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 # https://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 (https://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_BLACKBOX # Enhanced TCP event logging
36 options TCP_HHOOK # hhook(9) framework for TCP
37 options TCP_RFC7413 # TCP Fast Open
38 options SCTP # Stream Control Transmission Protocol
39 options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem
40 options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support
41 options UFS_ACL # Support for access control lists
42 options UFS_DIRHASH # Improve performance on big directories
43 options UFS_GJOURNAL # Enable gjournal-based UFS journaling
44 options QUOTA # Enable disk quotas for UFS
45 options MD_ROOT # MD is a potential root device
46 options NFSCL # Network Filesystem Client
47 options NFSD # Network Filesystem Server
48 options NFSLOCKD # Network Lock Manager
49 options NFS_ROOT # NFS usable as /, requires NFSCL
50 options MSDOSFS # MSDOS Filesystem
51 options CD9660 # ISO 9660 Filesystem
52 options PROCFS # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
53 options PSEUDOFS # Pseudo-filesystem framework
54 options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables.
55 options GEOM_RAID # Soft RAID functionality.
56 options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization
57 options EFIRT # EFI Runtime Services support
58 options COMPAT_FREEBSD32 # Compatible with i386 binaries
59 options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 # Compatible with FreeBSD4
60 options COMPAT_FREEBSD5 # Compatible with FreeBSD5
61 options COMPAT_FREEBSD6 # Compatible with FreeBSD6
62 options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 # Compatible with FreeBSD7
63 options COMPAT_FREEBSD9 # Compatible with FreeBSD9
64 options COMPAT_FREEBSD10 # Compatible with FreeBSD10
65 options COMPAT_FREEBSD11 # Compatible with FreeBSD11
66 options SCSI_DELAY=5000 # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
67 options KTRACE # ktrace(1) support
68 options STACK # stack(9) support
69 options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory
70 options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues
71 options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores
72 options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
73 options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128 # Prevent printf output being interspersed.
74 options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev
75 options HWPMC_HOOKS # Necessary kernel hooks for hwpmc(4)
76 options AUDIT # Security event auditing
77 options CAPABILITY_MODE # Capsicum capability mode
78 options CAPABILITIES # Capsicum capabilities
79 options MAC # TrustedBSD MAC Framework
80 options KDTRACE_FRAME # Ensure frames are compiled in
81 options KDTRACE_HOOKS # Kernel DTrace hooks
82 options DDB_CTF # Kernel ELF linker loads CTF data
83 options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # Include this file in kernel
84 options RACCT # Resource accounting framework
85 options RACCT_DEFAULT_TO_DISABLED # Set kern.racct.enable=0 by default
86 options RCTL # Resource limits
88 # Debugging support. Always need this:
89 options KDB # Enable kernel debugger support.
90 options KDB_TRACE # Print a stack trace for a panic.
91 # For full debugger support use (turn off in stable branch):
92 options BUF_TRACKING # Track buffer history
93 options DDB # Support DDB.
94 options FULL_BUF_TRACKING # Track more buffer history
95 options GDB # Support remote GDB.
96 options DEADLKRES # Enable the deadlock resolver
97 options INVARIANTS # Enable calls of extra sanity checking
98 options INVARIANT_SUPPORT # Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS
99 options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
100 options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
101 options MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8 # Separate malloc(9) zones
103 # Kernel dump features.
