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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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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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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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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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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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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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