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 NUMA # Non-Uniform Memory Architecture support
29 options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thread preemption
30 options VIMAGE # Subsystem virtualization, e.g. VNET
31 options INET # InterNETworking
32 options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols
33 options IPSEC # IP (v4/v6) security
34 options IPSEC_SUPPORT # Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
35 options TCP_OFFLOAD # TCP offload
36 options TCP_BLACKBOX # Enhanced TCP event logging
37 options TCP_HHOOK # hhook(9) framework for TCP
38 options TCP_RFC7413 # TCP Fast Open
39 options SCTP # Stream Control Transmission Protocol
40 options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem
41 options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support
42 options UFS_ACL # Support for access control lists
43 options UFS_DIRHASH # Improve performance on big directories
44 options UFS_GJOURNAL # Enable gjournal-based UFS journaling
45 options QUOTA # Enable disk quotas for UFS
46 options MD_ROOT # MD is a potential root device
47 options NFSCL # Network Filesystem Client
48 options NFSD # Network Filesystem Server
49 options NFSLOCKD # Network Lock Manager
50 options NFS_ROOT # NFS usable as /, requires NFSCL
51 options MSDOSFS # MSDOS Filesystem
52 options CD9660 # ISO 9660 Filesystem
53 options PROCFS # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
54 options PSEUDOFS # Pseudo-filesystem framework
55 options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables.
56 options GEOM_RAID # Soft RAID functionality.
57 options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization
58 options EFIRT # EFI Runtime Services support
59 options COMPAT_FREEBSD32 # Compatible with i386 binaries
60 options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 # Compatible with FreeBSD4
61 options COMPAT_FREEBSD5 # Compatible with FreeBSD5
62 options COMPAT_FREEBSD6 # Compatible with FreeBSD6
63 options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 # Compatible with FreeBSD7
64 options COMPAT_FREEBSD9 # Compatible with FreeBSD9
65 options COMPAT_FREEBSD10 # Compatible with FreeBSD10
66 options COMPAT_FREEBSD11 # Compatible with FreeBSD11
67 options SCSI_DELAY=5000 # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
68 options KTRACE # ktrace(1) support
69 options STACK # stack(9) support
70 options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory
71 options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues
72 options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores
73 options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
74 options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128 # Prevent printf output being interspersed.
75 options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev
76 options HWPMC_HOOKS # Necessary kernel hooks for hwpmc(4)
77 options AUDIT # Security event auditing
78 options CAPABILITY_MODE # Capsicum capability mode
79 options CAPABILITIES # Capsicum capabilities
80 options MAC # TrustedBSD MAC Framework
81 options KDTRACE_FRAME # Ensure frames are compiled in
82 options KDTRACE_HOOKS # Kernel DTrace hooks
83 options DDB_CTF # Kernel ELF linker loads CTF data
84 options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # Include this file in kernel
85 options RACCT # Resource accounting framework
86 options RACCT_DEFAULT_TO_DISABLED # Set kern.racct.enable=0 by default
87 options RCTL # Resource limits
89 # Debugging support. Always need this:
90 options KDB # Enable kernel debugger support.
91 options KDB_TRACE # Print a stack trace for a panic.
92 # For full debugger support use (turn off in stable branch):
93 options BUF_TRACKING # Track buffer history
94 options DDB # Support DDB.
95 options FULL_BUF_TRACKING # Track more buffer history
96 options GDB # Support remote GDB.
97 options DEADLKRES # Enable the deadlock resolver
98 options INVARIANTS # Enable calls of extra sanity checking
99 options INVARIANT_SUPPORT # Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS
100 options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
101 options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
102 options MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8 # Separate malloc(9) zones
104 # Kernel dump features.