104 options EKCD # Support for encrypted kernel dumps
105 options GZIO # gzip-compressed kernel and user dumps
106 options ZSTDIO # zstd-compressed kernel and user dumps
107 options NETDUMP # netdump(4) client support
109 # Make an SMP-capable kernel by default
110 options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
111 options EARLY_AP_STARTUP
113 # CPU frequency control
120 options PCI_HP # PCI-Express native HotPlug
121 options PCI_IOV # PCI SR-IOV support
127 device ahci # AHCI-compatible SATA controllers
128 device ata # Legacy ATA/SATA controllers
129 device mvs # Marvell 88SX50XX/88SX60XX/88SX70XX/SoC SATA
130 device siis # SiliconImage SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 SATA
133 device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
134 device ahd # AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
135 device esp # AMD Am53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
136 device hptiop # Highpoint RocketRaid 3xxx series
137 device isp # Qlogic family
138 #device ispfw # Firmware for QLogic HBAs- normally a module
139 device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
140 device mps # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 2
141 device mpr # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 3
142 #device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic
143 device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
144 device trm # Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters
146 device adv # Advansys SCSI adapters
147 device adw # Advansys wide SCSI adapters
148 device aic # Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
149 device bt # Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters
150 device isci # Intel C600 SAS controller
151 device ocs_fc # Emulex FC adapters
153 # ATA/SCSI peripherals
154 device scbus # SCSI bus (required for ATA/SCSI)
155 device ch # SCSI media changers
156 device da # Direct Access (disks)
157 device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
159 device pass # Passthrough device (direct ATA/SCSI access)
160 device ses # Enclosure Services (SES and SAF-TE)
161 #device ctl # CAM Target Layer
163 # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
164 device amr # AMI MegaRAID
165 device arcmsr # Areca SATA II RAID
166 device ciss # Compaq Smart RAID 5*
167 device dpt # DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
168 device hptmv # Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
169 device hptnr # Highpoint DC7280, R750
170 device hptrr # Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx, 25xx
171 device hpt27xx # Highpoint RocketRAID 27xx
172 device iir # Intel Integrated RAID
173 device ips # IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
174 device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
175 device twa # 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID
176 device smartpqi # Microsemi smartpqi driver
177 device tws # LSI 3ware 9750 SATA+SAS 6Gb/s RAID controller
180 device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID
181 device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
182 device aacraid # Adaptec by PMC RAID
183 device ida # Compaq Smart RAID
184 device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS
185 device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family
186 device mrsas # LSI/Avago MegaRAID SAS/SATA, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s
187 device pmspcv # PMC-Sierra SAS/SATA Controller driver
188 #XXX pointer/int warnings
189 #device pst # Promise Supertrak SX6000
190 device twe # 3ware ATA RAID
192 # NVM Express (NVMe) support
193 device nvme # base NVMe driver
194 device nvd # expose NVMe namespaces as disks, depends on nvme
196 # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
197 device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller
198 device atkbd # AT keyboard
199 device psm # PS/2 mouse
201 device kbdmux # keyboard multiplexer
203 device vga # VGA video card driver
204 options VESA # Add support for VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE)
206 device splash # Splash screen and screen saver support
208 # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
210 options SC_PIXEL_MODE # add support for the raster text mode
212 # vt is the new video console driver
217 device agp # support several AGP chipsets
219 # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
220 # PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
221 device cbb # cardbus (yenta) bridge
222 device pccard # PC Card (16-bit) bus
223 device cardbus # CardBus (32-bit) bus
226 device uart # Generic UART driver
230 device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
232 device ppi # Parallel port interface device
233 #device vpo # Requires scbus and da
235 device puc # Multi I/O cards and multi-channel UARTs
238 device bxe # Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5771X/BCM578XX 10GbE
239 device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
240 device em # Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Family
241 device ix # Intel PRO/10GbE PCIE PF Ethernet
242 device ixv # Intel PRO/10GbE PCIE VF Ethernet
243 device ixl # Intel XL710 40Gbe PCIE Ethernet
244 #options IXL_IW # Enable iWARP Client Interface in ixl(4)
245 #device ixlv # Intel XL710 40Gbe VF PCIE Ethernet
246 device le # AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet
247 device ti # Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
248 device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
249 device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
251 # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
252 # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
253 device miibus # MII bus support
254 device ae # Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet
255 device age # Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet
256 device alc # Atheros AR8131/AR8132 Ethernet
257 device ale # Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet
