2 # GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64
4 # For more information on this file, please read the config(5) manual page,
5 # and/or the handbook section on Kernel Configuration Files:
7 # http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
9 # The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
10 # if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
11 # FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
14 # An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
15 # device lines is also present in the ../../conf/NOTES and NOTES files.
16 # If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first
24 makeoptions DEBUG=-g # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
25 makeoptions WITH_CTF=1 # Run ctfconvert(1) for DTrace support
27 options SCHED_ULE # ULE scheduler
28 options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thread preemption
29 options VIMAGE # Subsystem virtualization, e.g. VNET
30 options INET # InterNETworking
31 options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols
32 options IPSEC # IP (v4/v6) security
33 options IPSEC_SUPPORT # Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
34 options TCP_OFFLOAD # TCP offload
35 options TCP_HHOOK # hhook(9) framework for TCP
36 options SCTP # Stream Control Transmission Protocol
37 options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem
38 options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support
39 options UFS_ACL # Support for access control lists
40 options UFS_DIRHASH # Improve performance on big directories
41 options UFS_GJOURNAL # Enable gjournal-based UFS journaling
42 options QUOTA # Enable disk quotas for UFS
43 options MD_ROOT # MD is a potential root device
44 options NFSCL # Network Filesystem Client
45 options NFSD # Network Filesystem Server
46 options NFSLOCKD # Network Lock Manager
47 options NFS_ROOT # NFS usable as /, requires NFSCL
48 options MSDOSFS # MSDOS Filesystem
49 options CD9660 # ISO 9660 Filesystem
50 options PROCFS # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
51 options PSEUDOFS # Pseudo-filesystem framework
52 options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables.
53 options GEOM_RAID # Soft RAID functionality.
54 options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization
55 options COMPAT_FREEBSD32 # Compatible with i386 binaries
56 options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 # Compatible with FreeBSD4
57 options COMPAT_FREEBSD5 # Compatible with FreeBSD5
58 options COMPAT_FREEBSD6 # Compatible with FreeBSD6
59 options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 # Compatible with FreeBSD7
60 options COMPAT_FREEBSD9 # Compatible with FreeBSD9
61 options COMPAT_FREEBSD10 # Compatible with FreeBSD10
62 options COMPAT_FREEBSD11 # Compatible with FreeBSD11
63 options SCSI_DELAY=5000 # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
64 options KTRACE # ktrace(1) support
65 options STACK # stack(9) support
66 options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory
67 options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues
68 options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores
69 options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
70 options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128 # Prevent printf output being interspersed.
71 options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev
72 options HWPMC_HOOKS # Necessary kernel hooks for hwpmc(4)
73 options AUDIT # Security event auditing
74 options CAPABILITY_MODE # Capsicum capability mode
75 options CAPABILITIES # Capsicum capabilities
76 options MAC # TrustedBSD MAC Framework
77 options KDTRACE_FRAME # Ensure frames are compiled in
78 options KDTRACE_HOOKS # Kernel DTrace hooks
79 options DDB_CTF # Kernel ELF linker loads CTF data
80 options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # Include this file in kernel
81 options RACCT # Resource accounting framework
82 options RACCT_DEFAULT_TO_DISABLED # Set kern.racct.enable=0 by default
83 options RCTL # Resource limits
85 # Debugging support. Always need this:
86 options KDB # Enable kernel debugger support.
87 options KDB_TRACE # Print a stack trace for a panic.
88 # For full debugger support use (turn off in stable branch):
89 options BUF_TRACKING # Track buffer history
90 options DDB # Support DDB.
91 options FULL_BUF_TRACKING # Track more buffer history
92 options GDB # Support remote GDB.
93 options DEADLKRES # Enable the deadlock resolver
94 options INVARIANTS # Enable calls of extra sanity checking
95 options INVARIANT_SUPPORT # Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS
96 options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
97 options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
98 options MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8 # Separate malloc(9) zones
100 # Make an SMP-capable kernel by default
101 options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
102 options DEVICE_NUMA # I/O Device Affinity
103 options EARLY_AP_STARTUP
105 # CPU frequency control
112 options PCI_HP # PCI-Express native HotPlug
113 options PCI_IOV # PCI SR-IOV support
119 device ahci # AHCI-compatible SATA controllers
120 device ata # Legacy ATA/SATA controllers
121 device mvs # Marvell 88SX50XX/88SX60XX/88SX70XX/SoC SATA
122 device siis # SiliconImage SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 SATA
125 device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
126 options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
127 # output. Adds ~128k to driver.