105 options EKCD # Support for encrypted kernel dumps
106 options GZIO # gzip-compressed kernel and user dumps
107 options ZSTDIO # zstd-compressed kernel and user dumps
108 options NETDUMP # netdump(4) client support
110 # Make an SMP-capable kernel by default
111 options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
112 options EARLY_AP_STARTUP
114 # CPU frequency control
121 options PCI_HP # PCI-Express native HotPlug
122 options PCI_IOV # PCI SR-IOV support
128 device ahci # AHCI-compatible SATA controllers
129 device ata # Legacy ATA/SATA controllers
130 device mvs # Marvell 88SX50XX/88SX60XX/88SX70XX/SoC SATA
131 device siis # SiliconImage SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 SATA
134 device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
135 device ahd # AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
136 device esp # AMD Am53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
137 device hptiop # Highpoint RocketRaid 3xxx series
138 device isp # Qlogic family
139 #device ispfw # Firmware for QLogic HBAs- normally a module
140 device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
141 device mps # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 2
142 device mpr # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 3
143 #device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic
144 device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
145 device trm # Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters
147 device adv # Advansys SCSI adapters
148 device adw # Advansys wide SCSI adapters
149 device aic # Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
150 device bt # Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters
151 device isci # Intel C600 SAS controller
152 device ocs_fc # Emulex FC adapters
154 # ATA/SCSI peripherals
155 device scbus # SCSI bus (required for ATA/SCSI)
156 device ch # SCSI media changers
157 device da # Direct Access (disks)
158 device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
160 device pass # Passthrough device (direct ATA/SCSI access)
161 device ses # Enclosure Services (SES and SAF-TE)
162 #device ctl # CAM Target Layer
164 # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
165 device amr # AMI MegaRAID
166 device arcmsr # Areca SATA II RAID
167 device ciss # Compaq Smart RAID 5*
168 device dpt # DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
169 device hptmv # Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
170 device hptnr # Highpoint DC7280, R750
171 device hptrr # Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx, 25xx
172 device hpt27xx # Highpoint RocketRAID 27xx
173 device iir # Intel Integrated RAID
174 device ips # IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
175 device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
176 device twa # 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID
177 device smartpqi # Microsemi smartpqi driver
178 device tws # LSI 3ware 9750 SATA+SAS 6Gb/s RAID controller
181 device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID
182 device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
183 device aacraid # Adaptec by PMC RAID
184 device ida # Compaq Smart RAID
185 device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS
186 device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family
187 device mrsas # LSI/Avago MegaRAID SAS/SATA, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s
188 device pmspcv # PMC-Sierra SAS/SATA Controller driver
189 #XXX pointer/int warnings
190 #device pst # Promise Supertrak SX6000
191 device twe # 3ware ATA RAID
193 # NVM Express (NVMe) support
194 device nvme # base NVMe driver
195 device nvd # expose NVMe namespaces as disks, depends on nvme
197 # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
198 device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller
199 device atkbd # AT keyboard
200 device psm # PS/2 mouse
202 device kbdmux # keyboard multiplexer
204 device vga # VGA video card driver
205 options VESA # Add support for VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE)
207 device splash # Splash screen and screen saver support
209 # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
211 options SC_PIXEL_MODE # add support for the raster text mode
213 # vt is the new video console driver
218 device agp # support several AGP chipsets
220 # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
221 # PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
222 device cbb # cardbus (yenta) bridge
223 device pccard # PC Card (16-bit) bus
224 device cardbus # CardBus (32-bit) bus
227 device uart # Generic UART driver
231 device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
233 device ppi # Parallel port interface device
234 #device vpo # Requires scbus and da
236 device puc # Multi I/O cards and multi-channel UARTs
239 device bxe # Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5771X/BCM578XX 10GbE
240 device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
241 device em # Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Family
242 device ix # Intel PRO/10GbE PCIE PF Ethernet
243 device ixv # Intel PRO/10GbE PCIE VF Ethernet
244 device ixl # Intel XL710 40Gbe PCIE Ethernet
245 #options IXL_IW # Enable iWARP Client Interface in ixl(4)
246 #device ixlv # Intel XL710 40Gbe VF PCIE Ethernet
247 device le # AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet
248 device ti # Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
249 device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
250 device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
252 # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
253 # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
254 device miibus # MII bus support
255 device ae # Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet
256 device age # Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet
257 device alc # Atheros AR8131/AR8132 Ethernet
258 device ale # Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet
259 device bce # Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
260 device bfe # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
261 device bge # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
262 device cas # Sun Cassini/Cassini+ and NS DP83065 Saturn
263 device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
264 device et # Agere ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
265 device fxp # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
266 device gem # Sun GEM/Sun ERI/Apple GMAC
267 device hme # Sun HME (Happy Meal Ethernet)
268 device jme # JMicron JMC250 Gigabit/JMC260 Fast Ethernet
269 device lge # Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit Ethernet
270 device msk # Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet
271 device nfe # nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet
272 device nge # NatSemi DP83820 gigabit Ethernet
273 device pcn # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'le')
274 device re # RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
275 device rl # RealTek 8129/8139
276 device sf # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
277 device sge # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS190/191
278 device sis # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
279 device sk # SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
280 device ste # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
281 device stge # Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 gigabit Ethernet
282 device tl # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
283 device tx # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
284 device vge # VIA VT612x gigabit Ethernet
285 device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
286 device wb # Winbond W89C840F
287 device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')
290 device wlan # 802.11 support
291 options IEEE80211_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
292 options IEEE80211_AMPDU_AGE # age frames in AMPDU reorder q's
293 options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable 802.11s draft support
294 device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support
295 device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support
296 device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support
297 device wlan_amrr # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
298 device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
299 device ath # Atheros NICs
300 device ath_pci # Atheros pci/cardbus glue
301 device ath_hal # pci/cardbus chip support
302 options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 # enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
303 options AH_AR5416_INTERRUPT_MITIGATION # AR5416 interrupt mitigation
304 options ATH_ENABLE_11N # Enable 802.11n support for AR5416 and later
305 device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath
306 #device bwi # Broadcom BCM430x/BCM431x wireless NICs.
307 #device bwn # Broadcom BCM43xx wireless NICs.
308 device ipw # Intel 2100 wireless NICs.
309 device iwi # Intel 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG wireless NICs.
310 device iwn # Intel 4965/1000/5000/6000 wireless NICs.
311 device malo # Marvell Libertas wireless NICs.
312 device mwl # Marvell 88W8363 802.11n wireless NICs.
313 device ral # Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs.
314 device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
315 device wpi # Intel 3945ABG wireless NICs.
318 device crypto # core crypto support
319 device loop # Network loopback
320 device random # Entropy device
321 device padlock_rng # VIA Padlock RNG
322 device rdrand_rng # Intel Bull Mountain RNG
323 device ether # Ethernet support
324 device vlan # 802.1Q VLAN support
325 device tun # Packet tunnel.
326 device md # Memory "disks"
327 device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
328 device firmware # firmware assist module
330 # The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
331 # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
332 # Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
333 device bpf # Berkeley packet filter
336 options USB_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
337 device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
338 device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
339 device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
340 device xhci # XHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 3.0)
341 device usb # USB Bus (required)
342 device ukbd # Keyboard
343 device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
346 device sound # Generic sound driver (required)
347 device snd_cmi # CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738
348 device snd_csa # Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/428x
349 device snd_emu10kx # Creative SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy
350 device snd_es137x # Ensoniq AudioPCI ES137x
351 device snd_hda # Intel High Definition Audio
352 device snd_ich # Intel, NVidia and other ICH AC'97 Audio
353 device snd_via8233 # VIA VT8233x Audio
356 device mmc # MMC/SD bus
357 device mmcsd # MMC/SD memory card
358 device sdhci # Generic PCI SD Host Controller
361 device virtio # Generic VirtIO bus (required)
362 device virtio_pci # VirtIO PCI device
363 device vtnet # VirtIO Ethernet device
364 device virtio_blk # VirtIO Block device
365 device virtio_scsi # VirtIO SCSI device
366 device virtio_balloon # VirtIO Memory Balloon device
368 # HyperV drivers and enhancement support
369 device hyperv # HyperV drivers
371 # Xen HVM Guest Optimizations
372 # NOTE: XENHVM depends on xenpci. They must be added or removed together.
373 options XENHVM # Xen HVM kernel infrastructure
374 device xenpci # Xen HVM Hypervisor services driver
377 device vmx # VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet
379 # Netmap provides direct access to TX/RX rings on supported NICs
380 device netmap # netmap(4) support