258 device bce # Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
259 device bfe # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
260 device bge # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
261 device cas # Sun Cassini/Cassini+ and NS DP83065 Saturn
262 device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
263 device et # Agere ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
264 device fxp # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
265 device gem # Sun GEM/Sun ERI/Apple GMAC
266 device hme # Sun HME (Happy Meal Ethernet)
267 device jme # JMicron JMC250 Gigabit/JMC260 Fast Ethernet
268 device lge # Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit Ethernet
269 device msk # Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet
270 device nfe # nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet
271 device nge # NatSemi DP83820 gigabit Ethernet
272 device pcn # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'le')
273 device re # RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
274 device rl # RealTek 8129/8139
275 device sf # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
276 device sge # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS190/191
277 device sis # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
278 device sk # SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
279 device ste # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
280 device stge # Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 gigabit Ethernet
281 device tl # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
282 device tx # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
283 device vge # VIA VT612x gigabit Ethernet
284 device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
285 device wb # Winbond W89C840F
286 device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')
289 device wlan # 802.11 support
290 options IEEE80211_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
291 options IEEE80211_AMPDU_AGE # age frames in AMPDU reorder q's
292 options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable 802.11s draft support
293 device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support
294 device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support
295 device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support
296 device wlan_amrr # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
297 device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
298 device ath # Atheros NICs
299 device ath_pci # Atheros pci/cardbus glue
300 device ath_hal # pci/cardbus chip support
301 options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 # enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
302 options AH_AR5416_INTERRUPT_MITIGATION # AR5416 interrupt mitigation
303 options ATH_ENABLE_11N # Enable 802.11n support for AR5416 and later
304 device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath
305 #device bwi # Broadcom BCM430x/BCM431x wireless NICs.
306 #device bwn # Broadcom BCM43xx wireless NICs.
307 device ipw # Intel 2100 wireless NICs.
308 device iwi # Intel 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG wireless NICs.
309 device iwn # Intel 4965/1000/5000/6000 wireless NICs.
310 device malo # Marvell Libertas wireless NICs.
311 device mwl # Marvell 88W8363 802.11n wireless NICs.
312 device ral # Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs.
313 device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
314 device wpi # Intel 3945ABG wireless NICs.
317 device loop # Network loopback
318 device random # Entropy device
319 device padlock_rng # VIA Padlock RNG
320 device rdrand_rng # Intel Bull Mountain RNG
321 device ether # Ethernet support
322 device vlan # 802.1Q VLAN support
323 device tun # Packet tunnel.
324 device md # Memory "disks"
325 device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
326 device firmware # firmware assist module
328 # The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
329 # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
330 # Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
331 device bpf # Berkeley packet filter
334 options USB_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
335 device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
336 device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
337 device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
338 device xhci # XHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 3.0)
339 device usb # USB Bus (required)
340 device ukbd # Keyboard
341 device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
344 device sound # Generic sound driver (required)
345 device snd_cmi # CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738
346 device snd_csa # Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/428x
347 device snd_emu10kx # Creative SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy
348 device snd_es137x # Ensoniq AudioPCI ES137x
349 device snd_hda # Intel High Definition Audio
350 device snd_ich # Intel, NVidia and other ICH AC'97 Audio
351 device snd_via8233 # VIA VT8233x Audio
354 device mmc # MMC/SD bus
355 device mmcsd # MMC/SD memory card
356 device sdhci # Generic PCI SD Host Controller
359 device virtio # Generic VirtIO bus (required)
360 device virtio_pci # VirtIO PCI device
361 device vtnet # VirtIO Ethernet device
362 device virtio_blk # VirtIO Block device
363 device virtio_scsi # VirtIO SCSI device
364 device virtio_balloon # VirtIO Memory Balloon device
366 # HyperV drivers and enhancement support
367 device hyperv # HyperV drivers
369 # Xen HVM Guest Optimizations
370 # NOTE: XENHVM depends on xenpci. They must be added or removed together.
371 options XENHVM # Xen HVM kernel infrastructure
372 device xenpci # Xen HVM Hypervisor services driver
375 device vmx # VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet
377 # Netmap provides direct access to TX/RX rings on supported NICs
378 device netmap # netmap(4) support
380 # The crypto framework is required by IPSEC
381 device crypto # Required by IPSEC