128 device ahd # AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
129 options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
130 # output. Adds ~215k to driver.
131 device esp # AMD Am53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
132 device hptiop # Highpoint RocketRaid 3xxx series
133 device isp # Qlogic family
134 #device ispfw # Firmware for QLogic HBAs- normally a module
135 device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
136 device mps # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 2
137 device mpr # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 3
138 #device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic
139 device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
140 device trm # Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters
142 device adv # Advansys SCSI adapters
143 device adw # Advansys wide SCSI adapters
144 device aic # Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
145 device bt # Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters
146 device isci # Intel C600 SAS controller
148 # ATA/SCSI peripherals
149 device scbus # SCSI bus (required for ATA/SCSI)
150 device ch # SCSI media changers
151 device da # Direct Access (disks)
152 device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
154 device pass # Passthrough device (direct ATA/SCSI access)
155 device ses # Enclosure Services (SES and SAF-TE)
156 #device ctl # CAM Target Layer
158 # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
159 device amr # AMI MegaRAID
160 device arcmsr # Areca SATA II RAID
161 device ciss # Compaq Smart RAID 5*
162 device dpt # DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
163 device hptmv # Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
164 device hptnr # Highpoint DC7280, R750
165 device hptrr # Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx, 25xx
166 device hpt27xx # Highpoint RocketRAID 27xx
167 device iir # Intel Integrated RAID
168 device ips # IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
169 device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
170 device twa # 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID
171 device tws # LSI 3ware 9750 SATA+SAS 6Gb/s RAID controller
174 device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID
175 device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
176 device aacraid # Adaptec by PMC RAID
177 device ida # Compaq Smart RAID
178 device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS
179 device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family
180 device mrsas # LSI/Avago MegaRAID SAS/SATA, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s
181 device pmspcv # PMC-Sierra SAS/SATA Controller driver
182 #XXX pointer/int warnings
183 #device pst # Promise Supertrak SX6000
184 device twe # 3ware ATA RAID
186 # NVM Express (NVMe) support
187 device nvme # base NVMe driver
188 device nvd # expose NVMe namespaces as disks, depends on nvme
190 # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
191 device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller
192 device atkbd # AT keyboard
193 device psm # PS/2 mouse
195 device kbdmux # keyboard multiplexer
197 device vga # VGA video card driver
198 options VESA # Add support for VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE)
200 device splash # Splash screen and screen saver support
202 # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
204 options SC_PIXEL_MODE # add support for the raster text mode
206 # vt is the new video console driver
211 device agp # support several AGP chipsets
213 # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
214 # PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
215 device cbb # cardbus (yenta) bridge
216 device pccard # PC Card (16-bit) bus
217 device cardbus # CardBus (32-bit) bus
220 device uart # Generic UART driver
224 device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
226 device ppi # Parallel port interface device
227 #device vpo # Requires scbus and da
229 device puc # Multi I/O cards and multi-channel UARTs
232 device bxe # Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5771X/BCM578XX 10GbE
233 device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
234 device em # Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Family
235 device ix # Intel PRO/10GbE PCIE PF Ethernet
236 device ixv # Intel PRO/10GbE PCIE VF Ethernet
237 device ixl # Intel XL710 40Gbe PCIE Ethernet
238 options IXL_IW # Enable iWARP Client Interface in ixl(4)
239 device ixlv # Intel XL710 40Gbe VF PCIE Ethernet
240 device le # AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet
241 device ti # Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
242 device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
243 device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
245 # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
246 # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
247 device miibus # MII bus support
248 device ae # Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet
249 device age # Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet
250 device alc # Atheros AR8131/AR8132 Ethernet
251 device ale # Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet
252 device bce # Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
253 device bfe # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
254 device bge # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
255 device cas # Sun Cassini/Cassini+ and NS DP83065 Saturn
256 device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
257 device et # Agere ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
