2 # GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386
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
26 makeoptions DEBUG=-g # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols
27 makeoptions WITH_CTF=1 # Run ctfconvert(1) for DTrace support
29 options SCHED_ULE # ULE scheduler
30 options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thread preemption
31 options INET # InterNETworking
32 options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols
33 options IPSEC # IP (v4/v6) security
34 options TCP_OFFLOAD # TCP offload
35 options SCTP # Stream Control Transmission Protocol
36 options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem
37 options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support
38 options UFS_ACL # Support for access control lists
39 options UFS_DIRHASH # Improve performance on big directories
40 options UFS_GJOURNAL # Enable gjournal-based UFS journaling
41 options QUOTA # Enable disk quotas for UFS
42 options MD_ROOT # MD is a potential root device
43 options NFSCL # Network Filesystem Client
44 options NFSD # Network Filesystem Server
45 options NFSLOCKD # Network Lock Manager
46 options NFS_ROOT # NFS usable as /, requires NFSCL
47 options MSDOSFS # MSDOS Filesystem
48 options CD9660 # ISO 9660 Filesystem
49 options PROCFS # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
50 options PSEUDOFS # Pseudo-filesystem framework
51 options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables.
52 options GEOM_RAID # Soft RAID functionality.
53 options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization
54 options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 # Compatible with FreeBSD4
55 options COMPAT_FREEBSD5 # Compatible with FreeBSD5
56 options COMPAT_FREEBSD6 # Compatible with FreeBSD6
57 options COMPAT_FREEBSD7 # Compatible with FreeBSD7
58 options COMPAT_FREEBSD9 # Compatible with FreeBSD9
59 options COMPAT_FREEBSD10 # Compatible with FreeBSD10
60 options SCSI_DELAY=5000 # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
61 options KTRACE # ktrace(1) support
62 options STACK # stack(9) support
63 options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory
64 options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues
65 options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores
66 options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
67 options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128 # Prevent printf output being interspersed.
68 options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev
69 options HWPMC_HOOKS # Necessary kernel hooks for hwpmc(4)
70 options AUDIT # Security event auditing
71 options CAPABILITY_MODE # Capsicum capability mode
72 options CAPABILITIES # Capsicum capabilities
73 options MAC # TrustedBSD MAC Framework
74 options KDTRACE_HOOKS # Kernel DTrace hooks
75 options DDB_CTF # Kernel ELF linker loads CTF data
76 options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # Include this file in kernel
77 options RACCT # Resource accounting framework
78 options RACCT_DEFAULT_TO_DISABLED # Set kern.racct.enable=0 by default
79 options RCTL # Resource limits
81 # Debugging support. Always need this:
82 options KDB # Enable kernel debugger support.
83 options KDB_TRACE # Print a stack trace for a panic.
84 # For full debugger support use (turn off in stable branch):
85 options DDB # Support DDB.
86 options GDB # Support remote GDB.
87 options DEADLKRES # Enable the deadlock resolver
88 options INVARIANTS # Enable calls of extra sanity checking
89 options INVARIANT_SUPPORT # Extra sanity checks of internal structures, required by INVARIANTS
90 options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles
91 options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN # Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
92 options MALLOC_DEBUG_MAXZONES=8 # Separate malloc(9) zones
94 # To make an SMP kernel, the next two lines are needed
95 options SMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
96 device apic # I/O APIC
98 # CPU frequency control
104 options PCI_HP # PCI-Express native HotPlug
105 options PCI_IOV # PCI SR-IOV support
111 device ahci # AHCI-compatible SATA controllers
112 device ata # Legacy ATA/SATA controllers
113 device mvs # Marvell 88SX50XX/88SX60XX/88SX70XX/SoC SATA
114 device siis # SiliconImage SiI3124/SiI3132/SiI3531 SATA
117 device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
118 options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
119 # output. Adds ~128k to driver.
120 device ahd # AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
121 options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
122 # output. Adds ~215k to driver.
