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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/can/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/can/Kconfig | 29 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/Kconfig b/drivers/net/can/Kconfig index 99f189ad35ad..3c692af16676 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/can/Kconfig @@ -1,5 +1,25 @@ # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only -menu "CAN Device Drivers" + +menuconfig CAN_DEV + tristate "CAN Device Drivers" + default y + help + Controller Area Network (CAN) is serial communications protocol up to + 1Mbit/s for its original release (now known as Classical CAN) and up + to 8Mbit/s for the more recent CAN with Flexible Data-Rate + (CAN-FD). The CAN bus was originally mainly for automotive, but is now + widely used in marine (NMEA2000), industrial, and medical + applications. More information on the CAN network protocol family + PF_CAN is contained in <Documentation/networking/can.rst>. + + This section contains all the CAN(-FD) device drivers including the + virtual ones. If you own such devices or plan to use the virtual CAN + interfaces to develop applications, say Y here. + + To compile as a module, choose M here: the module will be called + can-dev. + +if CAN_DEV config CAN_VCAN tristate "Virtual Local CAN Interface (vcan)" @@ -49,7 +69,7 @@ config CAN_SLCAN also be built as a module. If so, the module will be called slcan. config CAN_NETLINK - tristate "CAN device drivers with Netlink support" + bool "CAN device drivers with Netlink support" default y help Enables the common framework for CAN device drivers. This is the @@ -57,6 +77,9 @@ config CAN_NETLINK as bittiming validation, support of CAN error states, device restart and others. + The additional features selected by this option will be added to the + can-dev module. + This is required by all platform and hardware CAN drivers. If you plan to use such devices or if unsure, say Y. @@ -178,4 +201,4 @@ config CAN_DEBUG_DEVICES a problem with CAN support and want to see more of what is going on. -endmenu +endif #CAN_DEV |