258 device fxp # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
259 device gem # Sun GEM/Sun ERI/Apple GMAC
260 device hme # Sun HME (Happy Meal Ethernet)
261 device jme # JMicron JMC250 Gigabit/JMC260 Fast Ethernet
262 device lge # Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit Ethernet
263 device msk # Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet
264 device nfe # nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet
265 device nge # NatSemi DP83820 gigabit Ethernet
266 device pcn # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'le')
267 device re # RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
268 device rl # RealTek 8129/8139
269 device sf # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
270 device sge # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS190/191
271 device sis # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
272 device sk # SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
273 device ste # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
274 device stge # Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 gigabit Ethernet
275 device tl # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
276 device tx # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
277 device vge # VIA VT612x gigabit Ethernet
278 device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
279 device wb # Winbond W89C840F
280 device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')
283 device wlan # 802.11 support
284 options IEEE80211_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
285 options IEEE80211_AMPDU_AGE # age frames in AMPDU reorder q's
286 options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable 802.11s draft support
287 device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support
288 device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support
289 device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support
290 device wlan_amrr # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
291 device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
292 device ath # Atheros NICs
293 device ath_pci # Atheros pci/cardbus glue
294 device ath_hal # pci/cardbus chip support
295 options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 # enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
296 options AH_AR5416_INTERRUPT_MITIGATION # AR5416 interrupt mitigation
297 options ATH_ENABLE_11N # Enable 802.11n support for AR5416 and later
298 device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath
299 #device bwi # Broadcom BCM430x/BCM431x wireless NICs.
300 #device bwn # Broadcom BCM43xx wireless NICs.
301 device ipw # Intel 2100 wireless NICs.
302 device iwi # Intel 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG wireless NICs.
303 device iwn # Intel 4965/1000/5000/6000 wireless NICs.
304 device malo # Marvell Libertas wireless NICs.
305 device mwl # Marvell 88W8363 802.11n wireless NICs.
306 device ral # Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs.
307 device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
308 device wpi # Intel 3945ABG wireless NICs.
311 device loop # Network loopback
312 device random # Entropy device
313 device padlock_rng # VIA Padlock RNG
314 device rdrand_rng # Intel Bull Mountain RNG
315 device ether # Ethernet support
316 device vlan # 802.1Q VLAN support
317 device tun # Packet tunnel.
318 device md # Memory "disks"
319 device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
320 device firmware # firmware assist module
322 # The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
323 # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
324 # Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
325 device bpf # Berkeley packet filter
328 options USB_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
329 device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
330 device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
331 device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
332 device xhci # XHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 3.0)
333 device usb # USB Bus (required)
334 device ukbd # Keyboard
335 device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
338 device sound # Generic sound driver (required)
339 device snd_cmi # CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738
340 device snd_csa # Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/428x
341 device snd_emu10kx # Creative SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy
342 device snd_es137x # Ensoniq AudioPCI ES137x
343 device snd_hda # Intel High Definition Audio
344 device snd_ich # Intel, NVidia and other ICH AC'97 Audio
345 device snd_via8233 # VIA VT8233x Audio
348 device mmc # MMC/SD bus
349 device mmcsd # MMC/SD memory card
350 device sdhci # Generic PCI SD Host Controller
353 device virtio # Generic VirtIO bus (required)
354 device virtio_pci # VirtIO PCI device
355 device vtnet # VirtIO Ethernet device
356 device virtio_blk # VirtIO Block device
357 device virtio_scsi # VirtIO SCSI device
358 device virtio_balloon # VirtIO Memory Balloon device
360 # HyperV drivers and enhancement support
361 device hyperv # HyperV drivers
363 # Xen HVM Guest Optimizations
364 # NOTE: XENHVM depends on xenpci. They must be added or removed together.
365 options XENHVM # Xen HVM kernel infrastructure
366 device xenpci # Xen HVM Hypervisor services driver
369 device vmx # VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet
371 # Netmap provides direct access to TX/RX rings on supported NICs
372 device netmap # netmap(4) support
374 # The crypto framework is required by IPSEC
375 device crypto # Required by IPSEC