123 device esp # AMD Am53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
124 device hptiop # Highpoint RocketRaid 3xxx series
125 device isp # Qlogic family
126 #device ispfw # Firmware for QLogic HBAs- normally a module
127 device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
128 device mps # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 2
129 device mpr # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion 3
130 #device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic
131 device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
132 device trm # Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters
134 device adv # Advansys SCSI adapters
135 device adw # Advansys wide SCSI adapters
136 device aha # Adaptec 154x SCSI adapters
137 device aic # Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
138 device bt # Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters
140 device ncv # NCR 53C500
141 device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3
142 device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50
143 device isci # Intel C600 SAS controller
145 # ATA/SCSI peripherals
146 device scbus # SCSI bus (required for ATA/SCSI)
147 device ch # SCSI media changers
148 device da # Direct Access (disks)
149 device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
151 device pass # Passthrough device (direct ATA/SCSI access)
152 device ses # Enclosure Services (SES and SAF-TE)
153 #device ctl # CAM Target Layer
155 # RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
156 device amr # AMI MegaRAID
157 device arcmsr # Areca SATA II RAID
158 device ciss # Compaq Smart RAID 5*
159 device dpt # DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
160 device hptmv # Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
161 device hptnr # Highpoint DC7280, R750
162 device hptrr # Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx, 25xx
163 device hpt27xx # Highpoint RocketRAID 27xx
164 device iir # Intel Integrated RAID
165 device ips # IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
166 device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
167 device twa # 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID
168 device tws # LSI 3ware 9750 SATA+SAS 6Gb/s RAID controller
171 device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID
172 device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
173 device aacraid # Adaptec by PMC RAID
174 device ida # Compaq Smart RAID
175 device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS
176 device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family
177 device mrsas # LSI/Avago MegaRAID SAS/SATA, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s
178 device pmspcv # PMC-Sierra SAS/SATA Controller driver
179 device pst # Promise Supertrak SX6000
180 device twe # 3ware ATA RAID
182 # NVM Express (NVMe) support
183 device nvme # base NVMe driver
184 device nvd # expose NVMe namespace as disks, depends on nvme
186 # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
187 device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller
188 device atkbd # AT keyboard
189 device psm # PS/2 mouse
191 device kbdmux # keyboard multiplexer
193 device vga # VGA video card driver
194 options VESA # Add support for VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE)
196 device splash # Splash screen and screen saver support
198 # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
200 options SC_PIXEL_MODE # add support for the raster text mode
202 # vt is the new video console driver
206 device agp # support several AGP chipsets
208 # Power management support (see NOTES for more options)
210 # Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
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 igb # Intel PRO/1000 PCIE Server Gigabit Family
236 device ixgb # Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet Card
237 device le # AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet
238 device ti # Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
239 device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
240 device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
242 # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
243 # NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
244 device miibus # MII bus support
245 device ae # Attansic/Atheros L2 FastEthernet
246 device age # Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet
247 device alc # Atheros AR8131/AR8132 Ethernet
248 device ale # Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 Ethernet
249 device bce # Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
250 device bfe # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
251 device bge # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
252 device cas # Sun Cassini/Cassini+ and NS DP83065 Saturn
253 device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
254 device et # Agere ET1310 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
255 device fxp # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
256 device gem # Sun GEM/Sun ERI/Apple GMAC
257 device hme # Sun HME (Happy Meal Ethernet)
258 device jme # JMicron JMC250 Gigabit/JMC260 Fast Ethernet
259 device lge # Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit Ethernet
260 device msk # Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet
261 device nfe # nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet
262 device nge # NatSemi DP83820 gigabit Ethernet
263 device pcn # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'le')
264 device re # RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
265 device rl # RealTek 8129/8139
266 device sf # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
267 device sge # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS190/191
268 device sis # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
269 device sk # SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
270 device ste # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
271 device stge # Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 gigabit Ethernet
272 device tl # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
273 device tx # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
274 device vge # VIA VT612x gigabit Ethernet
275 device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
276 device vte # DM&P Vortex86 RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet
277 device wb # Winbond W89C840F
278 device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')
280 # ISA Ethernet NICs. pccard NICs included.
