchip Tulip (dc2114x) PCI support" |
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| 43 | 44 | depends on PCI |
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| 44 | 45 | select CRC32 |
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| 45 | | - ---help--- |
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| 46 | + help |
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| 46 | 47 | This driver is developed for the SMC EtherPower series Ethernet |
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| 47 | 48 | cards and also works with cards based on the DECchip |
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| 48 | 49 | 21140 (Tulip series) chips. Some LinkSys PCI cards are |
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| .. | .. |
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| 57 | 58 | config TULIP_MWI |
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| 58 | 59 | bool "New bus configuration" |
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| 59 | 60 | depends on TULIP |
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| 60 | | - ---help--- |
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| 61 | + help |
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| 61 | 62 | This configures your Tulip card specifically for the card and |
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| 62 | 63 | system cache line size type you are using. |
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| 63 | 64 | |
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| 68 | 69 | config TULIP_MMIO |
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| 69 | 70 | bool "Use PCI shared mem for NIC registers" |
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| 70 | 71 | depends on TULIP |
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| 71 | | - ---help--- |
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| 72 | + help |
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| 72 | 73 | Use PCI shared memory for the NIC registers, rather than going through |
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| 73 | 74 | the Tulip's PIO (programmed I/O ports). Faster, but could produce |
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| 74 | 75 | obscure bugs if your mainboard has memory controller timing issues. |
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| 77 | 78 | config TULIP_NAPI |
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| 78 | 79 | bool "Use RX polling (NAPI)" |
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| 79 | 80 | depends on TULIP |
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| 80 | | - ---help--- |
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| 81 | + help |
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| 81 | 82 | NAPI is a new driver API designed to reduce CPU and interrupt load |
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| 82 | 83 | when the driver is receiving lots of packets from the card. It is |
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| 83 | 84 | still somewhat experimental and thus not yet enabled by default. |
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| 91 | 92 | config TULIP_NAPI_HW_MITIGATION |
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| 92 | 93 | bool "Use Interrupt Mitigation" |
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| 93 | 94 | depends on TULIP_NAPI |
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| 94 | | - ---help--- |
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| 95 | + help |
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| 95 | 96 | Use HW to reduce RX interrupts. Not strictly necessary since NAPI |
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| 96 | 97 | reduces RX interrupts by itself. Interrupt mitigation reduces RX |
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| 97 | 98 | interrupts even at low levels of traffic at the cost of a small |
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| 108 | 109 | depends on (PCI || EISA) |
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| 109 | 110 | depends on VIRT_TO_BUS || ALPHA || PPC || SPARC |
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| 110 | 111 | select CRC32 |
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| 111 | | - ---help--- |
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| 112 | + help |
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| 112 | 113 | This is support for the DIGITAL series of PCI/EISA Ethernet cards. |
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| 113 | 114 | These include the DE425, DE434, DE435, DE450 and DE500 models. If |
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| 114 | 115 | you have a network card of this type, say Y. More specific |
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| 115 | 116 | information is contained in |
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| 116 | | - <file:Documentation/networking/de4x5.txt>. |
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| 117 | + <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/dec/de4x5.rst>. |
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| 117 | 118 | |
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| 118 | 119 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
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| 119 | 120 | be called de4x5. |
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| 123 | 124 | depends on PCI |
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| 124 | 125 | select CRC32 |
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| 125 | 126 | select MII |
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| 126 | | - ---help--- |
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| 127 | + help |
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| 127 | 128 | This driver is for the Winbond W89c840 chip. It also works with |
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| 128 | 129 | the TX9882 chip on the Compex RL100-ATX board. |
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| 129 | 130 | More specific information and updates are available from |
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| .. | .. |
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| 133 | 134 | tristate "Davicom DM910x/DM980x support" |
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| 134 | 135 | depends on PCI |
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| 135 | 136 | select CRC32 |
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| 136 | | - ---help--- |
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| 137 | + help |
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| 137 | 138 | This driver is for DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 compatible PCI cards from |
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| 138 | 139 | Davicom (<http://www.davicom.com.tw/>). If you have such a network |
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| 139 | 140 | (Ethernet) card, say Y. Some information is contained in the file |
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| 140 | | - <file:Documentation/networking/dmfe.txt>. |
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| 141 | + <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/dec/dmfe.rst>. |
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| 141 | 142 | |
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| 142 | 143 | To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will |
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| 143 | 144 | be called dmfe. |
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| 146 | 147 | tristate "ULi M526x controller support" |
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| 147 | 148 | depends on PCI |
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| 148 | 149 | select CRC32 |
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| 149 | | - ---help--- |
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| 150 | + help |
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| 150 | 151 | This driver is for ULi M5261/M5263 10/100M Ethernet Controller |
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| 151 | 152 | (<http://www.nvidia.com/page/uli_drivers.html>). |
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| 152 | 153 | |
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| 156 | 157 | config PCMCIA_XIRCOM |
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| 157 | 158 | tristate "Xircom CardBus support" |
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| 158 | 159 | depends on CARDBUS |
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| 159 | | - ---help--- |
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| 160 | + help |
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| 160 | 161 | This driver is for the Digital "Tulip" Ethernet CardBus adapters. |
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| 161 | 162 | It should work with most DEC 21*4*-based chips/ethercards, as well |
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| 162 | 163 | as with work-alike chips from Lite-On (PNIC) and Macronix (MXIC) and |
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