281 device cs # Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC
282 # 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
283 device ed # NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards
284 device ex # Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+
285 device ep # Etherlink III based cards
286 device fe # Fujitsu MB8696x based cards
287 device ie # EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 etc.
288 device sn # SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet chips
289 device xe # Xircom pccard Ethernet
292 device wlan # 802.11 support
293 options IEEE80211_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
294 options IEEE80211_AMPDU_AGE # age frames in AMPDU reorder q's
295 options IEEE80211_SUPPORT_MESH # enable 802.11s draft support
296 device wlan_wep # 802.11 WEP support
297 device wlan_ccmp # 802.11 CCMP support
298 device wlan_tkip # 802.11 TKIP support
299 device wlan_amrr # AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
300 device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
301 device ath # Atheros NICs
302 device ath_pci # Atheros pci/cardbus glue
303 device ath_hal # pci/cardbus chip support
304 options AH_SUPPORT_AR5416 # enable AR5416 tx/rx descriptors
305 options AH_AR5416_INTERRUPT_MITIGATION # AR5416 interrupt mitigation
306 options ATH_ENABLE_11N # Enable 802.11n support for AR5416 and later
307 device ath_rate_sample # SampleRate tx rate control for ath
308 #device bwi # Broadcom BCM430x/BCM431x wireless NICs.
309 #device bwn # Broadcom BCM43xx wireless NICs.
310 device ipw # Intel 2100 wireless NICs.
311 device iwi # Intel 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG wireless NICs.
312 device iwn # Intel 4965/1000/5000/6000 wireless NICs.
313 device malo # Marvell Libertas wireless NICs.
314 device mwl # Marvell 88W8363 802.11n wireless NICs.
315 device ral # Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs.
316 device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
317 #device wl # Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.
318 device wpi # Intel 3945ABG wireless NICs.
321 device loop # Network loopback
322 device random # Entropy device
323 device padlock_rng # VIA Padlock RNG
324 device rdrand_rng # Intel Bull Mountain RNG
325 device ether # Ethernet support
326 device vlan # 802.1Q VLAN support
327 device tun # Packet tunnel.
328 device md # Memory "disks"
329 device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
330 device firmware # firmware assist module
332 # The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
333 # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
334 # Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
335 device bpf # Berkeley packet filter
338 options USB_DEBUG # enable debug msgs
339 device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
340 device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
341 device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
342 device xhci # XHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 3.0)
343 device usb # USB Bus (required)
344 device ukbd # Keyboard
345 device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
348 device sound # Generic sound driver (required)
349 device snd_cmi # CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738
350 device snd_csa # Crystal Semiconductor CS461x/428x
351 device snd_emu10kx # Creative SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy
352 device snd_es137x # Ensoniq AudioPCI ES137x
353 device snd_hda # Intel High Definition Audio
354 device snd_ich # Intel, NVidia and other ICH AC'97 Audio
355 device snd_via8233 # VIA VT8233x Audio
358 device mmc # MMC/SD bus
359 device mmcsd # MMC/SD memory card
360 device sdhci # Generic PCI SD Host Controller
363 device virtio # Generic VirtIO bus (required)
364 device virtio_pci # VirtIO PCI device
365 device vtnet # VirtIO Ethernet device
366 device virtio_blk # VirtIO Block device
367 device virtio_scsi # VirtIO SCSI device
368 device virtio_balloon # VirtIO Memory Balloon device
370 # HyperV drivers and enchancement support
371 device hyperv # HyperV drivers
373 # Xen HVM Guest Optimizations
374 # NOTE: XENHVM depends on xenpci. They must be added or removed together.
375 options XENHVM # Xen HVM kernel infrastructure
376 device xenpci # Xen HVM Hypervisor services driver
379 device vmx # VMware VMXNET3 Ethernet
381 # The crypto framework is required by IPSEC
382 device crypto # Required by IPSEC